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The premise of Nairobi’s Silicon Savannah was straightforward and promising. [Courtesy]
When the phrase Silicon Savannah was coined, optimism was high that Nairobi was on the verge of a technological revolution that would woo high-value companies and, in turn, spur job creation.
This was 2010. Airtel Kenya, then Zain, had just been granted the second 3G licence, M-Pesa was interoperable with banks, and crowd-sourcing platform Ushahidi was deployed in Haiti to assist in mapping the humanitarian crisis after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake.
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