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Early stage investment growing in Africa tech
The rise of technology hubs over the last couple of years has spurred investment, helped by humanitarian agencies and VCs
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- Entrepreneurship, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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How the Aakash tablet bounced back
Internet-connected tablets, as I’ve explained before, have the potential to positively impact billions. Cell phones improved commerce and changed society by allowing, among other things, the poorest villagers in the developing world to connect with one another. The Internet will catalyze the next leap forward by providing those in the developing world access to the same ocean of knowledge as those in wealthier societies. This will transform education and revolutionize commerce.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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LendmeMula introduces ZimSwitch enabled MulaConnect card
One of the issues with the LendmeMula micro-credit service that we have covered here before, is that so far borrowers have had to wait for up to 24 hours before they could access the borrowed money in their bank accounts. The money had to be transferred by Lendme to their bank accounts. This made the process somewhat slow, and where a borrower did not have a bank ATM card, they had to pray they could access their money before the banks closed their doors.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Esource: Cycling solution to gadget recycling
Our desire to buy the latest must-have gadget comes at huge cost to the countries and people who deal with our electronic waste. But could pedal power offer a solution?
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- Environment, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Initiative for Global Development teams with Accenture to develop electricity, connectivity in Uganda
The University of Notre Dame Initiative for Global Development (IGD) and Accenture — a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company — are taking the lead to empower disconnected communities in northern Uganda by harnessing solar energy to generate electricity for Internet and communications technologies, education and training centers, and new locally developed ventures.
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- Environment, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Grameen Foundation and eBay Foundation – A Mobile Commerce Approach to Poverty Alleviation
Recognizing the opportunity offered by this technology, Grameen Foundation and eBay Foundation began working together this summer to build solutions that address market challenges facing microentrepreneurs in Indonesia.
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- Entrepreneurship, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Africa’s best tech minds to meet at Indaba
Three years on, in every way that counts, Tech4Africa continues to be the premier mobile, web and emerging technology event, and this year’s conference promises to be no exception, congregating some of the best minds in ICT today and bringing a greater than ever breadth and depth of tech talks.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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How ‘Afropreneurs’ will shape Africa’s future
(CNN) -- His full name is Idris Ayodeji Bello, but you might just call him "Afropreneur."That's the buzzword adopted by the young Nigerian to describe the bright, independent and tech savvy entrepreneurs using creative thinking and the power of innovation to take over Africa's economic destiny.
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- Entrepreneurship, Technology
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