“I wanted to be here because Africa is on the move…young people are harnessing technology,” were the words of president Barack Obama when he opened the 6th Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) in Nairobi, Kenya last year. The “Africa Rising” narrative is underpinned by an “Africa Tech Rising,” jumpstarted by pervasive connectivity as a result of …
Chanzo Capital is an early stage micro-VC firm that provides capital and mentorship to high-tech startups in Kenya, the Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa (the so-called KINGS of Africa’s digital economy). Eric Osiakwan, managing partner of Chanzo, is a tech entrepreneur and angel investor with 15 years of ICT (information and communications technology) …
How Mobile Is Sparking Creativity in African Business Read More »
2011 is the year that broadband will finally come into its own for Africa’s long-starved Internet users. Operators will need to have a complete mind-shift if they are to come out on top of the new market and it offers interesting opportunities for insurgent challengers. Russell Southwood looks at what operators will need to do …
Going from shortage to abundance – strategies to target Africa’s broadband consumers Read More »
Introduction In the Ghanaian capital Accra, a government minister takes questions from citizens via Facebook. A journalist in Kenya uses his smart phone to e-mail breaking news instantly from a corporate press conference; the announcements move shares on the Nairobi Stock Exchange. Technology is rapidly changing Africa and at the forefront of the impact of …
In this presentation that i made to the Africa Grantmakers Affinity Group (http://www.africagrantmakers.org) and Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media (http://gfem.org), I will seek to describe how the African continent has been able to become connected to the Internet in a relatively short period of time, tracing some of the successes as well as obstacles to more robust …
“A NATION that does not honour her HEROES, is not WORTH dying for” – the key words are “NATION, HEROES and WORTH”. The NATION of Kenya honoured her HEROES and one of them is Brian Longwe, a GENERAL in his own RIGHT in the African ICT Fraternity. Please join me in CONGRATULATING a Living Saint …
Tuesday, April 10, 12:30 pm Berkman Center Conference Room 23 Everett Street, Second Floor, Cambridge, MA Guest: Eric Osiakwan and Ethan Zuckerman Topic: “Africa’s Internet Infrastructure” Following up from their Luncheon Series talk from last September, Eric and Ethan will discuss current developments in Africa’s Internet and communications infrastructure. We’ll learn about exciting possibilities and …
Berkman Conversation on Africa’s Internet Infrastructure Read More »
Folks, below is exactly what i have being chanting as a way forward in the ownership of the infrastructure; ” The Kenya Government will have a 40 per cent holding in the project, Etisalat 20% and the remaining 40% will go to investors in the East African region. The Government has said it will organise …
Kenyans in multistakeholder owenership of national fiber network Read More »
I woke up to the fluctuating sound of the power system, the generator of the hotel I was staying in had taken over from the national power grid which is loadshedding on an abitrary basis. This is Banjul, the capital of Gambia which recently hosted the African Union meeting. The day before i drove on …
Am sitting in my hotel lobby after a long day of work in Joburg, trying to eat some dinner whiles i deal with e-mail backlog on my laptop…..:-) A friend walks in as he had promised to deliver a copy of the latest edition of the Computer and Communication Africa (CCA) magazine published by AITEC …
