Startup guide Nairobi

There are many reasons why Nairobi has earned the title ofSilicon Savannah. Kenya’s capital is home to one of Africa’s most mature startupecosystems, globally recognized as major tech capital worth $1 billion and aleader in mobile technology. Nairobi boasts a strong private sector, healthyinfusions of outside investment and lots of governmental support. Over the pastdecade or so, local entrepreneurs, university students and government entitieshave committed to creating an ecosystem where now more than 200 startups thrive,focusing on fields such as payments, logistics, e-commerce, health andblockchain. The city is also a recognized hub for impact innovation, withinitiatives such as NaiLab, which incubates startups working in emergingmarkets, BRCK, which uses solar routers and tablets to connect off-the-gridschools to the internet, and AB3D, which makes artificial limb 3D printers outof electronic waste.