ihub's presentation for the swedish - kenya ict conference
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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
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