Transformify
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
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.
The Next Web
FEBRUARY 25, 2014
Nigeria itself is home to 170 million people, a figure that is expected to rise to 400 million by 2050, and the biggest market in Africa. According to Transparency International in 2013, Nigeria was the world’s 144th most corrupt country out of the 177 countries monitored. Slowly overcoming its reputation.
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Steve Blank
AUGUST 15, 2016
I went to Nigeria to meet that first cohort, interview them and try to pick four from the six. We were charging a really high up-front annual fee to these providers and the end result of that was a pretty long sales cycle. We got that down to six finalists. The problem was had the wrong business model at the time.
Steve Blank
AUGUST 15, 2016
I went to Nigeria to meet that first cohort, interview them and try to pick four from the six. We were charging a really high up-front annual fee to these providers and the end result of that was a pretty long sales cycle. We got that down to six finalists. The problem was had the wrong business model at the time.
Startup Lessons Learned
APRIL 29, 2013
For example, when your company adds ano ther blade to its disposal razors , the product’s technical development, marketing and sales will follow relatively predictable paths. Last year, the co -founders of B ack to the Roots talked about their innovation accounting and how they were ignoring sales metrics in order to grow.
thebarefootvc
DECEMBER 16, 2011
Startup accelerators modeled after YCombinator and Techstars sprouted up from NYC to Nigeria to New Delhi, spawning hundreds of new startups worldwide. This will continue as more role models, mentors and capital are created from the resulting success stories, thereby creating more support for the next generation of entrepreneurs. And Beyond….
Up and Running
APRIL 27, 2012
For example, if you are selling a service where the core market is a local audience in the UK, traffic from Nigeria is not going to be of much use. I speak from experience here, where one of our business sites has a high portion of traffic from Nigeria for some reason, and not surprisingly this traffic simply does not convert.
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