Dreamer and #socent | Global Fellow @Acumen | Co-Founder @numidatech
Joined March 2010
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Mina Shahid retweeted
You heard it! YC-backed fintech @numidatech raises $12.3M led by @SerenaVentures to extend loans to MSMEs beyond Uganda | TechCrunch. This is how we #playtowin!!!! techcrunch.com/2022/09/28/yc…
Mina Shahid retweeted
Uganda's first YC-backed startup @numidatech (YC W22) has raised $12.3M in a round led by @SerenaVentures to fuel the growth of Africa's micro and small businesses.
Congrats to the team! techcrunch.com/2022/09/28/yc…
Mina Shahid retweeted
Consider this: In the next 18 YEARS, Africa will add 700m people, which is >2x the entire population of the US.
And by then, the median age will be just 23 (US = 38) and urbanization rate 54% (US = 83%).
Worrying about competition is missing the point - and the opportunity.
Mina Shahid retweeted
We're excited to announce that we're part of the @ycombinator W22 batch! Every day we get to support hardworking Uganda micro businesses with the working capital they need to grow.
If you'd like to join our mission, we're hiring!
numida.com/careers
.@mayor_collier why can't people waiting for a vaccine stand inside McClean community centre? It's cruel to have people wait in the freezing cold for a vaccine in the parking lot of an empty community building?
Mina Shahid retweeted
New Episode: Africa Stack
theflip.africa/podcast/s3e3/
.@MinofHealthUG @JaneRuth_Aceng the health workers and security guards at Kisiwa Health Center are charging people 20k for the Covid Vaccine consent form. If you don't pay, you sit there for hours without getting a form as you watch others get vaccinated who paid the bribe.
On to the next step!
techcrunch.com/2021/04/13/mf…
Mina Shahid retweeted
"My brain . . . it cannot process failure. It will not process failure. Because if I sit there and have to face myself and tell myself, ‘You’re a failure’ . . . I think that’s almost worse than death." -- Kobe Bryant, basketball legend, RIP
Let's go @Raptors!!! 4AM here in Kampala, #Uganda but we up and cheering for our team thanks to @NBA_Africa. #WeTheNorth even from the South!
.@PizzaHutUganda how is this a medium pizza??? It's barely bigger than a tiny banana. #ripoff
.@liquidtelecom can you please get your Ugandan office a functioning phone number!!! Do you guys want to make money in this country or not?
10 @SafeBoda trips cancelled and counting. How many riders do I need to go through before I find one who knows how to use the app/is willing to get me?
.@SafeBoda is it acceptable to wait 45minutes to get a boda? How many riders do I have to go through before I find one that knows how to use your app?
.@mtnug my MBs have been chopped instantly for the past 2 hours. I've loaded 4 bundles already. I even loaded a bundle, turned off my mobile data, waited 10 minutes and turned my data back on and found 0MBs remaining. I even have to use @Airtel_Ug to send this tweet!
So good! xitter.cf/Acumen/status/92024303…
This #EndPoverty Day, we teamed up w/ #MartinSchoeller to change the way the world sees the poor: acumen.org/seepeople #SeePeople
I just published “Providing Good Customer Service in Uganda” medium.com/p/providing-good-…