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Skills Development in Africa: How Wide is the Skills Gap?

Transformify

Facing a high unemployment rate among graduates, Kenya encourages entrepreneurship in an effort to create more jobs in the technology sector. Technology is changing how Nigerians live and do business, quite often in a remarkable way. million and unemployment rate of just 3.4%, Rwanda is close to the top of the list.

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Development Through Self Empowerment

thebarefootvc

While in Rwanda, I went on long drives, for it’s the only way to see this beautiful country. Education, building businesses and technological development all take a long time to show results and success metrics can be hard to measure.

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The Gender Issue Part II

thebarefootvc

It is great to see that a conversation is finally evolving on the importance of gender diversity in the technology and venture capital sectors. On my trip to Rwanda last year I wrote a blog post on why I thought diversity in general was important. Studies have found that teams with both women and men are more profitable and innovative.