Category: Product
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E-commerce & Mobile Payments in Africa will not scale without Business Process Integration
E-Commerce (or M-Commerce) and Mobile Payments in Africa gets a lot of attention. I get a number of mobile payments…
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Rocket Internet may be just what is needed to Turbo-charge African E-commerce
It might be an entrepreneur’s worst nightmare. Take co-founder of red hot Silicon Valley payment startup Stripe Patrick Collison’s recent…
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Our First Investment: biNu – A platform to reach more Africans on basic mobile devices
I am happy to announce Savannah Fund’s first seed investment– biNu mobile- we participated in this round along with Eric…
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Are you a “Growth Masai”?… Key skill gap in Africa Technology Startups
One of the opportunities and challenges of the tech industry is how rapidly it continues to advance and in its…
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Does the “Copy to/Clone…” Strategy work in Africa?
Every so often I hear venture capitalists and entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley ask a recurring question regarding Tech Startups in…
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Battle of Social Networking and Online Communities in Africa
Last year whilst visiting an aunt in south west area of Tanzania called Kyela, near Lake Malawi- I put my…
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Which African country is best to do a tech startup? A Decision Framework
In recent conversation that have spanned the last 6 months, I’ve been getting the same style of questions from foreigners…
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Thoughts on OLPC-XO 3.0- Is it the right tablet for Schools in Africa?
In my last post, I predicted tablets would start surfacing into the mainstream in Africa this year, especially within education.…