Ali<br><br>+1 On bringing about this :<br><br>Indeed "<i>What is sad about this phenomenally encouraging story is that it seems
that this growth hasn’t penetrated to the less advantaged population in
Kenya. It is a state of affairs that cannot be allowed to continue for
much longer if we are to achieve our vision of becoming a middle class
economy country by 2030 according to Vision 2030</i>." <br><br>I believe that we have many resources and a portion of the huge bandwidth that Kenya enjoys now ought to be offloaded to such projects that open a new conduit of information to the thirsty minds otherwise Vision 2030 will arrive too soon and we wouldn't have bridged such gaps.<br>
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Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 20:43:08 +0300<br>
From: Brian Munyao Longwe <<a href="mailto:blongwe@gmail.com">blongwe@gmail.com</a>><br>
To: Agosta Liko <<a href="mailto:agostal@gmail.com">agostal@gmail.com</a>><br>
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Hi Agosta,<br>
<br>
Francis, Liko and Ali<br>
<br>
DEMO is a launch pad for new technologies and startups, its not a<br>
competition. The only competitive aspect of DEMO is to get to the DEMO<br>
Stage. In the last four months we have engaged with innovators from<br>
across the continent with the objective of taking their innovation from<br>
just that to real<br>
business, that is sustainable and that will take them to the next level.<br>
Different innovators need/require different inputs to take them to the next<br>
level, some need capitalization others are looking for go to market<br>
opportunities, publicity while other are just looking for strategic<br>
partnerships. So it not correct to assume that very<br>
startup is looking for investment in money terms.<br>
<br>
What DEMO provides is the push for a product launch. For a startup to<br>
launch at DEMO<br>
you must have a new, innovative product that solves a real problem. This<br>
partly answers Francis' question. DEMO does not look at innovation for<br>
innovation's sake, there has<br>
to be a real problem that innovation is solving and a business model to<br>
boot.<br>
<br>
Ability to scale is also a big consideration given that investors will be<br>
putting money<br>
and expect a return on their investment. On investors, our work on this<br>
space has shown us that there is mis-match of<br>
expectations. Local developers and innovators are looking for investors<br>
from Silicon Valley, while investors in Sillicon<br>
Valley have no visibility of the local investment opportunity. To this we<br>
have been engaging local investors through the<br>
DEMO Africa Roundtable Workshops and the interest can only be described as<br>
amazing. This is a group that has in the<br>
past been ignored yet they have the capacity to invest and take most of the<br>
startups to the next level, but only if the engagement makes sense to them.<br>
<br>
Who are the investors? We are engaging different players ? both local and<br>
international. At the Nairobi Investor Meeting which we had investors who<br>
are managing funds in excess of $11m and have invested in companies like<br>
Cellulant, Software Technologies and Kencall; in Nigeria end of<br>
this week we have a plethora of investors who are very active in the tech<br>
space and ditto for South Africa at the Demo Investors roundtable which<br>
happens there in a couple of weeks.<br>
<br>
We are engaging all these investors aswell as those who are stilltied up<br>
with legacy investments (property) so that we can give the startups with<br>
the highest potential of<br>
success that extra push to succeed.<br>
<br>
Hope you will be there to see Afric's best!<br>
<br>
cell: <a href="tel:%2B254715964281" value="+254715964281">+254715964281</a><br>
On Sep 17, 2012 4:24 PM, "Agosta Liko" <<a href="mailto:agostal@gmail.com">agostal@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> Spoke to Harry about this<br>
><br>
> who are the investors ?<br>
><br>
> which are their investments ?<br>
><br>
> Thanks<br>
><br>
> On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Ali Hussein <<a href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> +1 Francis.<br>
>><br>
>> Infact my understanding is that Demo Africa is just that. This isn't<br>
>> about judging for competition's sake. The 'judges' are investors and<br>
>> companies looking for new products and services that already have traction<br>
>> or have a huge potential for traction.<br>
>><br>
>> The last few years have been good for awareness and we have gained a<br>
>> reputation as an innovation hub. However the pipeline now needs to move<br>
>> towards actualizing these ideas into viable, bankable business models.<br>
>><br>
>> Demo Africa seeks to fill part of the gap.<br>
>><br>
>> Harry/Brian, hope I haven't put my foot in my mouth...<br>
>><br>
>> Ali Hussein<br>
>><br>
>> On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Francis Hook <<a href="mailto:francis.hook@gmail.com">francis.hook@gmail.com</a>>wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> I am keen to know to what extent innovators will leverage OSS as they<br>
>>> make their pitches.<br>
>>><br>
>>> I hope we will not see technology for technology's sake kind of<br>
>>> innovations. We've seen some very sexy ideas develop over the years<br>
>>> but they do not really solve real problems or are very hard to<br>
>>> monetise.<br>
>>><br>
>>> It would also be nice if we could hear of experiences of local<br>
>>> developers/innovators in terms of getting funding for their start ups,<br>
>>> how their ideas get an audience (and what reactions they get) etc. I<br>
>>> gather there is a degree of wariness when it comes to showcasing ideas<br>
>>> and the fear that players with big pockets will take it and run with<br>
>>> it (because they can afford to) or shoot it down because it could<br>
>>> disrupt existing business models (e.g. cross network shared mobile<br>
>>> money platforms...).<br>
>>><br>
>>> We've also heard that techies are just that - and have bright ideas<br>
>>> but are not good sales people or any good in biz devt. To what<br>
>>> extent does DEMO address this issue?<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> On 17 September 2012 00:47, Grace Githaiga <<a href="mailto:ggithaiga@hotmail.com">ggithaiga@hotmail.com</a>><br>
>>> wrote:<br>
>>> > IN SUMMARY<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > Demo Africa director Harry Hare said the event, the first to be held in<br>
>>> > Africa, presents a good chance for local innovators to move their<br>
>>> businesses<br>
>>> > to the next level.<br>
>>> > Over the last five years, innovators at DEMO US have received about<br>
>>> Sh297<br>
>>> > billion in business capital.<br>
>>> > Microsoft, which is sponsoring the event together with Nokia and other<br>
>>> > multinationals, said that the partnership is one of the best<br>
>>> activities they<br>
>>> > have done because it will help accelerate success of entrepreneurs and<br>
>>> > start-ups in Africa.<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> <a href="http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Top+brains+to+entice+global+investors/-/1006/1509036/-/ntbwhpz/-/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Top+brains+to+entice+global+investors/-/1006/1509036/-/ntbwhpz/-/index.html</a><br>
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Subject: [kictanet] The State Of Internet Access In Our Schools &<br>
Kenya?s Global Ranking In A Hyper-Connected World<br>
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Listers<br>
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Last week I visited a school run by an NGO called New Dawn Kenya <a href="http://www.newdawnkenya.com" target="_blank">www.newdawnkenya.com</a>. The school is in an informal settlement in the affluent Runda residential area. The appetite for education and knowledge among the students was a thing of beauty to see. These are extremely disadvantaged young people with an insatiable thirst for knowledge.<br>
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What struck home for me was that the majority of them had never accessed information on the Internet. This issue is an emotional one for me. As a hyper-connected Kenyan I have always taken for granted access to the Internet for the last few years. Over the last few years Internet usage and penetration levels have increased phenomenally.<br>
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Read on:<br>
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<a href="http://alyhussein.com/2012/09/the-state-of-internet-access-in-our-schools-kenyas-global-ranking-in-a-hyper-connected-world/" target="_blank">http://alyhussein.com/2012/09/the-state-of-internet-access-in-our-schools-kenyas-global-ranking-in-a-hyper-connected-world/</a><br>
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