ReadWriteStart

JULY 20, 2012

Africa has most of the elements required for technology innovation. 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. So Mbwana Alliy is creating the Savannah Fund fund to help them.

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thebarefootvc

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

While in Rwanda, I went on long drives, for it’s the only way to see this beautiful country. Education, building businesses and technological development all take a long time to show results and success metrics can be hard to measure.

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thebarefootvc

JUNE 13, 2010

I see more entrepreneurs today than before and a higher velocity of technology innovation. Technology usage is no longer on the fringe, it is part of most people’s daily life, be it in India, Russia, Abu Dhabhi or Silicon Valley. Large Flapping Ears: Last year when I was in Rwanda I wrote a post on the importance of listening.

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thebarefootvc

APRIL 18, 2010

It is great to see that a conversation is finally evolving on the importance of gender diversity in the technology and venture capital sectors. On my trip to Rwanda last year I wrote a blog post on why I thought diversity in general was important. Studies have found that teams with both women and men are more profitable and innovative.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 30, 2015

When speaking about the blockchain to many people in the United States, I get a puzzled look on why the technology matters. Including Rwanda, which now has over 60% female representation in its Parliament – instrumental in healing the country from its horrific 1994 genocide. Use a mobile phone to transfer money?

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 30, 2015

When speaking about the blockchain to many people in the United States, I get a puzzled look on why the technology matters. Including Rwanda, which now has over 60% female representation in its Parliament – instrumental in healing the country from its horrific 1994 genocide. Use a mobile phone to transfer money?

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thebarefootvc

JULY 30, 2015

When speaking about the blockchain to many people in the United States, I get a puzzled look on why the technology matters. Including Rwanda, which now has over 60% female representation in its Parliament – instrumental in healing the country from its horrific 1994 genocide. Use a mobile phone to transfer money?

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as well as Rwanda, GoTech is resolved to develop, design and implement solutions to help communities respond to fire. See the product in action at the final pitch session for the Hyper-Connected Communities Technology category at 5 pm Saturday, March 10, in the Hilton Austin, Salon AB.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

It turned him instantly from an education technology expert--his day job is as VP of Growth at Course Hero--into a leading voice for how to move forward. You have a day job here in Silicon Valley at an education technology company. You're pulling data from public sources.

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