Looking at Africa’s telecom growth through the eyes of MTN Published by Kate Douglas on 28 February 2013 “The African continent has continued to blossom, where today it is seen as a rife continent for investment,” said Zunaid Bulbulia, CFO of MTN.
Interview: Talking business with Nigerian mobile advertising entrepreneur Oduntan Odubanjo Published by Dinfin Mulupi on 27 February 2013 “Successful entrepreneurs are not usually the smartest people, or even the most hardworking.”
Interview: How Kenya plans to become Africa’s ICT hub by 2017 Published by Dinfin Mulupi on 14 February 2013 How we made it in Africa‘s Dinfin Mulupi finds out about Kenya’s National ICT Master Plan.
Can East Africa build another M-Pesa? Published by Dinfin Mulupi on 5 February 2013 “Many of these startups will fail and that will not be a bad thing because with it will come learning. Even M-Pesa did not become a success overnight.”
Success story: Building an internet company from scratch in Angola Published by Kate Douglas on 1 February 2013 How we made it in Africa talks to Rolf Mendelsohn, one of the founders of Angolan IT company Internet Technologies Angola.
AFCON sponsor Orange sees Africa as a key growth opportunity Published by Kate Douglas on 29 January 2013 “Many countries still have below average mobile penetration rates, which means that there is strong growth potential.”
Google chairman Eric Schmidt shares his thoughts on Africa Published by Jaco Maritz on 28 January 2013 Nigerians are a nation of entrepreneurs; while Nairobi has established itself as a technology hub, says Eric Schmidt, chairman of Google.
‘African software developers need a dose of realism in their ambitions’ Published by Dinfin Mulupi on 26 January 2013 Microsoft is working with African developers to boost the development of software solutions by Africans for Africa.
AccessKenya MD shares his thoughts on the IT industry and listing on the NSE Published by Dinfin Mulupi on 23 January 2013 How we made it in Africa talks to Jonathan Somen, co-founder and managing director of data and IT services company AccessKenya.
Nigerian online movie and music company iROKO Partners enters South Africa Published by Kate Douglas on 22 January 2013 iROKO Partners has opened their second African office in Johannesburg.
Chinese mobile phone company Tecno explains why it only does business in Africa Published by Dinfin Mulupi on 21 January 2013 “We want to be the mobile king of Africa. The continent receives a lot of imports but the products are not always modelled to fit demand.”
Talking business with the man behind Tanzanian startup Bongo Live Published by Kate Douglas on 14 January 2013 “The time is now to be the pioneer and grab the opportunity,” says tech startup entrepreneur.
Mike Macharia – the Kenyan businessman with pan-African ambitions Published by Dinfin Mulupi on 10 January 2013 Kenyan entrepreneur Mike Macharia was only 25 when he ventured into business, establishing Seven Seas Technologies, one of East Africa’s leading tech companies.
Meet the Boss: Mike Macharia, Group CEO, Seven Seas Technologies Published by Dinfin Mulupi on 9 January 2013 “Business is about people and my biggest challenge is about developing and retaining the right kind of talent.”