Starting a Business in Kenya: Market Analysis
Facts (as of 2012): GDP – USD$40 billion GDP growth – 4.6% GDP breakdown – Services: 61% / Industry: 14.8%/ Agriculture: 24.2% Inflation rate – 7.4% (2014) Pros: Highly beneficial geographical position/ Regional financial centre/ Forthcoming monetary union/ Well-educated labor/ Growing government support/ Strong mobile market/ Diversified economy/ Highly social community/ Strong diaspora Cons: Security issues/ High […]
Iran Entrepreneurship: Market Analysis
Facts: GDP – USD$987 billion (2013) GDP growth – 1.5% (2013) GDP breakdown – Services: 44.5% / Industry: 44.9% (2013) Inflation rate – 42.3% (2013) Pros: Large Farsi-speaking market/ Useful geographical position/ High education/ Influential diaspora/ Economic liberalization/ Low cost of living Cons: Competing with entrenched government sector/ No platform for bank transfer/ Brain drain/ Visa difficulties/ Language […]
Iran connectors & events of 2014
Connectors: Mohsen Malayeri/Shayan Shalileh/Reza Hashemi/Said Rahmani Khezri/Patrick McDermott/Misagh Shakeri/Muhammad Arrabi/ Pejman Nozad Events: Startup Weekend/Startup Global Battle/Tedx Tehran/Global Entrepreneurs Week Iran Organizations: Iran Entrepreneurship Association (Incubator)/ Karya (Online startup school) Hear the words of any wizened real estate agent, ‘Location, Location, Location’. Similarly in today’s world, where you are placed in the giant ecosystem of […]
A brief overview of Kenyan startups
In the postcolonial era, Kenya emerges with independence and a capitalistic economy. However, the Kenyan startup success story does not begin here. Due to a series of factors; corruption and a lack of technical expertise resulted in a relative stagnant economy. This lasted until the implementation of major economic reforms and anti-corruption campaign in the […]
