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SaaS in Africa: 10 Things We Learned From Scaling to 1M Users (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Between now and 2050, half of the world’s population growth will occur in Africa. Between now and 2050, another 2.4 What does this mean for startups and tech companies? Now, unfortunately there are a lot of constraints in Africa, major constraints when you’re talking about setting up and scaling a startup.

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What the evolution of cities can teach us about building platforms

Intercom, Inc.

It is not an exaggeration to say that they are one of the most important innovations in human history. Well over half of the world’s populations currently live in cities and this percentage is expected to rise to over 66% by 2050. Cities are really transformative for the way they enable one thing: connections between people.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Jennifer Tejada, Ben Chestnut, and Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

Join PagerDuty’s CEO, Jennifer Tejada, as she discusses the need for agility and innovation and how automation is aiding adaptability and allowing enterprises to surge ahead. So looking forward, we also need to innovate and automate policies around flexible working, childcare and lead to address some of these challenges.

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