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Flat world creativity

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Innovation from around the globe Immarsat’s Satellites - UK EV Car dispensing machine – China Chef robots – Portugal Powering agriculture – Uganda The pot at the end of the rainbow – Ireland Google “Climate Change” View – Canada Precision. Globalization and Technology'

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3 Big Lessons From African Entrepreneurs

YoungUpstarts

The agriculture technology sector, or agtech, in Africa is booming and its entrepreneurs think very long term and very big. He knew that the future of farming in Africa depended on technology, but he also knew that there was no point in starting an agtech business before he had the skills he needed. But why is this?

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Heart of Smartness: A Tech Accelerator for Africa

ReadWriteStart

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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Raven + Lily: Empowering Women Through Design

Hunter Walker

Their mission resonated with me so asked a few questions about how technology and social media have helped them grow. I had just moved back to the US from living in Uganda working with an artisan group, and was thrilled to find a brand here in Austin that so perfectly aligned with the kind of work I wanted to continue doing.

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Heart of Smartness: A Tech Accelerator for Africa

ReadWriteStart

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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Heart of Smartness: A Tech Accelerator for Africa

ReadWriteStart

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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crowdSPRING Community Gives Back with Branding for Global Sanitation Non-Profit gather

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Luckily, great strides have been made in technology that is bringing access to clean water and toilets to areas. “In March, we met with more than 25 sanitation providers in Kenya and Uganda, and discovered that this lack of data was a universal problem,” explains gather Co-Director John Peter Archer. Image Source: wsup.com.