@aki, Your point of view is always appreciated. On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 8:25 AM, aki <aki275@gmail.com> wrote:
Have a few mins to spare, so will jot down my thoughts. IMHO and from my economic rants you should know by now that its economics first then innovation later. As proved in the Pivot25 event, there can never will be any place for brilliant creative minds, the judges or panel also shared their views on economic impact and bottomline. So if you are those creative people, unfortunately your mind capacities are not for developing countries. As Mr Paul of KICTB said, "ask you mama for the money if you have to" and that govt does not fund but create the environment ( yeah right... ). Such is the situation in Africa and if you want to succeed, develop your apps from this perspective. Its called *Software as a Service and NOT Software as a solution*.
Software as a Service ( SaaS ) : Explains why MedAfrica took the overall prize because the business community sees only the bottom line = viability and profitability = $$$. The VC dream is also based on the same. Many services such as CPanel, CMS systems etc are based on this concept where they fulfill needs of end users. Research into the SaaS scenario and you will find the necessary apps that need building. I can share much more if needed but keeping it simple here.
Best of luck and you need to up the competition to established vendors of SaaS. It's not difficult and most of the frameworks have the building blocks to make your life much easier.
Hope this is helpful
Rgds.
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