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Digital Kenya : an entrepreneurial revolution in the making
- Title
- Digital Kenya : an entrepreneurial revolution in the making / Bitange Ndemo, Tim Weiss, editors.
- Publication
- London : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]
- ©2017
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- Description
- xxxiii, 509 pages : illustrations; 21 cm.
- Series Statement
- Palgrave studies of entrepreneurship in Africa
- Uniform Title
- Palgrave studies of entrepreneurship in Africa.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The paradigm shift : disruption, creativity, and innovation in Kenya / Bitange Ndemo -- Conversation #1. The past, present, and future of 'Digital Nyika' : how to fix an aircraft in flight / Jimmy Gitonga of Afroshok Media. -- Part 1. Looking back and looking ahead. The Internet journey for Kenya : the interplay of disruptive innovation and entrepreneurship in fueling rapid growth / Muriuki Mureithi. -- Conversation #2. Exploring the ideal role of government, NGOs, angel investors, and universities for technology entrepreneurs / Erik Hersman of BRCK. -- The KINGS of Africa's digital economy / Eric M.K. Osiakwan. -- Conversation #3. Changing the game : building mindsets of hope and possibilities in Africa's future leaders -- one game at a time / Anne Githuku-Shongwe of Afroes. --
- Part 2. Uncovering unique market opportunities. Addressing voids : how digital start-ups in Kenya create market infrastructure / Marissa Drouillard. -- Conversation #4. Finding the right problem to solve / Timbo Drayson of OkHi -- Reimagine what you already know : toward new solutions to longstanding problems / Jay Larson and Michael Munger. -- Conversation #5. To keep disrupting, you have to listen closely to what the client wants / Elizabeth Rossielo of BitPesa. -- I-entrepreneurship : changing lives through technology / Carmen Merab Wamukoya and Amolo Ng'weno. -- Conversation #6. How technology makes farming sexy again / Su Kahumbu Stephanou of Green Dreams Tech Ltd. -- From cyber café to smartphone : Kenya's social media lens zooms in on the country and out to the world / Mark Kaigwa. -- Conversation #7. Toward digitizing information for the benefit of the many rather than the few / Munyutu Waigi of Umati Capital. --
- Part 3. The inner life of technology entrepreneurship in Kenya. Building ICT entrepreneurship ecosystems in resource-scarce contexts : learnings from Kenya's "Silicon Savannah" / Johannes Ulrich Bramann. -- Conversation #8. Women working in tech : making the invisible visible / Judith Owigar of AkiraChix -- The challenges of technology entrepreneurship in emerging markets : a case study in Nairobi / Marlen de la Chaux and Angela Okune. -- Conversation #9. Toward a systematic approach to building ventures / Jessica Colaço and Ibanga Umanah of Brave Venture Labs -- Organizational cultural hybrids : nonprofit and for-profit cultural influences in the Kenyan technology sector / Eleanor R. Marchant. -- Conversation #10. Reflections on the hiring process : what happened to curiosity and passion? / Conrad Akunga of Innova Limited. --
- Part 4. Managing the fine details of doing business in Kenya. Inside a policymaker's mind : an entrepreneurial approach to policy development and implementation / Bitange Ndemo. -- Conversation #11. Why policy matters for entrepreneurs / Ory Okolloh of Omidyar Network Africa -- The art of managing worldviews in Kenya's international technology sector / Wim Weiss and Klaus Weber. -- Conversation #12. How to be a rebel and build a business at the same time / Ken Njoroge of Cellulant Corporation -- Developing strategies to harness the power of parallel entrepreneurship in Africa / Eskor John. -- Conversation #13. The hustling entrepreneur on trial / Mikul Shah of EatOut and Ritesh Doshi of Naked Pizza -- Venture capital in East Africa : is there a right model? / Stephen Gugu and Wilfred Mworia. -- Conversation #14. Creating the PayPal mafia of East Africa / Ben Lyon of Kopo Kopo -- Entrepreneuring for society : what is next for Africa? / Tim Weiss.
- Call Number
- Sc D 17-227
- ISBN
- 9781137578808
- 1137578807
- 9781137578785 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2016956398
- OCLC
- 968178836
- Title
- Digital Kenya : an entrepreneurial revolution in the making / Bitange Ndemo, Tim Weiss, editors.
- Publisher
- London : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Palgrave studies of entrepreneurship in AfricaPalgrave studies of entrepreneurship in Africa.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Connect to:
- Chronological Term
- Since 1963
- Added Author
- Ndemo, Bitange, 1959- editor, contributor.Weiss, Tim, 1984- editor, contributor.
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 17-227