Technology in Africa

"We believe research for Africa, solving Africa's grand challenges, has to be done on the ground in Africa" - Dr. Kamal Bhattacharya IBM Research (Africa)

 

Africa is evolving more and more. There are technology companies who want to invest in Africa. The sub-Saharan, Africa is growing quickly. They are have remarkable growth in mobile phones, better internet access and an increase on education.  According to BBC, "change is happening, and more people have more disposable income to spend. 

According to the site they believe that while doing research; it should be done on the grounds of Africa. Because they believe it should be done of African grounds; that is the reason they set up and it an investment. So they hired people from all over including people of the African origin. They believe that by doing research from a different area; that they will miss the whole point of their research. 

This site goes into more depth about the research that was done and how they went about doing it.