What Africa Needs to Innovate on a Global Scale

It’s common knowledge that Africa, as continent, has been a leading innovator when it comes to mobile. Given that mobile phones arrived on a continent with far less wired infrastructure than the developed world, mobile was adopted incredibly quickly and innovations in the space were equally quick to arise. But what about the future? What kind of conditions are needed to ensure that the next generation of African innovators has the freedom to build products services which will reach out to the rest of the world.

Technology is not a barrier
Technologist and blogger Erik Hersman reckons that technology is not a barrier to innovation. Instead he emphasises that the way available technology is used is more important than the actual technology...