NZ Entrepreneur

JANUARY 20, 2022

His every move and misstep dissected and castigated by the same media and investors who sang his praises when things were going well, one can only guess at the anguish, shame and embarrassment that led the young entrepreneur into – what appeared to me as an uninformed observer – self imposed exile, in Kenya.

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Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

But IMO it’ll take a “big bang” multi-party effort rather than an incremental innovation, so it’ll favor large organizations (big companies and/or governments) rather than startups. Government fiat. M-Pesa created by mobile carrier Safaricom in Kenya is the best known example of this.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 17, 2020

So from my perspective, I actually think if you build a for-profit company the right way, with the right governance and the right DNA and the right structure, you can actually have an outsized impact on systems. Unfortunately, philanthropy is sort of the next source that's out there when there are gaps in what the government can provide.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

I had previously worked at an executive level in the government, specialising in international relations. Karibu Markets began after a trip I took to Kenya in early 2014. Thanks to Tracey Davidson, Adventure Snacks ! #29) 29) Stay at Home. I started Milk Tooth so that I could stay home with my young daughter.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

A demonstration of Hemafuse at the launch event with Amref Health Africa in Kenya. Governments are also investing heavily in health care to combat chronic and critical illnesses.” The Forrest Four-Cast: February 20, 2020 Technology impacts all facets of human life, and sometimes it can save it. It is not only U.S-.

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Transformify

JULY 21, 2019

In 2006, I volunteered in an orphanage in Nairobi and Mombasa in Kenya. In addition, as a natural negotiator and a people person, Marie accompanied delegations on long-haul multi-country trade missions in Asia and Europe. The first time I volunteered, it was in a hospital in France as a teenager.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

In addition to the investor-entrepreneur socializing, the government of Israel was able to score two key contracts with two foreign nations. Both Taiwan and Kenya have made agreements to exchange water technology and data revolving with Israel.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 27, 2017

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. Expectations rise, then, faster than governments can deliver.”.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

In countries where the news media is often controlled by the government, real news doesn’t always make it out, and a “top-down” control of news means that citizens in repressive regimes may not be able to share their stories. Clay Shirky: How social media can make history.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

And then, once that curve is low enough, governments can dance, testing and tracking cases until the virus is eradicated or we develop a working vaccine. They didn't have experience buying bulk from the government things like masks or ventilators." And you don't even need the government to help you there. What did China do?

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