This audio clip is part of the source data for the article "Becoming an African Techpreneur: geopolitics of investments in “local” Kenyan entrepreneurship" by Angela Okune and Leonida Mutuku published in the journal Engaging Science, Technology, and Society.
Angela Okune and Leonida Mutuku, 27 June 2022, "2020 Sep 22. Audio Clip on Shifting Tech Optimism in Silicon Savannah.", contributed by Leo Mutuku and Angela Okune, Engaging Science, Technology, and Society (ESTS) Journal, STS Infrastructures, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 15 January 2023, accessed 22 December 2024. https://stsinfrastructures.org/content/2020-sep-22-audio-clip-shifting-tech-optimism-silicon-savannah
Critical Commentary
This is an audio clip recorded during a Zoom call between the co-authors Angela Okune and Leonida Mutuku which took place on September 22, 2020. As part of conceptualizing their paper, the co-authors were recalling the shifting optimism about technology in Nairobi's Silicon Savannah (between 2010 - 2015).
Find the transcript of this clip here.