Transformify
APRIL 15, 2016
Despite Kenya has been named as the fasted growing payments market in Africa, there is still a lot to be done to develop the local business angel community. The capital of Kenya, Nairobi, is a vibrant city offering various resources for young start – ups, including accelerator 88MPH and incubator i-Hub.
Transformify
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
At the same time, 75% of all university graduates in Kenya and Nigeria are likely to be unemployed for up to 5 years after graduation. Most young people can’t afford to study abroad without government subsidies or scholarships. Kenya: Youth Fund Targets Young People in Business Start-Up Loans Plan.
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The Startup Magazine
MARCH 1, 2021
Governments are prioritizing healthcare projects now, more than ever. Maha : In 2014, we visited the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Northern Kenya as part of a Gates Foundation/United Nations led initiative to build schools & clinics for the community. What is the key question you are addressing?
The Next Web
OCTOBER 15, 2012
kenya’s winner Sematime makes it easy for people to send bills and invoices to large groups of contacts via SMS. Governments supportive of technology. In Africa in particular governments are very involved in promoting technology and see it as a future industry that will kick start the economy. Many female entrepreneurs.
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.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 3, 2012
In two years she has hired eight full-time employees, secured lucrative government contracts, and is able to support seven households besides her own in Amman. Joyce Wafukho, Kenya. After five years of being turned down by lenders, she approached the Kenya Women Finance Trust for a $680 loan. Lidia Calzado, U.S.
Lightspeed Venture Partners
MAY 6, 2013
So there is existence proof that high inflation can drive a whole country to adopt another currency, one that is completely disassociated from the central government. M-PESA, a payments system enabled on mobile phones, now constitutes 31% of Kenya’s GDP. High transaction costs are another possible driver of Bitcoin adoption.
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