[kictanet] Telecom firms and banks lead race for Konza

IN SUMMARYThe real estate, telecoms and financial services sectors alone represent about 38.2 per cent of the 303 formal requests so far made to the Konza Technopolis Development Authority (KOTDA) for inclusion in the initial phase of the project.Kenyan investors are poised to be the key drivers of the Konza project with 81 per cent of the enquiries so far registered with the authority.Phase 1 of the Konza project covers a 400-acre portion of the 5,000 acres site off the Nairobi-Mombasa highway which has been earmarked for construction of residential houses and related amenities such as cultural centres, parks and a university complex. http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/-/539550/1727112/-/item/0/...