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isPermaLink="false">http://memeburn.com/?p=63378</guid> <description><![CDATA[Online money management system 22seven blew into our collective consciousness at the beginning of this year under a controversial storm. Most of that controversy centered around the fact that the service allowed third-party applications to access users&#8217; banking details. The innovative startup is the brainchild of 20Twenty founder Christo Davel, and is billed as an [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://memeburn.com/2012/05/five-minutes-with-22seven-founder-ahead-of-net-prophet-talk/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>A geek at the helm: Memeburn&#8217;s interview with Vodacom CEO Pieter Uys</title><link>http://memeburn.com/2012/03/a-geek-at-the-helm-vodacom-ceo-speaks-to-memeburn/</link> <comments>http://memeburn.com/2012/03/a-geek-at-the-helm-vodacom-ceo-speaks-to-memeburn/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 05:00:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matthew Buckland: Publisher</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category> <category><![CDATA[emerging market]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fundamo systems]]></category> <category><![CDATA[future]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mobile apps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mobile banking]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mobile phones]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mpesa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pieter Uys]]></category> <category><![CDATA[smartphone]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Visa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[vodacom]]></category> <category><![CDATA[vodacom111]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://memeburn.com/?p=57168</guid> <description><![CDATA[It’s not often that a geek rises to the top of a multi-billion dollar company. These are spots frequently filled by accountants or lawyers. But times are changing. In a technology-driven world, the geeks are rising to the top. We know Microsoft was run by a geek (possibly the geekiest CEO of all time?) and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://memeburn.com/2012/03/a-geek-at-the-helm-vodacom-ceo-speaks-to-memeburn/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Mozilla&#8217;s tech evangelist on the web’s immortality: The Memeburn interview</title><link>http://memeburn.com/2012/03/mozillas-tech-evangelist-on-the-webs-immortality-the-memeburn-interview/</link> <comments>http://memeburn.com/2012/03/mozillas-tech-evangelist-on-the-webs-immortality-the-memeburn-interview/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 06:00:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Atagana: Managing Ed.</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mobile apps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[API]]></category> <category><![CDATA[apps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[css3]]></category> <category><![CDATA[HTML5]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mobile phones]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mobile Web]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mozilla]]></category> <category><![CDATA[robert nyman]]></category><guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://memeburn.com/?p=50548</guid> <description><![CDATA[Entrepreneurship cannot thrive if it is not given the right environment to do so. That’s according Anthony Farr, CEO of the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation &#8212; a non-profit organisation that looks to assist young entrepreneurs through learning programmes and educational scholarships. &#8220;Entrepreneurship is a skill that can be learned, and is not entirely dependent on [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://memeburn.com/2011/12/regulation-education-and-high-impact-entrepreneurs-qa-with-anthony-farr/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Whistleblowing, transparency and the future of journalism: Q&amp;A with Ira Stoll</title><link>http://memeburn.com/2011/12/whistleblowing-transparency-and-the-future-of-journalism-qa-with-ira-stoll/</link> <comments>http://memeburn.com/2011/12/whistleblowing-transparency-and-the-future-of-journalism-qa-with-ira-stoll/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 05:00:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stuart Thomas: Staff reporter</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Online media]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Future of Capitalism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ira Stoll]]></category> <category><![CDATA[New York Sun]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News Transparency]]></category><guid
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