The Netflix matchup between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul has redefined what a modern boxing event can be, fusing old-school boxing prestige with digital-age…
A quick look at TEDGlobal 2011
This last week I was in Edinburgh, Scotland at the TEDGlobal conference. As always, it was filled with inspiring talks, great conversations and I…
What should Google be doing in Africa?
Google has done what few other tech companies have done on this continent. Having 54 countries to scale across isn’t easy. However, in a…
Mobile web content in East Africa [Report]
Vodafone recently concluded a policy paper on “Broadband in Emerging Markets”, also titled “Making Broadband Accessible for All“. The position and reason for this…
Exploring Africa’s open data
I recently discovered Afrographique, a site that does data visualisations on African data. It’s done by Ivan Colic, a South African designer, as a…
Quick hits around the African tech scene
There’s a lot happening in and around the African tech scene. Take a look at some of the most important developments. Umbono: Google’s South…
Twitter making its way back to Africa
More than two and a half years ago Twitter shut down all operations in Africa. Back then, in August of 2008, it really didn’t…
Michael Joseph and Mpesa: A missed opportunity
Michael Joseph was the CEO of Safaricom, taking the mobile operator from 5 employees to dominating the Kenyan mobile operator market with over 80%…
Village Telco: Addressing the issue of rural connectivity
In the words of African telecommunications expert Steve Song, Village Telco is “an easy-to-use, scalable, standards-based, wireless, local, do-it-yourself, telephone company toolkit”. He’s just…
Afrilabs provide a model for African innovation, collaboration
In 2008 a couple of tech guys sitting around a table after Barcamp Nairobi first discussed the idea that eventually would become the heart…
The mobile banking race begins in Nigeria
Last week I got a visit from Peter Afam Emeleogu, an old contact from TED Africa in 2007. We’ve both been busy in the…
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