Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Technology, Africa
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 …
Looking North: Investigating Technology Innovation & Entrepreneurship in North Africa Read More
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 …
Rocket Internet May Be Just What Is Needed to Turbo-Charge African E-commerce Read More
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 …
Does the “Copy to/Clone…” Strategy work in Africa? Read More
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 …
Disrupting SMS Apps Space: Telerivet’s Distributed Mobile SMS Service using Android Phones Read More
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 …
Disruptive Innovation in the African Tech Context Read More
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 …
The Role of Government in Promoting Tech Innovation in Africa Read More
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 …
12 predictions for Africa Tech Scene in 2012 Read More
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 …
Three Lessons for Innovators & Techpreneurs: Learning From Ushahidi’s History Read More
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 …
Necessity & Invention: Africa’s story of mobile conquest & why utility beats ‘coolness’ Read More
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 …
Genomics Research in Africa – Improving Health by applying cloud computing Read More