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    • Dissertation: African Hubs as Assemblers of Technology Entrepreneurs

      5 May 2017

      Authors: Nicolas Friederici

      Good news: my dissertation on African technology innovation hubs is now complete! The digital record is here, and the hardbound copy will shortly be deposited with Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries ... Read More Dissertation: African Hubs as Assemblers of Technology Entrepreneurs

    • Hubs vs. Incubators: What Are the Pain Points for Impact and Efficiency?

      28 December 2015

      Authors: Nicolas Friederici

      With tech entrepreneurship on the rise across Africa, efforts to support the agenda are evolving and diversifying. There has been quite a bit of debate—sometimes of the heated kind—about ... Read More Hubs vs. Incubators: What Are the Pain Points for Impact and Efficiency?

    • Harare’s Hubs: Excitement, Experimentation, and Many Open Questions

      5 January 2015

      Authors: Nicolas Friederici

      During the interviews I conducted in Zimbabwe last October, many participants asked me: “Why pick Harare as a case study? Why not Nairobi or Lagos?” Indeed, Harare’s “ecosystem” is ... Read More Harare’s Hubs: Excitement, Experimentation, and Many Open Questions

    • Let’s Work Together: Mobile Operators and Digital Startups in Africa

      29 December 2014

      Authors: Nicolas Friederici

      Click here to view this post as it originally appeared on VC4Africa.   We all know that early monetization and revenue generation are crucial for digital startups in Africa. ... Read More Let’s Work Together: Mobile Operators and Digital Startups in Africa

    • Harare’s Fledgling Tech Entrepreneurs

      14 December 2014

      Authors: Nicolas Friederici

      Tech entrepreneurship is definitely on the rise in Sub-Saharan Africa. Yet, actually, this rise is not evenly distributed across Africa’s vast geography. Leaving aside South Africa, we can observe ... Read More Harare’s Fledgling Tech Entrepreneurs

    • Kigali’s Evolving Tech Innovation… Ecosystem

      25 November 2014

      Authors: Nicolas Friederici

      “Ecosystem” has become one of the most common terms in tech innovation. It rolls easily off the tongue, probably because it has a communal connotation, and evokes ideas such ... Read More Kigali’s Evolving Tech Innovation… Ecosystem

    • A Tech Innovation Hub in the Making: kLab and Its Many Roles and Stakeholders

      2 November 2014

      Authors: Nicolas Friederici

      If you go to Rwanda and you’re interested in ICT and tech, chances are, you will soon pass through kLab, Kigali’s tech innovation hub. And so it was for ... Read More A Tech Innovation Hub in the Making: kLab and Its Many Roles and Stakeholders

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