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Nairobi's iHub incubator has spun out over 50 startups

Ethan Zuckerman · a16z Podcast | Technology and the Opening of Myanmar · Jan 2, 2019 · at 20:09

Ethan Zuckerman cites Nairobi's iHub as a prime example of a successful physical incubator for local tech ecosystems.

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“And that project has now spun out over 50 startups.”

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The claim, plainly

As of December 2014, Nairobi's iHub tech incubator had spun out over 50 startups.

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Assessment

Contemporaneous reporting and statements from iHub leadership verify that more than 50 startups had spun out, emerged, or launched from iHub by December 2014. In June 2014, media coverage confirmed that over 50 companies had launched from iHub since its 2010 founding. Additionally, then-CEO Josiah Mugambi stated in 2014-2015 that more than 50 startups had emerged from the hub, consistent with later academic assessments and retrospective counts documenting over 150 companies facilitated across that period.

June 2014 tech coverage reported that more than 50 companies had launched at iHub since its founding in 2010.
Statements by then-CEO Josiah Mugambi in 2014-2015 confirmed that 'more than 50 startups have emerged from iHub'.
Subsequent retrospective data and academic analyses (e.g., Øyvind Økland, 2016) corroborated that 150 to 170+ startups had launched, emerged, or received incubation support through iHub and its initiatives during 2014–2016.

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[1] a16z.com [2] cio.de [3] forbes.com [4] ihub.co.ke [5] ihub.co.ke [6] bet.com [7] face2faceafrica.com [8] scidev.net

"iHub" "companies have launched" OR "startups have launched" "iHub" "170 startups" OR "150 startups" OR "50 startups" Ethan Zuckerman iHub Nairobi 50 startups a16z podcast iHub Nairobi number of startups spun out incubated impact report 2018 2019 "iHub" "incubated" "startups" 2018 OR 2017 OR 2016 OR 2015 OR 2014

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