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30 brilliant African tech startups

By Martin Carstens: Senior reporter
Posted 9 March, 2012
Filed under Africa, Startups

The methodology behind this list of startups had two simple directives. First, the startup had to have African roots and secondly it had to be brilliant. More specifically, we were looking for that type of brilliance that exudes intelligence, talent, quality or simply, something fresh. Of course brilliance, like most things ...

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10 African tech startups worth watching

By Vincent Maher
Posted 6 January, 2012
Filed under Africa, Startups

It’s practically a tradition to follow a post like this with a good old-fashioned flame-war where everyone reveals his or her own sense of inadequacy. In order to save time I’d like to encourage you to stop reading now and skip to the bottom and start doing that right ...

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