Comments on: Net Prophet 2009 – How Conferences In SA Should Be Run

By: Campionatul Mondial

Campionatul Mondial — Tue, 18 May 2010 11:12:27 +0000

It is indeed a very Disjunctive Moment and especially difficult to see from afar. I happen to believe the Mobile Phone [The Pipe now includes Mobile Banking and the Internet] has been the Catalyst for an extraordinary Bottoms up Rising Tide at the Bottom of the Pyramid. It is a very recent Phenomena, there were 15,000 Phones 10 Years ago in Kenya and this year there will be one per Adult on average.

Three Years ago My car broke down halfway between Mombasa and Nairobi. It was the Early Evening and We were a little nervous. This Boy comes to the Car and he must have been Eleven and he said he had taught himself Latin. I knew Latin and I tested him and he had done as he was telling me. Like in A House for Mr. Biswas, this Boy was just watching cars go by. He was disconnected from his CountryFolk and the World.

The Arrival of the Phone is the Silver Bullet. It is his Entry Ticket into the c21st, this extraordinary Information Century. He is in the Game and he comes in at zero. Thats a low base effect. And this is happening all across the Continent, it is a late cycle convergence with the c21st.

It is a very disjunctive Moment. And with this Demographic Bulge You have swathes of Young People who are entirely open to change.

Africa is surfing a Technology Wave. Its very interesting.

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By: Paul Hutchinson

Paul Hutchinson — Mon, 18 May 2009 06:26:05 +0000

I was honored to be a part of NET Prophet 2009; this industry is taking ground in SA

By: Khalil Aleker

Khalil Aleker — Fri, 15 May 2009 10:19:32 +0000

I just posted a summary on http://www.startupafrica.com – Enjoy all.

@mike – thanks alot for your insights… I wont forget them!

By: Matty

Matty — Fri, 15 May 2009 10:16:47 +0000

@Mike : Thanks Mike. I really appreciate it. :) Very cool new template, by the way. :)

By: Candice Holgate

Candice Holgate — Fri, 15 May 2009 09:22:32 +0000

Ok now I am TOTALLY PISSED that I missed this, and I am ‘just around the corner’! Looking forward to the links.

By: Clive Simpkins

Clive Simpkins — Fri, 15 May 2009 09:19:01 +0000

Stopforth muh’boy, brillig as the poet said. Time indeed for conference organisers to take the ‘con’ out of their process. I’m just troubled by how much you’ve aged in the accompanying pic. ;-)

By: Cluckhoff

Cluckhoff — Fri, 15 May 2009 07:55:01 +0000

11/10