I spent a month in Kenya meeting a lot of people in Nairobi - from aid workers in the slums to C-suites at the mega-companies. Many of my fundamental assumptions about Kenya have been shaken through the process.
On this trip, we’ve gone into each place asking why is this place the way it is? How did this place develop into a startup hub? This was the same for Nairobi - how come when the world talks about African startup scenes it’s all about Nairobi for East Africa and Lagos for West Africa? Lagos is the largest city in all of Africa with 21 million, which inevitably creates opportunities. However, Nairobi can hardly compete with just under 5 million.