Microsoft’s reported plans to close its Nairobi engineering operations have raised fresh questions about Kenya’s Silicon Savannah ambitions. As engineers face uncertainty and AI reshapes software development, local technology leaders argue that African businesses must build the capacity to retain talent and compete globally.
For nearly a decade, rapid, venture-fuelled organic expansion defined the growth playbook for African tech. Startups had abundant zero-interest capital. As a result, they built single-product rails, subsidised consumer adoption, and pursued aggressive growth at all costs. That era is over. Venture capital is far from reaching the heights of 2020 to 2022, and regulators […]
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