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MyDawa: Revolutionizing Healthcare with AI

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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. In order to go forward with its expansion goals, MyDawa recently finished the acquisition of Guardian Health, a well-known healthcare provider in Uganda.

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[Interview] Christopher Kape, Vancouver Executive, President of JAMCO Capital Partners

YoungUpstarts

He has gone on several service trips with his children, including a trip to rural Uganda with The Walking School Bus, and one to rural India with ME to WE. In every large city, there tends to be a few groups of angel investors loosely operating through a network that pass around business presentations and plans.

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Beyonic Wins the IBM Global Entrepreneur Pitch Competition

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BY SUSAN LAHEY Reporter with Silicon Hills News Beyonic, a company whose software connects major global finance sources with payment networks in the developing world to facilitate mobile payments, won the IBM Global Entrepreneur pitch competition Wednesday at the IBM campus on Burnett.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter April 2011 Edition

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“Over the next five years, we expect to continue to grow our business tremendously in Israel and will benefit significantly by being able to leverage the academic network and the talented engineers in the region.&# – Dr. Orna Berry, vice president and general manager of EMC Israel COE.

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3 Big Lessons From African Entrepreneurs

YoungUpstarts

In Uganda and Zambia it’s as low as 15% saying it would stop them starting a business , whereas in the US this figure stands at 34%. If your business doesn’t work out, you can go back to the drawing board, refinance, use tech solutions and networks to help you change tack. But why is this?

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Marketing the Viral Effect and Not-for-Profit Gold

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Their strategy was to get their followers to share the film through their own personal networks, and to enlist celebrities and others with large SM followings to help get the word out about the film and to share the link with anyone they could. The effort, however, has not been without some controversy and social media pushback.

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