30 Great African Tech Blogs
A conversation on Twitter with Marshall Kirkpatrick of RWW about the top tech blogs to read in Africa made me realize that there is no great list to start from. Most of us just have them in our head,...
View ArticleThe Israeli vs Silicon Valley Models for African Startups
Everyone wants to compare any up-and-coming tech city in the world to, “The Next Silicon Valley”. That idea is dead on arrival, yet we’re seeing many a reference to it in the media for places like...
View ArticleDragon’s Den: Kenya
This should be a fun one. I was approached a month or so back about the Dragon’s Den coming to Kenya, and it looks like it’s actually going to happen (It’s much like Shark Tank if you’re in the US). If...
View ArticleQuick Hits Around African Tech (May 2012)
This last month has kept me too off-kilter to get a good blog post up. However, there have been some very interesting happenings around the continent, here are the ones that caught my attention: Pivot...
View ArticleGhana’s Saya App Pitches at TechCrunch Disrupt
There’s a Ghana email list of tech guys that I’m on. Opening my email this morning, I was pleasantly surprised to see that a Ghanaian team was pitching last night at TechCrunch Disrupt. Saya is an app...
View ArticleCommunity Connectedness as a Competitive Advantage
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, these countries represent the biggest technology...
View ArticleSavannah Fund Accelerator: Call for 2nd Round
The Savannah Fund has been in operation about 8 months now, and has done 5 investments. One at $200k+, one at $75k and three at the accelerator level of $25k each. We’re accepting applications through...
View ArticleSendy: Digitizing Motorcycle Deliveries
Motorcycle couriers in Timau, Kenya This year at Pivot East I had my first look at Sendy, which does for motorcycle courier deliveries and customers in Nairobi, what Uber did for taxis and passengers...
View ArticleThe Cross Section of a Tech Ecosystem
I end up talking a lot about our tech community here in Kenya and I’ve had a front seat to what it looks like from the iHub. In my mind, I think about it like the cable conduit below, where you have...
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