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From Traditional Degrees To Accelerator Programmes: Coding In Jaffna

Nearly ten years since we marked the end of the civil war, the landscape in Jaffna is changing — and not just in terms of tourism development. Eager to advance digitally, and with the ambition of becoming a regional Silicon Valley, Jaffna’s IT scene is growing fast.

Bootstrapped, Profitable and Proud: The 4Axis Story

On the seventh floor of the McLarens building on Bauddhaloka Mawatha is an office, where a small team of developers are huddled around a computer. As we walk in and look around, we can see that these developers have been working on a piece of critical code. On the other side is a small meeting room, and out walks a young man who looks to be in his late 20s.

Speed Up, Not Slow Down: Why Accelerators Are Important, Featuring Roar Media

Mustafa Kassim, the founder of Roar Media, talks about how he started his new media company and the challenges and successes he faced along the way. Watch the video to learn more.

Speed Up, Not Slow Down: Why Accelerators Are Important, Featuring Three Sixty Marketing

Minali de Silva, founder of 360, talks to us about her company and the lessons she learned from the 13 years it’s been operational.

Speed Up, Not Slow Down: Why Accelerators Are Important, Featuring PickMe

Jiffry Zulfer, the founder and CEO of PickMe talks about his company’s startup journey, and why joining an accelerator can help an early stage startup learn about what it takes to run a business.

Why Your Startup Should Join An Accelerator

DirectPay and Greasemonkey.lk talk to us about how joining the John Keells X startup accelerator taught them skills that helped them run their companies much better.

What Does It Take For A Startup To Be Funded?

Sri Lanka’s startup ecosystem has been evolving over the last few years, but some businesses struggle to get off the ground for a number of reasons. John Keells X, the startup accelerator programme is looking to address these issues and help budding entrepreneurs get their companies off the ground.

Three Friends From Jaffna And Their Plan To Help Feed The World

They say that necessity is the mother of invention. When two teenagers growing up in wartime Jaffna were forced to make a dangerous trek everyday at night to switch on the irrigation systems on their farm, they decided to build an application to automate their task instead. So started SenzAgro, an innovative Sri Lankan startup aiming to make it big in the precision agriculture space. Here’s their story.

John Keells X: Do you have a talent for disruption?

Do you have a brilliant idea or an innovative startup that will completely disrupt traditional industry? Apply to John Keells X now to take your company to a new level.

Here’s How To Get Your Startup Funded Through John Keells X

For the past two years, John Keells Holdings has conducted the JKX open innovation challenge to identify and accelerate development of the best new startup companies in Sri Lanka. Here is a brief overview of how this startup accelerator programme works. Apply now and give your startup an opportunity like no other.

A Sri Lankan Startup Made It Into A French Incubator: Here’s Their Take On The Experience

A Sri Lankan startup gained a residency at Station F, one of the largest incubators in France. We spoke to them about their experience getting through the programme and what it’s like being at Station F.

Startup Bundle – November 2018

We’re back with the Roar Tech Startup Bundle! For this month we have tree planting, immunization, virtual assistants and more. Read the article to find out the new ground these startups are breaking.

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