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This pan-African freelance platform is the first Zimbabwean startup backed by Techstars

TechCrunch

The accelerator, which has accepted only a handful of African startups, included one from Zimbabwe in this class. Quite a number of international and local freelance websites exist to meet these needs. On the 25th of January, Techstars Seattle announced its 12th class featuring 10 startups from different parts of the world.

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CEO’s Update: Fall 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Case in point is our team’s work with local LGBTI groups in Sub-Saharan Africa to help them establish independent human rights documentation initiatives. And we have even more improvements in our development pipeline. As toolmakers, our ultimate impact is measured by what our users create with our products.

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4 keys to international expansion

TechCrunch

After an initial success helping Groupon scale internationally via a merger with Rocket’s incubation firm CityDeal, Rocket’s team have aggressively scaled businesses from Algeria to Zimbabwe — sometimes in a matter of weeks. Some companies are global by default — think mobile gaming companies — or simply require language localization.

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South Africa’s Talk360 raises $4M to build single payment platform for Africa

TechCrunch

This product, it says, will open up businesses to the largest pool of localized payment options in Africa. South Africa, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh are some of the markets where the calling app is widely used. MoneyHash gets $3M to build a super-API for payment operations in Africa, Mideast.

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South African startup Talk360’s seed funding hits $7M after new backing

TechCrunch

Talk360’s payment platform will integrate “all payment options” in the continent — creating a diverse pool of localized payment options, making it easy for international and local businesses to sell to buyers residing in Africa. South Africa’s Talk360 raises $4M to build single payment platform for Africa.

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Peer-to-Peer Crowdfunding Myths & How To Ensure Success

The Modern Nonprofit

Build a school in Zimbabwe. Your focus should be on trying to get your local television station, your local newspaper, your local radio station – or maybe you pitch the national news (depending on the nature of the story). Help pay for Sally’s cancer treatment. The more specific, the better. It won’t hurt.

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"Press 2 for Chickens": Innovating African Radio Stations

NTEN

Bartholomew Sullivan, a regional ICT officer for AFRRI, and Farm Radio International had been in touch with Kubatana, the parent organization of Freedom Fone, in Zimbabwe and thought IVR technology could be used to improve programming at the stations by making the experience and content more interactive. . Listen to the jingle here.) .

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