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by Fundlab 3711 days ago
Not much has been said about the IT industry. Until recently transaction processing was a huge impediment as Paypal and the likes were blocking transactions coming from most of Africa. Then there is an inherent problem of physical addressing, which also impedes delivery and a host of GPS dependent services from having a good traction. Much of what has been done recently is to improvise or innovate to suit existing systems eg Mpesa No recognition for developers or apps

There is still a lot of untapped opportunities existing at the bottom, You just have to look closely once the cost of access and speed of the internet, intermittent supply or electricity and load-shedding issues have been dealt with.