Tag Archives: Finance

PayPal’s Electronic Profiling

September 7, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
I don’t know whether it’s laziness, callousness, indifference or all three but PayPal, intentional or not, are sending a very strong message to the rest ...
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Twitter Finally to Start Making Money?

August 24, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
Although Twitter has taken steps to entice business users in the past, including verified accounts and and a guide for professional users, until recently, ...
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Is There a Mortgage Boom in Sub-Saharan Africa?

August 14, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
As the banks continue to saturate the African commercial sector, they are turning towards retail clients for new sources of revenue. In addition to simple ...
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International Funding for African Think Tanks

August 5, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
IRIN reports that international donors are collaborating to provide funding for 24 African think tanks in the next ten years. $30 million is pledged for ...
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The General Cynicism

June 10, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
Last year Wired Magazine published a story about Money Box a mobile banking solution developed in Nigeria with some German technology. Writer Bruce Sterling added ...
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Strong Forecasts for Continent

June 9, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
Are we living in Africa’s age of aquarius? Africa is rising, and it could emerge from the crisis stronger than most people think. Africa’s renaissance is ...
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VCs Turning to BRICA in Slump?

November 15, 2008 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
Adeo Ressi, founder of TheFunded, recently gave an interesting indictment of Silicon Valley explaining the problems with VC culture. One accusation is that venture ...
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$28 quadrillion to 1 US Dollar, Zimbabwe’s Currency

November 13, 2008 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
Zimbabwe’s economy has all but collapsed, leaving it’s currency worth far less than the paper it’s printed on… The hyperinflation is now estimated at over a ...
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Moving from Prepay to Subscription

August 4, 2008 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
Why on earth is there no solid electronic payment system in Africa? Why are people buying MTN cards and texting the numbers to family ...
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The State of Ecommerce in Africa

July 17, 2008 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
There’s a really interesting conversation brewing over at Google’s Africa community that’s all about the state of ecommerce (or lack thereof) in Africa. Here’s ...
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