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Interviews with African creators and innovators at the crossroads of technology and culture

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Africa’s communications revolution! Full panel recording from #AfricaTechFestival 2022: Russell Southwood, Balancing Act Nika Naghavi, MFS Africa Andile Ngcaba, Convergence Partners Funke Opeke, MainOne Nic Rudnick, Liquid Int Technologies ▶️ Watch now: spr.ly/6042OAUdM

Looking Back, Going Forward: How Africa's Tech History Contains the Roots of its Future

This panel discussion took place live at Africa Tech Festival 2022,...

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@Ventureburn17 Jun 2023
Applications are open for Venture for Africa's 10-week Go-To-Market Bootcamp, equipping tech startup professionals with essential skills to drive growth and revenue in African markets. #startups #entrepreneurship #africa ventureburn.com/2023/06/vfa-…

VFA launches Go-To-Market bootcamp for African start-ups

Venture for Africa opens applications for its ten-week Go-To-Market Bootcamp, equipping tech startup professionals with essential skills.

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@StearsData15 Oct 2019
A sizeable barrier to the adoption of solar home systems may be the cultural and behavioural adjustments that need to be made for Nigerians to really benefit from using a solar home system. stearsng.com/article/without…
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All great journey starts with a foot in the right direction. Culture Export Investment —— UnitedMasters expands its reach into Africa, partners with Nigerian producer Sarz to ’empower the next generation of African talent’ - Music Business Worldwide musicbusinessworldwide.com/u…

UnitedMasters expands its reach into Africa, partners with Nigerian producer Sarz to ’empower the...

Partnership will provide access to ‘brand and sync opportunities, and capital’ for Sarz’ 1789 imprint to develop talent from Africa…

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Africa's literature is getting visibility, again, but isn't prolific yet. An interview with Bibi Bakare-Yusuf, co-founder & publishing director of Cassava Republic Press, a Nigerian company which has published award-winning authors incl. Teju Cole, Lola Shoneyin, and Chigozie Obioma semafor.com/article/06/11/20…
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The sad story of the Tingo Group. Almost nothing is true...the bafe faced chutzpah is breathtaking hindenburgresearch.com/tingo…
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Replying to @BalancingActAfr @BCAfrica @RencapMan
This is such an amazing book - essential reading for the #ict4d #digitaldevelopment community.
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My book Africa 2.0 - Inside a Continent's Communications Revolution was 2nd Runner Up in the firstl @BCAfrica African Business Book of Year Awards. Big shout out also to @RencapMan for The Time-Travelling Economist and overall winner Deanne de Vries for Africa: Open for Business
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Bankelele@bankelele21 May 2023
Congratulations @RencapMan and @BalancingActAfr for 1st and 2nd runner-up awards in inaugural @BCAfrica African Business Book of the Year awards.
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MyBroadband
@mybroadband19 May 2023
Huawei slashes prices of load-shedding backup systems mybroadband.co.za/news/energ…

Huawei slashes prices of load-shedding backup systems

Huawei’s top-end Power-M system is now cheaper than a Tesla Powerwall in South Africa, with slightly less power output but more storage capacity.

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To empower more Pasifika women with #MobileMoney, #MMPs need to set realistic targets, increase awareness of the benefits of mobile money, employ more women mobile money agents, and make products relevant to women’s needs. Learn more in our blog: ow.ly/1QrS50NymVh
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Rest of World@restofworld16 May 2023
Don’t miss our 2023 book list. Featuring must-read novels, memoirs, reporting, and photography books by @liamwong, @balancingactafr, @V_V_G, @moises_saman, @BigMeanInternet, @AmitChaudhuri, and many others restofworld.org/2023/rest-of…

19 books to read in 2023

Rest of World's staff favorites from around the globe to add to your must-read pile.

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miaaw.net@MiaawNet10 May 2023
miaaw.net This Friday at 12:34 UTC Owen Kelly talks to Russell Southwood about Africa 2.0, his recent book on the growth of the internet & mobile web in central Saharan Africa. #CulturalDemocracy #media #History #access
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Don't miss this fantastic session with @UONGOZI. The first five people to register will get the book free, and the next 10 for half a price. Let's meet and engage.
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I got a little over 800 euros from THREE of my books in ALL of 2022. That's averages 67 euros a month. For context: three of my books can pay just about 6% of my rent monthly. And I am not "unknown". Moral of the story: keep your day job. It's a fucking jungle out here.
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Mobile Money : les régions d’Afrique les plus dynamiques en 2022 osiris.sn/Mobile-Money-les-r…
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The Business Council for Africa has announced the list of nominees for the inaugural African Business Book of the Year awards, and it includes our very own Africa 2.0 Congratulations @BalancingActAfr, we’re rooting for you! @BCAfrica #Africa #Business #Books #Award #BCAawards
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Here are the Business Council for Africa's nominees for African Business Book of the Year How many of them have you read & who are you rooting for? 👀 They're all winners, but as for us, given our interest in Africa's innovation economy, we're rooting for @BalancingActAfr 💪🏽
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My book - Africa 2.0 - Inside a Continent's Communications Revolution - has been shortlisted by the Business Council of Africa for the African Business Book of the Year Award.
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🌍 To better understand the drivers and barriers to #cloud adoption in #Africa where at @BGlobalTech_en we operate, @ConsoleConnect commissioned analyst firm @BalancingActAfr to produce the second edition of the Africa Interconnection Report. 👇🏾 datacentrereview.com/2022/12…

Will data centre investment be the catalyst for cloud adoption in Africa? - Data Centre Review

Neil Templeton, VP of Marketing at Console Connect explores the current landscape for data centre investment in Africa, following a year of 'big change' for the continent.

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