Critical thinking is not about having answers.
It is about asking better questions until the answers get honest.
The question I keep returning to is simple: if Mama Neema can speak, can the government hear her?
We are building Rafiki to make the answer yes.
Capacity is actually built in containment.
Isolation is the birth place of value.
The womb is the original closed door.
The elevator cannot ascend with the door open.
Seeds Need Darkness to Germinate.
Sometimes you need closed doors to Rise. Close those doors
I have found that not everyone who cares about accessibility gives a damn about the disabled people who use their products/services.
Accessibility does not automatically mean disability inclusion.
Quite the opposite, sometime
The MPESA backend and full flow chart.
In 2005, Vodafone through a DFID-funded initiative commissioned a small UK-based technology consultancy called Sagentia (based in Cambridge) to develop the prototype for what became M-Pesa. The core team consisted of roughly five engineers.
If you want to be a top founder is to just do 5 things:
- Be obsessed like a psychopath
- Have delusional optimism
- Avoid unserious people
- Take asymmetric risks
- Be relentless