2019
DOI: 10.1002/tie.22094
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Building service businesses in Africa: Introducing the business builder model

Abstract: The success of Silicon Valley has served as a driving force for entrepreneurs and investors worldwide. Many have attempted to create their own version in developing markets by setting up Silicon Valley-style tech incubators. In recent years, Africa has seen an influx of these start-up incubators, which has resulted in an emergence of major tech hubs in different parts of the continent. These areas have taken on names synonymous with the booming tech industry: Cape Town in South Africa is known as the Silicon C… Show more

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“…Sub‐Saharan Africa is at a key inflection point: various governments are using different strategies and incentives to increase their business attractiveness and become more business friendly (Babarinde, 2009). As such, major technology hubs have emerged in different parts of Africa, including Silicon Cape in South Africa and Silicon Savannah in Kenya (Aksoy et al, 2020). However, despite the rapid growth in product innovation and availability of a wide range of branded products and income growth, the high incidence of product innovation failure remains a key barrier to product innovation progress in emerging markets such as Africa (e.g., Wu, Wan, & Levinthal, 2014).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Sub‐Saharan Africa is at a key inflection point: various governments are using different strategies and incentives to increase their business attractiveness and become more business friendly (Babarinde, 2009). As such, major technology hubs have emerged in different parts of Africa, including Silicon Cape in South Africa and Silicon Savannah in Kenya (Aksoy et al, 2020). However, despite the rapid growth in product innovation and availability of a wide range of branded products and income growth, the high incidence of product innovation failure remains a key barrier to product innovation progress in emerging markets such as Africa (e.g., Wu, Wan, & Levinthal, 2014).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%