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September 30, 2009 • 3:51 pm 0
Panel on Tech Entrepreneurship in .Ke
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The latest Skunkworks was held on September 29 2009 at Teleposta Towers Nairobi. The focus of the tech group this week was on Tech & Entrepreneurship and four speakers were chosen to provide their insight on the new business models they are developing in Kenya. This comes at a time when the fibre cable initially considered the greatest thing since sliced bread has become a corporate product with targets to break-even before cheap internet costs can be passed on. The fibre is just one arm, so it was good to hear techpreneurs talk not just about revolutionary business but grappling and scaling numerous challenges of running such businesses in this part of Africa – i.e. business registration, financing, staffing, patenting, winning contracts, succeeding and making money.
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September 12, 2009 • 6:52 pm 0
Presentation: The Making of a Revolution
Presented at the September 09 Science Cafe on Fiber Optics and what it means for Kenya and Kenyans.
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June 3, 2009 • 7:32 am 0
The Making of A Revolution
