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Bankless Banking Is Ready For Its Close-Up

YoungUpstarts

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. It is a great marketing tool for the banks to uncover people who are using money services but are unknown to the banks. The global smartphone market grew 0.7%

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A Glimpse: My American Dream

thebarefootvc

At the Clinton Global Initiative last September, Pierre Omidyar, co-founder of eBay, announced a commitment from his philanthrocapitalist firm to invest millions of dollars in mobile applications and services, with a focus on developing markets globally. eBay is likely the most efficient “accelerator” to have existed to date.

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How We're Hiring at Receeve

Babbling VC

I couldn't care less whether you're in the office or working from Tanzania. What we do demand though is that people are flexible for us just as we are for them. Finally, and this may seem like it's paying lip service to the current situation in the job market, we like a multi-cultural team with both women and men.

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Rethinking Impact Investing

thebarefootvc

I burst into tears and demanded to be taken back to the comfort of our suburban home in New Jersey (I can’t even imagine my exhausted parents’ dread of the upcoming month of travel with that attitude in tow). VC’s like to say that the best entrepreneurs are the ones that have intimately experienced the problem they are solving.

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Rethinking Impact Investing

thebarefootvc

I burst into tears and demanded to be taken back to the comfort of our suburban home in New Jersey (I can’t even imagine my exhausted parents’ dread of the upcoming month of travel with that attitude in tow). VC’s like to say that the best entrepreneurs are the ones that have intimately experienced the problem they are solving.

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Fundraising regulations: What volunteer boards need to know

Board Effect

Compliance with regional and national laws demands strong governance practices and proactive preparation. Tanzania The NGO Registrar in Zanzibar holds authority over registration for mission-driven organizations operating in the country, with their work benefitting from a centralized online portal.

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