The East Africa Business Podcast: African Start ups | Investing | Entrepreneurship | Interviews
By Sam Floy: Entrepreneur in East Africa
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A podcast interviewing entrepreneurs and business leaders in the emerging market of East Africa. Host Sam Floy showcases companies operating across Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania and Ethiopia. Find conversations with companies ranging from solar power and food production to smoothies and toothpicks.
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From rags to riches: Re-afric make colourful shoes from recycled African fabric that sell worldwide
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Dec 19, 2019 |
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Affordable healthcare for the masses: Ilara Health's sustainable business model saves lives
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Dec 12, 2019 |
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The opportunities and challenges of making affordable socks in Kenya
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Dec 05, 2019 |
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Cracking the nut industry: how Kenya adopted the world's most valuable nut, with Charles Muigai
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Nov 28, 2019 |
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(Chia) Seed Investors: the surprising story of how chia seeds came to be grown in Africa
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Nov 21, 2019 |
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How Lynk raised $1.3m and evolved from "TaskRabbit for Kenya" to micro-franchising and construction
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Nov 14, 2019 |
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From Uber to call centre: why Flare decided on the human touch for emergency dispatch in Kenya
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Nov 07, 2019 |
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Why Zamgoat believes goats are the next big meat in Zambia (and the world), with Paul Nyambe
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Oct 31, 2019 |
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No credit card to drive! How City Drive Hire have opened up the Zambian car hire market
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Oct 24, 2019 |
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Moringa revisited: catching up with Audrey Cheng on the coding school's international expansion
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Oct 17, 2019 |
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How Brexit is affecting Kenya's role in the global flower market, with Chris Kulei from Sian Roses
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Oct 10, 2019 |
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A tech success story. How Africa's Talking equips African software developers with APIs
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Oct 03, 2019 |
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How many eggs can you fit in an Uber? A Nairobi egg dealer on overcoming micro-business challenges
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Sep 26, 2019 |
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How a Kenyan couple captured the Japanese market in Kenya, with Wangari Wachira
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Sep 19, 2019 |
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Why did the home of running not make running shoes? Nava the co-founder of Enda Running explains
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Sep 12, 2019 |
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Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid, why SunCulture can profitably sell to smallholder farmers
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Sep 05, 2019 |
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East Africa's first board game cafe, and why most Kenyans don't know how to play, with Bao Box
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Aug 29, 2019 |
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Move over Tesla, Opibus has a better way to get electric vehicles on African roads
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Aug 22, 2019 |
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Video Games: Africa prepares for the $bn gaming market, with Nathan Masyuko from Ludique Works
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Oct 11, 2018 |
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Relocating top African software developers to European tech teams, with Caspar Coding
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Oct 04, 2018 |
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Entrepreneur and author Sean Keough explains the need for a different financial model in developing markets
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Sep 27, 2018 |
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The Economist's Africa editor compares East Africa's development with the rest of the continent
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Sep 20, 2018 |
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Big retail CEO Daniel Githua explains the role of supermarkets formalising the East African economy
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Sep 13, 2018 |
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Booming factory business. Tales of growth, expansion and toilet paper, from Darshan Chandaria
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Sep 06, 2018 |
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An innovative construction material transforms Kenya's booming housing market, with Mburu Karanja
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Aug 30, 2018 |
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How Busara Center's unintuitive behavioural insights bring clarity to the complex, with Chaning Jang
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Aug 23, 2018 |
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Impact Investing: Beyond Capital’s perspective, with Brian Axelrad and Nicholas Java
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Aug 16, 2018 |
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Season Three Preview
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Aug 12, 2018 |
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Big Data Lending: unlocking commercial capital for Africa with Daniel Goldfarb from Lendable
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Apr 12, 2018 |
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A "one for one" model delivering nutritious hot lunches for schoolchildren, with Wawira Njiru
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Apr 05, 2018 |
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The social (and commercial) upsides of building an online parenting platform, with MumsVillage
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Mar 29, 2018 |
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Where does hair comes from? The global supply chain of human wigs and weaves
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Mar 22, 2018 |
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How the "Distributed Economy" thesis could revolutionise how we think about Africa's development
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Mar 15, 2018 |
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Kasha opens up access to sanitary pads in East Africa through last-mile distribution
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Mar 08, 2018 |
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The need to digitalise the pharmacy business in East Africa, and the benefits that come when you do
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Mar 01, 2018 |
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Why Ethiopia needs a localised version of Uber, with Habtamu Tadesse from ZayRide
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Feb 22, 2018 |
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Running an online business in Ethiopia when the power goes out, with Feleg Tsegaye from DeliverAddis
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Feb 15, 2018 |
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African rocketship BitPesa use blockchain to enable international payments, with Elizabeth Rossiello
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Feb 08, 2018 |
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Revolutionising access to credit in Africa through Peer-to-Peer lending, with Hilda Moraa
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Feb 01, 2018 |
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How mSurvey's Head of Data leverages the company's big data for insights never before possible
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Jan 25, 2018 |
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Season Two Preview
