Google is paying $1.1 billion for the unit of HTC, a struggling smartphone maker that makes for Google the high-end Pixel smartphone. HTC, once an industry leader, has been struggling in the age of Apple and Samsung. Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O)…
Africans delight on their oral tradition of folklore. In many African villages, boys and girls gather around their elders to listen to stories of hope, imagination, bravery and justice. These students of culture are expected to pass that tradition to…
Bottomline: In this piece, I identify three classes of technology-enabled companies and startups. I begin from hardware to services, through firmware, operating system and application software to build the components on how these companies can be classified. By understanding this…
Something interesting is happening. A new age of electronic commerce is evolving, and it is going to be exciting for African entrepreneurs. It is very possible that we can grow digital sales despite digital illiteracy in the continent. In other…
A startup health and wellness company was looking for young graduates to hire. They wanted people that have natural interests on wellness – eating right, exercising often, with positive attitude. What did they do? They asked for the usual resumes,…
