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Skills Development in Africa: How Wide is the Skills Gap?

Transformify

At the same time, 75% of all university graduates in Kenya and Nigeria are likely to be unemployed for up to 5 years after graduation. Kenya and Nigeria are of a particular interest for the employers in the UK due to the high percentage of English speakers who have received bachelor’s degree or higher. Business / Finance.

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My 13 Favorite Alternative Funding Options of 2013

Up and Running

You build a campaign by creating videos, telling your story, participating in social media promotion, and offering “perks”, which are goods or services that you offer in exchange for donations. Kabbage also takes a look at your social media accounts to get a more complete picture of your business.

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20 Best TED Talks For Students Of Social Media

YoungUpstarts

As a student of social media, you undoubtedly know the impact that social media has had on the world. TED talks can expand on that, giving some of the brightest minds in the world of social media and beyond a platform for sharing their views and insights, which can offer excellent learning opportunities for you.

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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

thebarefootvc

The Mobile Phone in Emerging Markets: As the US adopted smartphones and tablets in greater numbers and consumed media, played games and instagram’d to its hearts content, users in emerging markets innovated with their feature phones. New financial services and healthcare regulation will also create the need for related IT solutions.

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Editorial: We owe a duty of care to founder mental health and it requires a collaborative solution

NZ Entrepreneur

His every move and misstep dissected and castigated by the same media and investors who sang his praises when things were going well, one can only guess at the anguish, shame and embarrassment that led the young entrepreneur into – what appeared to me as an uninformed observer – self imposed exile, in Kenya.

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Out of the Crisis #21: Tomas Pueyo on the hammer and the dance, political polarization, and how the pandemic will affect the way we live and work

Startup Lessons Learned

So first of all, what a testament to social media and its power to reach- Tomas Pueyo : Huge. I talk with people in Kenya, in Peru, in Mexico and in Bangladesh, and it is just so hard. And you look at an example like Kenya, for example. Eric Ries : Well, you knew. You knew actually. In fact, it is depressing.

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Service Exports - Driving U.S. Startups and Small Businesses

Growthink Blog

In the last 6 months, we have advised clients and investors, in no particular order, from Kenya, India, Italy, South Africa, Germany, China, Brazil, Mexico, Switzerland, the U.A.E., Entertainments in all their wondrous forms – Movies, Video Games, Social Media and Networks (think LinkedIN, Facebook, Twitter). So from 95%+ U.S.