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Comments for The Tech4Africa Blog http://blog.tech4africa.com Musings, announcements, and collateral damage from Tech4Africa. Thoughts our own. We're looking for contributors from across Africa. Email hello At tech4africa DOT com. Wed, 14 Aug 2013 22:26:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.32 Comment on What to expect from a Tech4Africa Hackathon? by Deborah Dees http://blog.tech4africa.com/what-to-expect-from-a-tech4africa-hackathon/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 22:26:36 +0000 http://tech4africa.com/?p=8150#comment-29 Learning by doing sounds awesome. I like the way you are creating the environment to allow the magic to happen!

]]> Comment on Hack is not a four letter word by Shapshak http://blog.tech4africa.com/hack-is-not-a-four-letter-word/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Sun, 14 Jul 2013 15:32:00 +0000 http://tech4africa.com/?p=7867#comment-28 Hack has never been a four-letter word to me. It’s been the nickname for journalists for decades. Over

]]> Comment on Hack is not a four letter word by Mark http://blog.tech4africa.com/hack-is-not-a-four-letter-word/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 08:23:49 +0000 http://tech4africa.com/?p=7867#comment-27 Yay someone with a backbone!!!

huzzah huzzah huzzah

and i agree on the “bugger all interesting to do comment”…..u can only write so many “select * from customers” before getting
utterly burned out like i was

HOORAY for win 8

SACODERZ

]]> Comment on Where are all the young black tech entrepreneurs in South Africa? by Keita Seye http://blog.tech4africa.com/where-are-all-the-young-black-tech-entrepreneurs-in-south-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:09:02 +0000 http://t4a.feedmybeta.com?p=1328#comment-26 This cannot be true. You are not really looking – probably not attending the right events. Go to the barcamps sprawling all over and you will see the tech entrepreneurs. With very little folks like mpedigree – http://www.mpedigree.net, dreamoval – http://www.dreamoval.com, esoko, motech, msimps, cocoalink, and that’s just Ghana alone! pagatech, gyst, flowstyle etc etc etc…if they are doing this with no money what will happen if people like you spend your time supporting those who are actually doing things rather than just always complaining that THEY ARE NOT THERE? But there THEY ARE!

]]> Comment on Where are all the young black tech entrepreneurs in South Africa? by JP http://blog.tech4africa.com/where-are-all-the-young-black-tech-entrepreneurs-in-south-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:18:15 +0000 http://t4a.feedmybeta.com?p=1328#comment-25 For me, I think it has mostly to do with 1) capital priorities and 2) your point about exposure. It’s not about race, but if it has any influence on my response, I’m white and quite active in the tech developer scene.

1) For me, the biggest balancing act in a start-up is capital. Usually tech innovators have broken away from their guaranteed paychecks and are trying to code away at their big bang ideas from garages, bedrooms etc. Sure there was a lot to offer at the t4a get together but at up to R6500 a ticket – to me its about priority – 6500 on a 2day ticket to hear some guru speakers or a 6500 on a new device to test that your mobile project is compatible. Just saying that many of the real innovators are not privvy to company sponsorships and this being africa where most developers are not ‘hugged’ as well as they are overseas – events like t4a – they’re just out of reach.

2) Yes, I think it would be a valuable exercise to re-think your exposure and community awareness approaches. I only found out about the t4a event and actually the entire organisation yesterday via an outdated Samsung Blog post calling for developers with ideas – way to late to do anything about it. And I would consider myself to be quite active in the Tech scene, so I guess one approach for next year is to get more people blogging and tweeting earlier.

]]> Comment on Don’t fake it ‘til you make it, hack it ‘til you crack it by MWSader http://blog.tech4africa.com/dont-fake-it-til-you-make-it-hack-it-til-you-crack-it/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:56:41 +0000 http://t4a.feedmybeta.com?p=1322#comment-24 Lovely post summarising the brilliant talk he gave today.*Highlight text-clip selection to Evernote*… ;).

