[kictanet] Why “Leapfrogging” in Frontier Markets Isn’t Working

[Ali Hussein]

Alice

Interesting article. Long read but worth it. My take is that the author
makes valid arguments. There are certain areas which I think he should have
paid attention to:-

1. Comparing Africa and the rest of the world as if Africa is one country
is a bit of a stretch.
2. The #BigTech example (Uber specifically) is not complete without taking
into account that global companies fail in frontier markets not because
they don't have the muscle to succeed but because they fail to understand
and learn from local nuances.
3. Platforms are under attack by regulators everywhere and this
conversation won't be complete if we don't pay attention to what regulation
will mean going forward in Africa.
4. Scaling is not for everyone. To equate innovation to scaling doesn't in
my humble opinion tell the whole story.
5. To tell the story of 'Leapfrogging' in Frontier Markets without talking
about Mpesa is in my humble opinion missing a big part of the story. I'm
hoping that the next part will probably cover this?

Regards

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On Sat, Mar 23, 2019 at 11:27 PM Alice Munyua via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Ali,
> Your thoughts?
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> https://www.cgdev.org/publication/why-leapfrogging-frontier-markets-isnt-working
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