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Stan Getui

@StanGetui

Two Stans; interested in governance & financial health/wealth; obsessed with culinary and cultural traditions

Stan Getui reposted

I asked several world-class founders one simple question: "What early business mistake will you never make again?" The result: 17 profound mistakes to avoid when building a business. Let's dive in 👇


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🎊🎉Amazing news!🎊🎉 #SoftieTheFilm has just won 'Best Feature Documentary' at the @onewm Awards tonight 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 We celebrate our fellow nominees 'Writing with Fire' and 'The Art of Living in Danger'. Thank you for the honor @onewm 🙏🏼

softiethefilm's tweet image. 🎊🎉Amazing news!🎊🎉

#SoftieTheFilm has just won 'Best Feature Documentary' at the @onewm Awards tonight 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

We celebrate our fellow nominees 'Writing with Fire' and 'The Art of Living in Danger'. 

Thank you for the honor @onewm 🙏🏼

. @IntPublishers is accepting proposals for projects to develop a reading culture “beyond the classroom in #Africa”. Africa-based #entrepreneurs and #innovators can pitch their ideas via the APIF website until 31st August. Spread the word! bit.ly/34Kv8LR

StanGetui's tweet image. . @IntPublishers is accepting proposals for projects to develop a reading culture “beyond the classroom in #Africa”. Africa-based #entrepreneurs and #innovators can pitch their ideas via the APIF website until 31st August. 

Spread the word! 

bit.ly/34Kv8LR

Stan Getui reposted

African Development Bank Group to hold #AfDBAM2021 from 23 to 25 June 2021. Governors from the Bank's 54 regional and 27 non-regional member countries will gather virtually under the theme: "Building Resilient Economies in Post #Covid19 Africa." More: bit.ly/3vJnCNb

AfDB_Group's tweet image. African Development Bank Group to hold #AfDBAM2021 from 23 to 25 June 2021. 

Governors from the Bank's 54 regional and 27 non-regional member countries will gather virtually under the theme: "Building Resilient Economies in Post #Covid19 Africa." 

More: bit.ly/3vJnCNb

#Estonia has developed from one of the poorest countries in Europe in the 90s into the most digitised country today. And there is a lot that #Kenya can learn. Worthwhile insights from Kadi Metsandi bit.ly/34JuSwF

StanGetui's tweet image. #Estonia has developed from one of the poorest countries in Europe in the 90s into the most digitised country today. And there is a lot that #Kenya can learn. 

Worthwhile insights from Kadi Metsandi 

bit.ly/34JuSwF

#Africa currently accounts for barely 1 per cent of the world’s data centre capacity, but providers are racing to meet the demand and investors are bound to follow. Read on: on.ft.com/3vGZcUd #tech #technology #datacentres

StanGetui's tweet image. #Africa currently accounts for barely 1 per cent of the world’s data centre capacity, but providers are racing to meet the demand and investors are bound to follow. 

Read on: on.ft.com/3vGZcUd

#tech #technology #datacentres

Stan Getui reposted

Led by @WorldResources w/ @Afr100_Official and @FledgeLLC, the #LandAccelerator helps restoration entrepreneurs from African countries scale up to success. Learn more on investing in restoration of land in Africa here: ow.ly/VIQR50EWDbV #AFR100


If you wouldn't want to force someone else to work for you for free, so why would you do it to yourself? Pay yourself.


Strong points here by Bien Aime Baraza of @sautisol on the role of venture & patient capital investment in performing/creative arts. They play a critical role in capturing moments in time & shaping narratives around events bit.ly/3yEfWO3 @solgeneration_ #arts #africa

StanGetui's tweet image. Strong points here by Bien Aime Baraza of @sautisol on the role of venture & patient capital investment in performing/creative arts. They play a critical role in capturing moments in time & shaping narratives around events 

bit.ly/3yEfWO3

@solgeneration_  #arts #africa

Well said concerning the need for energy finance. “We have to think about how we define energy access and not just assume because people don't have something at all, anything will do.” - @DamilolaSDG7 bit.ly/34hVZi9 #energy #financing #Africa

StanGetui's tweet image. Well said concerning the need for energy finance. 

