Founder of Afrinnovator.com

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Butterfly Works is a social design studio, based in Amsterdam and working globally, which combines creativity and arts with finding sustainable solutions to international social issues. Based on experiences in running ‘Building Bridges‘ peace mapping campaign in Kenya and responses from around the world, about using the same software and approach for Social Change campaigns, we have put together a Social-Change Toolkit, including a Case Study, the software and it’s documentation...Read Full Post

Africa is probably the most fertile ground for mobile in this time. Mobile subscriber growth and penetration is growing steadily, and predictions are that the trend will continue. So who are the top dogs of the Mobile Network Operator (MNO) world in Africa? African Telecom News has some great data and statistics regarding matters such as MNOs, regulators, subscribers and more. According to the site: At the end of 2010 there were some 175 mobile operators with live operations in Africa (excluding...Read Full Post

Nigeria is rising! Which are the startups to watch out for in Nigeria? Who’s doing great stuff? Below is a short expose of 5 really cool startups in Nigeria. DealDey Basically: Group buying About DealDey: Launched in March 2011, DealDey features a daily deal on the best things to do, see, eat, and buy in Lagos. DealDey is an easy and fun way to get fantastic deals on great experiences. At DealDey we support local businesses and in return they support consumers with good savings! We want to create...Read Full Post

Social networking (and that could to some extent be read as ‘Facebook’) is quite a phenomenon across the African continent and especially amongst the youth. According to this article: According to Alexa statistics, Facebook is the number one or number two most visited site in most African countries. The social networking site has been witnessing high growth rates on the continent and so it is not surprising that Africa is Facebook’s fastest growing continent according to Facebook...Read Full Post

A major part of keeping this site running is digging up relevant and interesting information for our readers, and having a good grasp of what’s happening around Africa in terms of tech, startups and innovation. We do this in part by tracking a number of sites from around Africa. Below are 4 of our best sources of information: Mobility Nigeria: Everything mobile in Nigeria (these guys are goooood) Tech Loy: Technology, Startups, Social Media, Mobile, Careers Web Trends Nigeria: Webtrendsng.com...Read Full Post

This really nice post (only greatly summarized here) on broadband in Africa was done by Wayan Vota on Inveneo’s ICTWorks blog. The post is based on an article by Russel Southwood titled ‘Going from shortage to abundance – strategies to target Africa’s broadband consumers‘ This is a screenshot of an Internet bandwidth speed test I did at a hotel in Dar es Salaam. At 1.65 Mbs, that’s the fastest speed I’ve ever recorded in my Africa travels, and it compares favorably...Read Full Post

As we’ve reported before, Africa seems to have massive potential for the future of tech innovation globally, in fact this is really the reason we even bother to keep this site running! The continent continues to attract a large influx of foreigners interested in being part of the wave of Information Technology Innovation (ITI) that’s just starting up. In fact the main emerging tech innovation centers around Africa such as Nairobi, Lagos and Cape Town are in themselves like massive startups! However,...Read Full Post

Having recently written about the Old Mutual Entrepreneurs’ Guide, we decided to dive into the site and check out the featured startups and their founders. We tried to pick out 5 really cool startups on the site and here they are, they are not necessarily ranked in any way, we just thought they were ‘cool’ (whatever that means) for one reason or another, either what they do is interesting or in some cases the back story to the founding of the startup or even the founders themselves. Personera Founded...Read Full Post

South Africa developers and digital marketers are set to connect with a whole host of leading global technology brands next month when two international tech events land in Cape Town on 1-2 June. Apps World Africa and Social Media World Forum Africa are hosting a series of free-to-attend developer workshops alongside more in-depth conference sessions, involving key brands like Google Android, Nokia, BlackBerry, Samsung and many more. Digital development is crucial to the Sub-Saharan region, where...Read Full Post

In a recent article we highlighted four must-attend tech conferences in Africa. One of those was the Net Prophet 2011 conference taking place in Cape Town, South Africa: Take the most innovative/successful/creative/ambitious thinkers and entrepreneurs in the Internet space, and ask them to share their stories, ideas and predictions for the future in a format that is fresh, relevant and engaging. The result: Net Prophet. Today we learnt about a great initiative coming out of this conference and that...Read Full Post