Comments on: Beating the Big Guys to Africa

By: tebid henry

tebid henry — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 06:37:02 +0000

we are all working hard to see that the continent joins the rest of the world on the internet market. Africa has a big place and a great role to play in this domain. Keep the faith

By: best hyip

best hyip — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 14:01:58 +0000

best hyip…

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By: HASH

HASH — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:45:29 +0000

Robert, great name. I like AfriPay, I wish it was available as a domain though… 🙂

Like Max said, the opportunities in Africa are there – most of the time all that is needed is someone to fund the development of the platform for it to take off. The programmers are there, they just need to be utilized in the right type of project.

By: Maxwell

Maxwell — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 09:09:36 +0000

Yet another great post Eric!!
I agreee 100% with everything you said.
Well, I was only supposed to be in Kenya for a week back at the end of Nov-2005, and I’m still here. When I got here, I just saw tons of business opportunities EVERYWHERE due to INEFFICIENCIES that Info Tech can answer. Hopefully, the Internet infrastructure will mature sooner rather than LATER so that Africa can be transformed once and for good.

– Max

By: Ababoy

Ababoy — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 05:45:52 +0000

Afripay – very nice name. Count me in…plz

By: Robert Bruce

Robert Bruce — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 21:32:22 +0000

Limitless Broadband in Africa will only happen when the likes of Telkom properly unbundle and allow more players into the market.

However, I’m in to help create AfriPay. Good working title. Yes?

By: Nii Simmonds

Nii Simmonds — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 18:52:05 +0000

Erik,

Good post. Africa needs people like you and I, visionaries and calculated risk-takers. Web-related content and it’s offerings are available, but image the possiblities when we have limitless broadband in Africa like South Korea has. I would like to talk to you… I’m involved with a similar ecommerce related project for Africa.

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By: JKE

JKE — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 13:14:11 +0000

I’d go for the 2nd option and build up something that could be taken over by the big players once it’s started. Just like Ebay entered the German market (for instance) when it took over Alando.de which was designed with this take-over in mind (screen-design, user interface, etc.).

I think the most important thing to realize for potential investors is that ppl DO have money they would spend if only they could.

Like the title of this post…”beating them to the market”….yes, indeed. But then, not everyone in the world ignores Africa as a market. Just see what Lenovo did when it took over IBM’s PC dept. ==> it may not be American investors who make the first step but instead Chinese?

By: bankelele

bankelele — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 05:55:56 +0000

Drat, I was hoping to hear Paypal would be arriving soon in Kenya. Too bad – any alternative platforms i can use?