Lessons from WiT Africa, Part 1: From Cape of Good Hope to the promise of youths, mobile and payments
“Isn’t it wonderful to wake up to views like these?” said Farai, our driver, taking the very words from my mouth as we weaved through the coastline from Llandudno to Cape Town airport, to catch our flight home to Singapore.
For the past seven days, I have woken up to these views and every evening, I have seen sunsets so beautiful they bring tears to your eyes. Yesterday, on Sunday, we did an epic road trip to Cape of Good Hope and Cape Point, two places long been on my bucket list.
I remember standing, a few years ago, at the port of Belem in Portugal, at the point where the early Portuguese seafarers ventured forth on their voyages, and vowing to myself that I wanted to see the other end of their expedition, the Cape of Good Hope – the power indeed of a place and a name to evoke…