Kenya Tech Market Intelligence

Primary buyers:

• Foreign VCs/investors considering Kenya deals (they're the ones burning money on bad bets)

• Diaspora founders returning to Kenya (they have the blindspots your research addresses)

• International companies entering Kenya market (Microsoft, Google, etc. need local context)

Secondary buyers:

• Local founders who want to understand what foreign investors actually look for

• Development organizations (World Bank, USAID) designing programs

• Consultancies advising clients on Kenya expansion

This prompt delivers ground-truth market intelligence for investors, founders, and companies navigating Kenya's AI and tech ecosystem. Unlike policy documents filled with aspirational frameworks, this is operational intelligence: actual cost structures (transport consumes 60% of entry-level salaries), proven go-to-market channels (million-shilling businesses operate purely on Instagram/TikTok/WhatsApp), and specific failure patterns (65% of funded expat founders had zero years in-country before launch).

The research covers what works and what doesn't across agriculture, fintech, climate tech, transport, creative industries, and general digital commerce. You'll find concrete data on government programs with real budgets—Kenya's KES 152 billion AI Strategy through 2030, the 100,000 public servants receiving AI training, active funding sources like the $390M World Bank KDEAP program—alongside warnings about what kills startups, from ignoring M-Pesa integration to trying to replace informal networks like mama mbogas and boda boda logistics that consistently outperform venture-backed alternatives.

Built for foreign VCs who keep funding the wrong founders, diaspora entrepreneurs returning after years away, and international companies entering the Kenyan market. The prompt knows when to be prescriptive (agriculture has strong failure pattern data) versus cautious (education technology has government program info but no school adoption data). Responses are delivered as professional memos, not listicles—flowing prose with specific examples, clear recommendations, and zero hallucinations.