Beyond the AI Buzzwords: 5 Questions to Separate Hype from Reality By Chu on April 2, 2025 — 1 min read In these times where every technology company is becoming an AI company, leaders need to be able to tell what’s real and what’s snake oil. Here are 5 questions to guide your exploration of AI solutions, since they could sometimes be overstated by eager vendors. Ask about More
The Spark: Theory, Practice, and why I’m betting on Africa. By Chu on November 30, 2021 — 2 mins read I took piano lessons as a teenager from when i was around 12-14. Mr. Johnson was a good teacher, we used Smallwood’s piano tutorial and by the time i gave it up i was able to play pieces in C, G and F. Now? I can only play basic nursery rhymes from memory, but at... More
Case for Innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa. By Chu on December 4, 2020 — 3 mins read Apparently I wrote this in 2014, probably for some thing in grad school. Seems fairly coherent so, reposting. In the course of my time here I have realized that there’s a significant information gap between the developed world and such frontier markets like Sub-Saharan Africa. Because of this gap, white spaces exist which can be serviced... More
