We all have them. Those apps we open without thinking. Not because we need anything in particular, but because they feel… safe, in some…
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…
The subtle condescension of ‘ICT for development’
I have cognitive dissonance over the term “Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D)”. This term, “ICT4D,” is confusing, hypocritical, and has a whiff…
What Africa needs to innovate on a global scale
It’s common knowledge that Africa, as continent, has been a leading innovator when it comes to mobile. Given that mobile phones arrived on a…
