[kictanet] Innovationville: where good money-making African startups go to die

[Gideon]

+1 on the article its quite a sobering write up on innovation and
technology, here is an interesting video

Hardly Working: Start-up Guys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMmdl4VltD4

"So for one unthinkable moment let’s forget building the next Facebook,
Google or Apple. Think about using your vast technical knowledge to for
example, solve the simplest problem Africa faces — service delivery. Think
of the innovation that would come with that."

Gideon Rop.



> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 10:25:23 +0300 (EAT)
> From: "Bitange Ndemo" <bitange at jambo.co.ke>
> To: "Andrea Bohnstedt" <
> andrea.bohnstedt at ratio-magazine.com>
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Innovationville: Where all the good money
>         making African start ups go to die
> Message-ID:
>         <86f4368bc72c3c848f90f5230290b458.squirrel at mail.jambo.co.ke>
> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1
>
> Talk about innovation.
>
> <
> http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_turere_a_peace_treaty_with_the_lions.html?
> ?utm_medium=social&source=email&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=ios-share>
>
>
> Ndemo.
>
>
>
>
> > Fun read:
> >
> >
> http://ventureburn.com/2013/04/innovationville-where-all-good-money-making-african-startups-go-to-die/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+memeburncom+%28memeburn%29
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > kictanet mailing list
> > kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet
> >
> > Unsubscribe or change your options at
> >
> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/bitange%40jambo.co.ke
> >
> > The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform
> > for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and
> > regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT
> > sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and
> > development.
> >
> > KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors
> > online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and
> bandwidth,
> > share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do
> > not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Subject: Digest Footer
>
> _______________________________________________
> kictanet mailing list
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> End of kictanet Digest, Vol 71, Issue 88
> ****************************************
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/pipermail/kictanet/attachments/20130413/94d31000/attachment.htm>