![]() The company now looks to serve more African countries after having great success in Kenya and five other African countries.ĮKitabu has been able to sell over 300,000 Kenyan and international books through their platform and they hope to sell thousands more in the coming years. ![]() That’s why we’re working to catalyze the content ecosystem here,” he added.ĮKitabu was established in 2012 by Digital Divide Data, a technology firm that does digitisation of documents. Educational research shows gadgets alone may yield ‘computer literacy,’ but without content all you get is facility with the device. Especially in education: content-local content-is vital. “And we know that although the gadget’s needed, content is that without which there’s nothing of meaning. Ebooks are a well-evolved form of content that readers, authors and publishers know how to handle,” Clurman said. It’s stories that give our lives meaning, sometimes understanding. “Smartphones and even tablets are becoming common in Africa, especially in cities. Will Clurman, the chief executive officer of eKitabu, a digital book publishers could not agree more (Kitabu is the Swahili word for “Book”).ĮKitabu gives readers options to purchase and read local and international books on their phones, tablets and computers. ![]() Rather than seeing technology as a disrupter of book publishing, perhaps a new shift in thinking needs to be applied to use technology to help this industry in Africa. In Kenya, more young people are gaining access to feature phones and even smartphones, spending hours on these gadgets. Publishers, therefore, have to think of new ways of getting the written word out. In particular, book publishing in Africa is an expensive exercise: a luxury that many Africans may not be able to afford. The quick adoption of mobile technology in Africa has not only realised new opportunities in telecommunication but in how content is delivered. Think digital or else be swept to oblivion by the undercurrent.
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