Topic cluster
African technology.
Writing from inside the Tanzanian and East African market. What works locally, what does not, what foreign consultants get wrong about Africa, and what indigenous African builders are doing that the rest of the world should be watching.
Essays in this cluster
The pillar piece for this cluster is still being written. New essays publish roughly twice a month.
Other topic clusters
AI for business
AI for African business
Practical AI adoption for African SMEs, founders and operators — the version of the AI-for-business answer that does not assume Silicon Valley conditions.
Explore →Systems
Systems & documentation
Systems thinking for founders and teams — decision logs, documentation defaults, the four-document rule, and the long compounding effect of writing things down.
Explore →Tech explained
Technology, explained
Technology and digital systems written for the people who don't write code — business owners, students, founders, and curious non-technical readers.
Explore →Founder
Founder discipline
The long game — habits, weekly reviews, building in public, saying no, and the slow work of building a calm, profitable African technology company.
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