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		<title>Winners of Pivot25 Announced!</title>
		<link>http://www.ihub.co.ke/blog/2011/06/winners-of-pivot25-announced/</link>
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		<author>Hilda Moraa</author>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hilda Moraa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The crowd waited with much anticipation last night (June 15, 2011) as evening fell on the successful completion of the two-day “conf-etition” at Ole Sereni Hotel (Nairobi Kenya). Their patience was rewarded when the winners of Pivot25 2011 were announced with great fanfare. Winners of each category received 5,000 USD, a Nokia N8 phone, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pivot25 Day 2 Fireside Chat on the State of Venture Capital and the African Startup</title>
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		<author>Hilda Moraa</author>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 08:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hilda Moraa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pivot25 Day 2 Fireside Chat on the State of Venture Capital and the African Startup Paul Kukubo CEO, Kenya ICT Board Richard Bell CEO, Mwananchi Group Christine Kapkusum-Mbae, Acumen Fund Health and Nutrition Portfolio John Waibochi CEO, Virtual City Richard Bell Q: Why is it so hard to fund start-ups? A: There are currently huge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pivot25 Day 2 Presentation by Ken Mwenda of eMobilis</title>
		<link>http://www.ihub.co.ke/blog/2011/06/pivot25-day-2-presentation-by-ken-mwenda-of-emobilis/</link>
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		<author>Hilda Moraa</author>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hilda Moraa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[eMobilis is a mobile dedicated training institution that formed two years ago. eMobilis has a focus on mobile network infrastructure and mobile application software development. eMobilis is focus on entrepreneurship and has enrolled 300 students as well as IT managers. ]]></description>
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		<title>Google Presentation by Dennis Gikunda, Senior Program Manager for Google, Sub-Saharan Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.ihub.co.ke/blog/2011/06/google-presentation-by-dennis-kikunda-senior-program-manager-for-google-sub-saharan-africa/</link>
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		<author>Hilda Moraa</author>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hilda Moraa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a growing middle class in Africa, which means increasingly Africa is becoming a very important market to look at. It is also a very diverse market and to come up with proper products, Google must look at things through the lens of clients.]]></description>
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		<title>Pivot25 Day 2 Samsung presentation by Robert Ngeru, Commerial Director East and Central Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.ihub.co.ke/blog/2011/06/pivot25-day-2-samsung-presentation-by-robert-ngeru-commerial-director-east-and-central-africa/</link>
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		<author>Hilda Moraa</author>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hilda Moraa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the second day of Pivot25, Robert Ngeru, Commercial Director of East and Central Africa, briefly presented the latest news from Samsung including its current largest project, "Samsung Chat," a free Samsung-to-Samsung device chat service. Samsung focuses on creating solutions for the societies we live in, with a “Build for Africa” theme. The company is supporting many initiatives with local drive and different strategies and is also a big supporter of m:Lab and other local universities.]]></description>
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		<title>Pivot25 Fireside Chat on the Role of Government in ICT and Private Stakeholder Participation</title>
		<link>http://www.ihub.co.ke/blog/2011/06/pivot25-fireside-chat-on-the-role-of-government-in-ict-and-private-stakeholder-participation/</link>
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		<author>Hilda Moraa</author>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:59:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hilda Moraa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four entrepreneurs joined for a fireside chat on the role of Government and Private stakeholders in ICT. The discussion included issues of interoperability, regulations (or lack of) by Telkom, and measures to support the next generation of technoprenuers.]]></description>
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		<title>Fireside Chat on Women in ICT by Women in ICT</title>
		<link>http://www.ihub.co.ke/blog/2011/06/fireside-chat-on-women-in-ict-by-women-in-ict/</link>
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		<author>Hilda Moraa</author>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hilda Moraa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tech is a space where there tends to be fewer women, all around the globe. This may be because it is a relatively new industry. However, there appears to be a growing interest in ICT by women. There are also other roles within the industry that are not necessarily related to the coding/programming side (i.e. business, marketing, etc.) A big factor of success is the business acumen that will allow you to interact within the technology space.]]></description>
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		<title>Kamai Budhabhatti, CEO of Craft Silicon presents a new product, Elma</title>
		<link>http://www.ihub.co.ke/blog/2011/06/kamai-budhabhatti-ceo-of-craft-silicon-presents-a-new-product-elma/</link>
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		<author>Hilda Moraa</author>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hilda Moraa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Craft Silicon is a Kenyan banking software company that exports software to about 40 countries. Craft Silicon, since its inception in 1998, stayed ahead of the ever-changing times, with its core expertise in the domain of providing customized software solutions for the financial sector. Today, about 80% of Kenyan software exports come from Craft Silicon. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nokia Presentation by Kenneth Oyolla GM, Nokia East and Southern Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.ihub.co.ke/blog/2011/06/nokia-presentation-by-kenneth-oyolla-gm-nokia-east-and-southern-africa/</link>
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		<author>Hilda Moraa</author>
		<comments>http://www.ihub.co.ke/blog/2011/06/nokia-presentation-by-kenneth-oyolla-gm-nokia-east-and-southern-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hilda Moraa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nokia&#8217;s GM for East and Southern Africa, Kennedy Oyolla, spoke on Day 1 of Pivot25 about the role of Nokia in developing the mobile space in the region. Nokia is glad to be part of the innovation eco-system and connecting people from the furthest parts of the world. Africa is showing tremendous growth in terms [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fireside Chat with Equity Bank CEO &amp; MD, Dr. James Mwangi</title>
		<link>http://www.ihub.co.ke/blog/2011/06/fireside-chat-with-equity-bank-ceo-md-dr-james-mwangi/</link>
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		<author>Hilda Moraa</author>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hilda Moraa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Opening the Pivot25 event with a fireside chat, CEO &#38; MD of Equity Bank, Dr. James Mwangi spoke to the Pivot25 audience about Equity Bank and his opinion of the future of the Mobile Money sector. Q: What is your take on innovation in the Kenya Vision 2030? I am an innovator and believe innovation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More on PIVOT25 Competition Finalists</title>
		<link>http://www.ihub.co.ke/blog/2011/05/more-on-25-finalists-in-the-pivot25-competition/</link>
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		<author>John Kieti</author>
		<comments>http://www.ihub.co.ke/blog/2011/05/more-on-25-finalists-in-the-pivot25-competition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 17:16:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Kieti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A week ago we announced names of 25 finalists for PIVOT25. The finalists are now preparing to pitch their mobile applications at the conference in June 14th and 15th. Among the finalist are 2 entries from Rwanda, 1 from Uganda and 1 from Tanzania. More information about the finalist applications is availed below. Applications in [...]]]></description>
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