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Apollo Agriculture is building a pathway to commercial farming
Since 2016, Apollo Agriculture has been equipping farmers in Kenya with appropriate technology, tools and financing to help them transform small-scale…
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Hugo Gaarden
Mega investors brought mega rounds to Africa
I 2021 tech-companies in Africa saw a new regime of “mega-round” startup-funding. 11 companies raised each at least 100 million dollars, in total 1,7…
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Hugo Gaarden
RLabs: Giving hope can be a business
A South African company, RLabs, shows how to make a business by giving people hope and by training them to use technology.
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Hugo Gaarden

February 2022

When global companies help small companies to grow
Often small companies need to line up with international companies to grow. That has been the case with Mastercards strong expansion in Africa as seen…
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Hugo Gaarden
It's time for a great reset of Africa's e-health systems
COVID-19 has highlighted the poor state of Africa's healthcare infrastructure. Mobile technology and broadband can unlock e-health services across the…
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Hugo Gaarden
Pillars to strengthen Africa's public health systems
A new public health order is vital in Africa, as weak health systems provide a breeding ground for the spread of dangerous pathogens. COVID-19 has…
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Hugo Gaarden
New payment systems are developing fast in Africa
Africa has been in the front line of mobile payments, but now alternative payment systems like Adumo in South Africa are developing fast – especially…
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Hugo Gaarden

January 2022

Tech start-ups are rising fast in Africa but many can’t survive the early stage
The good story is, that start-ups are rising faster in Africa than in the rest of the world, but the bad story is, far too many doesn’t survive the…
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Hugo Gaarden
Naked Insurance – with an app and AI – and no agents
A small South African start-up insurance company, Naked Insurance, is disrupting the insurance business. It’s an online company and saves the customers…
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Hugo Gaarden

December 2021

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