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First published in 2013 by Tefo Mohapi www.tefomohapi.com Editorial matter and selection © 2013 Tefo Mohapi Text © Individual authors All rights reserved.
Table of Contents Table of Contents .................................................................................................................................... 3 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 5 Pattern of Consistently Deteriorating Performance ............................................................................... 6 Pale and Male ......................................................................................................................................... 8 Start Them Young.................................................................................................................................... 8 Ecosystems vs EGOsystems and Funding ................................................................................................ 9 Policy Making and Governance ............................................................................................................... 9 Mobile Phones and Advertising Opportunities ..................................................................................... 10 Community Connectedness as a Competitive Advantage .................................................................... 11 Some Theories ...................................................................................................................................... 12 A History of Community ........................................................................................................................ 12 A Connected Community ...................................................................................................................... 15 “The Shortcut Problem” African Start-up Ecology 101 ......................................................................... 17 Evolution of the Ecosystem and Equilibrium ........................................................................................ 18 An Attempt at Descriptive Taxonomy of the African Tech Ecosystem ................................................. 19 The Entrepreneurs ................................................................................................................................ 19 The Venture Capitalists ......................................................................................................................... 20 The Government and Impact Investors ................................................................................................ 21 Local Investors, Local Seed Funds and Angel Investments ................................................................... 21 Accelerators, Incubators and Technology Clusters ............................................................................... 22 The Shortcut Problem and Why Collaboration is Important ................................................................ 23 Shameless plug you can ignore: ............................................................................................................ 25
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