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Uber’s Shark Strategy: Good or Bad for Kenyan Economy?

Suppose you are an entrepreneur who has just discovered a technology of producing arguably the best ice-cream in the world and you have only two outlets in the town.

Suddenly you receive customers who, upon enjoying your delicacies, offer to supply this ice-cream to their entire supermarkets, restaurants and other retail outlets across Eastern Africa - a possibility Sh3 billion market. When you say you don’t have capacity, they offer to provide all the necessary capital. What would be your take?

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