Plan a funeral, call out corruption or start a business tough jobs all now made easier by a generation of tech-savvy Africans tackling local problems beyond the grasp of big tech.
It was frustration that pushed Tanzanian engineer Maxence Melo to launch an anonymous, online whistle-blowing platform after his appeals to the media to investigate an array of questionable mega-project contracts were met with silence.
His JamiiForums Web site launched in 2006, unmasking the murky money trails of Africa’s rich and powerful, and now has more than 3 million visitors daily.
It is just one of dozens of African digital platforms that
From online funeral service planning to voice-based messaging, Africa’s innovators are tapping local knowledge and cultures to develop their own tech platforms.
African innovators are creating online platforms to search for solutions to problems unique to the continent. The young innovators, pushing the boundaries beyond the grasp of Big Tech, insist that local knowledge is key to meeting local needs.
From online funeral service planning to voice-based messaging, Africa s innovators are tapping local knowledge and cultures to develop their own tech platforms