<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_4922" dir="ltr"><span>Friends</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_4922" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_4922" dir="ltr"><span>Happy New Year.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_4922" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_4922" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_10615">This discussion is very informative and offers various perspectives.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_4922" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_4922" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_10618">I am wondering whether there is an up to date in-depth report (complete with raw data) of the complete innovation ecosystem in Kenya e.g: </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_4922" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_10858">- universities & training institutions + their outputs</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_4922" dir="ltr"><span>- R&D chain from ideation, proof of concept, ... commercializaion </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_4922" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_11179">- tech sector players: all the way from startups to mature market players</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_4922" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_13146">- infrastructure </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_4922" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_10870">- financing & its different flavours</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_4922" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_11180">- policy & regulations </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_4922" dir="ltr">- SWOT of this ecosystem</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_4922" dir="ltr">- gaps in ecosystem and challenges</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_4922" dir="ltr">- bench-marking (if any) with successful ecosystems: Silicon Valley, Tel Aviv, Ireland, ... </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_4922" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_4922" dir="ltr">Example 1: it would be interesting to see the skills demand versus output from academic institutions; ditto for availability of such talent as in tech business leadership.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_4922" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_4922" dir="ltr">Example 2: how does the regulatory environment support/drag/etc the innovation "train"? - what is? what ought to be? and what could be done?</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_4922" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_4922" dir="ltr">Example 3: what's the attrition rate? How about mergers/acquisitions/consolidation?</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_4922" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_4922" dir="ltr">Example 4: Innovation culture: how does this compare with that in successful ecosystems in such matters </div><div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_4923"> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_4923">....</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_4923"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_4923" dir="ltr">Regards</div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_4940"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_4939"><font size="2" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_4954"><span style="font-family:times, serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_4953">----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><br style="font-family:times, serif;"></font><font size="2" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_4960"><span style="font-family:times, serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_4961">Matunda Nyanchama, PhD, CISSP; mnyanchama@aganoconsulting.com</span><br style="font-family:times, serif;"><span style="font-family:times, serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_14107">Agano Consulting Inc.; </span><a rel="nofollow" style="font-family:times, serif;" target="_blank" href="http://www.aganoconsulting.com/" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_4959">www.aganoconsulting.com</a>; </font><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_11669">Twitter: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/#%21/nmatunda" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_11668"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1298476732_5" style="color:rgb(54, 99, 136);">nmatunda; </span></a></font><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"></span>Skype: okiambe</font><font size="2" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_4958"><br style="font-family:times, serif;"><span style="font-family:times, serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_4957">----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></font></div><div style="font-family:times, serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_4956"><font size="2">Manage your ICT risks</font><span style="line-height:1.22;font-size:10pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420594722924_4955">! 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