Very true msotoville! You would be shocked to know that most of these ideas were actually conceived at the Micro & Small Enterprise level.

The most disappointing thing in Kenya is that companies are not willing to give extremely bright employees space and resources to innovate. Many of the world's most successful brands have come from internal innovation that has been supported from within! Simple examples from Kenya that have become cash cows include M-kesho (developed by an Equity employee), Alvaro, Equity's Mimi ni member campaign (idea came from a manager at Equity) among others!

If only employees can be given management support and resources coupled with incentives to innovate business procedures and products, we can see a revolution in this country. The inventions I used to see at the usual annual science congress (I wonder whether it still exists) were dumbfounding! I believe that creative genius can be nurtured and exploited!