The Next Web

OCTOBER 15, 2012

The main observation of differences between Silicon Valley and emerging tech hubs in the rest of the world is access to early stage seed funding and international press. Many startups are Silicon Valley clones. Startups are up to Silicon Valley standards.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 20, 2012

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. A Different Valley Culture. Alliy is well aware that East Africa is a lot closer to the Rift Valley than Silicon Valley.

Africa 141

Africa Tanzania San Francisco Silicon Valley 141

thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

I have the opportunity to build bridges from NYC to Nairobi, from Dhaka to Denver, from Silicon Valley to Singapore.

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Silicon Valley India Africa Burma 45

ReadWriteStart

JULY 20, 2012

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. A Different Valley Culture It’s a rhetorical question. Alliy is well aware that East Africa is a lot closer to the Rift Valley than Silicon Valley.

Africa 78

Africa Tanzania San Francisco Silicon Valley 78

ReadWriteStart

JULY 20, 2012

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. A Different Valley Culture. Alliy is well aware that East Africa is a lot closer to the Rift Valley than Silicon Valley.

Africa 60

Africa Tanzania San Francisco Silicon Valley 60

thebarefootvc

JULY 11, 2016

The closest experience I’ve had to this is at the Genocide Memorial in Kigali, Rwanda, which interviewed survivors – you hear their voices as you walk through rooms showing pictures of the victims (many of them children). Like many of us living in NYC, I have very personal stories of 9/11.

San Francisco 40

San Francisco Rwanda Boston New Jersey 40

thebarefootvc

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

The closest experience I’ve had to this is at the Genocide Memorial in Kigali, Rwanda, which interviewed survivors – you hear their voices as you walk through rooms showing pictures of the victims (many of them children). Like many of us living in NYC, I have very personal stories of 9/11.

San Francisco 40

San Francisco Rwanda Boston New Jersey 40