African Entrepreneurs Are Making Ghana Into a Tech Startup Hub
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#2Why does every non-Valley startup article have to read "look out Silicon Valley!" It's cute, I guess, but Accra will never be a SV nor should it be!
Re: African Entrepreneurs Are Making Ghana Into a Tech Startup Hub
#3Why does every non-Valley startup article have to read "look out Silicon Valley!" It's cute, I guess, but Accra will never be a SV nor should it be!
Kind of not the point. I think we all know that Accra isn't competitive with SV. More importantly, seeing technical innovation in this part of the world is very important to their long-term economic health. Very cool to see what's going on here, even if it's only a start.
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#4The man in the center of that photo: is that Gary Busey?
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#5Step aside, Silicon Valley and Bangalore.
Bangalore? The two startup hubs that came to this author's mind were Silicon Valley and Bangalore?
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#6Step aside, Silicon Valley and Bangalore. Bangalore? The two startup hubs that came to this author's mind were Silicon Valley and Bangalore ?
It's not clear who the author is, but if he's not American then it wouldn't surprise me if he's more aware of Bangalore as a startup hub than NYC, Boston, Austin, Boulder, etc.
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#7After reading this article I'm Ghana move there right away.*
* I sincerely apologize for this post and the pun.
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#8This looks pretty plausible; I've heard great things about other aspects of Ghana, like its education system and its safety.
I'd say it has a shot at being a regional startup hub that will occasionally produce a homerun.
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#9Ghana is very pro-business. I have worked on several mining projects in the country. I really hope it can set an example for the rest of Africa.
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#10what happened to it being a hub for e-waste and toxic discarded electronics and unwiped hard drives?