Hi, We need to appreciate that Konza is not the last remaining 5,000 acres in the world and that Kenya is not the last bastion of technology. Other African countries are not sleeping and many have Kenya in their cross hairs, see what Zambia's offering http://www.emergingstars.com/en/business-opportunities/zm/invest-establishment-technology-parks-zambia?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New+opportunities+in+emerging+markets&utm_source=YMLP&utm_term=Image1.jpg http://www.zda.org.zm/60-investments http://www.zda.org.zm/91-investor-guide Lets appreciate the fact we are not operating in a vacuum. Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 ________________________________ From: Joseph Wafula <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, 31 January 2013, 22:56 Subject: Re: [kictanet] Why Konza is high on rhetoric and short on prudence Dear All, IBM is out to make Konza Tech City a reality through support of ICT human capacity building in cutting age technologies. See press release xhttp://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/40255.wss Regards Dr Wafula Sent from my iPad On Jan 30, 2013, at 9:48 AM, Walubengo J <[email protected]> wrote: @ Yawe,
I discovered your critical soul mate below:
By Mr Owino is the CEO, Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA-Kenya) Posted
Monday, January 28 2013 at 19:40
In Summary * Tech city will cost over $8.5bn and create 200,000 jobs: is this reasonable spending relative to alternatives? Two days ago, the leading news item in the print and electronic media was the formal launch of the Konza Technology City by President Kibaki. To many, it was the beginning of the quest to establish the equivalent of Silicon Valley, hence the name Africa’s Silicon Savannah.
read on @
http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion---Analysis/Why-Konza-is-high-on-r...
or shorter link http://tinyurl.com/b2dw6xb I think its food for thought.
walu.
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