The Age of Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and Digital Money Are Challenging the Global Economic Order
by Paul Vigna and Michael J. Casey · 27 Jan 2015 · 457pp · 128,838 words
a wave of creativity and entrepreneurship. Nairobi has become one of Africa’s most important tech hubs, if not the biggest. It is sometimes called Silicon Savannah. The city even has its own version of 20Mission, a hacker house called iHub that’s not far from the University of Nairobi’s science
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(including a foosball table), and a coffee bar. It also has work space for the people creating things, those who are driving the growth of Silicon Savannah. The place is wired, literally and figuratively, and filled with young, energetic, bright kids. They have meetups, and “fireside” chats, and attract heavy talent: Joi
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, and what BitPesa promises, matter because they are effective tools for promoting economic activity, and thus development. This is why the stories coming out of Silicon Savannah are important—not only for Kenya but for the developing world as a whole. “There’s a much bigger story here,” Rossiello says. “We’re
Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology
by Anu Bradford · 25 Sep 2023 · 898pp · 236,779 words
” in Tel-Aviv, Israel; “Silicon Roundabout” in London, UK; “Chilecon Valley” in Santiago, Chile; “Silicon Allee” in Berlin, Germany; “Silicon Lagoon” in Lagos, Nigeria; and “Silicon Savannah” in Nairobi, Kenya. One of the earliest examples is the United Arab Emirates’ “Internet City” in Dubai, which was established around the same time as
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“Dubai has become the ‘Silicon Valley’ of the Middle East.”48 African governments have also increased their investments in the vibrant tech scene. Kenya’s “Silicon Savannah” was one of the first attempts by Africa to establish itself in the tech field, emerging between 2007 and 2010.49 The Minister of Communications
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–56 Shu Yinbiao, 305 Sichuan, China, 314 Siemens, 263, 321 Siemens/Alstom, 248 Silicon Allee (Berlin), 263 Silicon Lagoon (Lagos), 263 Silicon Roundabout (London), 263 Silicon Savannah (Nairobi), 263 Silicon Valley, 7–8, 33–35, 42, 92–93, 263, 283–84, 374 Silicon Wadi (Tel-Aviv), 263 Singapore, 266–67, 322 Singapore
Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization
by Parag Khanna · 18 Apr 2016 · 497pp · 144,283 words
. Just one fiber cable has propelled Kenya onto the digital map, with Google, IBM, MasterCard, and other companies setting up research labs in the budding “Silicon Savannah.” The landlocked countries Uganda and Zambia both got their first fiber-optic cables connected from the Indian Ocean in 2014. They are still physically landlocked
New Laws of Robotics: Defending Human Expertise in the Age of AI
by Frank Pasquale · 14 May 2020 · 1,172pp · 114,305 words
://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/news/342926/i-borrowed-150-now-i-owe-10k/. 54. Kevin P. Donovan and Emma Park, “Perpetual Debt in the Silicon Savannah,” Boston Review, September 20, 2019, at http://bostonreview.net/class-inequality-global-justice/kevin-p-donovan-emma-park-perpetual-debt
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-silicon-savannah. 55. Tressie McMillan Cottom, Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy (New York: The New Press, 2018). 56. Lauren
The Best Interface Is No Interface: The Simple Path to Brilliant Technology (Voices That Matter)
by Golden Krishna · 10 Feb 2015 · 271pp · 62,538 words
, 46. Silicon Lane, 47. Silicon Mall, 48. Silicon Mallee, 49. Silicon Mill, 50. Silicon Peninsula, 51. Silicon Pier, 52. Silicon Roundabout, 53. Silicon Sandbar, 54. Silicon Savannah, 55. Silicon Saxony, 56. Silicon Sentier, 57. Silicon Shipyard, 58. Silicon Shire, 59. Silicon Shore, 60. Silicon Sloboda, 61. Silicon Slopes, 62. Silicon Spa, 63
Frugal Innovation: How to Do Better With Less
by Jaideep Prabhu Navi Radjou · 15 Feb 2015 · 400pp · 88,647 words
a super strategic continent that is ahead of the curve. In November 2013, IBM inaugurated its first African R&D lab in Nairobi, Kenya – a Silicon Savannah – a frugal innovation hotbed that draws on mobile phone technology. Nearly 20 million Kenyans now use M-Pesa, a mobile-based money transfer service whose
The Next Factory of the World: How Chinese Investment Is Reshaping Africa
by Irene Yuan Sun · 16 Oct 2017 · 239pp · 62,311 words
grown consistently at a robust 5–6 percent a year over the past five years, and its burgeoning tech sector has earned Nairobi the moniker “Silicon Savannah.” Here, more than a few Chinese companies are attempting to innovate as well, introducing new technologies to the Kenyan market and experimenting with novel partnerships