{"id":732,"date":"2014-07-22T17:30:46","date_gmt":"2014-07-22T09:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.www.innovationiseverywhere.com\/?p=732"},"modified":"2014-07-22T17:30:46","modified_gmt":"2014-07-22T09:30:46","slug":"kenya-connectors-events-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/kenya-connectors-events-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya connectors &amp; events of 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Connectors: Eric Hersman\/ Mbwana Alliy\/ Martin Obuya\/ Brian Muthiora\/ Pelle Braendgaard\/ Eran Feinstein\/ Njeri Chelimo\/ Gainluco Iazzolino<\/li>\n<li>Events: IPO 48<\/li>\n<li>Organizations:\u00a0iHub<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hear the words of any wizened real estate agent, \u2018Location, Location, Location\u2019. Similarly in today\u2019s world, where you are placed in the giant ecosystem of startups,\u00a0<strong>VCs and accelerators\u00a0plays a huge role in how valuable you and your startup can be<\/strong>. We\u2019ve headed down to\u00a0Kenya\u00a0to find the most exciting figures in the Iranian startup industry.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Local Kenya Connectors:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_738\" style=\"width: 161px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-20-at-AM-05.59.07-3.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-738\" class=\"wp-image-738 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-20-at-AM-05.59.07-3.png\" alt=\"kenya martin pasquier innovation is everywhere emerging markets startups kenyan startups connectors 2014 entrepreneurs eric hersman kenya connectors\" width=\"151\" height=\"157\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-738\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eric Hersman (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/whiteafrican\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>): Founder of Ushahidi &amp; iHub, Kenya\u2019s first tech cluster Known as the \u201cWhite African\u201d Reputed observer of the African tech scene beyond Kenya.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_737\" style=\"width: 147px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-20-at-AM-05.58.58-3.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-737\" class=\"wp-image-737 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-20-at-AM-05.58.58-3.png\" alt=\"kenya martin pasquier innovation is everywhere emerging markets startups kenyan startups connectors 2014 entrepreneurs mbwana alliy kenya connectors\" width=\"137\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-737\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mbwana Alliy (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mbwana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>): Founder of the Savannah fund, Kenya\u2019s VC Tanzanian national Educated at Stanford with experience in the Silicon Valley<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_736\" style=\"width: 157px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-20-at-AM-05.58.54-3.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-736\" class=\"wp-image-736 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-20-at-AM-05.58.54-3.png\" alt=\"kenya martin pasquier innovation is everywhere emerging markets startups kenyan startups connectors 2014 entrepreneurs martin obuya kenya connectors\" width=\"147\" height=\"144\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-736\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Martin Obuya (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pub\/martin-obuya\/b\/966\/a8b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>):<br \/> Engineer in satellites communications turned facilitator and multi-hat man at iHub<br \/> Connects the new media community with education.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_735\" style=\"width: 159px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-20-at-AM-05.58.47-3.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-735\" class=\"wp-image-735 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-20-at-AM-05.58.47-3.png\" alt=\"kenya martin pasquier innovation is everywhere emerging markets startups kenyan startups connectors 2014 entrepreneurs brian muthiora kenya connectors\" width=\"149\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-735\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brian Muthiora (<a href=\"\u00a0http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pub\/brian-muthiora\/45\/32a\/949\">LinkedIn<\/a>):<br \/> Currently a regulatory expert at GSMA (telco association)<br \/> Worked at Safaricom, Kenya\u2019s telco and operator of mobile money Mpesa<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>International Kenya Connectors:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_742\" style=\"width: 163px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-20-at-AM-06.08.44-3.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-742\" class=\"wp-image-742 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-20-at-AM-06.08.44-3.png\" alt=\"kenya martin pasquier innovation is everywhere emerging markets startups kenyan startups connectors 2014 entrepreneurs pelle braendgaard kenya connectors\" width=\"153\" height=\"151\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-742\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pelle Braendgaard (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PelleB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>): Danish &amp; American codeur turned entrepreneur with Kipochi. Ties up Bitcoin to remittances Strong vision on crypto-currencies.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_740\" style=\"width: 154px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-20-at-AM-06.08.36-3.