“We have to think about how we define energy access and not just assume because people don't have something at all, anything will do.” - @DamilolaSDG7 

bit.ly/34hVZi9

#energy #financing #Africa

Stan Getui reposted

Think with me: If we discovered that there’s literally a quarter of the population that is not reached by what we do (#Data4Dev, #Transparency, #CivicTech) because they simply are invisible, what is the right response for our programming? @oso @StanGetui @DavisAdieno @bantigito


One thing is clear. Lifting the COVID-19 patent rights would give African countries a chance to locally manufacture the #vaccines and reduce their dependence on global supplies. bit.ly/3bO53PZ #Africa

StanGetui's tweet image. One thing is clear. Lifting the COVID-19 patent rights would give African countries a chance to locally manufacture the #vaccines and reduce their dependence on global supplies. 

bit.ly/3bO53PZ #Africa

Stan Getui reposted

Well Probox in unfamiliar position....its itching to get down to join the action and harrass mankind.

mohammedhersi's tweet image. Well Probox in unfamiliar position....its itching to get down to join the action and harrass mankind.

Stan Getui reposted

[PREMIUM] Much remains unknown and underreported regarding the exit performance of private equity investments in Africa. Our exclusive interview with AVCA’s Research Manager, Alexia Alexandropoulou, looks into the exit reality in African PE funding.⬇️ weetracker.com/2021/04/30/exi…


Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania have been the largest recipients of #blendedfinance in #Africa. And Rwanda might want a piece of that. But the jury is still out on whether its #SMEs can make the transition from concessional to private-sector financing. bit.ly/3f1tzz3

StanGetui's tweet image. Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania have been the largest recipients of #blendedfinance in #Africa. And Rwanda might want a piece of that. But the jury is still out on whether its #SMEs can make the transition from concessional to private-sector financing. 

bit.ly/3f1tzz3

Happy to see Kenya-based #privateequity manager, Ascent Capital, raising more than $100 million in a 2nd fund to invest in #SMEs in East #Africa. The fund is set to target financial services, manufacturing, trade, education & health sectors. reut.rs/3uYD7jM

StanGetui's tweet image. Happy to see Kenya-based #privateequity manager, Ascent Capital, raising more than $100 million in a 2nd fund to invest in #SMEs in East #Africa. The fund is set to target financial services, manufacturing, trade, education & health sectors.  

reut.rs/3uYD7jM

Stan Getui reposted

Ascent Capital has announced the first rolling close of its Rift Valley Fund II, unveiling a US$101 Mln war chest. I had a chat with the Founding Partner, David Owino, on a raft of issues - ticket size, sectoral focus, pipeline strength, exit routes. youtube.com/watch?v=k8pCCy…

AmbokoJH's tweet card. Ascent Capital unveils US$101 Million Rift Valley Fund II targeting...

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Managing costs, cash flow, invoices, vendors, taxes and payroll probably may not be what entrepreneurs imagined they would do... 'but neglecting these critical tasks is equivalent to committing entrepreneurial suicide.' Great read for #entrepreneurs bit.ly/3eSkcBz

StanGetui's tweet image. Managing costs, cash flow, invoices, vendors, taxes and payroll probably may not be what entrepreneurs imagined they would do...

'but neglecting these critical tasks is equivalent to committing entrepreneurial suicide.'

Great read for #entrepreneurs 

bit.ly/3eSkcBz

Neglecting finance as a startup entrepreneur is a costly mistake. Acquiring and retaining your first customers and generating traction is just as important as increasing your knowledge of finance and accountancy.


Every year science finds ways to increase life spans by a year every year. Will we be able to help fund our own new levels of longevity? Such a good question to think about in this podcast with Joseph Deitch bit.ly/3fpGdqC #personalfinance

StanGetui's tweet image. Every year science finds ways to increase life spans by a year every year. Will we be able to help fund our own new levels of longevity? Such a good question to think about in this podcast with Joseph Deitch  

bit.ly/3fpGdqC #personalfinance

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