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Where Africa and technology collide... Co-founder of , Nairobi, and . Instagram:

Nairobi, Kenya
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Joined September 2007
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  1. 1 hour ago

    Kenya has 22 million internet users and 44% smartphone penetration

    9 retweets 6 likes
  2. Sep 30

    Humanitarian UAV Missions: Towards Best Practices

    5 retweets 2 likes
  3. Sep 30

    Whoa! Checkout the new kids kits from - now on Kickstarter.

    3 likes
  4. Sep 30

    Congrats to all of the teams selected by the Thomson Reuters Africa Startups Challenge!

    4 retweets 11 likes
  5. Sep 30

    Welcome to the Dark Net, a Wilderness Where Invisible World Wars Are Fought and Hackers Roam Free

    3 retweets 1 like
  6. Sep 30

    Africa is untapped seeks to train 100,000 developer leaders in the next 10 years. Join at

    "As a region, Kenya's geographic location is prime for the outsourcing industry: time zones + English language" —
    3 retweets 5 likes
  7. Sep 30

    "The better you are at what you do, the more you can demand to be paid." — 

    5 retweets 3 likes
  8. Sep 29

    In Germany 1hour's work = cost of 500Mb in Nigeria it's 4 days based on Ave income

    45 retweets 26 likes
  9. Sep 29

    Africa Roundup: Zuckerberg’s visit, IBM’s new research center

    1 retweet 1 like
  10. Sep 28

    Africa’s MeerKAT ‘first light’ images have blown all expectations

    10 retweets 10 likes
  11. Sep 28

    2016 is here already! The team is doing some final touches & we will be ready for you

    7 retweets 5 likes
  12. Sep 14

    Why don't Africans spend as much time working on our problems as we do working on theirs?

    9 retweets 9 likes
  13. Sep 28

    Looking forward to meeting some new people at in London tomorrow.

    3 retweets 8 likes
  14. Sep 28

    In 1662 William Petty noticed a phenomenon that will be familiar to everyone who has tried to do something new:

    331 retweets 493 likes
  15. Sep 26

    The DARK SIDE of Metcalfe's Law (V~N^2) -

    4 retweets 2 likes
  16. Sep 25

    The Nairobi chapter is riding today. We end at the Concourse de…

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  17. Sep 22

    An African Guide to Dictators Part 1

    47 retweets 40 likes
  18. Sep 21

    “Toyota Mavi“?

    2 retweets 1 like
  19. Sep 21

    MORE than a billion glances take place on smartphones in Africa every day

    15 retweets 5 likes
  20. Sep 21

    Four signs you're an entrepreneur:

    4 retweets 5 likes

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