Silicon Savannah Rising

My presentation given at #CMSAfrica15, Nairobi, Kenya.

March 13, 2015.

Transcript

1. Silicon Savannah Rising Anthony Nandaa, @profnandaa At #CMSAfrica15, March 13, 2015.
2. Intro - Dev/Founder at Deveint Ltd and Beyonde Labs - More about me at nandaa.com - “Do cool things that matter and do them now! :)”
3. Okay, here’s my ice, no breaker :)
4. Outline - State of the Savannah - Moving Forward - Q/A - micro-forum
5. They say Data lieth not...
6. From startupblink.com, March 13, 2015
7. Google Trend Let’s Ask our friends at Google. Simple search on google.com/trends - “startups”: http://www.google. com/trends/explore#q=startups
10. VC Fund for Startups Pieces fitting together. e.g. for .KE: Savannah Fund, Safaricom Spark Fund, #InnovKE VC Fund,
11. Hubs in Africa afrilabs.com/labs/
12. Software Engineering We need to fix our SE (in Sub Saharan Africa), it’s broken. I’ve been there, done that, let’s be honest… Learn something from INDIA.
13. Cloud in .ke I’m sure it’s just the beginning. We need to make the African Amazon (economy of scales, emerging markets, ...)
14. The Ugly
15. Broken Education System
16. Bored of Education by Propaganda [HumbleBeast] Video: https://youtu. be/RD2o6soOe1I
17. Individualism - Me, Myself and I! - Busy hacking alone - “My idea will be stolen” :-D “Make a choice between pursuing personal achievement and collective prosperity” - @MachariaSST at #InnovKE
18. Downloads / Uploads We do a lot of downloads, less uploads! - Consume a lot of open-source, but contribute less. - [Do mini-survey] - We need to start! #OSAfrica Initiative coming soon.
19. Moving Forward
20. “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” - Will Rogers
21. Some of my context
22. 1. The African #ICQ We need that one major exit, that will make others believe!
23. 2. Where’s the African Yossi Vardi? The rise of the Angel Investor, real Angel Investor, not fake! Don’t have to be 1 only. “40 years, 60 high-tech companies [and ∞ startups]” http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Yossi_Vardi
24. 3. Go open-source Stop flipping busa, and start flipping bits :) Time to also start shipping to Silicon Valley and the World.
25. 4. Eager to Learn/Teach - Staying foolish. - More learners please? - More teachers please? Those that can even teach for free...
26. 5. Altruism You can be a bridge over troubled waters, YOU! - advice - mentoring - teaching - getting out of your way
27. 6. Support Local
28. 6. Support Local - Time to start eating our own dog food! - Starts with us, not/forget government - There’s no problem in eating our own crap! - Has a boomerang effect, ecosystem -wise. #najijenga
29. 7. Patience - Staying hungry - Still moving fast, breaking things, but patiently waiting for results. - We’ll get there!
30. Thank You Q/A? Blog: www.nandaa.com Twitter/GitHub: @profnandaa Presentation: bit.ly/ss-rising