The bug of entrepreneurship has caught on in Kenya, and incubation centers are the next big cliche. Kenyatta University is inviting applications from interested entrepreneurs to launch their businesses. They will be provided with access to mentorship, capital, and marketing. However, Ihub still remains kenya's best known incubation center.
The center is a meeting point of geeks, ideaentrepreneurs, and thoselooking to fund promising ideas. The foudners of Ihub also have a great streak of success behind them.
For example, Eric Hersman was involved in founding Ushahidi, a disaster monitoring site that was
instrumental in the 2007/08 post election violence, and the haiti earthquake, amongst otehr disasters in the world.
Jessica Colaco is a leading technology evangelist in Kenya, and took part in the mobile boot camp in 2008. She is alsoinvolvd with Akira Chix, a platformthat helps advance diasdavatnaged women's IT skills. The social enterprise has attarcted funding, not least fromthe World bank.
Julianna Rotich a co-founder of ushahidi, has been featured in the Forbes list of top 40 women under40,and is also involved din the environmental conservation enterprise.
Tuesday 4 June 2013
Why Ihub is still Kenya's best incubation center.
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