Of aliens, and IPOs
CRED Founder Kunal Shah tweeted Tesla Founder Elon Musk may, in fact, end up running over four $500 billion companies and asked the man himself how he does it.
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Elon Musk says he is an alien.
On Friday, CRED Founder Kunal Shah tweeted Tesla Founder Elon Musk may, in fact, end up running over four $500 billion companies and asked the man himself how he does it.
Kunal referred to Musk as the Dark Lord , in reference to the central character of Lord Voldermort.
And the SpaceX CEO promptly replied, “I’m an alien.”
I’m an alien Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 12, 2021
‘Study now, pay later’ is Mumbai-based startup Eduvanz’s USP for education loans
Fintech startup Eduvanz, founded by IIT graduate Varun Chopra and IIM alumnus Raheel Shah, offers easy, fast, and affordable financing options for students, learners, and parents.
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Despite the availability of learning tools at all levels today, what often constricts students, learners, and parents is the lack of easy, fast, and affordable financial assistance.
Enter Mumbai-based fintech startup Eduvanz, which offers innovative education loans that allow students to study now and pay later in pocket-friendly monthly instalments at zero percent rates.
Set up in 2016 by IIT Madras graduate Varun Chopra and IIM Ahmedabad alumnus Raheel Shah, Eduvanz offers flexible tenures, fast turnaround time, and full transparency on loan decisions for all learning requirements, be it K-12 (school), higher education, or professional development courses.
Story Carla Bernardo.
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UCT alum Sihle Nontshokweni is a bestselling children’s author and programme manager at the University of Pretoria.
Nal’ibali, the South African reading-for-enjoyment campaign, is inviting caregivers across the country to partake in World Read Aloud Day, where the chosen book was authored by a University of Cape Town (UCT) alum.
The official South African story this year,
Fly, everyone (Afrika), fly, was commissioned by Nal’ibali and written by Sihle Nontshokweni, a UCT alum. The book has been translated into all of South Africa’s official languages to reach a record-breaking three million children.
The Kolkata-based microfinance institution is, however, keeping other options including a rights issue and private equity investment open. With the economy gaining signs of normalcy, the company sees good demand for credit coming up.
5 lessons in adaptability entrepreneurs learned in 2020
While 2020 has been a tumultuous year for businesses around the world, those who have adopted swiftly agile business strategies to meet the changing economic landscape, have seen their businesses soar and were able to make a difference in their ledgers but, also as employment creators.
Here are some ideas which a few African entrepreneurs adopted to achieve the successes they saw in an otherwise grim year for most.
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1. Working from home is not the answer, a hybrid model is
It has become evidently clear that the novelty around working from home or, WFH as it is more commonly known, has started wearing off. Video calls are exhausting as many now long for face to face, human connection with the professionals in their teams. But with social distancing measures likely to remain in place for a while still, simply going back to the office is definitely not on the cards for anytime soon.