Toby Shapshak: You don't need an app for that
Tobi Šapšak (Toby Shapshak): Ne treba vam aplikacija za to
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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na moje pitanje "da".
question, just with a show of hands:
od najdominantnijih sila
najčistiji vid inovacija,
koja snabdeva svetla
invent the production line
izmislio proizvodnu traku
have to invent the dolos?
za koga nikada niste čuli.
zvanih dolosi,
of the world from space,
"Pogledaj, to je mračan kontinent".
where innovation's going on.
gde se dešavaju novine.
ili igraju "Angry Birds".
define it as problem-solving.
koju definišem kao rešavanje problema.
that you plug into a phone
koji se uključi u telefon
kreditna kartica, i svi kažu:
about the payment system
o sistemu plaćanja,
you can buy your groceries,
da kupujete namirnice,
potplatiti carinike.
koristeći ovakve telefone.
samo jeftin telefon.
pametan telefon Afrike.
probleme sa strujom u Africi.
da šaljemo novac preko M-Pese,
rudarskog grada.
postavio na Instagram.
the gold of today is mobile.
zlato današnjice mobilni telefon.
in North America and how that worked,
železnica u Severnoj Americi,
oko toga, kupleraj -
that makes all of this possible.
things that you can do with it?
uraditi sa njime?
Bright Simons from Ghana,
spend their entire month's salary on,
svoju celu mesečnu platu,
da li je legitiman
stvarno spašava život.
o mlečnim proizvodima.
koji se bori za opstanak
you can rise out of poverty.
možete se izvući iz siromaštva.
koristeći jednostavan telefon.
starih delova bicikla,
kao i Vilijam Kamvamba.
automobile industry in the world.
automobilske industrije u svetu.
napajanje na solarnu energiju,
u Severnoj Americi,
odvešće nas na Mars,
glavnog grada Južne Afrike,
kog nekad nazivaju Egoli,
about innovation at the edge.
o inovacijama na ivici.
everybody's updating Facebook,
pokušavaju da razumeju
koji je na prvom mestu mobilni
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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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