<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:18px;word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font face="georgia, serif">That information technology is the next frontier for many African economies, promising to deliver big development payloads is not lost on anyone who has been reading the opportunity narrative of the Silicon Savannah, Silicon Cape and the various embodiments of the wave. Trying to borrow a playbook from other markets may not work due to the unique challenges that one may face in Africa.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:18px;word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font face="georgia, serif">At the close of 2013, I took time off to reflect and strategize on what challenges the marketplace will present for my companies this year. Some, like access to capital are the ever constant companions for any growing enterprise but others I see as coming to the fore as many verticals within the IT sector mature. Whether as a services company doing integrations or pushing own product, this is my take on what many C-level executives will have to deal with to remain competitive and in business over the next 12 months</font></p>
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