In startups we trust: Africa and its ‘silent’ rise to stardom

It’s starting to get redundant to say tech is big in Africa. Of course tech is big in Africa. Tech is big everywhere – it’s our favourite toy right now. A few weeks ago, I was hanging around Social Media Week in Lagos, Nigeria and what really stood out for me is not that tech is big, but that Africa’s tech explosion is facing some challenges.

The questions people are starting to ask aren’t around the number of apps the continent’s tech entrepreneurs need to build or the number of tech innovations that will allow it stand out. The questions being asked revolve around the fundamental problems limiting Africa’s youth in a tech savvy world. What skills are missing on the continent and how can this be solved? How are education systems letting the continent down, and what role can governments and multinationals corporations play in getting the continent on par with the rest of the world?

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