Njeri Rionge had asked me to speak about the private equity and venture capital industry in Africa – which I write about on www.africa-assets.com – and the nascent ICT industry in Kenya at her Ignite ‘Scaling Your Business Upwards Summit’ last week in Nairobi. I gave the participants a short overview of the private equity sector and looked at some of the issues that particular affect SMEs considering that kind of investment. Making the link to Kenya’s nascent ICT industry, I argued that I expected to see far more traction in those companies who don’t get that much enthusiastic media coverage, and who also don’t run from pitch event and competition to the next. read on http://www.the-star.co.ke/business/andrea-bohnstedt/95989-not-all-are-cut-ou...