GOTO Chicago 2018 - Frugal Innovation

In Africa, developing ways to lower the price of production and offering inexpensive solutions is not enough. Africa has challenges hindering its success, from literacy to poverty, electricity, and other infrastructural setbacks.

A solution that will target different classes of society will indeed not be a walk in the park.

To come up with a successful solution, especially in the software development field or technology. You need to acknowledge the challenges that people are facing on the continent. And up with solutions.

Simply put, you have to know how we live, and the challenges. We face daily, and how we can identify ways to make a change and solve these issues. 

An example of the challenges faced in Africa is financial. It’s no secret that even though Africa is one of the richest continents, we are also counted among the world’s poorest. The solutions we need are the ones that save us money. Not the ones that drain our bank accounts or mobile wallets. 

This brings us to another issue;