@All, thank you for taking the time to update the thread. I solidly believe now that the story of innovation in developing countries has become the case of the chicken and the egg. I'm not sure what message we are sending to young local innovators out there but hope they still continue to find it in themselves to overcome all the hurdles and find success. Unfortunately, this list cannot do anything about policy changes nor what affects the local innovation industry. We can only discuss and raise our points on hopefully what one day will be the inclusion of main stream innovators into public projects. Then the TEDs and all other platforms can really make sense, otherwise we may be accused of creating a negative environment for investments. I think we have pushed the discussion to a point that we all now understand what affects a system, and in future we can plan our innovations or ideas based on such analysis where the finances and room for change exist. In the meantime, the daily grind calls and bills need to be paid, so its back to the re-cycled entreprenuerships world for now.

Interesting read I saw today was the Eldoret Real Estate Plan and how banks are pushing for this. I hope banks will realize at some point that there is also Real Estate in the sea, the submarine fiber, and find ways for kenyans to own the infrastruce and capacity that could spur a capacity supply boom and bring down prices further.