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Mon, November 28th, 11:53 · HumanIPO

HumanIPO opens East Africa’s largest co-working space in Nairobi

In the heart of Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya, the start-up scene is heating up even more, with the brand new startup incubation space of 800 sqm getting ready to officially open its doors in late January 2012. → Read more
Thu, November 24th, 16:05 · HumanIPO

Backup service for phone contacts – now in Beta!

After losing, spoiling or upgrading their mobile phone, here’s a mobile application that many of us would have liked to have. → Read more
Fri, November 18th, 12:03 · HumanIPO

Post to followers

You can follow people and post content to your followers. So post questions or share interesting content about new opportunities in the startup world that you think your followers should look at. → Read more
Thu, November 17th, 16:38 · HumanIPO

88mph makes its sixth investment in 3 months

88mph, an accelerator providing early-stage Kenyan tech companies with mentorship and funding in the range of 20-50K USD, has made its sixth investment since August, 2011. → Read more
Mon, October 31st, 10:06 · HumanIPO

M-Farm – one year of helping farmers in Kenya

It was exactly one year ago, when three Kenyan girls decided to create an app that would help their country's farmers to improve their productivity and increase incomes. → Read more
Tue, October 25th, 05:42 · HumanIPO

Planely – the startup that launched the social flying revolution

Flying tends to be an experience one mostly tolerates rather than enjoys - no matter what kind of clothes the flight attendants wear or how nice food they serve on board. Especially when flying solo (excuse the pun). → Read more
Fri, October 14th, 13:21 · HumanIPO

The difference between female & male entrepreneurs? Motives

From time to time, the topic about the lack of women entrepreneurs surfaces. The problem is also reinforced by the fact that most entrepreneurship-related books or conferences showcase men. So we took the issue to some of the female entrepreneurs on our platform to ask whether there is a gender problem in the (startup) world? → Read more
Wed, October 5th, 12:41 · HumanIPO

Making our bit for helping good deeds go viral

Our last post introduces a startup based in Denmark called Echo It that has a nice philosophy - experimenting whether social media can increase the good we have inside us. → Read more
Mon, October 3rd, 11:03 · HumanIPO

Social media experiment – will good deeds go viral?

In this era of social media dominance and everything to be out in the open comes a platform that helps you share and promote good deeds. → Read more
Mon, September 26th, 09:44 · HumanIPO

Geeks on a boat: a 2-year incubator at open waters near Silicon Valley

This is not a new reality show nor a remake of the “Love Boat”. It is a very real idea - called Blueseed - with three determined co-founders, Max Marty and Dario Mutabdzija and Dan Dascalescu. → Read more
Mon, September 19th, 12:40 · HumanIPO

Startupbootcamp company BalconyTV is already in 21 cities

BalconyTV seems something that anyone of us would like to have created. I mean, it is a web-show that goes on air literally from someone's balcony. → Read more
Thu, September 15th, 12:33 · HumanIPO

Call for HumanIPO ambassadors!

We are looking for volunteer ambassadors, university students from Africa and Europe to write about local startups. → Read more
Wed, September 14th, 14:49 · HumanIPO

A startup confesses on Techstars NYC experience

Shelby.tv says it is their strong team what made them a part of the prestigious New York edition of the Techstars accelerator and mentoring program. Trendsonline.dk interviewed the founder, Reece Pacheco, on the experience with Techstars. → Read more
Tue, September 13th, 12:35 · HumanIPO

Female entrepreneurs tackle fashion with proverbs

In the last couple of weeks the HumanIPO platform has had new startups pouring in every day. It is also nice to see that quite a few of the entrepreneurs behind the emerging companies are women. Take Little Monster for example. This Slovakian-based company is launching an original kids clothing line, using local proverbs and funny sayings. → Read more
Mon, September 5th, 13:53 · HumanIPO

Virtual pledging feature @IPO48 Nairobi made people invest billions in their favorites

One of the IPO48 onsite mentors from Kenya, Mikul Shah, who runs the popular restaurant guide Eat Out, classifies the IPO48 platform as fantastic. → Read more
Fri, September 2nd, 09:09 · HumanIPO

Rainmaker Michael Jackson: Europe does not create hungry entrepreneurs

HumanIPO had a very enlightening talk with Michael Jackson, one of our Rainmakers and a VC who lives between London and Paris. Jackson has an extensive mentoring resume from Techstars events, Seedcamp, Incubator AGC, Startupbootcamp, Le Camping Startup accelerator. He claims that European entrepreneurial system is too easy and does not create the most motivated, hungry entrepreneurs. → Read more
Thu, September 1st, 12:42 · HumanIPO

IPO48 Copenhagen cancelled

Unfortunately, our partner in the IPO48 Copenhagen event, New Media Days has cancelled their conference, scheduled for 12 - 13 of September, because it would have collided with the Danish parliamentary elections. Apparently the election period affected directly their ticket sales. → Read more
Wed, August 31st, 12:24 · HumanIPO

Ghafla! values advise from experienced internet entrepreneurs on IPO48

IPO48 platform's most active user from Kenya has undoubtedly been Mr. Majani from Ghafla! which was one of the two startups that got a surprise investment from the 88mph investors. Majani had the "mic" for voicing the experience thus far. → Read more
Tue, August 30th, 10:06 · HumanIPO

Onsite mentor Tom Macakiage: IPO48 platform helps change basic ideas into real business opportunities

One of the onsite mentors @IPO48 Nairobi, Tom Macakiage is working as a Country Director at Serve Tech Systems in Kenya. He has an interesting insight on all of the IPO48 experience - both online, prior and after the event and onsite, during the event. → Read more
Mon, August 29th, 08:12 · HumanIPO

IPO48 Nairobi winners: I wish we could have more IPO48 events to share knowledge

The main investment winner at IPO48 Nairobi was Tusqee Systems. Their team leader Nyatha Githinji told us after the event: "How I wish we could have more of these events so that we can get to share more knowledge among ourselves. → Read more