Afrinnovator » INTERVIEWS http://afrinnovator.com Technology Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Africa Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:14:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Toffene Kama: Startup Founder, Tech Entrepreneur and Passionate about Africa http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2012/05/08/toffene-kama-startup-founder-tech-entrepreneur-and-passionate-about-africa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=toffene-kama-startup-founder-tech-entrepreneur-and-passionate-about-africa http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2012/05/08/toffene-kama-startup-founder-tech-entrepreneur-and-passionate-about-africa/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 15:06:14 +0000 Will Mutua http://afrinnovator.com/?p=6144

It’s always great to meet and talk with people who have a great passion for Africa just as we do here at Afrinnovator. Toffene Kama is a highly driven and passionate individual whose not just talking about Africa’s great future ... Read More

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]]> http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2012/05/08/toffene-kama-startup-founder-tech-entrepreneur-and-passionate-about-africa/feed/ 2 Interview With, Andrew Mugoya Author of 'African Apps in a Global Marketplace' http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2011/11/02/interview-with-andrew-mugoya-author-of-african-apps-in-a-global-marketplace/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=interview-with-andrew-mugoya-author-of-african-apps-in-a-global-marketplace http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2011/11/02/interview-with-andrew-mugoya-author-of-african-apps-in-a-global-marketplace/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:12:42 +0000 Will Mutua http://afrinnovator.com/?p=4441

Andrew Mugoya is the author of an ebook targeted at African app developers titled ‘Africa Apps in a Global Marketplace‘. Andrew runs the afriapps website that showcases apps developed by Africans. In his book, Andrew tackles many aspects of app development ... Read More

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]]> http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2011/11/02/interview-with-andrew-mugoya-author-of-african-apps-in-a-global-marketplace/feed/ 1 Esoko Interview: Mobile Technology & Agri-Business in Africa http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2011/10/21/esoko-interview-mobile-technology-agri-business-in-africa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=esoko-interview-mobile-technology-agri-business-in-africa http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2011/10/21/esoko-interview-mobile-technology-agri-business-in-africa/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:25:56 +0000 Will Mutua http://afrinnovator.com/?p=4233

Afrinnovator: In a nutshell, what is Esoko?

Esoko: In essence, Esoko is an information channel that individuals, agri-businesses, governments and projects use to collect and send out market information using simple text messaging. The platform provides automatic and personalized prices ... Read More

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]]> http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2011/10/21/esoko-interview-mobile-technology-agri-business-in-africa/feed/ 0 From the Archives: Designing (the Right) Solutions for Africa http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2011/09/20/from-the-archives-designing-the-right-solutions-for-africa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=from-the-archives-designing-the-right-solutions-for-africa http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2011/09/20/from-the-archives-designing-the-right-solutions-for-africa/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:24:33 +0000 Will Mutua http://afrinnovator.com/?p=4115

Design and Design Thinking are some of the most interesting subjects to study out there. Now, we’re not just talking ‘web design’ here, but the all round subject of design and designing experiences and artifacts of all sorts. Why is this important? ... Read More

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]]> http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2011/09/20/from-the-archives-designing-the-right-solutions-for-africa/feed/ 0 Interview with Toyin Kolawole Founder TrueBranches http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2011/09/02/interview-with-toyin-kolawole-founder-truebranches/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=interview-with-toyin-kolawole-founder-truebranches http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2011/09/02/interview-with-toyin-kolawole-founder-truebranches/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 08:34:01 +0000 Will Mutua http://afrinnovator.com/?p=4006 Part 1: About TrueBranches & Running an Internet Startup

Afrinnovator: Let’s start with a brief intro of yourself…

Toyin: Thank you for interviewing me. My name is Toyin Kolawole and I run True Branches worldwide. I have a background in ... Read More

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]]> http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2011/09/02/interview-with-toyin-kolawole-founder-truebranches/feed/ 0 Interview with Obinna Exezie of Wakanow.com Nigerian ex-NBA Player Turned Internet Entrepreneur http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2011/08/17/interview-with-obinna-exezie-of-wakanow-com-nigerian-ex-nba-player-turned-internet-entrepreneur/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=interview-with-obinna-exezie-of-wakanow-com-nigerian-ex-nba-player-turned-internet-entrepreneur http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2011/08/17/interview-with-obinna-exezie-of-wakanow-com-nigerian-ex-nba-player-turned-internet-entrepreneur/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 09:35:19 +0000 Will Mutua http://afrinnovator.com/?p=3957

We recently featured top Nigerian online travel booking startup, Wakanow and the cool stuff they are doing. We managed to get an interview of Obinna Ekezie, the Nigerian former NBA star now turned internet entrepreneur behind Wakanow. ... Read More

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]]> http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2011/08/17/interview-with-obinna-exezie-of-wakanow-com-nigerian-ex-nba-player-turned-internet-entrepreneur/feed/ 0 Interview with Adloopz.com Founders http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2011/06/30/interview-with-adloopz-com-founders/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=interview-with-adloopz-com-founders http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2011/06/30/interview-with-adloopz-com-founders/#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:22:20 +0000 Will Mutua http://afrinnovator.com/?p=3750

We very recently brought to you the story of social advertising startup, Adloopz in a ‘Startup Watch’ feature. The innovative startup was started by a handful of young and passionate Nigerian software developers. We managed to round them up for ... Read More

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]]> http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2011/06/30/interview-with-adloopz-com-founders/feed/ 0 A South African Startup Success Story: WooThemes http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2011/04/14/a-south-african-startup-success-story-woothemes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-south-african-startup-success-story-woothemes http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2011/04/14/a-south-african-startup-success-story-woothemes/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 07:23:34 +0000 Will Mutua http://afrinnovator.com/?p=3459

WooThemes is literally a household name to anyone who’s done almost anything with WordPress that involved theming their site. The South African company has grown into a massive success story creating great looking premium themes for WordPress. Not only are ... Read More

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]]> http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2011/04/14/a-south-african-startup-success-story-woothemes/feed/ 0 ICTWorks Interview with Web4Africa's Oluniyi Ajao http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2011/04/12/ictworks-interview-with-web4africas-oluniyi-ajao/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ictworks-interview-with-web4africas-oluniyi-ajao http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2011/04/12/ictworks-interview-with-web4africas-oluniyi-ajao/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:10:24 +0000 Will Mutua http://afrinnovator.com/?p=3457

Oluniyi David Ajao is the founder and Managing Director of an IT business ‘Web4Africa‘ based out of Ghana. Web4Africa is one of the first web hosting and domain name registration services started in Ghana.

ICTWorks Interview with Web4Africa’s Oluniyi ... Read More

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]]> http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2011/04/12/ictworks-interview-with-web4africas-oluniyi-ajao/feed/ 1 Interview with Emeka Okoye developer of ReVoda http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2011/04/12/interview-with-emeka-okoye-developer-of-revoda/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=interview-with-emeka-okoye-developer-of-revoda http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2011/04/12/interview-with-emeka-okoye-developer-of-revoda/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:52:41 +0000 Will Mutua http://afrinnovator.com/?p=3453

The following is an exerpt from an interview with Emeka Okoye, a Nigerian innovator who’s developed an election monitoring application that’s become pretty popular in Nigeria given the impending elections. The interview was done and originally posted on our partner ... Read More

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