<div dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23322373.2017.1400260">http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23322373.2017.1400260</a> may interest you.<div><br></div><div>Ndemo.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 12:21 PM, Kigen Koech via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</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">Very intriguing indeed ...<div><br></div><div>I believe that African innovation at the core are inspired with the need to better the society through bridging the 'need-gap' whereas the foreign template of entrepreneurship primarily focus on viability and profitability, of which in is not entirely evil, though the failure thereof would kill seeds of hope through technovation that may have intended to solve a meaningful problem and thereby providing a foundation for more solutions.</div><div><br></div><div>If you look at the need and drive for some of these authentic kenyan solutions; eatout, sendy, bunifu, illuminumgreenhouses etc among many more others out there, i believe, stemmed out from a need to better their environment and while at it saw the derived benefit to the end user.</div><div><br></div><div>My thoughts on this.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Kigen Koech</div><div>Business Development Manager</div><div>Telkom Kenya</div><div>0770 800 800</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 11:12 AM, Sidney Ochieng via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr"><div>Shifting Norms of Professionalization in a Nairobi Technology Start-Up Community – Research Explorations <a href="https://angelaokune.me/2017/11/29/shifting-norms-of-professionalization-in-a-nairobi-technology-start-up-community/" target="_blank">https://angelaokune.me/2017/11<wbr>/29/shifting-norms-of-professi<wbr>onalization-in-a-nairobi-<wbr>technology-start-up-community/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>A great read that leaves me more questions than answers. </div><span class="m_575368512180720849HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">-- <br><div class="m_575368512180720849m_-5127459697735346212gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font size="2">Regards,</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:small">Sidney</span><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:11px;color:rgb(51,61,71)"><tbody><tr><td height="20" valign="middle"><font size="2"><strong><br>Twitter:</strong> <a href="https://twitter.com/princelySid" target="_blank">@princelySid</a> | <b>Web: </b><a href="http://sidneyochieng.co.ke/" target="_blank">s<wbr>idneyochieng.co.ke</a><br><b>Skype: </b>sidney.ochieng | <b>Github:</b> <a href="https://github.com/princelySid" target="_blank">princelySid</a></font><br></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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