YASR Digest

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PRESS RELEASE: Yale Africa Startup Review Publishes the Inaugural #YASR30 List

A student and alumni-lead initiative at Yale University with a mission to share stories of innovation from the African Startup Ecosystem...

A Working Africa: The shared hope of Yale Africa Startup Review

Kwame Amoako

3 min

A Working Africa: The shared hope of Yale Africa Startup Review

“Is your belief in Africa’s future unshakable?” This question was asked in many different forms by Samuel Kitara ’20 MBA when he placed a...

Sharon Mwale

2 min

Behind the Criteria: Product-Market Fit

A good company continuously learns, that is why for product-market fit, we focus less on polish and more on clarity Most of the companies...

Behind the Criteria: Attractiveness to Investors

Sharon Mwale

2 min

Behind the Criteria: Attractiveness to Investors

Access to capital is one of the core tenets of the YASR mission and so we made sure the companies we selected were attractive investments...

Samuel Kitara

2 min

Behind the Criteria: Scalability

YASR measured scalability using five factors: the vertical, new customer acquisition, customer retention, recurring revenue and market...

Samuel Kitara

2 min

Behind the Criteria: Innovation

First things first, innovation does not equal high tech engineering Innovation is the second of five criteria which the Yale Africa...

Samuel Kitara

2 min

Behind the Criteria: Africa-Centricity

In the next few blog posts, we take you behind the scenes to share our five criteria, the first: Africa-centricity The Yale Africa...

Behind the Nomination Process: Yale Africa Startup Review

Sharon Mwale

1 min

Behind the Nomination Process: Yale Africa Startup Review

Introducing the Yale Startup Review At the Yale Africa Startup Review ('YASR' or 'Review'), we want to cover the full scale, dynamism and...

Sharon Mwale

Mar 16
2 min

PRESS RELEASE: Yale Africa Startup Review Publishes the Inaugural #YASR30 List

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Kwame Amoako

Feb 25
3 min

A Working Africa: The shared hope of Yale Africa Startup Review

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Sharon Mwale

Dec 21, 2020
2 min

Behind the Criteria: Product-Market Fit

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Sharon Mwale

Dec 15, 2020
2 min

Behind the Criteria: Attractiveness to Investors

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Samuel Kitara

Dec 8, 2020
2 min

Behind the Criteria: Scalability

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Samuel Kitara

Dec 1, 2020
2 min

Behind the Criteria: Innovation

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YASR Digest

PRESS RELEASE: Yale Africa Startup Review Publishes the Inaugural #YASR30 List

A Working Africa: The shared hope of Yale Africa Startup Review

Behind the Criteria: Product-Market Fit

Behind the Criteria: Attractiveness to Investors

Behind the Criteria: Scalability

Behind the Criteria: Innovation

Behind the Criteria: Africa-Centricity

Behind the Nomination Process: Yale Africa Startup Review

PRESS RELEASE: Yale Africa Startup Review Publishes the Inaugural #YASR30 List

A Working Africa: The shared hope of Yale Africa Startup Review

Behind the Criteria: Product-Market Fit

Behind the Criteria: Attractiveness to Investors

Behind the Criteria: Scalability

Behind the Criteria: Innovation

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