<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>Thanks for sharing Ali. </div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Interesting indeed and especially for us who fund hubs for social impact. </div><div></div><div><br></div><div data-marker="__SIG_PRE__"><div>Regards, <br></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Sylvia Musalagani<br></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Programme Officer</div><div>Freedom of Expression<br></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Hivos East Africa<br>ACS Plaza, Lenana Road|P.O. Box <span class="Object" role="link" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT321_com_zimbra_phone"><a href="callto:19875%20-%2000202" onclick="window.top.Com_Zimbra_Phone.unsetOnbeforeunload()" data-mce-href="callto:19875%20-%2000202">19875 - 00202</a></span> | Nairobi | Kenya<br>Office: <span class="Object" role="link" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT322_com_zimbra_phone"><a href="callto:+254%20725%20451%20729" onclick="window.top.Com_Zimbra_Phone.unsetOnbeforeunload()" data-mce-href="callto:+254%20725%20451%20729">+254 725 451 729</a></span> / <span class="Object" role="link" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT323_com_zimbra_phone"><a href="callto:+254%20789%20451%20729" onclick="window.top.Com_Zimbra_Phone.unsetOnbeforeunload()" data-mce-href="callto:+254%20789%20451%20729">+254 789 451 729</a></span><br>Email: <span class="Object" role="link" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT324_ZmEmailObjectHandler"><span class="Object" role="link" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT325_ZmEmailObjectHandler">smusalagani@hivos.org</span></span> | Skype: sylviakanari<br>website: <span class="Object" role="link" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT326_com_zimbra_url"><span class="Object" role="link" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT327_com_zimbra_url"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.east-africa.hivos.org" data-mce-href="http://www.east-africa.hivos.org">www.east-africa.hivos.org</a></span></span><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div></div><br><hr id="zwchr" data-marker="__DIVIDER__"><div data-marker="__HEADERS__"><b>From: </b>"Ali Hussein via kictanet" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br><b>To: </b>smusalagani@hivos.org<br><b>Cc: </b>"Ali Hussein" <ali@hussein.me.ke><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, 11 April, 2017 17:59:15<br><b>Subject: </b>[kictanet] Kenya's Tech Hub Gets a Makeover<br></div><br><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__"><div><span></span></div><div><div>Listers</div><br><div>Interesting article.</div><br><div><span>NAIROBI, Kenya </span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>After a decade of buzz that brought bold headlines but few profits, Kenya's "Silicon Savannah" technology hub is retooling to put income before activism.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>A homegrown African tech community is rising in this city: bootstrapped but profitable businesses using technology and the internet to solve commercial problems connecting the biggest names in tech and finance.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Read on:-</span></div><div><br><a href="http://news.morningstar.com/all/dow-jones/us-markets/201704112073/kenyas-tech-hub-gets-a-makeover.aspx" target="_blank">http://news.morningstar.com/all/dow-jones/us-markets/201704112073/kenyas-tech-hub-gets-a-makeover.aspx</a></div><div><br><br><div><span><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><span><b>Principal</b></span></div><div><b>Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" data-mce-style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">+254 0713 601113 </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" data-mce-style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" data-mce-style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span>Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></p><span><span></span></span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" data-mce-style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span>Skype: abu-jomo</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" data-mce-style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span>LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a></span></p><span><br></span></div><div><span>"We are what we repeatedly do. 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