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Building Websites that Work in Africa

Building Websites that Work in Africa

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It is interesting that sometimes it’s not the most robust and well designed solutions that get picked up by consumers. Great design of course is something of great importance when designing a piece of software, an app or a website. And clients will gravitate to well designed (graphically, not in terms of user experience), well tested and robust services. But sometimes, it seems, it’s enough that something simply works! Africa is a bit of a late-comer to the internet. Since the .com boom and bust, the internet has evolved and grown in leaps and bounds. It’s only a few years ago...Read More

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