A hopeful continent”, “The next frontier for investors”, “A dark horse in the digital revolution”. Sound familiar? These are just a few of the catchphrases often found in articles from The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times, focusing on the one continent – Africa. It is important to note that there is a buzz running through urban areas and cities in Africa, much of which revolves around technology.
From Lagos to Kampala, Dar es Salaam to Dakar, Nairobi to Cape Town and all across the African continent, new innovation hubs and collaborative work spaces have been springing up as beacons for the hi-tech hopes of aspiring tech-oriented entrepreneurs. According to Bongohive’s Africa Hubs map,there are currently well over 100 hubs across the continent. Recent statistics also indicate that new hubs emerge in Africa every two weeks. These hubs are described as a nexus for technologists, investors, young entrepreneurs and creatives among others to exchange ideas and resources as well as help catalyse the process of open innovation within the technology ecosystem.
From the mobile money transfer service (M-Pesa) to the open source information collection and visualisation platform (Ushahidi) to the more recent crowdfunded internet connectivity device (BRCK), it goes without saying that Nairobi has been the birthplace of some of the most “indigenous” tech innovations to come out of Africa
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| the hubs around Africa ,be inspired |
Creativity refers to the ability to come up with new ideas, the ability to think widely, to have a free and open mind and to approach matters in a new way.
Whereas innovation is the ability to confine the creative ideas and make them turn into reality so as to achieve successful performance.
Do you like Technology and IT? Do you believe that we can be innovative in Africa also? Do you do workshops and training? Do you want to create your own start up business? Do you know anyone who does?
kinu is the place for you to be then….
What is kinu you ask…
Is an open space for Tanzania’s tech community to foster co-creation, innovation and capacity building…
Many of the community come here and use the space as office space and also to discuss with fellows about the new innovative ideas they have, this creates an awareness among the youth to learn on each other’s professions.
kinu is proud to be one of areas in the Africa that are focusing on helping their technological development ,do you know how many hubs are around Africa?and what they actually do?
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