To all the young developers in KE. An amatuer word for thought......
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 = $$$. The VC dream is also based on the same. Many services such as CPanel, CMS systems etc are based on this concept where they fulfill needs of end users. Research into the SaaS scenario and you will find the necessary apps that need building. I can share much more if needed but keeping it simple here. Best of luck and you need to up the competition to established vendors of SaaS. It's not difficult and most of the frameworks have the building blocks to make your life much easier. Hope this is helpful Rgds.
@aki, Your point of view is always appreciated. On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 8:25 AM, aki <aki275@gmail.com> wrote:
Have a few mins to spare, so will jot down my thoughts. IMHO and from my economic rants you should know by now that its economics first then innovation later. As proved in the Pivot25 event, there can never will be any place for brilliant creative minds, the judges or panel also shared their views on economic impact and bottomline. So if you are those creative people, unfortunately your mind capacities are not for developing countries. As Mr Paul of KICTB said, "ask you mama for the money if you have to" and that govt does not fund but create the environment ( yeah right... ). Such is the situation in Africa and if you want to succeed, develop your apps from this perspective. Its called *Software as a Service and NOT Software as a solution*.
Software as a Service ( SaaS ) : Explains why MedAfrica took the overall prize because the business community sees only the bottom line = viability and profitability = $$$. 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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I would really like to meet aki in person to see if he's as 'wordy' as his posts. (No offense intended). I love your topics though On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 10:33 AM, Humphrey Ngoiya <hngoiya@yahoo.co.uk>wrote:
@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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@Tony, thanks and maybe someday we all can meet and I'd love to meet especially all those who sometimes keep intouch on this list. I'm a wordy person in real life? It depends on the level and topic of conversation, though I'd never make a sales person. What makes me write all these things is what I see happening, I think by now I'd have had a successful column somewhere but I choose not to and also not abandon skunks forum. Hopefully skunks forum will be the media that we can all reach out on issues, be frank and open about what is going on and affecting the future and also share ideas and insights that others can use to better their own ideas. For now, am on a break from skunks to focus on my stuff and will be back later. :-) Asante. On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Tony Ndegwa <mzeeantoh@gmail.com> wrote:
I would really like to meet aki in person to see if he's as 'wordy' as his posts. (No offense intended). I love your topics though
@aki good stuff... you hit the nail on the head Kibui Kenneth Maina,* * * * *Tel:* +254 (0) 721 173 780 *Blog:* Opticom Solutions<http://opticomsolutions.blogspot.com/> *Website*: kit-b.com <http://www.kit-b.com> *Twitter:* @mainakibui<https://twitter.com/#%21/mainakibui> * * *Tools I Use:* Joomla, PHP, MYSQL, Learning Python, Amazon cloud hosting, WHM, Cpanel, Adobe CS4, Dreamweaver, Cent OS, Linux, Windows, Networking, Hardware, VM Ware. On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 9:57 AM, aki <aki275@gmail.com> wrote:
@Tony, thanks and maybe someday we all can meet and I'd love to meet especially all those who sometimes keep intouch on this list. I'm a wordy person in real life? It depends on the level and topic of conversation, though I'd never make a sales person. What makes me write all these things is what I see happening, I think by now I'd have had a successful column somewhere but I choose not to and also not abandon skunks forum. Hopefully skunks forum will be the media that we can all reach out on issues, be frank and open about what is going on and affecting the future and also share ideas and insights that others can use to better their own ideas. For now, am on a break from skunks to focus on my stuff and will be back later. :-)
Asante.
On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Tony Ndegwa <mzeeantoh@gmail.com> wrote:
I would really like to meet aki in person to see if he's as 'wordy' as his posts. (No offense intended). I love your topics though
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