Why it
always have to be foreigners who are doing community services to the African
communities? It is the question I have been asking myself for so long time. It
seems like African professionals we are to selfish and just care about ourselves
and forgetting were we come from. Oh am sorry to say this I didn't mean that at
all, I know there are lot of Africans out there who are impacting their
communities with the knowledge they have and even some of them investing a lot
of resources to fund some projects in Africa. Big up for the guys from Savannah fund Africa Mbwana Alliy and Paul Bragiel. Oh I forgot Paul is another guy
passionate about helping Africa who is not from here, I think it is the time we
learn from these guys and form so many Mbwanas in our communities.
We have our own people down here in Tanzania who have been so devoted to give back to our local ICT industry big up the Emanuel Feruzi, Luca Neghesti, Jim Yonazi and few others I have forgotten to mention them please punish my head for forgetting things it doesn’t mean my heart doesn’t appreciate what you are doing. Oh my God without forgetting the Barrettos. JP I appreciate your work at Kinu innovation hub.
Most of the guys I met in the hubs are students with passion in technology. Most of them lack resources and guidance. The local education system seems to cripple them. It is the harsh reality we all have to accept. They need more chances to be exposed to the new trends in technologies and complete support to work on their projects without forgetting they always need entrepreneurship skills, thanks to COSTECH incubation programmes.
Mbwana
@Mbwana
Founder/Managing Partner @savannahfund | @io alumni | Stanford MBA & Ex-PM for Excel, BI/Data | Blogger@afrinnovator | Photography @mbwanaphoto | Tanzanian
We have our own people down here in Tanzania who have been so devoted to give back to our local ICT industry big up the Emanuel Feruzi, Luca Neghesti, Jim Yonazi and few others I have forgotten to mention them please punish my head for forgetting things it doesn’t mean my heart doesn’t appreciate what you are doing. Oh my God without forgetting the Barrettos. JP I appreciate your work at Kinu innovation hub.
Seriously we
can’t be waiting for more Jukkas (Jukka Siltanen) to come and run our Labs and
Innovation centers. It is the time we give the helping hand to these guys and
appreciate what they are doing. I just pray for them that they continue with
their good services to the local Tanzania ICT community. Not everyone in our
communities got the chance to go abroad and attain skills, awareness and knowledge
that we have, so it is our responsibility to give support to our communities
with the resources we have.
Jukka Siltanen
@jukkasiltanen
Entrepreneur, educator and @tanzict associate expert working
for a sustainable future. Passion for oceans, outdoors, education, ict4d, leadership and Africa.
for a sustainable future. Passion for oceans, outdoors, education, ict4d, leadership and Africa.
Most of the guys I met in the hubs are students with passion in technology. Most of them lack resources and guidance. The local education system seems to cripple them. It is the harsh reality we all have to accept. They need more chances to be exposed to the new trends in technologies and complete support to work on their projects without forgetting they always need entrepreneurship skills, thanks to COSTECH incubation programmes.
We need more
labs and more innovation centers from the local people. If they can’t provide
that, at least they should give few hours in a week to help facilitating ICT
sectors in our communities. It isn’t about money what drive people into success
on what they are doing is about the love and commitment that they have on it
what keep them moving day in day out to achieve great things in their life.
The Google
embasadors, the Dar Gtug Group, Tony and David much respect guys and other associations involved in enhancing ICT
sectors in Tanzania and East and Central Africa in general, we are so delighted
to have you and personally am always there whenever am supposed to give the
helping hand.