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Jun 4, 2017 |
Africa, Fledglings, Seattle
How can one company solve the problems of poverty, hunger, and food safety and all it does is grow fresh fruits and vegetables. Golden Cat is a two year old mission-driven,...
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May 31, 2017 |
Africa, Conscious, Fledglings
Africa Business Radio deems itself a media platform with a purpose, driven to provide content that offers success for business across Africa. One of the 6 startups from Fledge9,...
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May 14, 2017 |
Africa, Conscious, Fledglings
Talking about doing your business, Americans take for granted how simple it is to “do your business”, flush, and get on with the day? Not the case in Uganda. The dirty truth...
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May 10, 2017 |
Africa, Conscious, Fledglings
One of the exciting outcomes from Fledge is the discovery of a new, better business model that an entrepreneur never gave a second thought. For Fledge9, this extra exciting, as...
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Apr 24, 2017 |
Advice, Africa, Fledglings, Seattle
How Fledge helps startups varies from company to company. One of the best stories from Fledge9 is BioGen Kenya. They applied (three times) with a plan to turn used cooking oil...
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May 11, 2016 |
Africa, Asia, Fledglings, Seattle
The seventh session of Fledge has started. Seven new teams hailing from five countries: Uganda, Malawi, Tanzania, the Philippines, and the United States. Seven more...
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Mar 15, 2016 |
Advice, Africa, Conscious
An excerpt from the LelapaFund Blog: After a hectic six months discovering Kenya’s small business scene, LelapaFund is happy to share some insights from the ground with our...
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Mar 3, 2016 |
Africa, Conscious, Fledglings
The other highlight of the Investors Circle visit to Nairobi was the visit to the factory where BURN Manufacturing builds its cookstoves. Charcoal cookstoves, as charcoal is the...
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Feb 29, 2016 |
Africa, Conscious, Fledglings
Fledge has been importing African entrepreneurs to Seattle for the last two years. This week we finally got to visit a few in their home country, as part of an impact investing...
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Nov 5, 2015 |
Africa, Conscious, Fledglings, Seattle
Yusuf Tura came to Seattle as a lone refugee from Ethiopia at age 16 to escape war and conflict in the country at the time. Today, the Seattle cab driver’s life has been...
