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Published in DFS Lab

·Apr 21

Exploring Real-World Problems and Solutions at our Next Blockchain Bootcamp

Blockchain and crypto activity has accelerated across the African continent in recent years to solve real-world problems such as remittances, cross-border payments, financial inclusion and decentralized finance. We hosted our inaugural DFS Lab Blockchain Bootcamp in partnership with the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) last year to explore some of these…

Blockchain

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Published in DFS Lab

·Mar 23

Here’s what past participants have to show from the first Blockchain Bootcamp

We’ve launched open applications for our second Blockchain Bootcamp in partnership with the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) to support the boom of blockchain and crypto activities across the African continent. Our last Blockchain Bootcamp during fall last year saw a number of innovative solutions built on the Stellar network with…

Funding

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Here’s what past participants have to show from the first Blockchain Bootcamp

Published in DFS Lab

·Mar 10

Introducing two new members to the DFS Lab team

We’re so excited about this. Let’s just get straight to the point: we’ve brought on two new DFS Lab team members and we can’t wait to see where we go together. As you’re maybe already aware, last year we launched Sufficient Capital, our angel investing community. We’re loving the opportunity…

Digital Commerce

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Introducing two new members to the DFS Lab team

Published in DFS Lab

·Dec 9, 2021

Results of the Blockchain Bootcamp

Awards, demos, and more — UPDATE 2/23/2022: Applications for our second Blockchain Bootcamp are now open until March 27, 2022. Apply here. We launched a blockchain bootcamp in partnership with the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) to support the boom of blockchain and crypto activities across the African continent and we were not disappointed with the…

Stellar

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Published in Caribou Digital

·Oct 4, 2021

Online livelihoods and young women’s economic empowerment in Nigeria

Country Landscape Review — Authors: Raymond Onuoha (ronuoha@lbs.edu.ng), Olayinka David-West (ydavid-west@lbs.edu.ng), Renée Hunter (rhunter@v4w.org) We are starting a new research project — and we’d like you to join us on the journey. Over the course of 2021, Lagos Business School and Value for Women, in partnership with Caribou Digital, and with the support of…

Platform Economy

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Online livelihoods and young women’s economic empowerment in Nigeria

Published in DFS Lab

·Sep 29, 2021

Quality Capital

Sufficient Balance One, Chapter 5 — This is Sufficient Balance One — a five-part content series about the opportunities in African Fintech. Brought to you by DFS Lab and The Subtext. …

Sufficient Balance

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Published in DFS Lab

·Sep 29, 2021

Physical Ubiquity

Sufficient Balance One, Chapter 4 — By: Stephen Deng This is Sufficient Balance One — a five-part content series about the opportunities in African Fintech. Brought to you by DFS Lab and The Subtext. …

Sufficient Balance

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Published in DFS Lab

·Sep 29, 2021

Lights, Loans, and Beyond (Invested Infrastructure Pt. 2)

Sufficient Balance One, Chapter 3 — This is Sufficient Balance One — a five-part content series about the opportunities in African Fintech. Brought to you by DFS Lab and The Subtext. Originally published as an email series in 2019, this first chapter lays the foundation for everything that will come after; read it to learn how…

Sufficient Balance

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Lights, Loans, and Beyond (Invested Infrastructure Pt. 2)

Published in DFS Lab

·Sep 29, 2021

Trains, Trust, and Card Networks (Invested Infrastructure Part 1)

Sufficient Balance One, Chapter 2 — By: Dan Kleinbaum This is Sufficient Balance One — a five-part content series about the opportunities in African Fintech. Brought to you by DFS Lab and The Subtext. …

Sufficient Balance

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Trains, Trust, and Card Networks (Invested Infrastructure Part 1)

Published in DFS Lab

·Sep 29, 2021

A lay of the land

Sufficient Balance One, Chapter 1 — By: Stephen Deng and Osarumen Osamuyi This is Sufficient Balance One — a five-part content series about the opportunities in African Fintech. Brought to you by DFS Lab and The Subtext. …

Sufficient Balance

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