As some­one who cov­ers Africa’s tech scene, I’m fre­quent­ly asked about Andela. That’s not sur­pris­ing, giv­en the ven­ture gets more glob­al press (arguably) than any start­up in Africa. I’ve found many Sil­i­con Val­ley investors have heard of Andela  but aren’t exact­ly sure what it does. …
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There are a lot of options when it comes to buy­ing seed for your farm. How do you know if you’re get­ting the best val­ue and the high­est return for your seed invest­ment? What if you could pro­duce the same …
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While pre­vent­ing fruit and veg­eta­bles from over-ripen­ing too fast, Apeel Sci­ences itself is matur­ing rapid­ly. Fol­low­ing their suc­cess­ful roll-out of avo­ca­dos with longer shelf-life in U.S. stores, the com­pa­ny has well and tru­ly left the start­ing block as it’s set to tack­le …
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Stephen and Ayesha Cur­ry offi­cial­ly launched their new Eat​.Learn​.Play Foun­da­tion, with Rev­o­lu­tion Foods as a key part­ner. At the kick­off event in down­town Oak­land today, we pro­vid­ed healthy meals for 1400 Oak­land youth and part­ners and host­ed a “taste the rain­bow” acti­va­tion as the key food part­ner for the foun­da­tion. Rev­o­lu­tion Foods is so proud of this part­ner­ship, through which …
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MEDIA RELEASE San Fran­cis­co, CA (Sep­tem­ber 11, 2018) — DBL Part­ners and its port­fo­lio com­pa­ny ZOLA Elec­tric (“ZOLA”), for­mer­ly Off Grid Elec­tric, today announced a Glob­al Cli­mate Action Sum­mit pledge …
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7, 2018 /​​PRNewswire/​​ — A new sur­vey of more than 1,000 women with side hus­tles reveals that the top three rea­sons women choose inde­pen­dent work are: flex­i­bil­i­ty (44 per­cent), income (38 per­cent) and entre­pre­neur­ship (25 per­cent). Com­mis­sioned by BabyQuip (www​.babyquip​.com), Ruby Rib­bon (www​.rubyrib​bon​.com) and Urban­Sit­ter (www​.urban​sit​ter​.com) “Women in the Gig Econ­o­my 2018” pro­vides an in-depth look at …
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