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Is state VC funding becoming the name of the game?
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What can we learn from the successful Start-Up Chile accelerator?
Today is demo day for the top 20 startups from the 12th generation of one of the world’s most talked about business programmes — Start-Up…
How important is Kenya in Africa’s growing startup scene?
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Is forcing banks to lend to SMEs a good idea?
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How will BRICS really benefit SMEs?
Will small businesses in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa benefit from these countries being part of the BRICS? With the 7th BRICS…
Silicon Valley network could help boost South Africa
To boost small business and innovation in their own countries, emerging economies should make better use of entrepreneurs from their diaspora — particularly those…
Innovation is key to support all SMEs in South Africa
Is it better to help the tens of thousands of struggling informal-sector firms or a few promising entrepreneurs with ideas that could grow to…
In the age of one-man businesses, co-workers should unite
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How innovative entrepreneurs can help solve poverty
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