]]> Comment on Three South African startups chosen for Seedcamp week by NicoP http://blog.tech4africa.com/three-south-african-chosen-for-seedcamp-week/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:10:18 +0000 http://t4a.feedmybeta.com?p=934#comment-23 Hi Paul,

As far as we know, iSigned focuses on offering long-term, secure online document storage and management for important documents like contacts, agreements, and legal papers. You can contact Gareth Ochse (@garethochse) -isigned.com founder-, who we’re sure will be more than happy to clear your doubts.

Cheers.

]]> Comment on Three South African startups chosen for Seedcamp week by Paul http://blog.tech4africa.com/three-south-african-chosen-for-seedcamp-week/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 07:56:49 +0000 http://t4a.feedmybeta.com?p=934#comment-22 What I don’t get about “iSigned” – why would you pay R60 a month for this when you could use Google Docs for free? Must be missing something – what’s the value add?

]]> Comment on Africa: problem or opportunity? by Gobezu http://blog.tech4africa.com/africa-problem-or-opportunity/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:07:46 +0000 http://t4a.feedmybeta.com?p=855#comment-21 Nico, indeed. That actually probably sums up the whole aim of t4a, right?

But I am looking high and low for those best practices, and I just can’t see them…no where, many mentions and celebs and creds but no financial success…

No doubt I will hang on your wagon for as long as I can, and I myself have upcoming projects which in due time I hope will be featured somewhere here…

Salute

]]> Comment on Africa: problem or opportunity? by NicoP http://blog.tech4africa.com/africa-problem-or-opportunity/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:25:28 +0000 http://t4a.feedmybeta.com?p=855#comment-20 Thanks Gobezu for your contribution. Like you said, as many startups struggle to be sustainable and successful, a way to push it forward is by sharing best practices and getting inspired by others.

]]> Comment on Africa: problem or opportunity? by NicoP http://blog.tech4africa.com/africa-problem-or-opportunity/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:04:55 +0000 http://t4a.feedmybeta.com?p=855#comment-19 Thanks Francis for your opinion.

]]> Comment on Africa: problem or opportunity? by Gobezu http://blog.tech4africa.com/africa-problem-or-opportunity/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:10:41 +0000 http://t4a.feedmybeta.com?p=855#comment-18 just read the following post http://gurstein.wordpress.com/2010/09/02/open-data-empowering-the-empowered-or-effective-data-use-for-everyone/ which serves as good analogy and a cautionary tale about what not having a good understanding of your actual goals and the targeted market can render

]]> Comment on Africa: problem or opportunity? by Gobezu http://blog.tech4africa.com/africa-problem-or-opportunity/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:35:58 +0000 http://t4a.feedmybeta.com?p=855#comment-17 i really am confused, because however much we shout at it or about it, i fail to see good working vibrant examples of startups in africa, which i really have been looking after

the only rather successful internet related activity i see is mostly related to old paper based newspapers coming online

i went through all the startups listed in your sidebar and its really a depressing run throughout the list and i hardly think there is any thriving business behind those websites dwindling out there which either are not visited or riddled by spams or in some cases doesn’t even exist

i think we need to do some ground work before aiming for the sky and try to copy the success of western models, and i am not sure how well any western or for that matter asian success can be adpoted to africa, sure they should act as our role models but not to be copied possibly to be inspired by

i fully agree with your Erik Hersman quote, we really need to focus locally, and i really mean locally, because what works in south africa will probably not work in morocco or for that matter not in niger, chad nor somalia, the preconditions are simply not there

so lets not see africa as a homogen destination because it certainly is not, at least in this regard. fact is its even impossible to see one country in itself as a homogen destination as most western countries seem to be

…and simply therefore i really fail to excite myself on such notes as t4a and doesn’t sound to me as real, but hey, i am probably wrong, and would very much appreciate if anyone could show me the real success stories, thriving startups not supported by an ngo or side activities to support the main startups ideas….

applause all your efforts and is grateful….

]]> Comment on Africa: problem or opportunity? by Francis http://blog.tech4africa.com/africa-problem-or-opportunity/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:00:53 +0000 http://t4a.feedmybeta.com?p=855#comment-16 If we have systems that truly work and solve our problems internally this will help us gain more credibility in the global systems. I completely agree that we should see these problems as opportunities.

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