AI isn’t coming. It’s already at your desk. And if you’re South African, chances are you’re ready to hit the ground running. A brand-new…
Rocket Internet’s Chinese Airbnb Clone Shuts up Shop
In an entirely unsurprising move, Rocket Internet’s Airbnb clone for China, Airizu, has closed. The Airizu URL now redirects to Wimdu, another vacation home…
Africa’s crowdfunding context: starting up startups the African way
“Crowdfunding is the democratization of [funding] for startups,” says founder of Thundafund Patrick Schofield. People get the opportunity to directly vote with their wallets…
Duties, supply and cost: the problem with making hardware in Africa
Recently I wrote about the making of our mobile internet router, the BRCK, here in Nairobi, and I alluded to some of the issues…
Don’t go unappreciated or waste money on gift cards anymore, be Kiind
A gift-card given, is a gift-card thrown away, as a wise man once said. A verbose and fake idiom, but in reality about 8%-19%…
