"Is the glass half empty or half full?"
We are born with no purpose and the entire journey of life is meant to expose us. The way we perceive the world is completely a result of our education, both formal and informal.
Who is teaching the innovators in this country? The answer is the blogs, videos and expatriates from the west. This is a sensitive issue and I request your open mindedness to realize that I do not intend to attack the west. In all honesty, the west ought to be applauded for providing the information that was absent in our country.
To understand the challenge, we have to realize that the western educator has a different context. Amazon sells convenience as a service and has enough customers to guarantee it billions of dollars in sales revenue. Compare that to Uganda where over 80% of the population lives in rural areas.
Google has built an online advertising empire on the foundation of internet penetration in their home country. Compare that to our country where even the people on Facebook are ignorant of the internet.
We need to realize the our nation has a different context from Silicon Valley. Instead of copying and pasting their theories, we should instead use them as foundations for defining our own.
The beauty of our society is that; even when born in the city, one still has relatives in the rural areas. Before we think about creating the killer innovation that will earn us a fortune, let us create one that will impact the lives of our relatives in the villages.
The more people get connected to the internet, the bigger the market for our innovations. Instead of whining about the low numbers, we could dedicate our skills to improving them.
You have knowledge and skills that can be valuable to someone, the outcome is dependent on how you choose to allocate those limited resources. Will you plant your knowledge and skills where you can earn $38 million or where you can impact 38 million lives?
Yours Truly
Felix Kitaka
(Tech Kojja)
We are born with no purpose and the entire journey of life is meant to expose us. The way we perceive the world is completely a result of our education, both formal and informal.
Who is teaching the innovators in this country? The answer is the blogs, videos and expatriates from the west. This is a sensitive issue and I request your open mindedness to realize that I do not intend to attack the west. In all honesty, the west ought to be applauded for providing the information that was absent in our country.
To understand the challenge, we have to realize that the western educator has a different context. Amazon sells convenience as a service and has enough customers to guarantee it billions of dollars in sales revenue. Compare that to Uganda where over 80% of the population lives in rural areas.
Google has built an online advertising empire on the foundation of internet penetration in their home country. Compare that to our country where even the people on Facebook are ignorant of the internet.
We need to realize the our nation has a different context from Silicon Valley. Instead of copying and pasting their theories, we should instead use them as foundations for defining our own.
The beauty of our society is that; even when born in the city, one still has relatives in the rural areas. Before we think about creating the killer innovation that will earn us a fortune, let us create one that will impact the lives of our relatives in the villages.
The more people get connected to the internet, the bigger the market for our innovations. Instead of whining about the low numbers, we could dedicate our skills to improving them.
You have knowledge and skills that can be valuable to someone, the outcome is dependent on how you choose to allocate those limited resources. Will you plant your knowledge and skills where you can earn $38 million or where you can impact 38 million lives?
Yours Truly
Felix Kitaka
(Tech Kojja)
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