<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Matunda</div><div><br></div><div>That's a very interesting article. It however misses the point by focusing on the Facebook IPO 'fiasco'. Let me just say that the fiasco is mainly on the side of investors/speculators who have had to take a haircut on the speculations of the investment bankers who advised Facebook. </div><div><br></div><div>The IPO has made a few hundred millionaires within Facebook with Zuckerberg's net worth now north of $16B ( as a good friend of mine would say 'Not too shabby!'). From a purely social and political perspective we don't have to belabor the point of how instrumental social media has been across the world.</div><div><br></div><div>Closer home the hype and hesh (allow me to use that piece of slang :) ) that Nairobi in particular and Kenya in general has received in the last few years is due to this digital thing... Local companies like Virtual City, Pesapal & Cellulant all owe their existence and claim to fame because of this thing digital. </div><div><br></div><div>I could go on...</div><div><br><div>Ali Hussein</div><div><br></div><div>+254 773/713 601113</div><div><br></div><div>Sent from my iPhone®</div></div><div><br>On Jun 4, 2012, at 8:05 PM, Matunda Nyanchama <<a href="mailto:mnyanchama@aganoconsulting.com">mnyanchama@aganoconsulting.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:bookman old style, new york, times, serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif; ">Here is an interesting take on the digital economy and its limitations using facebook IPO for illustration.</div><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif; ">Enjoy</div><h1 itemprop="headline" class="articleHeadline" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; line-height: 1.083em; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; "><nyt_headline version="1.0" type=" "><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/27/opinion/sunday/douthat-the-facebook-illusion.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=facebook&st=Search" style="font-size: 18px; ">The Facebook
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