HANS STOISSER
China or Europe – who is Africa’s better partner?
Put yourself in the shoes of an African government. Who would you rather solve your problems with, China or Europe?
HANS STOISSER
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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.
Learning Journey to Silicon Savannah – What we can learn from Africa
We will be looking for the 'missing link' in understanding 'Africa' - the innovators. We will meet innovators, entrepreneurs, managers, professors, thinkers, writers...
Digital Transformation – Why learning from Africa
The African innovation culture has always been creative and good at doing. But lacked knowledge and technologies. Globalization has changed that fundamentally. Today, the ubiquity of digital technologies and the access to knowledge provide the missing link.
Eric Hersman on Aid
Being here in Nairobi I have found an interesting quote. Eric Hersman, one of the founding figures of the Kenyan Internet business scene, on foreign aid and NGOs: “In a well-functioning state, most NGOs would not exist. There is only a…
First Innovation, then Regulation
First Innovation, then Regulation – What we can learn from Africa “You can not innovate under regulation. You have to take risks”, says Bitange Ndemo, former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Communication in Kenya. He knows. During his time in government, from 2005…