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Jan 21, 2018 |
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*SPECIAL* Silicon Savannah: Business Lessons from East Africa Talk
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Aug 23, 2017 |
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Season One Conclusion
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Jun 07, 2017 |
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Dream. Grow. Be Found. How Fuzu equips thousands of Kenyans for the workplace, with Jussi Hinkkanen
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May 31, 2017 |
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We Farm are building an SMS-based social network for farmers, with Kenny Ewan
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May 24, 2017 |
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Paying for textbooks by the page: how Kytabu is disrupting Kenyan education, with Tonee Ndungu
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May 17, 2017 |
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Kenya's first local producer of coconut goods. Kentaste's hustle to get in supermarkets and more
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May 10, 2017 |
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Preventing food waste through solar powered fridges, with Luke Davey from Inspira Farms
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May 03, 2017 |
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No need for uni. Moringa School's world class coding school in Kenya, with Audrey Cheng
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Apr 26, 2017 |
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Setting boundaries: how Agrinfo's mapping technology overcomes pen and paper land disputes
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Apr 19, 2017 |
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Training rats to save lives (no joke) in Tanzania, with Georgies Mgode from Apopo
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Apr 12, 2017 |
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Uber for ambulances. Why most Africans can't call 911 and how Flare solves this, with Caitlin Dolkart
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Apr 05, 2017 |
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Inuka Pap uses mobile money to help low-income savings groups, with Waweru Kuria
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Mar 29, 2017 |
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Escaping the rental poverty trap: how Tugende gives motorcycle taxi drivers the ability to own
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Mar 15, 2017 |
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Creating linkages in agriculture to improve farmer incomes, with Maria Biswalo from Ninayo
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Mar 08, 2017 |
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How Lynk is building a "TaskRabbit for Kenya", with the founders Adam and Johannes
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Mar 01, 2017 |
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Game-changing technology that allows those with low-income to purchase goods on credit
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Feb 22, 2017 |
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Why lack of working capital chokes the Kenyan food industry, and how Umati Capital solves this
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Feb 15, 2017 |
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Where does your tea come from? Toby Theobald from Chai Tausi in Tanzania explains
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Feb 08, 2017 |
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"Netflix for Africa": how Tango TV is creating a platform for streaming local East African content
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Feb 01, 2017 |
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Digital transformation in Tanzania hospitals - how Geek Technologies make local businesses paperless
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Jan 25, 2017 |
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How Living Labs teaches entrepreneurship to rural Tanzanians, with Victoria John
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Jan 18, 2017 |
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Cycling with elephants: breaking new ground in Tanzanian travel with Mejah Mbuya from Afriroots
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Jan 11, 2017 |
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Building "Spotify for Africa" with Martin Nielsen from Mdundo
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Jan 04, 2017 |
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Selling cakes (and training cake makers), with Grace Murugi from Cakes.co.ke
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Dec 28, 2016 |
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The CEO of iHub gives an overview of the East Africa tech ecosystem, with Kamal Bhattacharya
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Dec 21, 2016 |
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The effusive Dr Suudi gives us a taste of his Ugandan radio adverts
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Dec 14, 2016 |
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A history of surveying and market research in Kenya with Boniface Ngahu from SBO Research
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Dec 07, 2016 |
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Supporting Ugandan small holder farmers with affordable services, with Peter Nyeko from Reparle
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Nov 30, 2016 |
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Why biomass charcoal cooking stoves are saving lives, with Ziwa Hillington from Green Bioenergy
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Nov 30, 2016 |
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Coworking Space: giving entrepreneurs in Uganda a collaborative place to work
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Nov 23, 2016 |
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Why Ugandans are demanding "masculine" motorbikes, with Pankaj Tiwari from Miracle Motors
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Nov 16, 2016 |
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The exciting ways brands can engage with a growing youth market in Uganda, with Belguin Prosper
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Nov 09, 2016 |
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Make up for African women - why imported cosmetics don't work and no-one trusts the Chinese
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Nov 02, 2016 |
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How a credit marketplace can unlock the potential in SMEs, with George Bakka from Patasente
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Oct 26, 2016 |
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Glass half full: how Jibu's innovative franchise provides clean, affordable water across East Africa
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Oct 19, 2016 |
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New York, Paris, Kampala..? How and why Gloria Wavamunno started Uganda's international Fashion Week
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Oct 12, 2016 |
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Smoothies: how a growing Rwandan enterprise sells healthy juices, with Anitha Dusabe of Twistiblendz
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Oct 05, 2016 |
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How using solar energy can drastically improve how farmers water their crops, with Flavia Howard
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Sep 28, 2016 |
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Beanz Meanz Development: value addition by cooking and packing nutritious beans
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Sep 21, 2016 |
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Why GetIt need to use Whatsapp to deliver food produce in Rwanda, with Lauren Russell
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Sep 14, 2016 |
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Why no toothpicks are made in East Africa? A market evaluation, with Olly Cassels
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Sep 07, 2016 |
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Electricity from the sun: how BBOXX's off-grid solar systems power rural Rwanda, with Justus Mucyo
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Sep 04, 2016 |
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Accelerating Rwanda: Aphrodice Mutangana explains how the kLab hub is fostering entrepreneurship
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Sep 01, 2016 |