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Looking North: Investigating Technology Innovation & Entrepreneurship in North Africa

November 15, 2012October 13, 2017

Much of our focus in the past has centered around Sub-Saharan Africa and in particularly key ‘hubs’ in the region – Nigeria in Western Africa, Kenya in Eastern Africa and …

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INNOVATION

Rocket Internet May Be Just What Is Needed to Turbo-Charge African E-commerce

September 26, 2012October 13, 2017

It might be an entrepreneur’s worst nightmare. Take co-founder of red hot Silicon Valley payment startup Stripe Patrick Collison’s recent visit to Nairobi, I quickly let him have it, “Hey, did …

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INNOVATION

Does the “Copy to/Clone…” Strategy work in Africa?

April 25, 2012October 13, 2017

Every so often I hear venture capitalists and entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley ask a recurring question regarding Tech Startups in Africa – why not just use the “copy to” strategy? Clone an …

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INNOVATION / MOBILE&MOBILE WEB / STARTUPS

Disrupting SMS Apps Space: Telerivet’s Distributed Mobile SMS Service using Android Phones

April 6, 2012October 12, 2017

Most web and mobile startups in Africa need to have to some sort of messaging or notification layer that incorporates SMS. Wider businesses, large and small also too to communicate …

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INNOVATION

Disruptive Innovation in the African Tech Context

March 30, 2012October 12, 2017

What is it really to disrupt, or what is a disruptive innovation? And to put it in the African context, what does ‘disruption’ mean for the continent and what are …

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INNOVATION / STARTUPS

The Role of Government in Promoting Tech Innovation in Africa

February 10, 2012October 12, 2017

In talking about the efforts to promote technology and innovation in Africa, we tend to focus a lot of attention on private initiatives such as innovation hubs and the like. It …

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12 predictions for Africa Tech Scene in 2012
INNOVATION

12 predictions for Africa Tech Scene in 2012

December 28, 2011October 11, 2017

It has been a banner year for the Africa technology scene as the world begins to turn to the continent – the Economist Africa rising cover story article was for many, a …

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FUNDING / INNOVATION / SOCIAL INNOVATION / STARTUPS

Three Lessons for Innovators & Techpreneurs: Learning From Ushahidi’s History

December 19, 2011October 12, 2017

The Ushahidi crowdsourcing platform recently secured an additional $1.9 million round of funding from the Omidyar Network spanning 3 years. Ushahidi has definitely grown from strength to strength since 2008 when it was created and …

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INNOVATION / MOBILE&MOBILE WEB

Necessity & Invention: Africa’s story of mobile conquest & why utility beats ‘coolness’

November 18, 2011October 14, 2017

It is said that necessity is the mother of invention and indeed that could perfectly describe Africa where it comes to innovation particularly on mobile. Utility vs Coolness In a great …

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INNOVATION

Genomics Research in Africa – Improving Health by applying cloud computing

October 27, 2011October 14, 2017

I talked about the need for more market research needed. Lets get more serious. How about more genomics research? Sounds too cutting edge? No. Its become more and more feasible …

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