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Three Megatrends That Will Affect Everybody’s Business

YoungUpstarts

Over the next five years, some African economies (Ethiopia, Mozambique and Tanzania, just to name a few) are likely to grow as fast as, or faster, than some of the recent Asian champions. There will be big growth in the world but it will be elsewhere in countries like India or in Africa , where there will also be some big opportunities.

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For tech to develop in emerging economies, the first obstacle is trust

The Next Web

industry in Tanzania. Riding the wave of global awareness for the need to stay competitive, Tanzania has taken some positive steps forwards, including government investments in a fibreoptic backbone as well as strategic initiatives around promoting start-ups. Marshall McLuhan wrote that “we shape our tools and then they shape us.”

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Traveling the world, meeting startups: What We learned

The Next Web

In both Rwanda and Tanzania ministers for technology spoke about how they see technology as the future for their the economic wealth of their country. We were surprised at how many female entrepreneurs pitched in the competition, particularly in Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania. Governments supportive of technology.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: African Tech Entrepreneurs Emerging

ReadWriteStart

And it was really cool to see a company from Tanzania. Next Taha Jiwaji of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, gave us an interesting snapshot of some opportunities opening up in Africa. Last up, Adarsh Jain pitched Fippy, a Web-based interface offering consumers customized mobile phone numbers in India. Don't spray and pray! Bongo Live!

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Small Business Spotlight of the Week: TripBucket

crowdSPRING Blog

At Tripbucket our mission is to help people realize their dreams by providing a web-based and mobile platform to track those things our registered users have already accomplished and that which remains on their personal bucket list. I’m speaking now as a web-based operator with no bricks and mortar.

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Bankless Banking Is Ready For Its Close-Up

YoungUpstarts

In Kenya and Tanzania, over 25 million people use the M-Pesa mobile payments platform, operated by Safaricom and Vodacom, with money sent via text message. Retailers have a variety of methods from which to generate transactions: using SMS text messaging, mobile application or the web.

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