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Appfrica Labs Joins KUV Capital
After two months of planning, I’m pleased to officially announce that Appfrica Labs, the Y-Combinator inspired incubation arm of this company, has been funded! Kuv ...
VCs Turning to BRICA in Slump?
Adeo Ressi, founder of TheFunded, recently gave an interesting indictment of Silicon Valley explaining the problems with VC culture. One accusation is that venture ...
20 Ideas for Social Entrepreneurs [Part 2]
In the first half of this article I shared a few ideas for social ventures in emerging economies. Some of them I’m working on, ...
Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund: Investing in African Ideas
The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) is a US$50-100m private sector fund, backed by some of the biggest names in development finance and hosted by ...
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Demanding Substance from Web 2.0 Entrepreneurs
I’m a huge advocate of internet technology being used to improve conditions around the world. In my own experiences in Silicon Valley, however, I’ve ...
Investors Forced to Rethink Africa
When I initially began Appfrica one question I asked myself was: “Why is the world VC community at large ignoring a continent with nearly a ...
Preparing a Killer Software Demo in Africa