Only images of war, corruption, and extreme poverty came to my mind when I think of Chad, a landlocked country in north-central Africa. These images were probably my stereotype. But try search “people in Chad” in Google Images, you will most likely see pictures of hungry children and vulnerable women....
Only images of war, corruption, and extreme poverty came to my mind when I think of Chad, a landlocked country in north-central Africa. These images were probably my stereotype. But try search “people in Chad” in Google Images, you will most likely see pictures of hungry children and vulnerable women....
A Finnish growth startup organized an open office event. It allowed young people to visit the company while the current employees talked about how it is to work in a startup. Later I met a sales manager of this company who complained that these community engagement types of activities were...
According to Bain&Company’s report on E-commerce in MENA, the MENA e-commerce market in 2017 is worth $8.3 billion, and the average annual growth rate is 25%. The Egyptian consumers may purchase less frequently, but they spent as much as per purchase as shoppers in the UK, US,...
When Sara Fakir and Tatiana Perelra wanted to start an incubator in Mozambique a decade ago, people thought that they wanted to raise chickens. The concept of incubation of startups was unfamiliar to people. This story amused me. Without much support from the public and private sectors, they started their...
Recently I had a chance to speak with Shyaka Charles, the General Manager of 250Startups. It offers 6 months of acceleration and incubation programme for local startups in Rwanda. It plays a major role in fostering tech startups and innovation Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. But it is more than...
Recently I had the chance to speak with Kingsley Abrokwah, the CEO of KudiGo. He is a Ghanaian entrepreneur who is not afraid of dreaming. When he was younger, he worked at a call center to fund his education and obtained a degree in Network Engineering. In 2012, he started...
