Last year, after watching the season finale (episode 8) of debutant tech-themed HBO series, Silicon Valley, I was dying for a sequel.
Somehow, the pilot drafts were shelved. Now that season two premiered on 12th April, I have said to self, scribe, let the scrolls be dusted, let the stories be written.
I immediately started penning away my version of the succeeding events.
In my treatment, I explicate the theories behind the incessant ties forged to associate several places world over with the famed Silicon Valley, in Africa, from Nigeria Lagos’ Ojuelegba township famed for turning hustle into successes (special S/O to Wizkid for that Ojuelegba song), to Kenya Nairobi’s Ngong Street that houses iHub, the un-official headquarters of technology in Africa, and by extension the official vantage point of Silicon Savannah, Oi.
Maybe, you could say, I am trying so hard to forge relations between these places and North California, the home of Silicon Valley but it’s arguable because I don’t understand the geographical a la economical nitty gritties of the aforementioned countries. Ask me about Uganda, my native country, without a second thought, I would gladly tell you about Kamwokya, an urban suburb in Kampala that is striking in semblance to the Valley, if what I have heard and read about the latter are true. See, there is usually this kinda plot that involves the downtown and the uptown. The uptown basks with savvy young lads building the next big software solutions, maybe the next MPESA and also trying the run the media, must I say new media? They have an enormous supply of talent from universities located within a stone’s throw and strategically located too. The downtown balks, much as the people there could be impoverished, they’re the hubs of innovation and art in the purest form; talk of graffiti, they have mastered the art of survival on bare minimums and it’s kind of scary. It’s not surprising that some of their models are replicated in the uptown with such nuance for example the idea of transforming a flea market idea to a C2C online platform for example eBay.
But that is not the whole story.
In the subplot, there is this bad guy who has his business logic on point, his nemesis questions his ways and is determined to quash him. Oh, perhaps, their acquaintances meet somehow, fall in love and adventures ensue. It’s now a pantheon of many issues. From business to relationships to academia and somehow nerds are at the center of it all. Welcome to Silicon Valley!
I have never been to the Valley albeit closely following up what goes on in there but I have a succinct understanding of the tech scope in Africa. So I will be contextualizing the back stage events that transpire on the scene. Undeniably, I have deep respect for the scene I am skewering and I will conceal identities where a range of emotions are bespoke to flow, by using pseudo cameo characters as well as caricatures.
Keep ye calm Silicon Cape/Silicon Savannah enthusiasts, this sequel doesn’t adopt either of your fancy titles. In fact, as LinkedIn founder, Ried Hoffman, puts it, “Silicon Valley isn’t a location, it’s a state of mind!” That makes much sense to me and thus no need for gratification in painting ourselves with the fancy “Silicon” title.
Also, it’s quite unlikely that I will ever have the kind of platform Silicon Valley has had on HBO, a platform also famed for showing other blockbuster T.V series such as the Real Husbands of Hollywood and the famous Game of Thrones. However it is very likely that this sequel will have an even more captivated audience here, on TC radar.
Let’s break down the stories in the next webisode! 
