Waterhole — News & Posts
Perspectives on building and backing technology companies across Africa.
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UniSmart: Thoughts on the Accelerator
To be totally honest, I never planned on or even wanted to be part of an accelerator when I started UniSmart. I knew a lot about…
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5 Things to Know About Drones in Africa
1) Facebook and Google’s attempt to connect rural Africa with drones These multi-national companies are increasingly interested in ‘connecting the world’ with Internet, with…
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Doer, not a Dreamer
Having an idea is one thing and making the idea happen is another thing. This is what differentiates those who dream and those who…
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Problem Definition Problem in Africa: Solutions for a Diverse Continent
African innovators often suffer from a chronic problem of “problem definition”– an issue where problems are defined without the right context, wrong assumptions and…
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The Value of Diversity in an Accelerator Class
Savannah Fund’s third accelerator class boasts startups from three different countries: Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya. And we intentionally chose a diverse class. In the…
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Announcing Savannah Fund’s 3rd Accelerator Class
Savannah Fund is proud to introduce our third accelerator class: BIGxGh (Ghana), UniSmart (Nigeria) and Zevan Limited (Kenya). BiGxGh.com is Ghana’s number one music…
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Adieu Kenya
Reposted from Ailende Truston Oiselenjakhian’s blog. On the 26th of August I landed in Kenya. It was a wonderful time. I have never been so…
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What It Takes to Build a Hit Game: Lessons from Matatu
In June 2011, we submitted Matatu to Google’s subsaharan developer challenge. It was one of two apps my team had submitted, the other being…