"I stepped down from East Africa Venture Capitals to head Wananchi since our $ 170M investment in Wananchi wasn't going well" - Richard Bell at Pivot 25
"Chief executive officer of KDN, Rikus Matthyser, said the company’s new owners, South African technology firm Altech, employed a number of expatriates to “mentor” the local managers for a period of between nine months and two years which triggered a wave of resignations by the senior managers." - Business Daily on
Senior managers quit as expats take over at KDN
The ISP industry exhibits lots of quality issues with almost everyone agreeing there is no dependable ISP. Most ISPs will point back to their carriers , I was told one carrier had their Kisumu link down for 3 days because the ISP affected was 'not Safaricom'.
What ails us? Isn't a nation of 40 million capable of producing a few individuals who can successfully run an ISP? Or is its that Kenyan management have their hands tied by foreign management and investors?
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