Re: As banks acquire its property we ask, what went wrong at Spiritage?
Success rate in startups is always very low. Probably they financed the business with short term debt, high interest could have chocked life out of them. But the issue of mismanagement or negligence...
View ArticleRe: Fellow Africans, if you want to be called developers, start writing code
You misunderstood me, I meant pure HTML5 client-side offline storage (as in entirely within the browser): it was first implemented in Offline GMail using the Google Gears plugin (before any browser...
View ArticleRe: Fellow Africans, if you want to be called developers, start writing code
Why does the writer only refer to web development? Thats not the only form of development. In fact HTML , CSS, Javascript are arguably the easier sides of programming.
View ArticleRe: Why not use Free and Open Source Software
i've spent the last few years trying to promote the use of ubuntu as an alternative to windows in zimbabwe... and i can tell you that between me and a few other fellow FOSS enthusiasts... we learned...
View ArticleRe: As banks acquire its property we ask, what went wrong at Spiritage?
what is Nigel's and AfriAsia (Kingdom) plan with the company and assets? Is AfriAsia assuming all the Valley Technologies debts as well?? Without a good strategy and plan, acquiring Valley Technologies...
View ArticleRe: Is Flash dead?
Yes HTML5 is the future but just as much as the transition from IE6 will take time, so will the transition to HTML5 mind you HTML5 is still in beta at W3C its not a standard yet. Many people went all...
View ArticleRe: As banks acquire its property we ask, what went wrong at Spiritage?
What went wrong! they were never sure what to offer on the market. All those that saw their product list know what I mean. yese yese was their strategy and it does not work... talking from experience
View ArticleRe: Telecel’s current stats: 2.5m mobile subscribers, 552k internet...
Don't stress u r not the only one who under rate(d). I travel there regularly on business, staying for more than 3 weeks some times. All i can say is u can never compare Zim and Namibia. In most...
View ArticleRe: As banks acquire its property we ask, what went wrong at Spiritage?
Media reports suggest that Africom might be in the same predicament.Dandemutande (umax, utande) has been posting huge looses for the past two years, which have been justified as an investment in their...
View ArticleRe: Is Flash dead?
From a non UI designer perspective if flash is the only choice better restart
View ArticleRe: As banks acquire its property we ask, what went wrong at Spiritage?
mxm that 25million could've gone into buying all of us some of econets over priced data bundles :-)
View ArticleRe: Telecel’s current stats: 2.5m mobile subscribers, 552k internet...
"even the ghetto is spotlessly clean"...hahaha brilliant..
View ArticleRe: Telecel’s current stats: 2.5m mobile subscribers, 552k internet...
I do have to commend Telecels 3G internet. I use it in my IPad and will never ever again touch econet for internet as they're overpriced and when econet signal drops to Edge due to powercuts/location...
View ArticleRe: TN Bank to finance smartphones and tablets for Econet subscribers
Do they even have the capacity to handle all the potential devices they will sell if they manage to have attractive pricing? Because when I was in Zim, i struggled to access the internet from my phone....
View ArticleRe: Why not use Free and Open Source Software
I personally think it has to do with the brand associated with the software. Most people i know won't even consider open software because it doesnt have snazzy ads or they havent heard their non tech...
View ArticleRe: Why not use Free and Open Source Software
You forgot the most obscene of them all: Oracle licensing!
View ArticleRe: Why not use Free and Open Source Software
You're onto something, considering how well Android has fared by being hitched to Google's and Samsung's stars.If it's good software, the 'unwashed masses' don't even (need to) know it's FOSS; like...
View ArticleRe: FootballZone releases its first football app: AFCON 2013
I wont be using the app, didnt even know there was an Afcon didnt jump or pee my pants when I heard about it a few ago still :-) He mentions of the expense to make a crossplartform app and our point is...
View ArticleRe: FootballZone releases its first football app: AFCON 2013
Why waste time on platforms that combined account for less than 10% of phones in Africa. This is Africa where Nokia rules! These guys made a sound decision made on solid research and not just hype from...
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