Waterhole — News & Posts
Perspectives on building and backing technology companies across Africa.
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Big Data in Africa: Its Meaning
Earlier this week I got a chance to keynote at Mammoth Business Intelligence (BI) event– the first Big Data conference in Africa over 2…
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What it REALLY takes for an African startup to make it to Silicon Valley…
“Sorry, I just don’t believe the story” the United States Immigration Officer mumbled as he stamped ‘REJECTED’ on Rodgers’ and Sam’s Business Visa Application.…
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Learn How to Code: Join Moringa School
Finally! World-class technical education is arriving in Nairobi. Here is your chance to jumpstart your career as a globally competitive programmer. On January 12,…
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Angola – Boundless opportunities if you know how to play as its economy opens up
We held our VC course a month ago with the University of Cape Town and Knife Capital and one of the key takeaways for…
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10 Quick Fixes to Make Your Presentation Stand Out
Pivot East happened this week, and while I was very impressed with the delivery of the pitches, I found the slides could have used…
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Research: What does Savannah Fund accelerator applications show us?
Since 2012, Savannah Fund has hosted three accelerator classes with a total of 10 graduated startups. We’ve received over 300 applications from Ghana, South Africa,…
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Silicon Savannah [Kenya]- Must be careful of Hype
This is a very sensitive post as I know it most certainly won’t resonate with everyone in Kenya tech ecosystem. Over the weekend, I…
