Last week marked the beginning of I-week in Accra, Ghana which drew government officials, businesses owners, academia, developers and venture capitalists from all over the world; people interested in the countries new focus on IT.

A number of companies were present but it’s been noted that the people at mobile solutions company Rancard were the event darlings because of their FOSS-friendly business plan and record growth.

Ghanian Misister of State, Finance and Economic Planning attended and offered the following statement…

Whereas some believe that we should continue to develop our agricultural base since it is the area with the highest resources and probably easier to accomplish, others strongly believe that a complete shift in paradigm to embark on service delivery to other markets will be a gold mine for our nations prosperity. The way forward, I believe, is to embrace both approaches by redeveloping our agro-industries using technology base to provide value-added service on the same.

Via OpenSource.org

About the Author: Jonathan Gosier (Founder) is an American-born software developer, writer and social entrepreneur. He currently lives in Kampala, Uganda where he is working on two fronts: to encourage western businesses and investors to engage African entrepreneurs and to encourage the adoption of computers, programming and use of the internet in the developing regions of Africa. He is a huge advocate for promoting the ways in which a semantic web will benefit emerging economies in the world.

Categories: Industry News ~ Trackback