thebarefootvc

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

One only needs to look at the example of M-Pesa in Kenya to see how digital currency can impact the underserved. Traditional banks are hampering global GDP growth by not providing financial services such as loans to people who can expand their livelihoods through those services.

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Kenya Africa United States Global 109

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 1, 2021

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. TSM: From where you started, have you had to adjust your strategy over the years? Describe the company’s pivot point, and its impact on the company?

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 10, 2013

A couple years in, I got married and left on my honeymoon for two weeks to Kenya – where I had no email or phone connectivity much of the time. It’s easier to take that vacation when you know someone will be at the office that will care the way you do and share your goals.

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Cofounder Technical Cofounder Kenya Dilution 143

deal architect

JULY 31, 2012

Have you been to Kenya or Tanzania during the annual wildebeest (and zebra and others) migration? It is an amazing sight to see the thundering herds seek out greener pastures. The New Florence blog feels as dynamic. Through July, there.

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Tanzania Kenya Technology 191

David Cohen

MAY 16, 2014

In the first segment, Rwanda, Kenya and South Africa are featured: African entrepreneurship has really been moving forward for some time now. A while back I invested in a company called Mobius Motors , which is based in Kenya. Here’s a second segment about Kenya’s mobile money revolution. It’s great stuff.

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SiliconHills

MARCH 14, 2018

China, Kenya and the United Kingdom. […]. By Laura Lorek Publisher of Silicon Hills News For the first time, Food+City held its annual Challenge Prize competition at South by Southwest. And judges awarded three $10,000 cash prizes to the winner of each of three sessions on Tuesday.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

” One way they’ve improved the lives of members a community was to help solve the problem of fuel efficiency for cooking in a small town in Kenya. As Beresford notes, “There is no success in this world with out involving some one else.”

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Entrepreneur Kenya Community Business Plan 109

Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

I figured it was Valentine’s Day somewhere in the world yesterday at 6pm Colorado time like, well, in Kenya, where Amy was. She arrived home to a bunch of early Valentine’s Day stuff like a hot bath. It’s great to have Amy back home. For some reason, Valentine’s Day is one of my favorite holidays.

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Kenya Africa Colorado 70

thebarefootvc

JUNE 15, 2014

Take a look at these innovations which were first implemented in the emerging markets and are now making their way to the “first world”: Mobile Money: Six years ago, mPesa launched in Kenya to transfer money via cellphone. A network of accessible agents throughout the country allows people to redeem money transferred to them.

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Start Up Blog

JUNE 10, 2017

Some of the countries with faster internet include Kenya, Lithuania, Slovenia, Moldova and many developing economies. I mean, sure we are connected to it, but we aren’t even in the top 50 countries for internet speeds. That’s a total travesty for our economic future. This is the modern.

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thebarefootvc

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

One only needs to look at the example of M-Pesa in Kenya to see how digital currency can impact the underserved. Traditional banks are hampering global GDP growth by not providing financial services such as loans to people who can expand their livelihoods through those services.

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Kenya United States Global Cofounder 40

VC Cafe

MAY 18, 2023

For example, the Bridgespan Group has invested in an education initiative in Kenya that is helping to improve the reading skills of primary school students. Investing in education: Impact investors have invested in education initiatives that are helping to improve the quality of education for children in developing countries.

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Private Equity NPV Israel Kenya 134

VC Cafe

JUNE 29, 2012

The panel included Erik Hersman (Kenya ,founder of iHub), Eden Shochat (Israel, founder of Face.com, VC at Genesis, founder of The Junction), Jon Bradford (UK/Ireland, founder of Springboard), Jeffery Paine (Singapore, Golden Gate Ventures) and Jehan Ara (Pakistan).

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 3, 2012

Joyce Wafukho, Kenya. After five years of being turned down by lenders, she approached the Kenya Women Finance Trust for a $680 loan. Of nearly 200,000 clients, over 98% of whom are female, 77% have significantly raised their income level away from poverty, and 38% no longer fall below the poverty line.

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Colombia Kenya San Diego San Antonio 263

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

According to Pew, while cell phones are nearly ubiquitous around the world (95% China, 91% Chile, 82% Kenya), penetration of smartphones are still getting there (37% China, 39% Chile, 19% Kenya). You can track mobile websites just fine with your standard web analytics tool.

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Analytics Metrics Mobile DC 143

YoungUpstarts

MAY 19, 2011

The first project they’re engaged in is installing fuel-efficient cookstoves in Kenya. This way, it gets around the needs of traditional philanthropic models which require donors to continuously contribute financial resources to a cause.

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Kenya Community Global Programming 203

ReadWriteStart

JULY 20, 2012

Alliy is managing partner of the Savannah Fund , a $10 million fund that will soon begin investing in technology startups in East Africa, including Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. Operating as an accelerator, starting in September it will recruit two classes of five startups per year. It has fast-developing infrastructure.

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Africa Tanzania San Francisco Silicon Valley 141

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. We were surprised at how many female entrepreneurs pitched in the competition, particularly in Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania. Many female entrepreneurs.

