Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Activespaces | An Incubator

The VOA reports on Activspaces:
Image courtesy of Africa News
Zinger Systems began as a business idea in the minds of a few Cameroonian entrepreneurs. After they spent one year developing their academic software and business model at Activspaces, a technology hub in southwest of the country, they eventually launched their business and now employ eight people.

Activspaces is a shared office space where designers, software developers, artists and more can gather.

“We’ve realized that many enterprising techies work in isolation in Cameroon," said the space's community manager, Al Banda. "They’re struggling to solve problems that have been tackled before. But they’re trying to do this by themselves in these tiny silos. We think that by bringing people together, we’re building a community centered around technology and pushing ideas together with a strong group spirit.”...[continue reading]

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