Swaziland/South African Internet Cafes Stinking Practices
June 15th, 2010 | 
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Please do not be offended at the topic; it’s only to express the common vanity that our communities practice while online. Have you taken time so see what is going on in the internet cafes in the SADC region, particularly in South Africa and Swaziland? You will be surprised to learn that the focus is skewed and favors regions outside Africa. Why is that?
Even though I may not have scientific evidence to what I think influences this behavior but I strongly believe the following it true:
- We have been brought up to believe that best things come from Europe and America – It’s only in recent years that we learn of the good things in China and the Asian countries. We have always been influenced to support and adopt the western methods of doing things. We somehow believe that America and the United Kingdom have the best things in life and thus when we go online for what ever need we must start from any of these continents, America and Europe. If you don’t believe me, go to your nearest music shop and see what constitutes more volumes of albums on sale.
- Education – The assumption that the best things are learnt from the best is not always ideal, yet many still believe it’s true. Industrialized countries, where business best practice is assumed to be prevailing, are faced with challenges such as pollution and factors that promote the unwanted global warming. The so called best practice from the best economies could thus cost the whole world some irreplaceable goodies.
- No belief in ourselves – You will agree with me that today olden African practices are coming back to influence our way of doing things from the Europe and America. For example, we used to make our mealie meal from grinding stones wherein the chaff is not removed. This practice was discouraged in the past yet today the chaff is deemed required for a healthy digestive system. I have taken time to write a purely African thought on ‘African Virginity Assessment Methods for Girls‘ that today are abandoned but could come back tomorrow as invents from the America and/or Europe.
Africa, we need to believe in ourselves and support our own initiatives. I have put thought in a nice manner ‘How Africa can Steal from America’ at my blog. Nobody will panelize us for that; just as it is true that anybody from anywhere in the world can view this article only to learn what I think is not good practice or bad attitude when we ever go online.
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indeed a program called cybercafe pro.. good luck with your business!
There are many others but this seems to be the best and most popular.
http://www.cybercafepro.com/
ROFL !!!!
What is name of this song??
1/ None of the listed items are required. Each wired computer would be standalone. No client/host/server/terminal needed.
2/ IP protocol. You need a wireless router.
3/ Cat 5/6 ethernet to each of the computers from the router.
4/ Cable or DSL modem, but is usually provided with the service. No purchase required. (Maybe a filter if DSL)
5/ Broadband (if I understand your question properly)
wow this guy is smart
its actually small kindness+intelligence the guy gave some money to the mark and take a bigger money for it he don’t want to leave the guy pennyless
when you type passwords,there may be "remember passwords " ticked in firefox passwords are saved,so go to tools and never save pass words(.if your email is seen usually the case.)
or you can delete private data in options of both opera and firefox,ofcourse need to get permission from owner of cafe/attendant.
good luck
@stealthxstealer
snatched. LMFAO HAHAHAHA
First do ur homework well…list out the pros an cons …study about the advantages and disadvantages ..They are a good group to start business with…
i wonder who puts thier phone on the table..
There is no standard fee even for two cafe's located next door to each other, so not for a country and let alone half a continent.
The only way you can find out is with research and looking online to see if you can find addresses of cafe's for the countries you want to find out about, then seeing if they have a website detailing the price.
Alternatively you could look for forums or the social networking sites to find natives/locals of the countries you want to visit and ask them to confirm for their area
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Firstly, if you have no experience in the internet cafe business, I'd advise that you work in one for the next six months or so doing everything from busing tables and washing dishes to waiting tables and cooking if they'll allow you back there and if you have the skills. This will give you some of the work experience that you'll need to understand and run an internet cafe profitably.
If this is your first business venture, I would strongly recommend that you talk to a business counselor before you do anything especially spend money. I'd call the local office of SCORE (go to http://www.score.org and input your zip code to find the chapter nearest you), the advice is FREE. Ask for someone who has a background in restaurants and internet cafes and they'll try their best to match you with the right counselor.
The counselor at SCORE will most likely advise you to write a business plan which is very good advice because it will force you to dig out all of the start up details and the costs of starting an internet cafe and force you to also understand all of the aspects of this business including the customers you'll concentrate on (your market ) and how you'll get them to find out and want to come to your fabulous internet cafe.
The location is important but doesn't make it successful. To prove that all you have to do is walk down a street in your town where there are several nice restaurants all in a row and you'll find one or two that are empty while the others are very busy. It has to do with menu, ambiance, and your reputation at the beginning and over time.
You also have to have food handling licenses, the right zoning, the right city and county licenses and permits and you have to be skilled at negotiating with your landlord about who'll stand the cost of the build-out or the changes to the premises to make it ready for your look and feel.
You also have to worry about the normal business planning and management issues related to starting up any business.
Take a look and read some of the articles at:
http://www.ychange.com/small-business-consulting-articles.html
especially the ones about a business plan and starting a business. Also try their Blog and their Bulletin Board.
Hope this helped.
Brilliant. That was some good teamwork… now I’ll know to not leave my shit out and not take money that isn’t mine. Ha ha.
Up to date games, low prices, long hours, open on weekends, COMFY chairs, even for fat people, so the arms don't dig into our rolls, oh, and tint or cover the windows, so that it's pretty dark inside, catering to a young audience, and having a young staff, as older staff are typically grouchy with the kids.
one other thing, have something setup for people to bring their own rigs, for private, and semi-private LAN parties. You could charge admission.
Charge to print, scan, fax, assist with resumes, myspace profiles, etc.
Buy or lease, a soda machine, with at least ONE energy drink in it. Redbull, monster, jolt, etc, etc… and plenty of WATER.
Oh, and don't skimp on the bandwidth. We'll know.
…So you bought it without having a game plan (pardon the pun) in place first? After I went to UNC, I worked at a cafe on Franklin St. for a while and saw owners come and go. They each "had a dream of always owning a place like that", but they didn't do the numbers BEFORE they bought it or figure out why the original owner was so anxious to get out. I hope you succeed, but doing the research necessary is hard work.
If you don't have a plan already, the best thing you can do is flip it before you loose your shirt to your dream.