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Digital Kenya : an entrepreneurial revolution in the making / Bitange Ndemo, Tim Weiss, editors.
Lippincott Library HD62.5 .D545 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Palgrave studies of entrepreneurship in Africa
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Information technology--Kenya.
- Information technology.
- Entrepreneurship--Kenya.
- Entrepreneurship.
- Digital communications--Kenya.
- Digital communications.
- Kenya--Economic conditions--1963-.
- Kenya.
- Economic conditions.
- Economic history.
- Physical Description:
- xxxiii, 509 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]
- Contents:
- The paradigm shift : disruption, creativity, and innovation in Kenya / Bitange Ndemo
- Conversation #1. The past, present, and future of 'Digital Nyika' : how to fix an aircraft in flight / Jimmy Gitonga of Afroshok Media.
- Part 1. Looking back and looking ahead. The Internet journey for Kenya : the interplay of disruptive innovation and entrepreneurship in fueling rapid growth / Muriuki Mureithi.
- Conversation #2. Exploring the ideal role of government, NGOs, angel investors, and universities for technology entrepreneurs / Erik Hersman of BRCK.
- The KINGS of Africa's digital economy / Eric M.K. Osiakwan.
- Conversation #3. Changing the game : building mindsets of hope and possibilities in Africa's future leaders
- one game at a time / Anne Githuku-Shongwe of Afroes.
- Part 2. Uncovering unique market opportunities. Addressing voids : how digital start-ups in Kenya create market infrastructure / Marissa Drouillard.
- Conversation #4. Finding the right problem to solve / Timbo Drayson of OkHi
- Reimagine what you already know : toward new solutions to longstanding problems / Jay Larson and Michael Munger.
- Conversation #5. To keep disrupting, you have to listen closely to what the client wants / Elizabeth Rossielo of BitPesa.
- I-entrepreneurship : changing lives through technology / Carmen Merab Wamukoya and Amolo Ng'weno.
- Conversation #6. How technology makes farming sexy again / Su Kahumbu Stephanou of Green Dreams Tech Ltd.
- From cyber café to smartphone : Kenya's social media lens zooms in on the country and out to the world / Mark Kaigwa.
- Conversation #7. Toward digitizing information for the benefit of the many rather than the few / Munyutu Waigi of Umati Capital.
- Part 3. The inner life of technology entrepreneurship in Kenya. Building ICT entrepreneurship ecosystems in resource-scarce contexts : learnings from Kenya's "Silicon Savannah" / Johannes Ulrich Bramann.
- Conversation #8. Women working in tech : making the invisible visible / Judith Owigar of AkiraChix
- The challenges of technology entrepreneurship in emerging markets : a case study in Nairobi / Marlen de la Chaux and Angela Okune.
- Conversation #9. Toward a systematic approach to building ventures / Jessica Colaço and Ibanga Umanah of Brave Venture Labs
- Organizational cultural hybrids : nonprofit and for-profit cultural influences in the Kenyan technology sector / Eleanor R. Marchant.
- Conversation #10. Reflections on the hiring process : what happened to curiosity and passion? / Conrad Akunga of Innova Limited.
- Part 4. Managing the fine details of doing business in Kenya. Inside a policymaker's mind : an entrepreneurial approach to policy development and implementation / Bitange Ndemo.
- Conversation #11. Why policy matters for entrepreneurs / Ory Okolloh of Omidyar Network Africa
- The art of managing worldviews in Kenya's international technology sector / Wim Weiss and Klaus Weber.
- Conversation #12. How to be a rebel and build a business at the same time / Ken Njoroge of Cellulant Corporation
- Developing strategies to harness the power of parallel entrepreneurship in Africa / Eskor John.
- Conversation #13. The hustling entrepreneur on trial / Mikul Shah of EatOut and Ritesh Doshi of Naked Pizza
- Venture capital in East Africa : is there a right model? / Stephen Gugu and Wilfred Mworia.
- Conversation #14. Creating the PayPal mafia of East Africa / Ben Lyon of Kopo Kopo
- Entrepreneuring for society : what is next for Africa? / Tim Weiss.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781137578808
- 1137578807
- OCLC:
- 968178836
- Publisher Number:
- 99970219566
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