{"id":235575,"date":"2026-06-26T07:54:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T07:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=235575"},"modified":"2026-06-26T07:54:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T07:54:55","slug":"ceo-weekends-mawingus-ceo-farouk-ramji-on-why-africas-next-tech-revolution-may-come-from-rural-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=235575","title":{"rendered":"CEO Weekends: Mawingu\u2019s CEO Farouk Ramji on Why Africa\u2019s Next Tech Revolution May Come From Rural Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For decades, Africa\u2019s technology story has been centred on major cities such as Nairobi, Lagos, Cape Town, and Kigali. These urban hubs have attracted investment, startups, and digital talent, becoming symbols of the continent\u2019s growing innovation economy. However, a quieter transformation is taking place beyond city limits&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/techmoran.com\/2026\/06\/19\/ceo-weekends-mawingus-ceo-farouk-ramji-on-why-africas-next-tech-revolution-may-come-from-rural-communities\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For decades, Africa\u2019s technology story has been centred on major cities such as Nairobi, Lagos,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":235576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/235575-ceo-weekends-mawingus-ceo-farouk-ramji-on-why-africas-next-tech-revolution-may-come-from-r6a3e3057e8011.jpg",1920,1080,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/235575-ceo-weekends-mawingus-ceo-farouk-ramji-on-why-africas-next-tech-revolution-may-come-from-r6a3e3057e8011-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/235575-ceo-weekends-mawingus-ceo-farouk-ramji-on-why-africas-next-tech-revolution-may-come-from-r6a3e3057e8011-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/235575-ceo-weekends-mawingus-ceo-farouk-ramji-on-why-africas-next-tech-revolution-may-come-from-r6a3e3057e8011-768x432.jpg",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/235575-ceo-weekends-mawingus-ceo-farouk-ramji-on-why-africas-next-tech-revolution-may-come-from-r6a3e3057e8011-1024x576.jpg",640,360,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/235575-ceo-weekends-mawingus-ceo-farouk-ramji-on-why-africas-next-tech-revolution-may-come-from-r6a3e3057e8011-1536x864.jpg",1536,864,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/235575-ceo-weekends-mawingus-ceo-farouk-ramji-on-why-africas-next-tech-revolution-may-come-from-r6a3e3057e8011.jpg",1920,1080,false],"chromenews-featured":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/235575-ceo-weekends-mawingus-ceo-farouk-ramji-on-why-africas-next-tech-revolution-may-come-from-r6a3e3057e8011-1024x576.jpg",1024,576,true],"chromenews-large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/235575-ceo-weekends-mawingus-ceo-farouk-ramji-on-why-africas-next-tech-revolution-may-come-from-r6a3e3057e8011-825x575.jpg",825,575,true],"chromenews-medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/235575-ceo-weekends-mawingus-ceo-farouk-ramji-on-why-africas-next-tech-revolution-may-come-from-r6a3e3057e8011-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Jonathan Jeriah","author_link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?cat=40\" rel=\"category\">Africa<\/a>","tag_info":"Africa","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=235575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/235576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=235575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=235575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=235575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}