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Startup Business Models within the African Context

Startup Business Models within the African Context

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This evening, Afrinnovator will be hosting a Startup-focused event titled “What’s your Business Model?“. Last month we held an event that brought together several seed funds and VCs for a panel discussion open to questions from Startups about matters related to funding, we also got some feedback from these funds about what they have observed in the local (Kenyan) startup ecosystem. Let’s see if we can set a foundation and context for the event later on today… Perhaps I should start off by observing that this ecosystem is in a state of flux (not just in Kenya but in...Read More

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INTERNET & WEB

Startup Watch: TrueBranches – US-Based Nigerian E-commerce website

Startup Watch: TrueBranches – US-Based Nigerian E-commerce website
Having recently featured Wakanow.com, we keep the focus on Nigerian tech as this time we look at yet another internet company started by a Nigerian in the US. Toyin Kolawole started TrueBranches back in 2005 with an aim of providing an online lifestyle shopping service to Nigerians who would like to purchase items from US stores and help the customer get the best deals. The company has offices in the US and Lagos, Nigeria. TrueBranches.com offers consumers access to hundreds of thousands of the...Read Full Post
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STARTUPS

Get your pitch on at IPO48 Nairobi 2011

Get your pitch on at IPO48 Nairobi 2011
The 48-hour tech startup pitching contest, IPO48, is back in nairobi, and bigger! Last year the contest was held at the Strathmore University where a bunch of young and innovative minds congregated over a 48-hour period to come up with ideas and making businesses out of them. This time the event is to...Read Full Post
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INNOVATION

Africa Continues to Beckon Interest the Sandboxers are here!

Africa Continues to Beckon Interest the Sandboxers are here!
Sandbox was founded in May 2009 and is the foremost global community of extraordinary young achievers between 20 and 30. We identify entrepreneurial young people worldwide that already have an impressive impact at a very young age, no matter in what field or industry. We got to meet one of the Sandboxers,...Read Full Post
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INNOVATION

From OLPC to VC: Africa leapfrogs the digital divide

From OLPC to VC: Africa leapfrogs the digital divide
Afrinnovator got a mention on Involution Studio’s blog in a series of posts by Niti Bhan and Muchiri Nyaggah on technology in Africa. Involution Studios is a design studio based in the US that does design work for major corporations such as McAFee, Oracle, Microsoft and Yahoo. Niti Bhan and Muchiri...Read Full Post
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EVENTS

Africa 2.0 an Event Worth Attending

Africa 2.0 an Event Worth Attending
We’ve just learned about a pretty interesting event, Africa 2.0, from Loy Okezie’s blog. The event is being put together by the MIT Sloan Africa Business Club: MIT Sloan Africa Business Club presents it’s inaugural conference “Africa 2.0: Achieving Growth Through Innovation”. In 2010,...Read Full Post
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MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

Weekly Africa Blog Round Up #1

Weekly Africa Blog Round Up #1
It’s holiday season and while most would be slowing down to the holiday mood we at Afrinnovator are all geared up for the new year! Today we begin what will be a weekly excercise rounding up some notable blogs in west, east and south Africa as well as whatever else we could have found interesting...Read Full Post
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STARTUPS

Video Pitch of IPO48 Winner M-Farm

Video Pitch of IPO48 Winner M-Farm
M-Farm, a mobile application targeted at farmers built by AkiraChix, a group of young, enthusiastic and innovative ladies. The IPO48 event aimed at coming up with viable, fundable, tech businesses over a 48 hour period that took participants from ideation to (initial) execution of their ideas. Imagine...Read Full Post
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