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Published on: Jul 07 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on How Open Source Software Makes Money for Coffee Grower Cooperatives
In Kenya, coffee farmers are concerned about getting a fair price for their beans, and worry about “ghost kilograms” – the undercounting of raw and processed bean weights – that can happen with handwritten...
Published on: Jul 05 2010 by Jonathan Gosier - Comments Off on Apps 4 Africa: a Contest for African Software Developers
Over the past few weeks myself, Solomon King of NodeSix.com, Joshua Goldstein an Appfrica Fellow, Jessica Colaco at the iHub in Nairobi, Philip Thigo and John Kipchumbah at SODNET (Social Development Network Kenya), and a...
Kevin Donovan and Jonathan Donner believe that prepaid ICT access models are more appropriate for poorer consumers and the availability of prepaid mobile data will be a key driver of inclusive mobile Internet usage. To prove...
When it comes to ICTs, Government’s role is to create and sustain a conducive environment through regulation and legislation.
In addition, a sound government strategy should also consider making strategic investments...
Published on: Jun 28 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Win Government Contracts with Solar Power Computing
Electrical power is an issue across Africa – or more accurately, the lack of reliable, affordable electricity is one of the greatest barriers to the adoption of information and communication technologies.
But good businessmen...
Do you have an idea on how to change lives with mobile phones? Is it also a good business opportunity? And can it work with Nokia phones? Then submit it to Nokia’s Growth Economy Venture Challenge
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This is the bombshell that Erik Hersman tweeted about Safaricom’s mPayment system, M-Pesa. Read it and then stop to think a minute about what that means for Kenya:
If one company moves 20% of country’s GDP,...
Published on: Jun 21 2010 by Bill Zimmerman - Comments Off on Limbe Labs Seed Capital Strategy for Startup Business Success
It’s well known that there’s a problem with seed capital in Africa and Cameroon is no exception. We’ve spoken with many enterprising young hackers who’ve found that funds were simply unavailable or local investors...
Published on: Jun 19 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on VC4Africa.com
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VC4Africa.com believes that entrepreneurship should be the main driver in Africa’s economic growth, in particular the small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) that provide much of Africa’s employment, income...
At Venture Capital and Private Equity in Africa (VC4Africa), an online community for investors and entrepreneurs dedicated to building business on the continent we believe it is important we meet ‘offline’ as...
