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Meg Whitman: This is what tech innovations should look like

Modern High Tech Authentic Robot Arm Holding Contemporary Super Computer Processor. [Getty Images]

US Ambassador to Kenya, Meg Whitman, has recalled her time at the helm of eBay, a global online marketplace.

Speaking at the ongoing Connected Africa Summit in Nairobi, Whitman said that taking the reins in 1998, when the internet was becoming prominent, had her thinking of eBay as a tech company. Yet, when they really focused on their mandate, they realised they were addressing questions that most people did not consider tech issues.

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