By Steve Song, on February 3rd, 2010

Erik Hersman recently tweeted “I’d like to hear more on whether we should build SMS or internet services in Africa?” This had the serendipitous effect of breaking a bit of a blogger’s block for me.
I think most would agree that the answer is not either/or but a mix of the two. That being the [...]
By Steve Song, on July 28th, 2009

Blue Gum Tree – Knysna
I see in the press yesterday that Safaricom have won an innovation award for their MPesa service from a UN agency.
“The Habitat Business Award for sustainable urbanization, which is organized by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT), aims to recognize and publicize outstanding achievements contributing to sustainable urbanization through [...]
By Steve Song, on June 30th, 2009

This entry is part of a series, What Google Should Do In Africa»
This third “What Google Should Do In Africa” post could be subtitled “Grow some balls”. Why, oh why, is it that Google, so unafraid to tackle telco and broadcast market behemoths in the United States, behaves like a timid NGO in [...]
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