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Nigerian fintech Appzone raises $10M for expansion and proprietary technology

TechCrunch

Other countries with a presence include the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Tanzania and Senegal. One way it wants to carry this out will be to take its pan-African expansion seriously even though a large part of its 450 clients are based in Nigeria. Four years later, it raised $2.5

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ZmBIZI’s $550 Z2 phone pays you for your data usage

The Verge

I spoke with ZmBIZI co-founder Alpesh Patel , the former director of sales at Motorola in Africa and founder of Mi-Fone in Africa, who explained ZmBIZI’s ambitions on both the hardware and software fronts. Both its new phone, the Z2, and its proprietary software are designed to share the profit that your mobile data generate, back with you.

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On Becoming a Guinea Fowl review: A fierce, acerbic Zambian comedy-drama about community

Mashable Tech

The second feature by Zambian-Welsh director Rungano Nyoni, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl is a brilliantly wry film of funeral traditions and familial idiosyncrasies. From there on out, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl sweeps through its mere 99 minutes with clamorous force. What is On Becoming a Guinea Fowl about? UPDATE: Mar.

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Big Vision Podcast: Interview with llyse Hogue Rainforest Action Network

Have Fun - Do Good

The newest Big Vision podcast is up , and it is an interview with Ilyse Hogue, the Global Finance Campaign Director for the Rainforest Action Network and one of the founders of SmartMeme , a non-profit collective of long term organizers, strategists, trainers and communications professionals.

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Be Prepared to Deliver Digital Value

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Some leaders prefer to hang back and let others be the guinea pigs. The average executive director or CEO is afraid to challenge the board,” he says. You may not want to be the first to dive into the newest digital trends. I’ll offer a caveat. Don’t wait too long. The best hedge against disruption is the Scouts’ motto, “Be Prepared.”

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A ‘thorn forest’ once covered 1 million acres in the Rio Grande Valley. This man is trying to bring it back

Fast Company Tech

He is a director at American Forests, which has toiled for 150 years to restore ecosystems nationwide. That doesnt necessarily doom an ecosystem, but it does create opportunities for guinea grass and other nonnative fauna to push out endemic plants. said Mylen Arias, the director of community resilience at American Forests.

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Heat Listed

The Verge

Unbeknownst to McDaniel, he was a sort of guinea pig, one of the first individuals to be put on Chicago’s “heat list.”. Perry is now the director of community organizing at Westside Health Authority , which specializes in getting people out of violent circumstances.

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