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I always ask the question: As more Africans are going online, are they finding content that is meaningful and relevant to them, or are they just consuming from everywhere else. As Africans, we have the capacity to generate our own content.

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At any one particular time, there is something in my life that is suffering as a result of my many responsibilities; most of the time, it's me.

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If I were to have an epitaph, I'd want it to read, 'She did stuff.'

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I'm concerned about what I see is the fetishization around entrepreneurship in Africa. It's almost like it's the next new liberal thing. Like, 'Don't worry that there's no power because, hey, you're going to do solar and innovate around that.'

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We can't entrepreneur our way around bad leadership. We can't entrepreneur our way around bad policies. Those of us who have managed to entrepreneur ourselves out of it are living in a very false security in Africa.

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I always tell people that I am most proud of the fact that the Ushahidi story has provided an inspiration to other techies in Kenya and Africa as an example of the kind of talent the continent holds.

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I wish I had not believed that my work would speak for itself; the working world requires a bit more than that.

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Life is too short to play-act if you don't have to.

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The idea that either individuals or organisations are 'too big to fail' or that the tech and start-up sector is somehow different is wrong.

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In Kenya particularly, we have a lot to say - we're sort of obsessed with politics. We have three nightly news broadcasts, predominantly bad politics.

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Biography

Nationality: Kenyan

Type: Activist

Born: Unknown

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