April 30, 2020
“Edge computing” has been heralded as a way to increase access to real-time information and to analyze that information more efficiently. But in this moment of public health crisis, we should recognize a potentially significant opportunity that these technologies offer Read more…
January 14, 2018
I spent much of the past week at CES, the Consumer Electronics Show. It used to be a “must-go” in Web 1.0 and 2.0, when there were significant product announcements slated for the show. It’s where the newest television displays Read more…
December 31, 2017
As 2017 comes to a close, I think of it as the year of validation and gratitude, personally and for so many people around the world who have been marginalized and silenced in so many different ways. A year of Read more…
November 30, 2017
We will be sending out a weekly newsletter with news and brief commentary on the blockchain and cryptocurrency sectors. It is our intent to cut through the increasing levels of noise and bring you thoughts and articles that we find Read more…
December 27, 2015
After a tumultuous week in global markets, today the US stock market ended higher on the session. On the heels of macroeconomic data that showed strong fundamentals in the US, along with overtures from China to slow its downturn, the Read more…
July 25, 2015
Last week, I spoke at The Economist’s Buttonwood Gathering in NYC about how emerging markets (and Africa in particular) are leapfrogging innovation in the financial services sector. The most documented example of this is M-Pesa’s mobile money platform in Kenya, Read more…
July 13, 2015
Impact investing, venture philanthropy and social entrepreneurship are all areas in practice and theory that have been close to my heart for years. As regular readers of my blog know, I was born in Nairobi and grew up visiting the Read more…
July 13, 2014
A few observations from the just announced Google $3.2 billion acquisition of Nest, a Silicon Valley based company that sells “smart” thermostats and smoke detectors: – Build vs Buy: Even for a company with significant resources such as Google, it Read more…
July 9, 2014
I just completed my annual New Year’s purge of apps on my iPhone. I test countless apps and services as market research as I evaluate new investments. Just 5 years ago, overall smart phone penetration and user “education” was a Read more…
December 6, 2013
…or how to avoid drowning in the coming data flood. According to a recent Cisco report, last year’s mobile data traffic was nearly 12x the size of the ENTIRE global Internet in 2000. This “big data” is going to proliferate Read more…