DigitalSENSE Business News:
Africa can now
innovate its problems through technologies, says Kenya’s former ICT Ministry Permanent
Secretary, Dr Bitange Ndemo at the recently held first Google
Big Tent in South Africa, which attracted some 150 attendees.
The Public
Policy and Government Relations Manager, Google South Africa, Mr. Fortune
Mgwili-Sibanda, told DigitalSENSE
Business News that the Sub-Saharan Africa’s first Google
Big Tent attracted 150
attendees.
According to Mgwili-Sibanda, Ndemo was
quoted as declaring that despite the problems facing the continent, God has
offered also means of solving same.
“God
gave Africa a lot of problems, and now we can use technology to innovate and
solve them,” Ndemo was quoted as saying, thus challenging African policy makers,
entrepreneurs and researchers to pick the right technological solution.
Equally speaking, DigitalSENSE Business News gathered that South African newly appointed Communications Minister, Yunus Carrim, in a frank assessment noted how important the Internet could be for the country’s economic development.
Equally speaking, DigitalSENSE Business News gathered that South African newly appointed Communications Minister, Yunus Carrim, in a frank assessment noted how important the Internet could be for the country’s economic development.
“The more people are online, the more
successful our e-commerce sector will be,” Carrim said, expressing optimism
this could be maximized.
Chike Maduegbuna of Afrinolly in his remarks showed off his
platform for delivering African creative content and Evan Robinson from TaxTim described the typical entrepreneurs
story: he couldn’t find a programme to help him with filing his taxes, so he
built one himself.
These inspiring stories, Mgwili-Sibanda pointed out in Google Africa blog post,
showed what could be achieved through hard work and a clever offering.
One of the fathers of the Internet, and Google’s
Chief Internet Evangelist, Dr. Vint Cerf reminded participants that early
development of the Internet relied so much on close collaboration and support
by government. Hence, he advised that governments could help researchers and
innovators take big risks by providing essential funding.
... Making SENSE of digital revolution!*Pix: Public Policy and Government Relations Manager, Google South Africa, Mr. Fortune Mgwili-Sibanda
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