David Okwii

For Africa, TechCrunch concentrates on closing funding from Venture Capitalists as a means to success. This sends a misguided signal to an upcoming entrepreneur who will think that one must raise several thousand dollars to create a successful venture.

Most parts of the continent are still offline. Many still don’t have access to clean energy or even running water. However, there is good reason to be positive as many opportunities still exist that startups can capture and provide solutions for.

Battery technology hasn’t caught up with the pace of mobile technology and all its applications. As such, the most popular option in Uganda is for users to carry a second feature phone with incredible battery life.

An interesting story of David Okwii once loading 30GB of shared data on a Thursday and by Saturday of the same week, it was already finished. When he checked hs data usage app, it said he had only used 350MB yet MTN insisted he used it all up.

Many people do not know what they are giving up in order to be able to use their favourite FREE apps and online services. This is only about to get more complicated as the collection of personal data extends to biological data.

Cashless payments uptake has a huge uphill task to overcome until the merchant value proposition is sorted out.

E-commerce companies neglect the realities of their operating environment in Africa where well labelled streets and addresses are nearly non-existent.