[kictanet] Kenya's Silicon Savannah & the Need to do more

[Matunda Nyanchama]

Bwana Kieti
I have lately learnt of the term "co-innovation", really fancy terminology for incremental innovation. We can learnt from the automobile industry where parts manufacturers eventually become car manufacturers. Often, we can piggyback on established applications/processes as a means of growth. A good example is MLedger (again something I have learnt of recently) that wouldn't have been without MPesa.  In that respect, one doesn't need a pot of money for R&D.
There is also the Science, Technology and Innovation Act of 2012 that envisions (among other things) the creation of a Kenya National Innovation Agency and a National Research Fund. If we designated a % of our annual budget for R&D and disbursed this well through the NRF, we can be miles ahead.
Further, we could consider incentives (e.g. tax writeoffs, etc.) for companies' spending on R&D so as to encourage R&D.

On your taxonomy, I agree. I believe the local ICT sector has a similar taxonomy for classification of enterprises in the innovation value chain.
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 Hi Dr. Nyanchama,


 
The article helps in assembling a set of keyconsiderations moving forward for the sector. On *Research and Development*(R&D), since we don't have many large native IT corporations that wouldafford the requisite R&D budgets, would you recommend that we treatinnovation and entrepreneurship among thousands of startups as a democratizedR&D division for the sector?


 
Also, does it help to classify enterprises in the sectorso as to develop targeted interventions? See my proposed taxonomy <http://www.slideshare.net/JohnKieti/taxonomy-of-it-enterprises-in-kenya-and-their-undeveloped-growth-interventions-aitec-presentation-feb-2015>

and abstraction of undeveloped interventions shared lastweek at AITEC.


 
Best regards

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