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Response to “How to Think about Consumer Innovation in Africa”

By Niti Bhan | Published: November 29, 2020

Encouragement from my Nigerian tweeps to go ahead and write a rebuttal to a recent article in TechCabal shared on Twitter yesterday has led to this post. Given that my doctoral dissertation is based on my past decade of work in innovation & design planning for the vast majority of the population that comprises the […]

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New Market Analysis: It all boils down to Interpretation

By Niti Bhan | Published: September 13, 2014

This isn’t a new diagram for anyone familiar with my writing. Its a diagram I’ve been using to explain where my work fits into the innovation development process since I first saw it on Luke Wroblewski’s blog back in 2006. However, I’ve just been struck forcibly by the realization that there’s a very important piece […]

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Systems thinking and the mobile platform for economic impact and wealth creation

By Niti Bhan | Published: March 20, 2013

I have been meaning to write this post for quite some time now, percolating as it has in the back of my mind but it was Mark Kaigwa who finally spurred this writing. This is not all about MPesa, though it will take a look at some of the issues why its runaway success in […]

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Phase zero

By Niti Bhan | Published: February 4, 2013

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Design for the next billion 2012: What’s missing?

By Niti Bhan | Published: May 24, 2012

An upcoming project’s requirements led to the realization that there is a huge gap in design for the next billion (and more). The subsequent domino effect has left a lack in tools, methods, frameworks and thus, disciplines themselves, from the perspective of addressing the challenge of serving the bottom of the pyramid (BoP) population segment. […]

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