[kictanet] Start-up Attention Shifting from Kenya to Nigeria?

[Phares Kariuki]

Hype shouldn't matter. Germany is huge in manufacturing, even if a lot of
the focus is on China.

Hype only matters if Kenya exists purely to be validated by third parties.
If we have good product, hype regardless, our sector will thrive.

There's an old adage, "good marketing makes a bad product fall faster".



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On 11 Mar 2014, at 21:40, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:

What's missing in that story which I think is important is the story of
Demo Africa being hosted in Nigeria this year.

Critical  in that is the open arms that the demo team were received with by
the highest levels of the Nigerian government in the ICT Sector.

http://www.cio.co.ke/news/top-stories/demo-africa-2014-set-for-nigeria-in-september
.

We have always been masters of the hype which has its value in the scheme
of things. Now we are loosing the hype to Nigeria and Rwanda. Maybe it's
not such a bad thing so that we can move beyond the hype and start doing.

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On Mar 11, 2014, at 4:26 PM, Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com> wrote:

Not really, we've been there, done that.

And I still maintain, put PR and confidence ahead, everything else to follow

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On 11 March 2014 05:42, Gideon <gideonrop at gmail.com> wrote:

> Interesting read here,
>
> Start-up Attention Shifting from Kenya to Nigeria?
>
>
> http://www.africa-assets.com/news/guest-post-start-attention-shifting-kenya-nigeria
>
> Regards
> Gideon Rop
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