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Afrinnovator.com is Back!

A few months ago I partnered with a friend of mine to breathe some new life into an ‘experiment’ that I did slightly over a year ago that I called Afrinnovator.

The idea at the time was pretty simple – A Google Maps mashup of sorts. Allow startups and innovators in Africa to put themselves ‘on the map’… literally. The motivation was simply that most maps you see of Africa well… let’s just say they almost never portray something very positive about Africa (unless it’s a map of something to do with mobile technology).

I hacked the original Afrinnovator in an evening and put it up the next day. However, I had this burning desire to do more with it, really tell the African story as far as technology, innovation and startups in Africa is concerned. Simply put, a place that gives good representation of what’s going on in Africa because this continent is not as dark as people think it is.

So it was a great pleasure when my pal Kevin Rombe who is one of the people behind GotIssuez.com approached me with the some ideas, the opportunity presented itself and we literally put Afrinnovator.com to sleep for a few months.

The New Afrinnvovator

Today I am pleased to announce that we have woken her up. She is back and better. And this is just the beginning, over the next few weeks we will roll out some more interesting stuff on Afrinnovator.com. Believe me – it’s more than just a blog!

You can follow Afrinnovator on Twitter at @afrinnovator and Kevin and myself at @kevrombe and @wmworia

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10 Stupid Things Entrepreneurs do to Mess up their Startups

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Presentation: (Technology) Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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Presentation: Funding Options for Tech Startups

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Presentation: The Making of a Revolution

Presented at the September 09 Science Cafe on Fiber Optics and what it means for Kenya and Kenyans.

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Mobile Technology and Entrepreneurship (in Kenya)

I presented this at the 10th Annual Strathmore University ICT Conference: Opportunities and Challenges Towards an Entrpreneurial Economy

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    We’ve all heard of the idea that entrepreneurs are people who see a ‘gap’ in the market and then create a product or service to address that gap. The implication is that there’s a ready market there that will snap ... Read MoreThe post Scaling Internet-Based Startups in African Markets appeared first on Afrinnovator.
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    I had a wonderful opportunity to have a discussion with Eric Osiakwan an African tech luminary from Ghana and director of Ghana’s Cyber City initiative about startup financing in Africa, particularly in the technology sector. Eric has worked and ventured in 32 ... Read MoreThe post Rethinking Startup Finance in Africa appeared first on Afrinnovator.
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    Earlier this week, a group of African business and political leaders, academics, journalists and researchers met in the Gulf island nation of Bahrain for the first Geo-economics conference focused on Africa organized and hosted by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), “The ... Read MoreThe post IISS: Emerging Africa Geo-Economics, Resourc […]
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