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Leapfrogging into the Future

thebarefootvc

Use a mobile phone to transfer money? And furthermore, why shouldn’t the transactions be cross-border and interoperable, and not dependent on a specific mobile operator? When speaking about the blockchain to many people in the United States, I get a puzzled look on why the technology matters. I last went to Burma in 2007.

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Leapfrogging into the Future

thebarefootvc

Use a mobile phone to transfer money? And furthermore, why shouldn’t the transactions be cross-border and interoperable, and not dependent on a specific mobile operator? When speaking about the blockchain to many people in the United States, I get a puzzled look on why the technology matters. I last went to Burma in 2007.

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Leapfrogging into the Future

thebarefootvc

Use a mobile phone to transfer money? And furthermore, why shouldn’t the transactions be cross-border and interoperable, and not dependent on a specific mobile operator? When speaking about the blockchain to many people in the United States, I get a puzzled look on why the technology matters. I last went to Burma in 2007.

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Heart of Smartness: A Tech Accelerator for Africa

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Alliy is managing partner of the Savannah Fund , a $10 million fund that will soon begin investing in technology startups in East Africa, including Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. Operating as an accelerator, starting in September it will recruit two classes of five startups per year. It has fast-developing infrastructure.

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Heart of Smartness: A Tech Accelerator for Africa

ReadWriteStart

Alliy is managing partner of the Savannah Fund , a $10 million fund that will soon begin investing in technology startups in East Africa, including Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. Operating as an accelerator, starting in September it will recruit two classes of five startups per year. It has fast-developing infrastructure.

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Heart of Smartness: A Tech Accelerator for Africa

ReadWriteStart

Alliy is managing partner of the Savannah Fund , a $10 million fund that will soon begin investing in technology startups in East Africa, including Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. Operating as an accelerator, starting in September it will recruit two classes of five startups per year. It has fast-developing infrastructure.

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