Tale of Zanzibari woman who found fortune on the Internet
She is possibly retired now, having handed the business to a grandchild who ran it down. Can’t stop wondering though; who was that pioneer digital entrepreneur in Zanzibar? FILE PHOTO | NMG
This is the 31st anniversary of the Internet globally, but these things often arrive late on Africa’s shores.
Hard to imagine, but it’s only the 20th anniversary of the Internet’s “proper” arrival in Africa, although some early adopters on the continent got there before that. Barely a dozen newspapers on the continent at that time had websites.
