Digital Kenya

1. The Paradigm Shift: Disruption, Creativity, and Innovation in Kenya
Bitange Ndemo

Part I. Looking Back and Looking Ahead

2. The Internet Journey for Kenya: The Interplay of Disruptive Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Fueling Rapid Growth
Muriuki Mureithi

3. The KINGS of Africa’s Digital Economy
Eric M.K. Osiakwan

Part II. Uncovering Unique Market Opportunities

4. Addressing Voids: How Digital Start-ups in Kenya Create Market Infrastructure
Marissa Drouillard

5. Reimagine What You Already Know: Toward New Solutions to Longstanding Problems
Jay Larson, Michael Munger

6. I-Entrepreneurship: Changing Lives Through Technology
Carmen Merab Wamukoya, Amolo Ng’weno

7. From Cyber Café to Smartphone: Kenya’s Social Media Lens Zooms In on the Country and Out to the World
Mark Kaigwa

Part III. The Inner Life of Technology Entrepreneurship in Kenya

8. Building ICT Entrepreneurship Ecosystems in Resource-Scarce Contexts: Learnings from Kenya’s “Silicon Savannah”
Johannes Ulrich Bramann

9. The Challenges of Technology Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets: A Case Study in Nairobi
Marlen Chaux, Angela Okune

10. Organizational Cultural Hybrids: Nonprofit and For-Profit Cultural Influences in the Kenyan Technology Sector
Eleanor R. Marchant

Part IV. Managing the Fine Details of Doing Business in Kenya

11. Inside a Policymaker’s Mind: An Entrepreneurial Approach to Policy Development and Implementation
Bitange Ndemo

12. The Art of Managing Worldviews in Kenya’s International Technology Sector
Tim Weiss, Klaus Weber

13. Developing Strategies to Harness the Power of Parallel Entrepreneurship in Africa
Eskor John

14. Venture Capital in East Africa: Is There a Right Model?
Stephen Gugu, Wilfred Mworia

15. Entrepreneuring for Society: What Is Next for Africa?
Tim Weiss

Avainsanat: Economics, Economy-wide Country Studies, R & D/Technology Policy, Development Economics