The Lucrative Skills African Talent Should Acquire in 2012
In the American and European tech space there’s a growing problem. There’s so much funding available for early stage startups that everyone and their college dropout buddy is starting-up, leaving no one out there to hire. It’s one of those first world problems: “We just raised 4 million dollars for our social network for redheads … Read more
…to Redistribute the Future
Last week at Tech4Africa in Johannesburg I gave a short talk. It was meant to be much longer but I got confused on how much time I had, so apologies to the T4A people. Anyways, the topic of the presentation was “The 5 Most Disruptive Innovations I’ve Seen” and it discusses industries and concepts which … Read more
Innovation in a black tie
..As one of the most exciting and significant bi-monthly networking sessions for people in IT and Telecoms, The Innovation Dinner Series brings together decision makers and top-flight speakers to discuss burning issues in the ICT Industry.- ITNews Africa
G|Uganda Recap
On September 1st Kampala saw the kick off of Google’s gUganda, which was held at the Munyonyo Speke Resort Commonwealth Conference Centre. 650 Engineers, Designers, Web Developers, Entrepreneurs and Students learned how Google hope to spur Tech Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Africa and even closer to home Uganda. “Africa’s the final frontier.”- Google. Hearing this … Read more
Capacity Versus Competency
This is a lesson in hiring software developers in Africa where, for the past two years I’ve run an incubator/software company called Appfrica Labs. As a social venture, the blended model was designed to give East African graduates jobs in tech and allowing them experience the ‘real world’ of development. The secondary goal was to … Read more
Ron Nixon on Following Disappearing Aid Money
Where does all the aid money sent to Africa actually go? Ron Nixon of the New York Times attempts to answer that very question with his Ujima transparency platform. Recorded on November 23, 2009 at TEDxKampala. For more on Ujima check out Ron’s appearance on our podcast a few weeks ago.
Google Earth Workshops Coming to Kampala and Nairobi
Wondering which Google Geo tool to use? Google Earth or Google Maps? What about Google Map Maker and Google SketchUp? Well, this is your opportunity to learn everything from the experts. The Google Earth Outreach team has organized workshops that are scheduled for October 30th at Speke Resort Munyonyo in Kampala Uganda and another on … Read more
1 Household in 5 Worldwide has Broadband
A new Gartner study says that one household in five will have broadband access by the end of 2009. A total of 422 million households will have a fixed broadband connection in the home in 2009, up from 382 million households in 2008, and the market will steadily grow with nearly 580 million households having … Read more
Does Africa Really Need Internet Access?
So asks lepetitnegre, pointing out that while in many parts of the world Internet access is considered a fundamental right, Africa is long from realizing this dream. Not only does the infrastructure not yet exist, but many countries are so far behind, that the promise of development via new technologies is difficult to see in … Read more
The Future of Funding
The plight of many groups, both for profit and non, is funding. How is money acquired, who is it acquired from and what do they have to do to keep it? I’m not very well versed here so I can’t really elaborate, but I do get the sense that organizations are looking for new ways … Read more
