Hi, Its good to see that start ups are becoming the in thing in Kenya, and with the several incubation hubs that have attracted global attention, the young people are able to foster and make their innovations a reality. Its only when we can localize our technologies and content to suit the Kenyan and or African Scenario shall we say that we have finally achieved and arrived, Kenya and indeed East Africa is a force to reckon in the ICT platform and a leading Hub. Gideon. On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 10:19 AM, <kictanet-request@lists.kictanet.or.ke>wrote:
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Dear all,
A very interesting article about Kenyan's tech space and what the future portends -
http://www.economist.com/node/21560912?fsrc=nlw|mgt|8-29-2012|3282875|36370599|
We might have Angry Matatu Drivers next after the success of Angry Birds, from Kenya :)
Best Regards, Davis M Onsakia "One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time."