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Episode 10. Building Companies From Zero in East Africa

46:58Technology & AIKenya

On Voices and Visions, Nairobi-based venture builder Melalite Ayenew draws on cross-market experience to explain what it actually takes to build early-stage technology companies in East Africa.

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