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

Transformify

Those countries relying on agriculture or oil production tend to have high unemployment rates and wide skills gaps. Facing a high unemployment rate among graduates, Kenya encourages entrepreneurship in an effort to create more jobs in the technology sector. Project/ Product Management. Scrum, Agile, Product Management.

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3 Big Lessons From African Entrepreneurs

YoungUpstarts

The agriculture technology sector, or agtech, in Africa is booming and its entrepreneurs think very long term and very big. He knew that the future of farming in Africa depended on technology, but he also knew that there was no point in starting an agtech business before he had the skills he needed. Believe in yourself.

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5 Questions for a CEO: Brett Jacobsen, Mount Vernon Presbyterian School

Jeff Hilimire

Where do you think the biggest opportunity is for innovation/technology to impact education going forward? On the weekends, I wake up around the same time and I find the first 2-3 hours of the day to be the most productive as I analyze the week ahead, read articles, listen to podcasts, and review Twitter feed.

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My Water Pilgrimage:

Austin Startup

What spending 10 days in a remote village in Nepal has taught me about the role of technology in water sustainability and independence The Origin Story At an early age, my parents instilled in us a sense of empathy for the less fortunate and taught us to be mindful custodians of the world and its precious natural resources.

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16 Entrepreneurs Reveal What Entrepreneurship Means to Them

Hearpreneur

Your ideas, products and services can literally bring change to an industry while the jobs you create can have such a positive impact on people’s lives. Thanks to Mawano Kambeu, Dot Com Zambia. It’s about driving forward, taking action and be willing to keep getting back up even when things knock you down.