What have World Bank managing director Caroline Anstey, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop, and Research In Motion (makers of the Blackberry) technical partnership manager Michael Weitzel in common? The trio believes that Kenya is the country to watch in the ICT sector.
The top executives visited the country recently to meet youth groups which are behind several innovative software applications.
The youth groups, made up of mainly university students or recent graduates who have ventured into small start-ups, are turning out to be Kenya’s latest magnet that is attracting global firms such as Nokia, Samsung, RIM as well as venture capitalists.
Operating from various innovation centres across Nairobi such as iHub, iLab Africa ,mLab, and NaiLab, some of the more than 3,000 software developers have come up with both mobile and personal computer based software applications that are changing lives across the continent.
Read more: Business Daily, Feb, 27, 2012
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