The death of KOKO Networks: a post-mortem of a biofuel startup and the rise of carbon economies in Africa (opens in new tab)

What does the much-publicised rise and sudden death of a firm that boasted friends in Silicon Valley and Washington DC tell us about the climate crisis, structural underdevelopment in Africa and the frugal innovations designed to mitigate it? The closure of Koko Networks at the beginning of February elicited an interesting range of reactions in the country. Some cast suspicion on the Kenyan government, claiming that the company was denied the letter of authorisation (LoA) because it refused t...