Monthly Archives: September 2009

On women in tech, in Benin and back home in the States

By theresa | Published: September 18, 2009
This is the first of a series of posts in which I’ll discuss technology, women in technology, and women in technology in Benin. My clients are all businessmen. Accent on men. After over two years of developing websites and web applications in Cotonou, we have a lot of clients (what can I say, we’re good [...]
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On why I don’t hate on PayPal for not operating in sub-Saharan Africa

By theresa | Published: September 9, 2009
I’m just going to get this out of the way: I am quite sympathetic to PayPal and how they’ve cut off the entire continent of Africa. Going to a cybercafé in Cotonou means two out of three computers are occupied by Beninese or Nigerian boys scamming rich Americans and Europeans. Sometimes, they’re training 9 and 10 [...]
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