One of the major supporters of DEMO Africa and LIONS@frica with me in Nairobi last week was Nokia. As I took a look at just how much innovation Nokia has created, I was curious to look further into the current startup culture in its home country of Finland and see just how important high-growth entrepreneurship is to its economy.
It turns out very important. Long gone are the days where the country´s giant forest and metal companies determined the collective fate of the economy. Not only was Nokia the flagship for Finland’s IT startup boom of the late nineties but by 2000 it produced 21 percent of Finnish exports, and today serves as the core of a renewed momentum for startups in Finland.
To read the full, original article click on this link: Whats Next for Finland - Entrepreneurship.org
