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

Transformify

What would a startup team look like based on this data only? Lagos, a Nigerian port city, is the home of more than 60 startups focused on solving social problems. What would a startup team look like based on this data only? More than 40 % have writing, editing, and copywriting skills. Business / Finance. Business / Finance.

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3 Big Lessons From African Entrepreneurs

YoungUpstarts

Africa is a huge and diverse continent, and over the last few years, it has emerged as one of the world’s hotspots for startups. In fact, African startups secured almost a $1bn in investment funding in 2018. Why has attention turned so quickly to African startups, and what can we learn from the continents’ successful entrepreneurs?

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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). Such is the driving motivation and focus of my next startup named Pani , or “water” in Nepalese.

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the world without altgate

Altgate

@altgate Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between Skip to content Home Furqan Nazeeri (fn@altgate.com) ← Microsoft Buys 37signals For $300 Million The Coming Venture Capital Boom → The World Without Altgate Posted on January 1, 2009 by fnazeeri No, this blog is not going anywhere.    It is an amazing tool.