Africa: Turning the Tech World Upside Down (Part 2)

In the first part of this article I discussed — picking up from talks I gave at PopTech and Nokia World 2011 — “The Idea of Africa” and how Western abstractions of the continent are often mired in the past, and, with examples, how Africa was turning the world upside down because disruptive ideas happen at the edge.

Now, I want to look at the Two Big Trends.

Trend #1: Adoption by Africans as consumers is increasing
Trend #2: Technology costs are decreasing...