The Karatara Project

From the The Karatara Project website "...Handouts and charity are NOT the solution for poverty and other problems in Africa - that’s been proven over and over.What Africa really needs is education and enterprise that transforms communities so that they believe in themselves and thrive through trade; not merely survive from aid. This project is all about teaching smart, ‘green’ sustainable wealth

Startup Fundraising 101

My article at VentureBeat's Entrepreneur Corner is up:

"Startup Fundraising 101"

The slides in the article and below are actually from an older version, but the newest one was on my laptop that got stolen this past weekend. Not sure if I'm up for recreating this document since I can't remember all the minor tweaks (e.g. slide 12 mentioning Reed Hastings and Judy Estrin instead of Marc Andreessen) I did :(

Startup Fundraising 101

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The Beautiful Tree

Liam Julian reviews James Tooley's The Beautiful Tree:In slums around the world, from Lagos, Nigeria and Nairobi, Kenya to rural villages in Ghana and China and places in between, Tooley has discovered poor people opening small private schools that offer alternatives to dismal or inaccessible public education. The schools charge only pennies a day, and most also provide scholarships to orphans or

Quick Hits

An architect of Singapore's astounding economic growth-via Ethan ZuckermanInvesting and empowering farmers-GuardianNurturing an industrial renaissance in Ghana.Africa,Business destination-TIMEFavoring poor governments over poor people-Aidwatch