Africa: R.I.P Steve Jobs, You Will be Missed · Global Voices
Ndesanjo Macha

The co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc. Steve Jobs died on October 5, 2011. African bloggers have taken time to pay tribute and remember his contribution to the world of technology.
Thanks Steve Jobs for making creative life much easier:
Thank you Sir, for making my creative life that much easier through the vision you created in Apple Products.
And for making a dent in the universe:
Thank you Steve, for making a dent in the universe.
Collins says Steve was a gift to the IT world:
Steve Jobs was truly a gift to the IT World.
Our sincere condolences to the family, colleagues and friends from this blog .
Steve Jobs holding a MacBook Air at MacWorld Conference & Expo 2008. Photo courtesy of Matthew Yohe, released into the public domain (CC-BY-3.0).
Swahili blogger Simon Kitururu writes:
. kuwa MTU mmoja anaweza kuwa changamoto kwa WENGI,…
…weye STEVE  ulikuwa bonge la CHANGAMOTO na ni bonge la CHANGAMOTO bado
Moses says, “R.I.P Steve Jobs, you will be missed”:
Steve Jobs was without a doubt one of the Fathers of modern technology as we know it – a true Titan of all things digital. He defined and redefined everything from personal computers to mobile phones as well as movies and more recently tablets. He drove the vision of products and services that were quite simply “magical”  – we would never have appreciated the art of technology that he brought to life through his well-known and unrelenting drive for perfection in all he did. The world would not be what it is today we’re it not for Steve Jobs.
One of Steve Jobs’ famous “closing” statements when recruiting new team members to Apple was to ask them if they wanted to “put a dent on the universe” by working for him. Indeed, Steve Jobs made many many dents in the technology universe, as we know it. R.I.P Steve Jobs, you will be missed.
EK13 Photography desktop screen shots of the London Regent Street Flagship Store. Image courtesy of EK13 Photography.
Kanyana's chooses best Steve Jobs quote:
“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”
Open Mic writes a “cheesy tribute”:
So, Apple Inc. have just announced Steve Jobs’ demise after and amazing career that brought us iPods and every i-Thing we can think of. Wangari Maathai, our very own Nobel Laureate, activist, environmental champion and perhaps our best prototype of positive feminism is set to be cremated soon. Here goes a cheesy tribute:
Its an adage: An apple a day, or so they say
But what becomes of the apple trees on that day
The gardener's away and won't ever return again
Another adage: Where there's trees, there's rain
An apple a day, but not today, not today
A torrent of rain, but never again, never again
The day the designer died:
No one embodies the three things we strive for at Appfrica than the man the world lost today. Design. Leadership. Vision. We salute you, Mr. Steve Jobs. Best wishes from me, Jon, and our colleagues and friends in Uganda.
Mr Cape Town looks forward to paying respect to Steve Jobs by getting his hands on Tweetdeck for iPhone:
Running social media accounts for brands is something which requires having access to these accounts on-the-move. The best thing for this is @Tweetdeck for iPhone and I am looking forward to paying respect to Steve by finally getting my hands on when when my upgrade is due in a few months!
Finally, a poem for Steve Jobs from Nana Acquah:
Here, when The Empty dies
We cry a little. Just a little.
And then we drink, drum, dance
And recount their great deeds
So the living will not forget.
The common die with all or most
Of their dreams still in them.
They die full. Losers. Cowards.
Procrastinators. Full of excuses.
We don’t even notice when they go.
But you, you died empty: The way
The great do.
And may your soul rest in peace.
(For Steve Jobs, because he truly lived).