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-740\" class=\"wp-image-740 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-20-at-AM-06.08.36-3.png\" alt=\"kenya martin pasquier innovation is everywhere emerging markets startups kenyan startups connectors 2014 entrepreneurs eran feinstein kenya connectors\" width=\"144\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-740\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eran Feinstein (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pub\/eran-feinstein\/1\/5a5\/360\u00a0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>): Veteran of the mobile payment industry in Africa Heads 3GDirectPay<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_741\" style=\"width: 162px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-20-at-AM-06.08.41-3.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-741\" class=\"wp-image-741 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-20-at-AM-06.08.41-3.png\" alt=\"kenya martin pasquier innovation is everywhere emerging markets startups kenyan startups connectors 2014 entrepreneurs njeri chelimo kenya connectors\" width=\"152\" height=\"155\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-741\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Njeri Chelimo (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NjeriChelimo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>): Codeur turned hacktivist Runs Nairobi Dev School to teach free coding to Kenya youth.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_743\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-20-at-AM-06.08.48-3.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-743\" class=\"wp-image-743 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-20-at-AM-06.08.48-3.png\" alt=\"kenya martin pasquier innovation is everywhere emerging markets startups kenyan startups connectors 2014 entrepreneurs gianluca lazzolino kenya connectors\" width=\"150\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-743\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gianluca Iazzolino (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/gianlucaiazzolino\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>): Researcher at the University of Edinburgh working on Somali practices of mobile money (hawala)<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Events:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-20-at-AM-05.56.39-3.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-733 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-20-at-AM-05.56.39-3.png\" alt=\"kenya martin pasquier innovation is everywhere emerging markets startups kenyan startups connectors 2014 entrepreneurs ihub kenya connectors\" width=\"622\" height=\"227\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>iHub<\/strong>, situated in Nairobi, is the <strong>unofficial heartbeat of Kenya\u2019s startup community<\/strong>. Like many organizations in Kenya that have one eye on upgrading the living standards of the people, iHub e<strong>mphasizes the importance of building communities<\/strong> and not just businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Did we mention <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ihub.co.ke\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">membership and access to the facilities are free<\/a><\/strong>? All you are required to be is genuinely active in the startup industry. In their own words, iHub is trying to create a place where <strong>seeds are planted and are easily found by the people with money to help them grow<\/strong>. Since its founding in 2010, iHub has advanced the tech industry at a startling pace, hosting over <strong>530 events with its close to 15 000 members<\/strong>. With its philosophy of entrepreneur autonomy and \u201ctest and try\u201d culture, it has <strong>generated close to 1600 jobs<\/strong> in various budding startups. If you have one eye out on promising startups in Kenya, keep it on iHub.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-20-at-AM-05.56.54-3.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-734 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-20-at-AM-05.56.54-3.png\" alt=\"kenya martin pasquier innovation is everywhere emerging markets startups kenyan startups connectors 2014 entrepreneurs ipo48 kenya connectors\" width=\"623\" height=\"391\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>IPO48<\/strong> is a <strong>tech boot-camp<\/strong> that puts <strong>business concepts<\/strong> through a <strong>vigorous 48-hour critical stress-test<\/strong>. This competition requires each team to build a solid business idea in web or mobile innovation, though it <strong>also accepts many matured entries, some of which have been active in the market for some time<\/strong>. Judged on the strengths of their presentation, the most impressive startup <a href=\"http:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/business\/article\/2000040918\/young-kenyans-win-big-at-ipo48-tech-event\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">will go home with <strong>25 000 \u20ac (USD$ 34 000)<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For young startups, IPO48 provides <strong>mentors for participants<\/strong> and much more. With a sophisticated overview for business plans, many startups experience a plethora of benefits. IPO48 provides an easy avenue for <strong>matured insights, objective analysis and concept overhauls<\/strong> to go into the making of a final product.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connectors: Eric Hersman\/ Mbwana Alliy\/ Martin Obuya\/ Brian Muthiora\/ Pelle Braendgaard\/ Eran Feinstein\/ Njeri Chelimo\/ Gainluco Iazzolino Events: IPO 48 Organizations:\u00a0iHub Hear the words of any wizened real estate agent, \u2018Location, Location, Location\u2019. Similarly in today\u2019s world, where you are placed in the giant ecosystem of startups,\u00a0VCs and accelerators\u00a0plays a huge role in how valuable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1503,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[54,47,52,49,51],"tags":[185,197,192,211,198,78,219,103],"class_list":["post-732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-countries","category-events-innovators","category-innovators-category","category-markets-category","tag-185","tag-connectors","tag-emerging-markets","tag-entrepreneur","tag-events","tag-kenya","tag-kenya-connectors","tag-startups"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}