Bitcoin was meant to be spent like FIAT (normal cash), for buying everyday products, paying rent etc. But, it has been pretty hard to achieve this since its inception. Until now at least, in Kenya….
Web3 Is Not Yet Normal People Technology.
Web3 is still pretty much a myth to most normal everyday Africans (if not the global population). It’s like Game of Thrones or Star Wars, millions have heard of them, a good chunk of these…
Replit is the new Figma
The first time I designed something that came to life with code it was a simple slide a ring across a bar game in unity. It looked pretty bad but it was alive and I…
Boring Tech Startups Live Longer in Kenya
A few weeks ago, I was looking for industrial masks the kind that can really keep out even the most minute dust particles. Process was go onto google, do a quick search, find a few…
Anatomy of a profitable/successful Kenyan Tech Startup
There seems to be a pattern. Maybe you’ll see it. M-pesa M-Kopa Pickup Mtaani Jumia Even betting companies have local agents everywhere. Tech is not enough in Africa, there has to be some human contact…
Using Community to Get Paying Users.
Getting your first users can be a pain in the ass, especially if you are building a product that people have to pay for. It’s even harder if this product is of the software kind,…
Got my first Lawyers at a football match.
Byron did his degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering at JKUAT. Never practiced, rather, somewhere along that line found code and has been practicing that to date. Both as his main source of income and…
How to get your next idea? Free Insight Tools
Most social media platforms offer insight tools that give you a view of what users on those platforms generally search for, share and the questions they need answers to. If you are looking to build…
Building Africa 2024, Wrapped
What to expect in 2025 😎 May your kindness be rewarded 100 fold in 2025. Stay Smart. If this was forwarded to you by a friend click here 🚀.
The small studios that make games in Africa, 2.
1.Hi Tehillah, what’s your background and what has been your career? “Yes and no—mostly because other things have been happening in my life, like music and artistry. I consider myself more of a storyteller than…