When Kenyan authorities mooted a scheme to position the country as a first among equals in technological inventions more than a decade and a half ago and coined the phrase ‘Silicon Savannah’, the grand plan offered the promise of a new dawn that could have highly impactful economic upshots.
If all went according to plan, the resulting innovation ecosystem was touted to mirror America’s Silicon Valley or Bangalore which is the centre of India’s high-tech industry.
