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

The Next Web

In February I found myself seeking air-conditioned sanctuary in the Dar Es Salaam offices of Kinu , a co-working space and business accelerator, talking with Co-Founder and Community Manager John Paul Barretto. industry in Tanzania. Aside from the required infrastructure, labor conditions and ease of doing business, etc.,

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10 Amazing Microfinance Success Stories

YoungUpstarts

Reuben Mpunda, Tanzania. The bank lends to groups of women, with each receiving $50 to $100 to buy rickshaws for transporting wheat to market or to help them open Internet kiosks. Mpunda had struggled for 10 years working at a hotel, a brewery, and a ruby mine.

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Small Business Spotlight of the Week: TripBucket

crowdSPRING Blog

While living my personal Dream to Summit Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania we took the website live, literally as I was hiking up the mountain. We plan to expand this business in the travel, sports, medical and advertising markets. What’s the craziest story you have from starting your own business?

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Bankless Banking Is Ready For Its Close-Up

YoungUpstarts

This will require many partners – credit card companies, banks, microcredit institutions, the United Nations, foundations and community leaders. 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. The global smartphone market grew 0.7%

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Fundraising regulations: What volunteer boards need to know

Board Effect

United States Organizations hoping to tap into the deepest capital markets in the world and a famously giving-inclined population must contend with both broad federal regulations and local requirements in every state from which they intend to raise funds. ” – Ed Rees, Senior Director, Sales for BoardEffect at Diligent.

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Out of the Crisis #21: Tomas Pueyo on the hammer and the dance, political polarization, and how the pandemic will affect the way we live and work

Startup Lessons Learned

So really it is not just the English-speaking, but since you're talking about addressable market, I had a thought about it. And really the addressable market is not just the people, English-speaking, connected to internet, but rather I would say whoever is willing to spend half an hour reading an article about the coronavirus.