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Anthony Nandaa
March 13, 2015
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Silicon Savannah Rising
My presentation given at #CMSAfrica15, Nairobi, Kenya.
March 13, 2015.
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March 13, 2015
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Transcript
Silicon Savannah Rising Anthony Nandaa, @profnandaa At #CMSAfrica15, March 13,
2015.
Intro - Dev/Founder at Deveint Ltd and Beyonde Labs -
More about me at nandaa.com - “Do cool things that matter and do them now! :)”
Okay, here’s my ice, no breaker :)
Outline - State of the Savannah - Moving Forward -
Q/A - micro-forum
They say Data lieth not...
From startupblink.com, March 13, 2015
Google Trend Let’s Ask our friends at Google. Simple search
on google.com/trends - “startups”: http://www.google. com/trends/explore#q=startups
None
None
VC Fund for Startups Pieces fitting together. e.g. for .KE:
Savannah Fund, Safaricom Spark Fund, #InnovKE VC Fund,
Hubs in Africa afrilabs.com/labs/
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.
Cloud in .ke I’m sure it’s just the beginning. We
need to make the African Amazon (economy of scales, emerging markets, ...)
The Ugly
Broken Education System
Bored of Education by Propaganda [HumbleBeast] Video: https://youtu. be/RD2o6soOe1I
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
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.
Moving Forward
“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run
over if you just sit there.” - Will Rogers
Some of my context
1. The African #ICQ We need that one major exit,
that will make others believe!
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
3. Go open-source Stop flipping busa, and start flipping bits
:) Time to also start shipping to Silicon Valley and the World.
4. Eager to Learn/Teach - Staying foolish. - More learners
please? - More teachers please? Those that can even teach for free...
5. Altruism You can be a bridge over troubled waters,
YOU! - advice - mentoring - teaching - getting out of your way
6. Support Local
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
7. Patience - Staying hungry - Still moving fast, breaking
things, but patiently waiting for results. - We’ll get there!
Thank You Q/A? Blog: www.nandaa.com Twitter/GitHub: @profnandaa Presentation: bit.ly/ss-rising