Over the next few months, I am switching focus to my fledgling agricultural startup, Raintree Farms. For the last six years I’ve been nipping at the heels of an idea I wanted to explore: how much…
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Join me and a distinguished list of discussants for an evening of discourse about the state of remittances and economic growth in Africa. The Africa-America Institute’s next Speaker Series panel discussion will explore the role remittances can…
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From Poverty to Power » Why are Africans getting ripped off on remittances?
April 27, 2014 Diaspora at work EconomyDuncan Green writing for Oxfam’s From Poverty to Power blog: ‘Remittances to Africa are rising. In 2013, transfers to the region were valued at $32 billion, or around 2% of GDP. Charges on remittances to Africa…
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Small steps to building a better remittances engine to Uganda
April 19, 2014 Diaspora at work Economy Projects UgandaPost by remit.ug. Building something to solve a long-faced problem is one of the hardest and most satisfying things to undertake. Steve Jobs is famous for saying “we build things we want to use.” Remit.ug has…
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Chris Blattman on giving cash to the poor as the equivalent to being given shoes and laces: So is it time to stop giving people skills? Not entirely. Part of the reason these Ugandan youth did…
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IFAD Call for proposals 2009: Financing Facility for Remittances
April 21, 2009 Economy International Development technologyOne of the cornerstones of our mission here at PD is to encourage the African Diaspora to do more with their remittances. Annually, it is estimated that Diaspora remittances to Africa are inching north of $40…
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Serena Williams’ “secret” venture capital portfolio includes one of Africa’s best-known startups
April 23, 2019 investment technologyAlongside Andela, Serena Ventures has also backed Coinbase, the San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange, Masterclass, the online learning platform and Wave, a remittance service that’s available in five African countries. I’ve been a user of Wave’s brilliantly…
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On Western Union’s epic CSR response #FAIL to Ebola in West Africa
November 13, 2014 International DevelopmentOn October 18th, Western Union’s foundation arm announced a plan to mobilize support for the ebola response in West Africa: The Western Union Foundation is making a grant of US$25,000 to the International Medical Corps to support the organization’s…
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Remit.ug featured in Masters thesis on mobile entrepreneurship by Guy Shmuel
September 12, 2014 Projects technologyGuy Samuel interviewed yours truly about our little remittances startup a few months back for his Masters thesis in International Relations at Institut Barcelona. Remit.ug is exemplary of the benefit that can be created when mobile…
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There are moments when being the owner of a struggling African agricultural startup can get overwhelming and it is all I can do to quit and run for the hills. Then there are the moments when…
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