YoungUpstarts

JULY 5, 2011

Africa is not known to generate many technology talents – the country is far more prolific in its music, sport and art – but here’s one young African who intends to buck the trend. Mawuna Koutonin was born in a small village in Togo, West Africa to a father of 36 children. Peer-To-Peer Referral Network.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 15, 2016

Jeremy Johnson , founder of Andela , which embeds talented software engineers on the African continent into top engineering organizations worldwide. Michael Eidsaune , co-founder of Carely , a software platform that facilitates communication among families caring for sick or elderly relatives. Our revenue model was wrong.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 15, 2016

Jeremy Johnson , founder of Andela , which embeds talented software engineers on the African continent into top engineering organizations worldwide. Michael Eidsaune , co-founder of Carely , a software platform that facilitates communication among families caring for sick or elderly relatives. Our revenue model was wrong.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Autonomous Logistics Solutions: Focus on specific use cases for robotrucks and drones, addressing technical, regulatory, and partnership challenges, in regions like the US and Africa. They want to fund startups that enable generalist software developers to manage these teams of agents.

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