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 Kenya: Tech Reputation |
| Chile: Entrepreneurs Heaven |
| India: Startup Scene |
| Global: R&D Centres |
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| Kenya: How Does Konza Tech City Square with the Post-Election Mess? |
| Over the last few months Kenyan promises have been running high. Plans for Konza Tech City were announced this January to a fanfare of trumpets, flashbulbs and beautiful artist's impressions. Pre-election procedures were heralded as a triumph for technology and democracy. Now in a post-election Kenya of failed technology and uncertain (not necessarily democratic) results - where does the country's tech reputation stand? Read it now. |
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| Chile: Is this a Bid for World Premier Tech Hub Status? |
| At present Chile is inviting entrepreneurs from around the world to come and stay for six months and paying them money for the privilege. Now India might be looking to follow suit. Has the global competition truly begun to create the world's premier tech hub? View the opinion piece here. |
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| India: Are Indian Startups Going Chinese or Kenyan? |
| 62% of US startups are rumoured to have Indian co-founders - but what about the startups in India itself? 'The World Startup Report' on India reveals a complete picture of the scene across the country. Is India set to rival China? Or has the spirit of entrepreneurialism, as witnessed on the Africa continent, finally moved online and come home? Read the full opinion piece here. |
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| Global: Where is the Innovation? |
| Nestled somewhere in California, Google's secret X labs work feverishly on untold numbers of wondrous projects, birthing such cool gizmos as self-driving cars and Google Glass, and a rumoured elevator to space. While these kinds of skunkworks projects are rare, there's a growing cornucopia of innovation/R&D centers sprouting up across the world. Some are home-grown government project, others backed by big companies seeing opportunities not found elsewhere, but they all have one thing in common; the push for new ideas. Access the complete article here. |
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