Alex Ssenoga, Nathan Ssenyondo, and Kapeyi Samson have that rare thing in the African startup space – experience of a successful exit. And now they are putting their learnings to good use in the e-commerce space. The trio were part of the team at Done Deal, a restaurant offers platform that was acquired by Kenya’s […]
The Wall Street Journal has a very brilliant piece (paywall) where it noted that the path to reaching the next billion on mobile will be video and voice. The internet’s global expansion is entering a new phase, and it looks decidedly unlike the last one. Instead of typing searches and emails, a wave of newcomers—“the next billion,” […]
Two companies: Groupon (a pioneer ecommerce marketplace connecting subscribers with local merchants by offering discounts on activities, travel, goods and services) and Blue Apron (an ingredient-and-recipe meal kit service) share one thing in common. Both are business model innovators. They rose not necessarily because of new fundamental technology underpinning their businesses, but rather, a new business model, […]
Using high speed internet to grow your business For a small business in Uganda today, a high internet connection can help propel your business – helping you access increasing cloud-based applications, share larger files, support more Wi-Fi-enabled devices, conduct video/web conferencing and more. When it comes to the internet connection, most small businesses are torn […]
The Top 14 marketing techniques in 2017? Let’s now drill down into the key tactics and marketing technology within each of these tactics which will be important in 2017. Content marketing trends Content marketing has been in the top 3 for the last 3 years we have run this post, so we focus a lot […]
11 Business Opportunities in Africa That Will Make More Millionaires in 2017 2016 was “The Year of the Valley” for Africa. After nearly a decade of galloping economic growth, the continent experienced a very sharp decline last year. The hardest hit were the major commodity exporters, especially Nigeria, Angola and South Africa. Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, went […]
