Business growth in Africa depends on ‘big tech’: Kenyan entrepreneur Max Zahn with Andy Serwer
Twitter (TWTR) CEO Jack Dorsey made headlines in March when he opted out of plans for a months-long stay in Africa amid the onset of COVID-19. His plans to go to Africa reflect a trend in recent years of major tech CEOs traveling to the continent, including Dorsey himself, who visited several African countries months before his change of heart.
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Those trips have coincided with efforts undertaken by the tech giants to help bolster the continent’s internet infrastructure, contributing to buzz that Africa and its more than 1 billion people may prove to be the industry’s next big growth market.