Waterhole — News & Posts
Perspectives on building and backing technology companies across Africa.
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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 pitches every month, and…
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10 Deadly Mistakes and Pitfalls African Startups should avoid in 2013
We are about to hit 2013, last year I wrote an optimistic post about the 12 trends to watch in Africa tech, there has…
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What we do and don’t fund: Investment Thesis- Part 1
In a recent Forbes article, I outlined the need for investors in Africa of all types to get better at messaging what areas they…
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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 visit to Nairobi, I…
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Sample E-mail Template of reaching out to Savannah Fund
Earlier today, a twitter conversation I had with someone who was interested in working with Savannah Fund resulted in one the best e-mail intro…
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Government efforts, Spillover effect and the Kenya Tech Ecosystem
Just over a week ago, iHub hosted Dalberg, a consulting firm to collect feedback from the iHub community about the Konza city project spearheaded…
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Tanzania Tech Ecosystem Rising: Kinu Innovation workspace, Competitive mobile money & mCommerce Kicks off
I have now spent a good few weeks (maybe months) in my home country of Tanzania. I begun my efforts to help Tanzania’s tech…
