Tech Insights for African Businesses
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The Myth of the Cheap System: What "Affordable" Software Really Costs Over Five Years
The cheapest quote usually wins the procurement meeting and loses the operating period. A practical five-year total-cost-of-ownership model for SME owners - with worked examples and the questions to ask before you sign.
Could Your Reporting Survive an Audit? Building a Data Trail You Can Trust
How to build a defensible data trail that lenders, auditors and investors trust: one system of record per function, clear ownership, timestamped changes, and reconciliations that hold up under scrutiny.
The DRC Opportunity
A market-entry playbook for technology providers entering the Democratic Republic of Congo: EAC accession, digital demand, technology minerals, language, currency, local partnership and risk.
Building Software That Scales Across Borders
Field notes from multi-country African software rollouts: what breaks at the border, and how to design for tax, currency, language, law and infrastructure before expansion.
Before You Migrate to Cloud ERP: What Kenyan and Tanzanian Firms Wish They Had Known
Cloud ERP is rarely the wrong answer — but migrations fail on the monthly price, the assumption of constant connectivity, an afternoon's data upload that really takes weeks, and the wrong vendor. The cost, connectivity, data and partner questions to settle before you sign — with evidence from Kenyan and Tanzanian research.
ERP Software for East African Businesses — What Works and What Fails
Why 60-70% of ERP projects in East Africa fail — and what successful implementation actually requires. Covers SAP, Sage, Odoo, and purpose-built alternatives.
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