Toby Shapshak: You don't need an app for that
Toby Shapshak: Nepotrebujete na to aplikáciu
The publisher and editor of Stuff magazine, Toby Shapshak is a South African writer focusing on innovation — and the role it plays in Africa. Full bio
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question, just with a show of hands:
stačí zdvihnúť ruku:
že majú Blackberry?
kúpili SIM kartu na kredit?
respektíve myšlienka,
africká spoločnosť Vodacom
kredit, rovnako
z najdominantnejších
aktivít na svete.
niekoľko ďalších otázok.
a v celom tomto meste?
invent the production line
výrobnú linku,
have to invent the dolos?
vynájsť dolos?
Takto dolos vyzerá
a Eric Merrifield
o ktorom ste nikdy nepočuli.
ako sa jeho deti hrajú
ktoré sa nazývajú dolosse,
s rozpaženými končatinami.
v každom prístave na svete
of the world from space,
„Aha, je to tmavý kontinent.“
where innovation's going on.
prebiehajú inovácie.
tam to nie je.
sa hrajú Angry Birds.
(potlesk)
ktoré zneužívajú
uvádzajú nové produkty.
define it as problem-solving.
Ja ich definujem ako riešenie problémov.
that you plug into a phone
malý plastový štvorček,
oslobodili kreditné karty
na mieste zvanom Kitengela,
about the payment system
na takýchto telefónoch.
you can buy your groceries,
urobiť nákup,
aj podplatiť colníkov.
pomocou takýchto telefónov.
že je len na to.
ako využiť dostupnú technológiu
čo je banícke mesto.
nedávno dal na Instagram.
the gold of today is mobile.
že tým zlatom je mobil.
in North America and how that worked,
v Severnej Amerike a na to, ako fungoval.
vybudovali priemysel, nevestince –
that makes all of this possible.
things that you can do with it?
Bright Simons from Ghana,
spend their entire month's salary on,
míňajú celý mesačný plat,
a zachraňuje to životy.
skutočne dôležité informácie
ktorý ledva prežíva,
you can rise out of poverty.
prekonáte aj chudobu.
obyčajný telefón.
spravil William Kamkwamba.
o ktorom ste nikdy nepočuli.
automobile industry in the world.
vo svetovom automobilovom priemysle.
využitie solárnej energie
v Severnej Amerike.
dostane nás na Mars,
hlavného mesta Južnej Afriky,
ktorý niekedy volajú Egoli,
about innovation at the edge.
everybody's updating Facebook,
si aktualizujú Facebook
ochrany osobných údajov.
na ktorom je mobil na prvom mieste,
(smiech)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Toby Shapshak - Technology writerThe publisher and editor of Stuff magazine, Toby Shapshak is a South African writer focusing on innovation — and the role it plays in Africa.
Why you should listen
Casual readers of Stuff magazine, with its smart and provocative gadget reviews, might not know the glossy comes from not London or New York but offices in South Africa. Toby Shapshak leads the magazine and news site; he's been called "the most high-profile technology journalist in the country" by GQ South Africa. Formerly a senior newspaper reporter covering everything from crime to politics, Shapshak shadowed Nelson Mandela when he was president, and covered the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission after the abolition of apartheid.
He's been writing about innovation, telecommunications and the Internet — and the impact they have on people's lives — for more than 15 years. He's now working on a book about a passionately held belief: that in Africa, necessity is the mother of innovation.
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