The African digital renaissance is giving a long lasting promise to the shrewd international investors. 10 years of rapid growth of economy in Africa is an excellent platform where the consumer expenditures are increasing to levels exceeding $1 trillion every year. This is estimated to continue to the year 2020 as reported by Forbes magazine. Therefore, any astute investor should seize this excellent opportunity already presented by Africa.

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An increased investment in the provision of faster internet by the telecommunication operators in East African region is what can boost the ecommerce in the region. Countries such as Kenya have increased their investments in the fibre optic infrastructure which has greatly reduced the cost of using internet as well as access.

Over the past few years, Kenya has been reportedly to be among the fastest adopters of technologies in the East African region and entire Africa. According to the Communications Authority of Kenya, a governing body in charge of communications in the country, there are about 22.3 million users of the web which is more than half of the population.

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Africa is home to many attractive wildlife sceneries than any other part of the world. However, the wildlife is facing the risk of extinction due to the increased poaching activities especially on elephants and rhino tasks and skins. It seems like the efforts by African governments to curb poaching are no bearing any positive results. Perhaps it’s time that Africa resort to technology to turn around the state of fighting a losing battle.

The war on poaching can best be fought through technology and many several African states are taking the new technology driven path. For instance in the sub-Saharan African countries such as Kenya, rhinos are fitted with Global Positioning System (GPS) trackers, spy cameras and heart rate monitors to track their activities and location. These tracking devices are embedded in the horns. These and many high-tech but small devices are a game changer in the fight against poaching in Africa.

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