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Where Africa and Technology Collide!Fri, 21 Dec 2018 15:55:40 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.24By: Folabi Ogunkoya
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Sat, 26 Aug 2006 18:44:33 +0000http://whiteafrican.com/?p=264#comment-2475This is exaclty what we’re trying to do at caramellounge.com. take MySpace and create the Africa version.
And we’ve not stopped there, next venture is a truly african music interface.
]]>By: Oluniyi David Ajao » Blog Archive » African Web Applications
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Mon, 14 Aug 2006 11:38:14 +0000http://whiteafrican.com/?p=264#comment-2474s No Need to Recreate the Wheel In Africa, what we need to do is take the best of those platforms and tweak them for local needs and practices. An eBay-Africa will never work if it looks identical to eBay in the US. However, an ecommerce platform in Africa that takes the best of what eBay does and marries that up with what is needed here will work. (Think smaller margins, different payment options, deliveries and partnerships with local enterprises.) [...]]]>[…] I agree with South African blogger, “White African”, when he said: There’s No Need to Recreate the Wheel In Africa, what we need to do is take the best of those platforms and tweak them for local needs and practices. An eBay-Africa will never work if it looks identical to eBay in the US. However, an ecommerce platform in Africa that takes the best of what eBay does and marries that up with what is needed here will work. (Think smaller margins, different payment options, deliveries and partnerships with local enterprises.) […]
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