Word: makatiani
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...Ayisi Makatiani starts his day early, planning his next 14 hours as the sun rises outside his five-bedroom home in an upmarket suburb of Nairobi. In his plush, carpeted city office, the 34-year-old co-founder and ceo of Internet company Africa Online spends most of his time in meetings, answering e-mail from employees and colleagues around the world or talking on his mobile phone, pausing only occasionally to take in the stunning view of Nairobi 16 floors below. Like most cyber-ceos, Makatiani is in a constant hurry to stake out an ever-larger chunk...
...Makatiani recently launched the service in Zambia, and has plans to soon enter the continent's biggest markets, Egypt and South Africa, which together account for 70% of Africa's 5 million Internet users. "You've got to have patience and you've got to be able to understand the intricacies of every country. It's about connections and about who knows who," says Makatiani. "But once you've tapped into that network across Africa you can get things done quicker, faster and in parallel...