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African Entrepreneurs Are Making Ghana Into a Tech Startup Hub
- nateberkopec 15y agoWhy does every non-Valley startup article have to read "look out Silicon Valley!" It's cute, I guess, but Accra will never be a SV nor should it be!
- jonbischke 15y agoKind of not the point. I think we all know that Accra isn't competitive with SV. More importantly, seeing technical innovation in this part of the world is very important to their long-term economic health. Very cool to see what's going on here, even if it's only a start.
- Apocryphon 15y agoThe man in the center of that photo: is that Gary Busey?
- robchez 15y agoGhana is very pro-business. I have worked on several mining projects in the country. I really hope it can set an example for the rest of Africa.
- Aloisius 15y agoStep aside, Silicon Valley and Bangalore. Bangalore? The two startup hubs that came to this author's mind were Silicon Valley and Bangalore?
- SkyMarshal 15y agoIt's not clear who the author is, but if he's not American then it wouldn't surprise me if he's more aware of Bangalore as a startup hub than NYC, Boston, Austin, Boulder, etc.
- mtogo 15y agoAfter reading this article I'm Ghana move there right away.* * I sincerely apologize for this post and the pun.
- daniel-cussen 15y agoThis looks pretty plausible; I've heard great things about other aspects of Ghana, like its education system and its safety. I'd say it has a shot at being a regional startup hub that will occasionally produce a homerun.
- ChrisArchitect 15y agowhat happened to it being a hub for e-waste and toxic discarded electronics and unwiped hard drives?