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Alerzo raises $10.5M Series A to bring Nigeria’s informal retail sector online

TechCrunch

Early investors include the Baobab Network, an Africa-focused accelerator based in London, and Signal Hill, a Singapore-based fund manager that participated in its $5.5 “Growing up in Ibadan, I watched my mother operate two informal retail stores to raise my three siblings and me. FJ Labs and several family offices from the U.S.,

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You Need to Win the Battle for Share of Mind

Both Sides of the Table

If you want to build enduring companies that weather both the tech market acceleration and the inevitable tech market correction as companies like LinkedIn have done you need to ask yourself if you’re solving a real problem for users that will persist when hotness wears off. Healthcare information? I have no problem with it.

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4 Secrets to Responsive Leadership

Entrepreneurs' Organization

These are the attributes that sustain and make a person’s leadership strong in both triumph and crisis, as well as transportable and transferrable in different environments. I call these leadership attributes The Big 4. The Big 4 Leadership Attributes. Curiosity: The desire to continuously learn, discover, and grow intellectually.

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Pilot Operation of “PanTA-G Bus,” Self-driving Public Transportation, in Gyeonggi-do: Pangyo Techno Valley is Becoming an R&D Hub for Self-driving Technology

AsiaTechDaily

Register Gyeonggi-do is set to commence the pilot operation of its domestic public transportation service, the ‘Panta G Bus,’ which is fortified with self-driving technology, at Pangyo Techno Valley. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet?

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Google’s Africa Investment Fund makes first investment in Uganda’s SafeBoda

TechCrunch

Before launching the fund, Google proved helpful in startups’ journeys via its Google for Startups Accelerator Africa program. The accelerator program has supported more than 80 startups in seed to Series A stages with equity-free mentorship and resources. He made this known at the Google for Africa event in October.

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Korea’s top accelerator program K-Startup Grand Challenge 2023 accepting applications from global startups  

AsiaTechDaily

South Korea’s largest accelerator program– the K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC) is the unique opportunity for global startups to enter the flourishing market of Asia. The 2023 edition of the accelerator, running from July 25 to November 10, will focus on deep tech startups.

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Spirit of innovation demonstrated in land transport sector

NZ Entrepreneur

A number of startups and entrepreneurial initiatives working to address challenges in the transport sector have been approved for funding in round one of the Waka Kotahi Hoe ki angitū- Innovation Fund , with a second round of challenges now announced. The fund will run for two years, and its aim is to make transport greener and safer.