Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Based in Nairobi, Kenya, Pawame uses tech-enabled loan management and mobile money payment platforms to offer its customers a means of finance that is not limited by distance or lack of Internet access or a bank account. Two is to reach up to 20,000 new households, including expanding into one, maybe two new markets outside Kenya.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

My one feedback would be to have networking earlier in the agenda or sprinkled throughout the 6 hour agenda. Kenya is the most advanced for mobile payment. Some of the finalists were generating revenues already and/or have very promising strategic partnerships lined up. Check out the twitter feed from the event.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

My one feedback would be to have networking earlier in the agenda or sprinkled throughout the 6 hour agenda. Kenya is the most advanced for mobile payment. Some of the finalists were generating revenues already and/or have very promising strategic partnerships lined up. Check out the twitter feed from the event.

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thebarefootvc

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

The combination of mobile technology, sensors, robotics, and data analytics will create businesses that can empower billions of people around the world through decentralized and distributed networks where the “middlemen” are no longer required. No where is this more apparent than in financial services.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

As we lead up to the big day, we’re spotlighting speakers who’ll be involved in our hands-on workshops, lightning talks, keynotes, interactive breakout sessions, and other learning and networking events. Fix the distribution bottleneck in rural Kenya. “My She revealed the key things she’s learned in the evolution of her organization.

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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. Last year the Rwandan government completed a $95 million fiber optic cable network reaching every district in the country to encourage new economic growth through ICT. Many female entrepreneurs.

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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.

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Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

M-Pesa created by mobile carrier Safaricom in Kenya is the best known example of this. They are fully fungible for hard currency through Safaricom’s network of retail partners for either the sender or recipient of an M-Pesa mobile payment. Dwolla is also considering to take its network overseas, still riding ACH.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Zakaria continued to learn however he could, working for free on more than one occasion as a means to learn about different business and geographic markets and to expand his professional network. What helped me is getting out and going to network events, meeting other people, and realizing CEOs are humans too.

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Transformify

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Steve has just graduated from Daystar University in Kenya. I hope that I will be able to follow his steps, but meanwhile, I have to secure a stable income, enhance my skills and build my network. Marketing entry jobs are not well paid, but I need to develop my skills and build a network. "It's so exciting.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

Notably relating to business, African countries Burundi, Malawai, Bostwana and Kenya, it should be mentioned, all made the index’s “economic participation and opportunity” top ten. The pledge is simple “To empower, celebrate, and support women in business and build a strong network for change worldwide.”The

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The Equity Kicker

MARCH 23, 2012

It placed Google+ profiles above those that are obviously more relevant on other social networks. Google seems to have committed overt fraud in Kenya. ." Google began promoting its own products in search over more obviously relevant ones. Its Places frequently appear above the actual location listings.

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infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Networking (20). Kenya Dream Epitomizes The Art Of “Fun-raising” Philanthropy. |. Fundraising (13). infoChachkie Nuggets (2). Interview (22). Launching Venture (33). Negotiating (13). Parenting (4). Partnerships (17). Sales (12). Strategic Planning (24). Team Building (23). Uncategorized (3). Venture Capital (7). Interviews.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

Tapping into my knowledge of and experience in automotive marketing, I identified a need to monetize social networks for businesses. Lots of trial and error, many many hours of unpaid work, networking and investment later I am proud of what I have accomplished. Karibu Markets began after a trip I took to Kenya in early 2014.

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thebarefootvc

MARCH 4, 2015

The company, run by veterans from the payments space, is building the world’s first global peer-to-peer teller network. 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.

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thebarefootvc

MARCH 4, 2015

The company, run by veterans from the payments space, is building the world’s first global peer-to-peer teller network. 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.

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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. We thought why not create this network of expatriates, and connect them to the young talented Syrians to transform these opportunities into realities,” says co-founder Dania Ismail.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

So we quit to pursue our entrepreneurial dreams, as we took our cue from Howard Beale as he cried out in the movie, Network, “I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore!” We are generating employment for countries such as the United States, Philippines, Canada, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Ghana and Nepal.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

A demonstration of Hemafuse at the launch event with Amref Health Africa in Kenya. Business and life are about relationships, your network is what will lift you up. The Forrest Four-Cast: February 20, 2020 Technology impacts all facets of human life, and sometimes it can save it. Tell us about a memorable celebrity encounter.

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infochachkie.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Networking (21). Kenya Dream Epitomizes The Art Of “Fun-raising” Philanthropy. |. Corporate Culture (38). Entrepreneur (167). Financial Planning (6). Fundraising (13). Iconic Advice (4). infoChachkie Nuggets (2). Interview (28). Launching Venture (34). Negotiating (13). Parenting (4). Partnerships (18). Sales (13). Team Building (24).

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 3, 2023

Private equity firm Alta Semper Capital has provided a financing injection of twenty million dollars to the e-health business MyDawa, which is based in Kenya. At the moment, MyDawa is capable of providing in-person and online consultations, in addition to laboratory services and a network of walk-in pharmacies and health centers.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 27, 2017

It is being impacted by the growth in mobile network operators and mobile payment platforms, not classified as deposit-taking institutions, who are acting as banking agents. 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.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

In this talk, Erik Hersman discusses Ushahidi, a Google Maps mashup used in Kenya following the 2008 elections. Nicholas Christakis: The hidden influence of social networks. There’s no denying that social networks can be influential. Evan Williams on listening to Twitter users.

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Reid Hoffman

MAY 20, 2014

Take Erastus Kimani, a 73 year old schoolteacher turned entrepreneur, who lives in a remote part of Kenya without indoor plumbing, much less indoor banking. Imagine what it would cost a traditional bank to hire enough loan officers to match the network intelligence that millions of citizen lenders provide. Networks of Trust.

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thebarefootvc

OCTOBER 25, 2015

The most documented example of this is M-Pesa’s mobile money platform in Kenya, which I have written about a few times on this blog, including in my thesis piece When Third is First. Banks, if they don’t begin to explore new business models to service customers, will become extinct during this process.

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thebarefootvc

OCTOBER 25, 2015

The most documented example of this is M-Pesa’s mobile money platform in Kenya, which I have written about a few times on this blog, including in my thesis piece When Third is First. Banks, if they don’t begin to explore new business models to service customers, will become extinct during this process.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

So it's the first time in my life that I pushed this to all my networks as hard as I could, and I was also very aggressive on the viral mechanics that I plugged into it. I talk with people in Kenya, in Peru, in Mexico and in Bangladesh, and it is just so hard. And you look at an example like Kenya, for example. billion people?

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