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isPermaLink="false">http://memeburn.com/?p=62376</guid> <description><![CDATA[On the heels of Amazon&#8217;s successful launch of its South African customer service centre, comes the news today that Amazon Web Services (AWS) is launching a new AWS Developer Support office in Cape Town. AWS is a collection of remote (cloud) computing services, the most popular ones being EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) and S3 (Simple [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://memeburn.com/2012/04/amazon-web-services-opening-developer-support-office-in-south-africa/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>8 Things to consider when building a digital strategy in Sub-Saharan Africa</title><link>http://memeburn.com/2012/04/8-things-to-consider-when-building-a-digital-strategy-in-sub-saharan-africa/</link> <comments>http://memeburn.com/2012/04/8-things-to-consider-when-building-a-digital-strategy-in-sub-saharan-africa/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 04:45:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Mark Molenaar</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category><guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://memeburn.com/?p=60596</guid> <description><![CDATA[I recently took part in a panel discussion focused on “investing in tech in Africa”. It was a good session, as it was very much a discussion between the audience and ourselves. There were a number of points that came up illustrating both the current difficulties and future opportunities when it comes to investing in [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://memeburn.com/2012/04/4-factors-shaping-social-impact-investment-in-africas-tech-scene/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>What kind of disruption does Africa&#8217;s tech scene really need?</title><link>http://memeburn.com/2012/04/what-kind-of-disruption-does-africas-tech-scene-really-need/</link> <comments>http://memeburn.com/2012/04/what-kind-of-disruption-does-africas-tech-scene-really-need/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 04:30:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Will Mutua</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Egg-energy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Huawei]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mpesa]]></category><guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://memeburn.com/?p=56941</guid> <description><![CDATA[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 in life, is subjective, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://memeburn.com/2012/03/25-brilliant-african-tech-startups/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>53</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>How M-Pesa disrupts entire economies</title><link>http://memeburn.com/2012/03/how-m-pesa-disrupts-entire-economies/</link> <comments>http://memeburn.com/2012/03/how-m-pesa-disrupts-entire-economies/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 04:35:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Will Mutua</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mobile money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mpesa]]></category><guid
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