I'm in Nairobi, Kenya this week attending a fantastic event called NexTech Africa. It is a free event that showcases the best of what Africa's Startup community has to offer. This event is mostly focused on East Africa's tech community but it included delegates from all over the continent. I'm told over 1000 people are here.
我本周在肯尼亚内罗毕参加名为NexTech Africa的精彩活动。 这是一项免费活动，展示了非洲创业社区所能提供的最好的服务。 该活动主要针对东非的技术社区，但其中包括来自整个非洲大陆的代表。 有人告诉我这里有1000多人。
My wife is Zimbabwean and we have family all over in places like South Africa, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe, and friends in a dozen other countries. I personally feel that access to technology and technical education is a fantastic way to help Africa's burgeoning middle class.
我的妻子是津巴布韦，我们在南非，坦桑尼亚和津巴布韦等地都有家人，并在其他十几个国家有朋友。 我个人认为，获得技术和技术教育是帮助非洲新兴的中产阶级的绝妙方式。
However, this trip was for listening. It's silly for me (or anyone who isn't living on the continent) to fly in and "drop the knowledge" and fly out. In fact, it's condescending. So I'm spending this week visiting startups, talking to engineers, university students, and tech entrepreneurs.
但是，这次旅行是为了聆听。 对于我(或任何不在非洲大陆上生活的人)飞进去并“丢掉知识”然后飞出去是愚蠢的。 实际上，它是居高临下的。 因此，本周我将花时间访问初创公司，与工程师，大学生和技术企业家交谈。
I spoke at length with the engineers at BRCK, a Kenya-based startup that has a "brick" that's a portable router, NAS, Compute Module, Captive Portal, and so much more. They can drop one of these a little outside of town and give wi-fi to an entire area. Even better, there could be hyper-local content on the devices. Folks with 30+Mbps Internet may be spoiled with HD content, but why not have a smart router download TV shows and Movies that can be served (much like movies stored on an airplane's hard drive that you can watch via wi-fi while you fly) to everyone in the local area. The possibilities are endless and they're doing all the work from hardware to firmware to software in-country with local talent.
我与位于肯尼亚的创业公司BRCK的工程师进行了详细的交谈，该公司有一个“砖”，它是便携式路由器，NAS，计算模块，Captive Portal等。 他们可以将其中之一放到城镇外，然后为整个区域提供wi-fi。 更好的是，设备上可能存在超本地内容。 拥有30 + Mbps互联网的人们可能会饱受高清内容的困扰，但是为什么没有智能路由器下载可以播放的电视节目和电影(就像飞机上存储的电影一样，您在飞行时也可以通过Wi-Fi观看) )给本地的每个人。 可能性无穷无尽，他们正在与本地人才一起完成从硬件到固件再到软件的所有工作。
I also visited iHub's Technology Innovation Community and saw where they teach classes to local students, have maker- and hacker-spaces, support a UXLab and host local tech meetups. I'll be hopefully communicating more and more with the new friends I've met and perhaps bring a few of them to the podcast so you can hear their stories yourself.
我还访问了iHub的技术创新社区，看到他们在哪里为本地学生讲课，拥有制造商和黑客场所，支持UXLab并主持本地技术聚会。 希望我会与我认识的新朋友越来越多地交流，或者也许将其中一些带到播客，以便您自己听听他们的故事。
These are uniquely African solutions to problems that Africans have identified they want to solve. I am learning a ton and have been thrilled to be involved. Since I focus on Open Source .NET and .NET Core, I think there's an opportunity for C# that could enable new mobile apps via Xamarin with backends written in ASP.NET Core and running on whatever operating system makes one happy.
这些是非洲解决非洲人已经确定要解决的问题的独特解决方案。 我学到很多东西，很高兴能参与其中。 因为我专注于开源.NET和.NET Core，所以我认为C＃可以通过Xamarin启用新的移动应用程序，并使用ASP.NET Core编写后端，并在任何使人高兴的操作系统上运行，这是一个机会。
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关于斯科特 (About Scott)
Scott Hanselman is a former professor, former Chief Architect in finance, now speaker, consultant, father, diabetic, and Microsoft employee. He is a failed stand-up comic, a cornrower, and a book author.
斯科特·汉塞尔曼(Scott Hanselman)是前教授，前金融首席架构师，现在是演讲者，顾问，父亲，糖尿病患者和Microsoft员工。 他是一位失败的单口相声漫画家，一个玉米种植者和一本书的作者。
翻译自: https://www.hanselman.com/blog/nxta-nextech-africa-conference-day-1-perspectives