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EmpowHER Your Mindset: How Women Entrepreneurs Can Overcome Negative Thoughts To Stay Motivated

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Miranda Naiman, a 7-year EO Tanzania member and an unstoppable force for good, is the founder of Empower , a disruptive consulting firm that passionately provides talent, advisory and insight services to clients across the African continent. board director to multiple organisations, coach, mentor and volunteer can weigh us down.

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Purple Elephant Ventures, Kenya’s tourism-focused startup studio, raises $1M pre-seed funding

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Kenya’s HotelOnline acquires hospitality software company HotelPlus. “I Elephant Bookings is a B2B product that brings hospitality providers online, helping them to increase their occupancy rates by allowing direct bookings. Investors participating in this round include Klister Credit Corp.,

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Why some leaders deny reality with return-to-office strategies amid Delta surge

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In addition, as schools resume in-person learning, Delta variant cases and hospitalizations are increasing at alarming levels. It leads them to greatly underappreciate the likelihood and consequences of disruptive events. Research suggests that denying negative reality is a principal cause for Boards of Directors to fire their CEOs.

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Insurtech startup Spot brings in $17.5M equity, debt to fill insurance gaps for accidental injuries

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Every major market was disrupted by some change of distribution, like Netflix and Airbnb,” Goy told TechCrunch. “We Customers can use any licensed physician, hospital or urgent care clinic. As part of the investment, Mike McCormick, principal at GreatPoint Ventures, will join Spot’s board of directors.

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TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield alum Perygee helps secure building operations

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While TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield 2022 is still fresh in our minds, Perygee , a member of the 2020 group , has been helping companies keep their building operations elements secure. Breen says that as a female founder, she is particularly aware of building a diverse company from the cap table to the board to the workforce.

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India’s HealthPlix raises $22M to accelerate growth and enhance healthcare delivery

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Of the total number of doctors on board, 70% are outside metro cities, HealthPlix said. This helps them get a wider reach as the country’s healthcare primarily is undertaken in small clinics and nursing homes instead of at large-scale hospitals, where Indian patients typically visit when their symptoms and illness have gotten worse.

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Health tech startup mPharma acquires Vine Pharmacy, enters Uganda

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It currently runs retail pharmacy operations and provides market intelligence to hospitals, pharmacies and patients. and Daniel Vasella, ex-CEO and chairman of Novartis; both are members of the board. “I It may be like five years behind Kenya, but we think it is ripe for innovation and disruption,” he added.

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