An Interview On Tech And Barcamp Cameroon 2010 With Entrepreneur Fritz Ekwoge Ekwoge
We had an informative interview with Mr. Fritz Ekwoge Ekwoge, a serial entrepreneur who co-founded Kerawa and founded Iyam.mobi. This is the second interview we had with Mr. Ekwoge Ekwoge, the first occurred in 2007.
In this interview we discussed Cameroonian tech and the recent Barcamp Cameroon 2010.
TechMasai: What is Barcamp Cameroon 2010?
Mr. Ekwoge Ekwoge: Barcamp Cameroon 2010 is the second edition of the Cameroonian version of Barcamps which take place world wide.
I consider it the most interesting tech gathering in Cameroon, which particularly stems from its ‘non-conference’ nature. The 250+ participants we invite every 6 months are the principal actors, and they always have lots to share with each other. read more…
Ahmed Mukoshy is a young 20 year old Nigerian serial entrepreneur who founded of Yarnable, an elegant micro-blogging platform and YRN.ME a URL shortener. Mr. Mukoshy has proven to be a creative and innovative force who eye on quality has helped to raise the bar on the implementation and design of local start-ups to a new frontier.
We recently caught up with the young techie to get his perspective on a few topics.
TechMasai: What projects have you worked in recently in the web 2.0 sector?
Mr. Mukoshy: Well, my two major projects in the web 2.0 area are yrn.me and yarnable.com which I both built from scratch and hoping to build them to a world class standards.
TechMasai: What makes Yarnable different from other micro-blogging platforms already present? read more…
Mr. John Karanja
We recently interviewed John Karanja the man behind an East African start-up called Whive. In the text interview we basically are given more information about the founding and idea behind Whive.
TechMasai: What is Whive, and how did the idea to form the platform develop?
Mr. Karanja: Whive.com is a social media platform for Africa. What Whive aims to do is to bring the benefits of the internet closer to the African people. This involves identifying what Africans need and utilizing different social media tools to achieve this.
Whive stands for Web Hive and the concept originates from the idea that many African Communities used to use honey gathering/farming as an activity to bring the community together, as such Whive aims to bring African Communities together on the Web. read more…
We had the great pleasure to conduct an audio interview with Ms. Betty Makoni. Ms Makoni is an renowned activist who works to enpower the rights of girls and women in her native country of Zimbabwe, and all around the world. She was a CNN hero in 2009, received the Zimbabwe National Contribution Award and was the Second Runner Up Director of the Year Award in Zimbabwe.
We interviewed Ms. Makoni on the interception of Gender Inequality and technology. read more…
Discussion With Jonathan Gosier The Founder Of Appfrica, The East African Start-up Incubator
We had the pleasure to interview Mr. Jonathan Gosier, an innovative software developer and entreprenuer based in Uganda.
He is the the founder of software development firm and start-up incubator Appfrica.
TechMasai: What is Appfrica and how did the idea develop?
Mr Gosier: Appfrica is a software company that aims to get East African techies involved in creating some of the solutions to the problems their countries face. NGOs (non-government organizations) spend billions of dollars a year coming up with all sorts of solutions designed by people in their countries of origin. read more…
An Informative Interview With Ademola Morebise The Young Innovative Founder Of Gistcaster
Ademola Morebise is a young Nigerian software developer on a mission to change the world byte by byte. He recently founded a new, exciting privately funded startup called Gistcaster.
We got in touch with him and asked him a few questions.
TechMasai: What is Gistcaster?
Mr. Morebise: Gistcaster is an online tool that lets you share and discover what’s happening right now, post a message (called “gists”) autotagged with your location and follow your friends on the go.
TechMasai: What inspired the development of Gistcaster and what do you aim to achieve? read more…
An Interview With The Innovative Ikenna Orizu, The Man Behind Truspot The Music Centred Social Network
We had the great pleasure to get the chance to Interview Mr. Ikenna Orizu, the founder of one of the few African success stories in African web 2.0.
Noel Hwande is a tech entreprenuer who Southern African start-up, Qiqima.
Qiqima call to fame is the heavy emphasis they place on SMS and text. This concept is especially attractive since mobile penetration is higher than internet penetration in some areas in the continent.
TechMasai: What is Qiqima and what inspired the project?
Mr. Hwande: Qiqima is a micro blogging platform that is built around mobile communication and promotes interactions in both public and private virtual communities. read more…
An Interview With Aneto Okonkwo, Founder Of MyRadeo: A Microblogging Service For Music
Aneto Okonkwo is an entreprenuer currently in the African Dispora who founded a start-ups called MyRadeo. He also is a passionate blogger active at African leaders, discussing the type of leadership by people of citizenship of an African country he respects and appreciates.
We caught up with Mr. Okonkwo and asked him a few questions concerning his projects and outlook on the music industry.
TechMasai: What Is MyRadeo
Mr. Okonkwo: My radeo is a microblogging service for music. It helps you share and discover songs with your friends. It’s like Twitter for songs or Pandora if your friends pick the songs for you. Its free, easy and there’s no account signup. read more…
We recently caught up with TMS Ruge, a blogger and social activist who co-founded Project Diaspora, a blog which profiles the African Diaspora community.
The team of Project Diaspora have made informed use of social media to promote their ideas and brand.
TMS Ruge was also involved is creating a platform called Women Of Kireka; a project to help a group of poor women in Uganda, get a market for their arts and crafts.
The interview is below
TechMasai: As someone very active in the African blogosphere, what is your experience with starting an online 
brand, and the use of social media to market your ideas read more…