[kictanet] Shifting Norms of Professionalization in a Nairobi Technology Start-Up Community

Bitange Ndemo bndemo at bitangendemo.me
Wed Dec 6 06:45:35 EAT 2017


http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23322373.2017.1400260 may
interest you.

Ndemo.

On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 12:21 PM, Kigen Koech via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Very intriguing indeed ...
>
> I believe that African innovation at the core are inspired with the need
> to better the society through bridging the 'need-gap' whereas the foreign
> template of entrepreneurship primarily focus on viability and
> profitability, of which in is not entirely evil, though the failure thereof
> would kill seeds of hope through technovation that may have intended to
> solve a meaningful problem and thereby providing a foundation for more
> solutions.
>
> If you look at the need and drive for some of these authentic kenyan
> solutions; eatout, sendy, bunifu, illuminumgreenhouses etc among many more
> others out there, i believe, stemmed out from a need to better their
> environment and while at it saw the derived benefit to the end user.
>
> My thoughts on this.
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Kigen Koech
> Business Development Manager
> Telkom Kenya
> 0770 800 800
>
> On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 11:12 AM, Sidney Ochieng via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> Shifting Norms of Professionalization in a Nairobi Technology Start-Up
>> Community – Research Explorations https://angelaokune.me/2017/11
>> /29/shifting-norms-of-professionalization-in-a-nairobi-
>> technology-start-up-community/
>>
>> A great read that leaves me more questions than answers.
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Sidney
>>
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