<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Hype shouldn't matter. Germany is huge in manufacturing, even if a lot of the focus is on China. </div><div><br>
</div><div>Hype only matters if Kenya exists purely to be validated by third parties. If we have good product, hype regardless, our sector will thrive. </div><div><br></div><div>There's an old adage, "good marketing makes a bad product fall faster". </div>
<div><br></div><div><br><br>Sent from my mobile device, excuse brevity</div><div><br>On 11 Mar 2014, at 21:40, Ali Hussein <<a href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite">
<div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style>What's missing in that story which I think is important is the story of Demo Africa being hosted in Nigeria this year.<br>
<br></div><div style>Critical in that is the open arms that the demo team were received with by the highest levels of the Nigerian government in the ICT Sector. </div><div style><br></div><div style><a href="http://www.cio.co.ke/news/top-stories/demo-africa-2014-set-for-nigeria-in-september">http://www.cio.co.ke/news/top-stories/demo-africa-2014-set-for-nigeria-in-september</a>.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>We have always been masters of the hype which has its value in the scheme of things. Now we are loosing the hype to Nigeria and Rwanda. Maybe it's not such a bad thing so that we can move beyond the hype and start doing. </div>
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</span></div><span style>Sent from my iPad</span></div><div style><br>On Mar 11, 2014, at 4:26 PM, Kivuva <<a href="mailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com">Kivuva@transworldafrica.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite" style>
<div><div dir="ltr">Not really, we've been there, done that.<div><br></div><div>And I still maintain, put PR and confidence ahead, everything else to follow</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr">
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 11 March 2014 05:42, Gideon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gideonrop@gmail.com" target="_blank">gideonrop@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Interesting read here,<br><br>Start-up Attention Shifting from Kenya to Nigeria? <br><br><a href="http://www.africa-assets.com/news/guest-post-start-attention-shifting-kenya-nigeria" target="_blank">http://www.africa-assets.com/news/guest-post-start-attention-shifting-kenya-nigeria</a><br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Regards <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
Gideon Rop<br></div></div>
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