HTML Injection Attacks: Impact and Mitigation Strategies
Need for an active mobile & web startup
1. The need for an active Mobile &
Web Startup ecosystem
Limbikani S.K. Makani
2. Over past 3 years
Access to
mobile improved
$1
SIM Cards
3. Zimbabwe Mobile Penetration
9 Million
Zim Population
8,800,000
72%
4,800,000
24%
800,000
2006 2009 2010 2011 2012
Year
4. Africa too
543 Million
1 billion people
600,000,000.00
53%
500,000,000.00
400,000,000.00
300,000,000.00
20%
200,000,000.00
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Year
5. Access to the Internet
has increased
phenomenally too
Simple
Mobile
Phones
The Dongle
6. Since
All mobile 2009
operators in
Zimbabwe
now offer 2011
mobile
broadband 2011
11. The Economic growth
opportunity in Africa
Africa’s collective GDP in 2020
US $2.6 trillion
consumer spending US $1.4
trillion
Highest in the world
Population growth and
urbanisation
Source: McKinsey Global Institute
12. “Private sector is
accepted to be
important agent of
economic
growth, and hence
of poverty
reduction
United Nations Economic
Commission for Africa
(UNECA)
16. “ A few years ago, it would cost at least a
million dollars for a team of
professionals to produce any commercial
software product… with open source
software components, and low-cost
development tools, the same job can be
done by one good hacker for a few
thousand dollars
- Martin Zwilling
26. Daily Deals. One of the most
trafficked* websites in Nigeria
*http://www.forbes.com
27. 43 million
global
users over 750 000
messages are sent and
received per day.
Recently acquired for
USD 60 million*
*indigotrust.wordpress.com South Africa
28. • Premium WordPress
themes
• Bootstrapped
• 200,000 users globally
and already
• 2 million
yearly*
revenue & Profitable
since founding
*afrinnovator.com South African Co-founder
29. One of most
trafficked websites
in Zimbabwe.
More than 8 million
pageviews* a
month
*techzim.co.zw January 2011 Zimbabwe
30. Home of Nollywood First launched on
on the net.
YouTube & became
Attracted 1 million
profitable 2 months
visitors in first
later*
month*
*techloy.com
Nigeria
48. Credit
• Image: activerain.com for the germinating plant in
• Nokia.com for the Nokia X2 mobile phone image
• Image: prices graphic , http://visionlaunchers.com/uploads/articles/335dc61fa1f2c6c34adc8cd8d102a711_thumb.jpg
• Lions on the move: the progress and potential of Africa Economies:
http://www.mckinsey.com/Insights/MGI/Research/Productivity_Competitiveness_and_Growth/Lions_on_the_move
• Image: Ory Okolloh @ the launch of iHub Nairobi (c) AfricaKnows.com
• Image: Active spaces . http://www.flickr.com/photos/activspaces/6322431916/sizes/l/in/photostream/
• Image: A shot of the new location for Hive Colab in Kampala, Uganda. http://hivecolab.com/about/
• Image: Nailabs , http://www.flickr.com/photos/thenailab/5690039780/sizes/l/in/photostream/
• Image: AppAfrica Labs, http://whiteafrican.com/2009/05/12/ugandas-appfrica-labs/
• Image: DealDey Bus, http://webtrendsng.com/blog/dealdey-com-goes-mainstream-take-over-brt-buses/
• Information on DealDey and Leti Games, http://www.forbes.com/sites/mfonobongnsehe/2011/05/26/five-sexy-african-
tech-startups/
• Image: iWarrior iPhone App, http://www.letigames.com/letigames/
• Information of Zimbabwe’s classifieds platform classifieds.co.zw, http://www.techzim.co.zw/2011/02/classifieds-8-million-
monthly-page-views/
• MXit traffic information: http://indigotrust.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/potential-partners-for-tech-focused-organisations-
operating-in-south-africa-and-beyond/
• Information on Nollywood Love profitability on YouTube, http://techloy.com/2011/08/02/jason-njoku-on-nollywood-
movies-and-africas-internet-revolution-video/
• Information on iRoko TV, http://techloy.com/2012/01/04/irokotv-bullish-growth-december-2011/
• Image: mLab SA, http://www.mlab.co.za/about/
• Image: Google Umbono, https://plus.google.com/107200078343546459769/posts/VbonsZ5Jotr
• Image: lean startup book and author, http://matthewemay.files.wordpress.com
Notas del editor
20062009201020112012Mobile total subs 848,000 3,001,000 4,300,000 7,900,000 9,017,000 Mobile penetration7%24%34%63%72%
Not a price war yet. But good competitionWe’ve all seen prices coming down. Econet reduceTelecelNetOneAfricom reducedBrodacom reducedZOL reducedYoAfrica reduced
2.5 Million20% internet penetrationAfrica average was 11.5% last year
Econet’s& TelecelsDeltasIt’s the banksIt’s the Farmers (new & old)It’s the Technologists
Enough examples, here’s an observation
With enough determination, we all know that the figure can be even below a thousand
And as a result
Startup hive, or Python Hackers, Makomoyo Web People,