+1 on the article its quite a sobering write up on innovation and technology, here is an interesting video

Hardly Working: Start-up Guys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMmdl4VltD4


"So for one unthinkable moment let’s forget building the next Facebook, Google or Apple. Think about using your vast technical knowledge to for example, solve the simplest problem Africa faces — service delivery. Think of the innovation that would come with that."

Gideon Rop.



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Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 10:25:23 +0300 (EAT)
From: "Bitange Ndemo" <bitange@jambo.co.ke>
To: "Andrea Bohnstedt" <
andrea.bohnstedt@ratio-magazine.com
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Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Innovationville: Where all the good money
        making African start ups go to die
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Talk about innovation.

<http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_turere_a_peace_treaty_with_the_lions.html?
?utm_medium=social&source=email&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=ios-share
>


Ndemo.




> Fun read:
>
> http://ventureburn.com/2013/04/innovationville-where-all-good-money-making-african-startups-go-to-die/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+memeburncom+%28memeburn%29
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