Insights and ideas

Explore thought-provoking perspectives from my long-running entrepreneurial blog.

If, by Rudyard Kipling

If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you

A dummy’s guide to interconnect rates

25 April 2010   The regulation of mobile phone operators can be used as a case study of how strong

The Web today

15 December 2010 Nowadays tech is not hardware. Tech is software, and the cutting edge is the Web. PC-based software

The new world is the place to be

26 November 2010 Hi guys, What a year! Feels like I’ve been in an old SpeedQueen tumble-dryer. I’m dry, but

Change management

10 August 2010   I grew up in Pretoria east, went to a government school, had my fair share of

Formula of system evolution

2 April 2010 E = evolution of systems, ie: forward progress, positive development, progressive complexity C = System complexity F

Economic complexity

25 March 2010   The network effect of mobile interconnect as it pertains to the development of countries   All

Local broadband prices (as published in Sunday Times)

30 January 2010 Firstly, some facts. ADSL comprises 63% of broadband connections globally. In SA, ADSL comprises less than 40%

Why is broadband cheap in the north? (as published in Sunday Times)

10 January 2010 Here goes at explaining why broadband is so cheap in Europe and the USA. Let’s start by