F5.5G Leap-forward Development of Broadband in Africa The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa recently, under…
Bill Gates, computers for kids and why telling a single story is risky
Creating solutions for one population base in a society does not mean that the others don’t exist. Nigerian writer Chimamanda Adichie gave a great…
The need for both makerspaces and incubators in Africa
Maker Faire Africa 2012 in Pictures from WhiteAfrican on Vimeo. I’ve long been a proponent of getting more spaces set up for hardware prototyping…
Connected tech communities and competitive advantage: the Kenyan way
In the last couple weeks I’ve had the opportunity to be in Nigeria (Maker Faire Africa), followed by South Africa (AfricaCom). Along with Kenya,…
What tech businesses need to survive in a time of flux
The theme of the 2012 Skoll World Forum is “Flux: seizing momentum, driving change”, which I think is a fantastic one. We’ve never had…
4 Factors shaping social impact investment in Africa’s tech scene
I recently took part in a panel discussion focused on “investing in tech in Africa”. It was a good session, as it was very…
Want to kill the status quo? Innovate
I was recently asked, “how do you find innovators?” It’s an odd question really, one that I hadn’t thought about before, but one that…
Fabrication and manufacturing: The future of African hardware innovation
Across Africa there is a vibrant culture of people creating things. Hardware products. It’s rarely glamorous as our inventors and micro-entrepreneurs innovate on products…
Why Mpesa is still a financial disruptor
Farhad Manjoo makes a compelling argument for why the real winners of the payments revolution are the same players we already know, the credit…
Why 2012 could be the year of the African startup
The past few years have been about building an infrastructure that improves the chances of the technology startups in Africa to succeed. Seeing this…
Africa’s mobile operators need to be more disruptive
Generally speaking, in the 90s, Africa’s mobile network operators (MNOs) were highly disruptive. In this last decade however, they have continued to decrease in…
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