Africa Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Aubrey Hruby cowrites for Tech Crunch on Africa’s growing technology movement:

Tech will be on President Obama’s agenda as he hosts the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Kenya, taking along internet pioneer Steve Case and Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky.

Nascent as it may be, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) does have a promising tech sector — a growing patchwork of entrepreneurs, startups, and innovation centers coalescing country to country.

Kenya is now a recognized IT hub. Facebook recently expanded on the continent. And Silicon Valley VC is funneling into ventures from South Africa to Nigeria.

These pieces are coming together as Africa’s budding tech culture and ecosystem emerge.

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