ihub's presentation for the swedish - kenya ict conference

The Entrepreneur and

The EnterpriseJimmy Gitonga

Business Pre - IncubationCo – Working Space

•Core Values

•Innovation•Teamwork and Partnerships•Entrepreneurial spirit•Value Creation

• Mission

•Catalyzing the Tech community

by:

•- Connecting People

•- Supporting Startups

•- Surfacing Information

*iHub_ Departments

iHub ResearchiHub ConsultingiHub UX LabiHub Cluster

NOTE!Africa has a young population that will require education, jobs and livelihoods.

Population average age - 2013

Africa - 18 yearsEurope – 40 years

William H. Frey, The Brookings Institution

The African Population :

- Have access to increasingly

powerful, affordable mobile

devices

- Are empowering themselves

using the Internet and social

media

- Are meeting their expectations in

technology through Innovation

NOTE!

Africa is skipping the

“industrial age”.

ICT is Africa’s entry into:

- technology as a

industry

- an economic

environment

- as a lifestyle

NOTE!

Education in Africa

“By 2015, universities will be irrelevant as knowledge distribution systems.”

Bill Gates, 2010

“The eLimu tablet is engaging Kenyan primary school students in the learning process by shifting the way we think about education.”

Education in Africa

OpportunitiesConsumerisation – “Enterprise” services going “Mobile”Personal Cloud – Working away from the Office and the ClientThe Internet of Things – The User and His DevicesBig Data and Analytics – The Government and Citizen Engagement

Thank YouJimmy@ihub.co.ke