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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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New Zealand Founder Technical Cofounder Kenya 114

Transformify

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Steve has just graduated from Daystar University in Kenya. " Each year thousands of students in Kenya and Nigeria are graduating from the Universities. As most ambitious young people, Steve hopes that his degree will help him build his career in marketing and eventually start a marketing agency of his own. "It's

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

MAY 6, 2013

M-PESA, a payments system enabled on mobile phones, now constitutes 31% of Kenya’s GDP. Africa presents another example of adoption of a digital currency, or at least a digital form of payments.

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thebarefootvc

MARCH 4, 2015

When I first met with founder Bill Barhydt and he described the vision, I immediately thought of M-Pesa, the mobile money network in Kenya. M-Pesa has built physical kiosks throughout Kenya for fund disbursement of transactions occurring over the mobile phone.

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Kenya Green Mobile Global 40

thebarefootvc

MARCH 4, 2015

When I first met with founder Bill Barhydt and he described the vision, I immediately thought of M-Pesa, the mobile money network in Kenya. M-Pesa has built physical kiosks throughout Kenya for fund disbursement of transactions occurring over the mobile phone.

Kenya 40

Kenya Venture Capital Mobile Green 40

Jeff Hilimire

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

My aunt Kemie teaching children in Kenya to read. I recently finished my aunt Kemie’s book, A Book Teacher for Every School , about her experiences bringing thousands and thousands of books to children in Kenya for decades. I love her.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Kenya is the most advanced for mobile payment. For example, “I have over 10 years of software experience in this space, how do you plan to have a strong barrier to entry in this crowded space?&#. CEO of Obopay has raised $200M in funding.

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CTO Hire Cofounder Fractional CTO San Francisco 49

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 13, 2016

A good example from the developing world is the Mpesa mobile money transfer that has revolutionized the way people in Kenya do their daily business. Many companies have come up online money transfer and payment solutions that are deepening financial inclusion and enabling you to transact conveniently from whichever place you are in.

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Kenya Salary Global Mobile 100

ReadWriteStart

JULY 20, 2012

Alliy is managing partner of the Savannah Fund , a $10 million fund that will soon begin investing in technology startups in East Africa, including Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. Operating as an accelerator, starting in September it will recruit two classes of five startups per year. It has fast-developing infrastructure.

Africa 78

Africa Tanzania San Francisco Silicon Valley 78

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

First one for Swedish Trade Council in Nairobi, Kenya was to learn and start from the very bottom. Is this an approach you would recommend to others as a means of breaking through in a difficult job market? Why or why not, and would you do it again?

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thebarefootvc

JUNE 15, 2014

Take a look at these innovations which were first implemented in the emerging markets and are now making their way to the “first world”: Mobile Money: Six years ago, mPesa launched in Kenya to transfer money via cellphone. A network of accessible agents throughout the country allows people to redeem money transferred to them.

Africa 40

Africa India Bangladesh United States 40

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Kenya is the most advanced for mobile payment. For example, “I have over 10 years of software experience in this space, how do you plan to have a strong barrier to entry in this crowded space?&#. CEO of Obopay has raised $200M in funding.

CTO Hire 40

CTO Hire Cofounder Fractional CTO San Francisco 40

Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

In Living Color – Kenya Barris brings “black-ish” to life as a modern era family sitcom, able to confront race and class directly. Godmother of Soul – Profile of performer Erykah Badu as she grows comfortable with her formable place in recent-era soul and what it means as a performer to look backwards and forwards.

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Wyoming Kenya America Email 49

Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

In Living Color – Kenya Barris brings “black-ish” to life as a modern era family sitcom, able to confront race and class directly. Godmother of Soul – Profile of performer Erykah Badu as she grows comfortable with her formable place in recent-era soul and what it means as a performer to look backwards and forwards.

Wyoming 49

Wyoming Kenya America Email 49

Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Amy went to Tanzania and Kenya in 2009 with TNC to increase capacity of TNC non-profit partners. Over the years, we’ve been personally involved in a number of projects, such as protecting the Anchor River in Anchor Point, Alaska (the town Amy grew up in until she was eight.)

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Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands Denver Tanzania 92

ReadWriteStart

JULY 20, 2012

Alliy is managing partner of the Savannah Fund , a $10 million fund that will soon begin investing in technology startups in East Africa, including Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. Operating as an accelerator, starting in September it will recruit two classes of five startups per year. It has fast-developing infrastructure.

Africa 60

Africa Tanzania San Francisco Silicon Valley 60

Up and Running

JANUARY 14, 2015

Penda improves health care in Kenya. Koczela is enthusiastic about the entrepreneurial spirit in Kenya: “You are working from seven a.m. Here are interesting news stories about innovative small businesses, surprising PR choices, and a business competition opportunity in the Middle East. to nine p.m.

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Syria Kenya Cofounder New York City 60

thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

In Kenya, M-Pesa processed more transactions domestically than Western Union did globally, and “ provided mobile banking facilities to more than 70 per cent of the country’s adult population” , most of whom never had banking services before.

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Technical Review India Mobile Hockey Stick 110

thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 31, 2017

I was lucky – I was born to persevere and grew up with parents who told me I could do whatever I wanted to do (well, almost anything, I spent many nights crying as a 10 year old, upset that I was born in Kenya and could not run for President of the United States).

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