HANS STOISSER
Gaining confidence in Nairobi
Nairobi, June 2022. What a difference. My partners did not say a word about crises. The new urban middle class is working hard on solutions.
HANS STOISSER
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Kenya is worth the trip
Did you notice that elections in Kenya disappeared from media coverage in Austria/Germany before the exact outcome was resolved? Learn what determines African societies and economies. Watch out for opportunities to cooperate.
Software is eating the world – about African innovation
Software is eating the world – about African innovation “Why software is eating the world” has been the title of a famous essay by Marc Andreessen in the Wall Street Journal in 2011. Being in Nairobi, I have been heavily reminded…
Agile Europeans in Africa
Why we need agile Europeans in Africa “Many Europeans still treat Africans like children”, said James Shikwati, a Kenyan born intellectual, at a panel discussion in Hamburg, showing how European behavior is perceived in Africa. In the same discussion I argued that Africa and Europe…