I feel you, man. I never made it to the US "Mecca" of technology. Every day, the mangoes at "home" make it harder and harder. Welcome "home" bro.

During the last four years ago, from the time I wrote my article as a snapshot of the digital money landscape in Kenya, a lot has changed and yet some things have remained the same. Recently, Nendo CEO Mark Kaigwa at the UxP Nairobi conference gave the audience some insight…

“30% of the banking jobs will disappear.” That should not raise eyebrows, if banks have, say, ten more years to adjust to it. But they don’t, not even in Kenya. I was watching a David Cokker, a lecturer of Finance at the University of Westminster, London as he was being…

Before you get into the flow, you may need to read the other articles in this series, Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. Let us put the ideas we have discussed previously here to offer context to what we are going to elaborate as a way forward. We know…

I recently read this article by Lewis Ngugi, an exceptional UX consultant in Kenya. It is about his process and while commenting on it, I thought it would be a good idea to document the process I used in my last 2 projects. Client Centred Work Many articles have emphasised that the best…

Africa and the Technology Transfer Africa has a lot of history of different African nations and kingdoms coming into contact with European traders, missionaries and opportunists. For the sake of clarity, we will focus on the outcomes of the contact and the result of these interactions from 10,000 feet above. …

Let us ask the question again? How will Africa develop technology that removes the barriers that hinder social and economic development? If you have not read Part 1, please do then come back. Technological development through the ages brought and still brings social advancement. Tools are the one invention of…

Preamble Technology is growth in craftsmanship. It is defined as the acquisition of skills and “technics” of practical subjects that require manufacture. From the beginning, Man has used technological inventions and innovations to meet the needs of life. These are food, clothing and shelter. Technology is, in itself, a means…

Again?!! Medium app and notification icons had changed. This was August and I was yet to finish my website, afroshok.com. It seems it was just the other day that the “neon 3D” icon had been presented, with a soothing article to calm us opinionated designers down. I had made the…