The Nairobi Innovation Hub is an open space for the technologists, investors, tech companies and hackers in the area. This space is a tech community facility with a focus on young entrepreneurs, web and mobile phone programmers and designers. It is part open community workspace (co-working), part vector for investors and VCs and part incubator.
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“When we started this business it was always with 2010 in mind, because the spotlight is on South Africa for the World Cup,” said Cuffe, 34, who in 2005 founded Heritage Link Brands, a Los Angeles-based company that imports wines produced by black South Africans.
‘Despite the challenges, Cuffe remains true to [...]
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‘With minutes to go until his exclusive negotiating window was to expire, Jordan struck a deal late Friday night to buy controlling interest of the Charlotte Bobcats, putting the six-time NBA champion in charge of the money-losing team in his home state.
Owner Bob Johnson announced in a statement that he’s agreed to [...]
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‘China and India get all the headlines for their economic prowess, but there’s another global growth story that is easily overlooked: Africa. In 2007 and 2008, southern Africa, the Great Lakes region of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, and even the drought-stricken Horn of Africa had GDP growth rates on par with [...]
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“Having of late been exposed to some of the work he does for the poor of our land with the profits he makes from his mining ventures, I understand why he has no problems with the idea of nationalising mines. He is what I understood President Thabo Mbeki was hoping for when [...]
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Jamaican born entrepreneur Anita Witter, founder of Jewel Isle Rum Punch gives advice to entrepreneurs.
‘People make a profit off your naivety because they know you have not done the research that is necessary to grow your business. If you don’t do the work you are leaving yourself [...]
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South African mining magnate Patrice Motsepe’s African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) group says it is looking to invest in Zimbabwe’s lucrative platinum sector that holds the world’s second largest deposits of the precious metal after South Africa.
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In Accra, a CD salesman follows a slow-cruising sound truck, hawking a new gospel record.
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It’s Mr. Dash’s own reality, where he is the unchallenged philosopher king. And to go along with it, he’s concocted his own business model. “Every business model created before the recession is defunct because it’s based on a healthy economy,” Mr. Dash explained. “Now there’s a new economy, all these business [...]
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According to a recent study, the percentage of blacks in America is growing and so is the amount of money blacks have available to spend on goods and services.
