It was a clever advert. Four teens seated with each tethered to their respective smartphones. They were apparently hyper-connecting and socializing with virtual friends through social media. But in the physical realm, they were evidently detached from the person seated nearby. Above them was written “all this social media might be making us less social” and below was “Today’s kids think they are aware of everything: friends’ status, pictures, location …except what is happening right [...]

Recently, I have received emails from investors that are looking for value in Africa. They are very sure that Africa is the next boom opportunity. Data shows it –economies in Africa are growing and more people are joining the middle class club yearly. Richer people mean more business opportunities because they can afford to buy things.   But for these investors, they cannot find the value companies immediately. One spent a week in Lagos and [...]

Hello people, I gave this interview in South Africa during Tech4Africa. Tekedia had already posted it here but it seems no one picked the messed up name spelling. I have contacted the guy to fix it.   I want to re-post the video… enjoy.    

In South Africa, last week, I held multiple press conferences.I was in three South African national TVs and appeared on nearly all the major tech media, meneburn, ITnewsAfric, etc. BBC interviewed me  on the last day of the program; enjoy the podcast.   Click here to watch the podcast     Entrepreneurs and developers from all over Africa and beyond are meeting at the Tech4Africa conference which ends this Friday in Johannesburg.   The two-day [...]

Just spoke at BBC World Africa Radio Service live at 9am South Africa time. It was about emerging technology and opportunity in Africa.

I am in South Africa for Tech4Africa.. I will speak on Thursday as follows.   15:00 – 16:00 CXO Breakout – Innovation (Invitation only) 15:00 The Redesign – Africa’s Quest to Climb the Tech PyramidThis talk will examine the state of Africa’s technology and what the continent can do to climb the technology pyramid where creativity rules. In this pyramid, the creators of fundamental technology seat higher up, the technology upstream, while those that consume [...]

Netflix used to be the apple of investors. It was a cash cow – making money and blasting quarterly earnings. That was then – Netflix seems to be an also ran company these days. It seems to be going through the path that destroyed its vanquished competitor, Blockbuster which Dish Network bought. It does not look positive for Netflix investors these days and Tekedia cannot see the bull. Within the last one year, the stock [...]

Last week, I drove Chevy Volt – the “all-electric” car from General Motors. The car is amazingly cool.  I have been invited to test drive the monster from the duo of General Motors and EETimes. Some of the sensors in the car are from some of the works which I contributed. So, it was a celebration of engineering innovation. Will I buy the car? Yes! No! It all depends on the price. The beast is [...]

RIM’s BlackBerry service was fully restored around the world early Thursday morning after what the company called its largest-ever network disruption.   Yes, they have restored it, according to CNN.

Africa is making progress in the mobile ecosystem. Mobility is simplifying business operations especially in East Africa where mobile payment (mPayment) has penetrated very well. When businesses receive payments faster, operations run quicker.  African entrepreneurs are coming up with new ideas on productivity, entertainment and communication apps, daily. It a new dawn of possibility and the mobile environment seems to have no limits.   For generations of technology, we seem to have got a break [...]