Futures of technology in Africa | Jasper Grosskurth | TEDxJohannesburg

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Jasper Grosskurth, specialist in African markets, futures studies and sustainability assessment, offers a wide-angle view of the state of technology in a rising Africa in this TEDxJohannesburg 2014 talk. He presents clear and crisp pictures of current states and immediate futures of mobile communications, fibre-optic connectivity, startup incubators, road networks, flight hubs, electricity provision and renewable energies in this brief but very useful analysis.
Dr Jasper Grosskurth is the Managing Director at Research Solutions Africa Ltd. He studied International Economic Studies and Psychology at Maastricht University and Trinity College Dublin, and obtained his PhD in Integrated Sustainability Assessment from Maastricht University in 2008. Dr Grosskurth authored ‘Futures of Technology in Africa’ in 2010.
Jasper on LinkedIn: Dr. Jasper Grosskurth
Web: researchsolutionsafrica.com
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[@get1millionusd]

In Somalia at telecommunication sector we are number one leading Telecommunication and Internet in Africa, $1 = 70 Min Talking time also $1 = 1 GB For the internet

[@PassportGods]

Really?!

[@LUPPER.]

In Tanzania.. $1=150 min talking time, 1 GB data , 2000 sms for one week.

[@omarclarke55]

I cant wait until Africa is a world superpower,
I love Africa

[@merrick6484]

Huawei is smiling behind the scene.

[@ewolz]

@@merrick6484 hahaa

[@mdaminu7353]

I find that this video having only 12 thousand views since 2014 in a population of over 2.5 billion to be really disturbing

[@njndox7252]

Great talk!

[@thebridge5483]

🤔 not so sure about telling the westerners to come to Africa good speech though. The African diaspora need to take this chance

[@ubyking5890]

this is actually nice
needs more views
UA-cam see to that