Kenya's Tech Hub Gets a Makeover
Listers Interesting article. NAIROBI, Kenya After a decade of buzz that brought bold headlines but few profits, Kenya's "Silicon Savannah" technology hub is retooling to put income before activism. A homegrown African tech community is rising in this city: bootstrapped but profitable businesses using technology and the internet to solve commercial problems connecting the biggest names in tech and finance. Read on:- http://news.morningstar.com/all/dow-jones/us-markets/201704112073/kenyas-tec... Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle Sent from my iPad
Thanks for sharing Ali. Interesting indeed and especially for us who fund hubs for social impact. Regards, Sylvia Musalagani Programme Officer Freedom of Expression Hivos East Africa ACS Plaza, Lenana Road|P.O. Box 19875 - 00202 | Nairobi | Kenya Office: +254 725 451 729 / +254 789 451 729 Email: smusalagani@hivos.org | Skype: sylviakanari website: www.east-africa.hivos.org From: "Ali Hussein via kictanet" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> To: smusalagani@hivos.org Cc: "Ali Hussein" <ali@hussein.me.ke> Sent: Tuesday, 11 April, 2017 17:59:15 Subject: [kictanet] Kenya's Tech Hub Gets a Makeover Listers Interesting article. NAIROBI, Kenya After a decade of buzz that brought bold headlines but few profits, Kenya's "Silicon Savannah" technology hub is retooling to put income before activism. A homegrown African tech community is rising in this city: bootstrapped but profitable businesses using technology and the internet to solve commercial problems connecting the biggest names in tech and finance. Read on:- http://news.morningstar.com/all/dow-jones/us-markets/201704112073/kenyas-tec... Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle Sent from my iPad _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/smusalagani%40hivos.or... The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
Interesting Read ........................... Kind Regards, Rebecca Becky Mwangi ................................................... *BeckyMwandishi.wordpress.com* <http://BeckyMwandishi.wordpress.com> *.....................................* On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 5:59 PM, Ali Hussein via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Listers
Interesting article.
NAIROBI, Kenya
After a decade of buzz that brought bold headlines but few profits, Kenya's "Silicon Savannah" technology hub is retooling to put income before activism.
A homegrown African tech community is rising in this city: bootstrapped but profitable businesses using technology and the internet to solve commercial problems connecting the biggest names in tech and finance.
Read on:-
http://news.morningstar.com/all/dow-jones/us-markets/ 201704112073/kenyas-tech-hub-gets-a-makeover.aspx
*Ali Hussein* *Principal* *Hussein & Associates* +254 0713 601113
Twitter: @AliHKassim
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"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle
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The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.
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