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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. The ‘’must have ingredients’’ of a strong start-up team are tech, product/project management, marketing, sales, and business/finance competences. Project/ Product Management.

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

Jeff Hilimire

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. In your opinion, what’s the one leadership principle that is non-negotiable for your leadership team?

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3 Big Lessons From African Entrepreneurs

YoungUpstarts

Zenvus aims to eliminate extreme poverty in the developing world by improving crop yield and overall farming productivity using electronics and analytics to empower farmers. In Uganda and Zambia it’s as low as 15% saying it would stop them starting a business , whereas in the US this figure stands at 34%. Believe in yourself.

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My Water Pilgrimage:

Austin Startup

Almost half of its working-age population are unemployed, and the latest United Nations Human Development Index ranks Nepal at #144 out of 188 countries, coming in behind Cambodia (#143), Zambia (#139), and Iraq (#121). The water project is located at Mahendrajhadi VDC #8 Ward of Sindhuli province, which is an 8-hour “drive” from Kathmandu.

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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.

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15 Entrepreneurs Share Why They Love What They Do

Hearpreneur

It might be the products or the customers they deal with, or it could even be the fact that they are the ones in charge of it all. Being an entrepreneur means putting a piece of yourself into whatever you’re creating, so every day I feel like I’m personally developing along with my product. 1 – Rediscovering Myself.

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Jedi Mind Tricks: 17 Lesser Known Ways to Persuade People

ConversionXL

Know your product, know the facts about its benefits and believe in what it does – true confidence becomes from knowing and believing what you’re saying. Perhaps it might be a good idea to mention the shortcomings of your product or service on your website. Upsell a product that cost 60% less. Image credit.

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