IT training for kids who live in the surrounding farm areas of Stutterheim outside East London in the Eastern Cape. South Africa. Photo: Trevor Samson / World Bank
It has been a famous rallying cry that Africa’s internet growth will continue skyrocketing. Research studies have proved the possibility of a viable market within certain countries [...]
Photo by Erik Hersman
Below is the text of the short talk I gave during the TED 2009 Fellows pre-conference day.
My earliest online experiences were a wonderful exploration of this virtual world where everything was possible. I remember reading stories of people doing amazing things online. Companies built on close to nothing but ideas and generating [...]
From Cameroon’s The Entrepreneur:
“Profile means business.
But profile is very, very expensive, most of the time. Few small businesses can afford hundreds of thousands of shillings for advertising. Even brochures can be a stretch, although it’s a cheaper way in. However, as the world moves online, ways are opening of capturing buyers and sales that did [...]
