Africa Startups: Business Growth or Social Progress

Dr. Said El Mansour Cherkaoui

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June 26, 2024

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Africana Enterprise

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This is a version of an article that is part of our Africana Enterprise Archives that addresses the early stages of the first emerging startup in Africa that has attracted the attention of foreign investors.

Africa Startup and Economic Development: Business Growth or Social Progress

GLOBAL NEWS KNOWLEDGE – LOCAL INFORMATION KNOW-HOW

3D metal printing
New machines are making 3D printing of metal parts practical for the first time.

› Key players: Markforged | Desktop Metal | GE
› Breakthrough: now printers can make metal objects quickly and cheaply.
› Why it matters: the ability to make large and complex metal objects on demand could transform manufacturing.

Artificial embryos
Scientists have begun to forge embryos out of stem cells.

› Key players: University of Cambridge | University of Michigan | Rockefeller University
› Breakthrough: without using eggs or sperm cells, researchers have made embryo-like structures from stem cells alone, providing a new route to creating life.
› Why it matters: artificial embryos will make it easier for researchers to study the mysterious beginnings of human life, but they’re stoking new bioethical debates.

AI for everybody
Making machine-learning tools available through cloud services could spread artificial intelligence far and wide.

› Key players: Amazon | Google | Microsoft
› Breakthrough: cloud-based AI is making the technology cheaper and easier to use.
› Why it matters: right now, the use of AI is dominated by relatively few companies, but as a cloud-based service, it could be widely available to many more, giving the economy a boost.

Duelling neural networks
By playing cat-and-mouse games with data, a pair of AI systems can acquire an imagination.

› Key players: Google Brain | DeepMind | Nvidia
› Breakthrough: two AI systems can spar with each other to create ultra-realistic original images or sounds, something machines have never been able to do before.
› Why it matters: this gives machines something akin to a sense of imagination, which may help them become less reliant on humans—but also turns them into alarmingly powerful tools for digital fakery.

Zero-carbon natural gas
A new engineering approach to natural-gas plants puts carbon dioxide to work.

› Key players: 8 Rivers Capital | Exelon Generation | CB&I
› Breakthrough: a power plant efficiently and cheaply captures carbon released by burning natural gas, avoiding greenhouse gas emissions.
› Why it matters: around 32 percent of US electricity is produced with natural gas, accounting for around 30 percent of the power sector’s carbon emissions.

Babel-fish earbuds
Google’s Pixel Buds show the promise of real-time translation, though the current hardware is unreliable.

› Key players: Sidewalk Labs | Waterfront Toronto
› Breakthrough: a Toronto neighborhood aims to be the first place to successfully integrate cutting-edge urban design with state-of-the-art digital technology.
› Why it matters: smart cities could make urban areas more affordable, liveable, and environmentally friendly.

› Key players: Google | Baidu
› Breakthrough: near-real-time translation now works for a large number of languages and is easy to use.
› Why it matters: in an increasingly global world, language is still a barrier to communication.

Perfect online privacy
A tool developed for blockchains makes it possible to carry out a digital transaction without revealing more information than necessary.

› Key players: Zcash | JPMorgan Chase | ING
› Breakthrough: computer scientists are perfecting a cryptographic tool for proving something without revealing the information underlying the proof.
› Why it matters: if you need to disclose personal information to get something done online, it will be easier to do so without risking your privacy or exposing yourself to identity theft.

Genetic fortune telling
Large genetic studies are enabling scientists to predict common diseases and human traits.

Sensing city
Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs plans to create a high-tech district to rethink how we build and run cities.

› Key players: Helix | 23andMe | Myriad Genetics | UK Blobank | Broad Institute
› Breakthrough: scientists can now use your genome to predict your chances of getting heart disease, breast cancer, and even your IQ.
› Why it matters: DNA-based predictions could be the next great public health advance, but they will increase the risks of genetic discrimination.

Materials’ quantum leap
Researchers recently used a quantum computer to model a simple molecule. That’s just the start.

› Key players: IBM | Google | Harvard’s Alan Aspuru-Guzik
› Breakthrough: IBM has simulated the electronic structure of a small molecule, using a seven-qubit quantum computer.
› Why it matters: understanding molecules in exact detail will allow chemists to design more effective drugs and better materials for generating and distributing energy.

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Disclaimer: This is a simplified overview of a complex issue. The specific challenges and responses will vary significantly from country to country.

Note: This information is for general knowledge and discussion purposes only. It does not constitute legal or professional advice.