Want to become an internet billionaire? Move to Africa....
And so the exodus began.... http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-11/04/get-rich-move-to-africa
True.. however just like in developed countries - the bubble can still burst; With factors like low purchasing power and later competition from copy cats ... etcetra
I beg to differ with this article on very many fronts; 1. The internet has not just arrived in Africa, its been around for some time now, 2. There are no 1 billion people waiting to be connected and no billions to be made... Its obvious that the person who wrote this article is ignorant about Africa. For you to harness the kind of mass uptake of internet service that this guy envisions, you need to resolve very basic issues like food, housing, sanitation, etc etc and basically put some money in peoples pockets before those unconnected folks can think of even finding out what is an internet connection. So it cant be like in the 90s with the internet bubble, for now no billions, just people like us here who will just view your website, make rude comments and leave..... On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 1:47 PM, ndungu stephen <ndungustephen@gmail.com>wrote:
True.. however just like in developed countries - the bubble can still burst;
With factors like low purchasing power and later competition from copy cats ... etcetra
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He he @kinuthia ' people like us here who will just view your website, make rude comments and leave..... ' On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Kinuthia Ngugi <kinuthia.ngugi@gmail.com>wrote:
I beg to differ with this article on very many fronts;
1. The internet has not just arrived in Africa, its been around for some time now, 2. There are no 1 billion people waiting to be connected and no billions to be made...
Its obvious that the person who wrote this article is ignorant about Africa. For you to harness the kind of mass uptake of internet service that this guy envisions, you need to resolve very basic issues like food, housing, sanitation, etc etc and basically put some money in peoples pockets before those unconnected folks can think of even finding out what is an internet connection. So it cant be like in the 90s with the internet bubble, for now no billions, just people like us here who will just view your website, make rude comments and leave.....
On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 1:47 PM, ndungu stephen <ndungustephen@gmail.com>wrote:
True.. however just like in developed countries - the bubble can still burst;
With factors like low purchasing power and later competition from copy cats ... etcetra
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heheheh!kinuthia well said! On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 3:20 PM, peter kiuna <peterkiuna@gmail.com> wrote:
He he @kinuthia
' people like us here who will just view your website, make rude comments and leave..... '
On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Kinuthia Ngugi <kinuthia.ngugi@gmail.com>wrote:
I beg to differ with this article on very many fronts;
1. The internet has not just arrived in Africa, its been around for some time now, 2. There are no 1 billion people waiting to be connected and no billions to be made...
Its obvious that the person who wrote this article is ignorant about Africa. For you to harness the kind of mass uptake of internet service that this guy envisions, you need to resolve very basic issues like food, housing, sanitation, etc etc and basically put some money in peoples pockets before those unconnected folks can think of even finding out what is an internet connection. So it cant be like in the 90s with the internet bubble, for now no billions, just people like us here who will just view your website, make rude comments and leave.....
On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 1:47 PM, ndungu stephen <ndungustephen@gmail.com>wrote:
True.. however just like in developed countries - the bubble can still burst;
With factors like low purchasing power and later competition from copy cats ... etcetra
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@Kinuthia internet has been around but with the fibre cables now terminating to Africa this has has really boosted our ICT infrastructure and thus increased investment opportunities in Africa in the ICT industry. Before, with the internet we had, we could not talk of the realisation of projects like Konza, communication was poor (video/voice/data), etc With investors coming in there will be creation of job opportunites, a factor which directly/indirectly improve on the issues you've brought out - food/housing/etc. There will be lots of websites, not jus for commenting...but doing biz eg Marketing, IT Support http://www.247techies.com/computer-repair/live-computer-repair/ , etc etc list is endless. if u are not seeing what others are seeing..... Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 15:48:34 +0300 From: wanangu@gmail.com To: skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Want to become an internet billionaire? Move to Africa.... heheheh!kinuthia well said! On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 3:20 PM, peter kiuna <peterkiuna@gmail.com> wrote: He he @kinuthia ' people like us here who will just view your website, make rude comments and leave..... ' On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Kinuthia Ngugi <kinuthia.ngugi@gmail.com> wrote: I beg to differ with this article on very many fronts; 1. The internet has not just arrived in Africa, its been around for some time now, 2. There are no 1 billion people waiting to be connected and no billions to be made... Its obvious that the person who wrote this article is ignorant about Africa. For you to harnessthe kind of mass uptake of internet service that this guy envisions, you need to resolve very basic issues like food, housing, sanitation, etc etc and basically put some money in peoples pockets before those unconnected folks can think of even finding out what is an internet connection. So it cant be like in the 90s with the internet bubble, for now no billions, just people like us here who will just view your website, make rude comments and leave..... On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 1:47 PM, ndungu stephen <ndungustephen@gmail.com> wrote: True.. however just like in developed countries - the bubble can still burst; With factors like low purchasing power and later competition from copy cats ... etcetra _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke -- Walter Nyamweya _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke
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