Andrew Taylor & Mich Atagana Discuss 2015 Tech Startup Trends For Africa

Published: Dec. 20, 2015, 2:04 p.m.

b'In the second instalment of our four-part Annual Round-up 2015 insights series, we bring you a panel discussion on African startups featuring Google South Africa\\u2019s Head of Communications & Public Affairs, Mich Atagana and Entrepreneur Magazine Columnist & Co-Founder of LexNove, Andrew Taylor.\\n\\nMich has had the unique privilege of not only covering the birth, progress, and often, the demise of many startups on the continent, but also working for some as well. Her current role at Google gives her a unique vantage point\\u2014 given how the company is arguably one of the world\\u2019s biggest and most successful startups ever, and is privy to tons of rich data.\\n\\nMeanwhile, as a lawyer-turned-entrepreneur, and as a legal partner to many emerging small and medium-sized businesses in South Africa, Andrew operates at the coalface of the continent\\u2019s tech startup scene, and is well-placed to reflect on what kind of a year 2015 has turned out to be.\\n\\nAdditional Music Credits:\\nMusic by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\\nMusic licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0'