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Viewpoint: African Entrepreneurs Will Drive the Next Digital Revolution
I believe that Africa’s future will be built by its entrepreneurs — by the hungry dreamers who view problems as opportunities. Looking into the eyes of the young people I met in 2017, I saw the future heroes of Africa.
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- Entrepreneurship, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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What’s Really Driving Africa’s ‘Investment Frenzy’?: An Entrepreneur Responds to Investor Concerns
In her much-discussed NextBillion article about avoiding “the Africa investment frenzy,” impact investor Lauren Cochran urged entrepreneurs to forego the “growth-at-all-costs” approach to scaling and “the ego-boost of big rounds and press releases.” But Zoona co-founder Mike Quinn argues that her advice ignores a reality that many investors don’t recognize. Quinn pushes back on Cochran's argument from an entrepreneur's perspective in this compelling counterpoint.
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- Entrepreneurship, Finance, Investing
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Finding Free Money for Your Social Impact Startup
Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community.
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- Entrepreneurship
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Delivering Family Planning to Rural Customers: Are Mobile Pharmacies ‘Just What the Doctor Ordered’?
Pharmacies serve as key access points for family planning products in many emerging markets. In countries like Malawi, the number of pharmacies has ballooned by nearly 100% in the past 10 years. Yet it can be difficult to run a sustainable pharmacy business, especially in rural areas. Andrea Bare and Erika Beidelman at the William Davidson Institute discuss potential solutions – including an innovative mobile pharmacy – based on conversations with Malawian entrepreneurs.
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- Entrepreneurship, Health Care
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These Are the Best Places in the World to be a Woman Entrepreneur
The United States has emerged as the best place globally to be a woman entrepreneur, according to a new report from Mastercard.
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- Entrepreneurship
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Press Release: Bamboo Capital Partners Backs Amartha, a P2P Lending Platform for Micro-Entrepreneurs in Indonesia
Founded in 2010 by Indonesian entrepreneur Andi Taufan Garuda Putra, Amartha started as a microfinance institution before pivoting into Fintech P2P lending in 2016. Amartha’s mission is to connect aspiring unbanked micro-entrepreneurs in rural areas experiencing difficulties finding working capital with online lenders interested in making profitable, impactful investments.
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- Entrepreneurship
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- Asia Pacific
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Press Release: More Than 250M Women Worldwide Are Entrepreneurs, According to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Women’s Report from Babson College and Smith College
Approximately 252 million women around the world are entrepreneurs and another 153 million women are operating established businesses, according to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2018/2019 Report on Women's Entrepreneurship.
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- Entrepreneurship
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- entrepreneurship, gender gap, Women
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A New Program Aims to End Africa’s Financial Gender Gap
Singer Angélique Kidjo is promoting Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa, a program that seeks to boost financing for female entrepreneurs. “Why do banks give more loans to men versus women? That’s the question I have,” she said.
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- Entrepreneurship, Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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