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 <muliaro@yahoo.com>
To: robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
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

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On Jan 30, 2013, at 9:48 AM, Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com> 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.

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