If there is a country on African soil that has shown consistent commitment towards technology development in recent time, I sure will choose Kenya! Kenya is home to M-Pesa and some other innovative technologies.
Innovation hub or simply iHub is an open environment for techies to express themselves, launch startups and take on the world! The place was launched yesterday in fanfare!
iHub: “It’s an open space for the technologists, investors, tech companies and hackers in the area. This space is a tech community facility with a focus on young entrepreneurs, web and mobile phone programmers and designers. It is part open community workspace (co-working), part vector for investors and VCs and part incubator.”
Facilities
- 10MBs internet connection (hardwire and WIFI)
- Free Membership Access
- Space of startups to meet with VCs, Investors and local business
- and many more
For innovation to thrive , an accommodating environment is very important! This is a step in the right direction and it will reduce the startup headache of running an office before generation fund.
Advisory board
- Riyaz Bachani, CTO of Wananchi
- Josiah Mugambi, Co-Founder of Skunkworks
- Rebeccah Wanjiku, Tech reporter and entrepreneur
- Conrad Akunga, Blogger and Software Manager
- Erik Hersman, Tech blogger, Founder of AfriGadget and co-Founder of Ushahidi
Big ups to Kenya for this great foresight!
I hope to see this happen in Nigeria soonest! We have the market, we have the techies… can we make it happen?
