SILICON SAVANNAH AT THE CROSSROADS: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS, IDENTIFICATION STRATEGY, AND POLITICAL ECONOMY OF AI-LED DIGITAL AGGLOMERATION IN KENYA'S REGIONAL VALUE CHAINS
Kenya's 'Silicon Savannah' strategy, anchored by Konza Technopolis, the M-Pesa mobile-money ecosystem, and a fast-growing developer community, is frequently cited as a template for African digital-led structural transformation. Yet the empirical literature evaluating its micro-level productivity effects, regional trade...