The Compute Question Nobody Wants to Answer
Training capacity is concentrated in a handful of countries. What that means for everyone else is a question of strategy, not sentiment.
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The Remote Work Arbitrage, and What It Costs Locally
Foreign employers paying foreign salaries have been transformative for individual engineers and difficult for the companies trying to hire at home.
Why Tech Communities Outlast the Companies That Sponsor Them
Meet-ups, user groups and unpaid volunteer organisers have done more for engineering capacity on the continent than most funded programmes.
Open Source Contribution Is a Career Strategy, Not a Hobby
For engineers without a recognisable employer on their CV, public work is the most reliable way to be judged on what they can actually do.
Stop Calling It the Next Silicon Valley
The comparison flatters nobody and misdescribes what is actually being built. It also imports a set of expectations that do not fit.
The Pilot Programme Problem
Donor-funded pilots are announced constantly and scaled rarely. The incentive structure explains why, and it is not about the technology.
The Reporting Gap Is an Infrastructure Gap
Investors, founders and policymakers all make decisions on thin information. That is a market failure, and it is one a publication can address.