SA pessimism is misguided, says Masie
South Africa faces unique social challenges as a result of Apartheid, but on the positive side, the country’s military background and previous sanctions has given it distinct technological advantages. This is according to Stafford Masie, who formerly headed up Google Africa and started Google’s South African presence, founded Thumbzup Innovation and recently partnered with Absa to launch the Absa Payment Pebble, which essentially “converts the customer’s phone into a card payments acceptance device”.