How Africa is Out-Innovating Silicon Valley

Plus, while Kenya is the undisputed leader, similar development is occurring across Africa.  Easy Taxi, a service connecting users with cabs at the click of a button, first launched in Lagos.  Communities in rural Malawi are combating deforestation using GPS, and, in Mali, the IKON Tele-radiology initiative has made it possible to receive X-ray scans and diagnoses over the Internet from remote areas.

Many of these technologies are born out of the less romantic side of Africa; they’re often filling the gaps left by corrupt governments and failed infrastructure.  And yet those origins don’t make this burgeoning innovation any less of a bright spot on a continent rarely given the benefit of a hopeful future.

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