Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Technology, Africa
Kenya has come to be closely associated with technology innovation and entrepreneurship, particularly in the area of mobile technology, raising the country’s profile internationally as one of the up-coming tech …
Musings on the ‘Silicon Savannah’: Past, Present & Future – Afrinnovator Read More
We’ve all heard of the idea that entrepreneurs are people who see a ‘gap’ in the market and then create a product or service to address that gap. The implication …
Scaling Internet-Based Startups in African Markets – Afrinnovator Read More
About two weeks ago, following a strike by transport operators in Kenya, residents of the capital city Nairobi resorted to social media to solve the problem. The hashtag #CarPoolKE was a result …
Kenya’s Propensity to Crowdsource Read More
NAIROBI – Here at ground zero for the new era of African innovation, investors are learning what an impact investing “bubble” looks like. Too much money, too few investment-ready companies. …
The Silicon Savannah: Of Vanity Capital and Vanity Companies 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
Niti Bhan is Founder at the Emerging Futures Lab. Niti integrates her multidisciplinary background in business, design and engineering with a global perspective to offer immediately actionable insights and strategic directions …
Systems Thinking Applied To Why M-Pesa’s Economic Impact and Wealth Creation Lessons Affects the Ecosystem and Not Just the Bottom of the Pyramid Read More
This past week, we covered Mobile Web Africa 2012 and we started coverage with 5 reasons to attend as well as live coverage that you can relive Day 1 and 2 here on Afrinnovator. …
Infographic: Mobile Web Africa 2012 Visualised including Statistics, Quotes and Insights 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
Very recently Portland Communications released some data from research carried to find out about the usage of Twitter in Africa. The report was received quite well and received some notable attention …
Doing Tech Business in Africa: A Few Lessons from Twitter’s Rise in Africa 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