i think in kenya the human capital is readily there...about the quality and content of knowledge and skills in regard to technology is another issue all together..... there are so many IT specialists in Kenya who are tarmacking at the moment....

When you look at the silicon valley you will realize that the firms that were hatched there utilised cheap labour i.e interns from the university.

How will Konza attract this cheap labour for start ups..the design alone looks very expensive and the city itself is very far from any university..unless we assume campuses will be constructed.

Alot of land being bought in Kitengela/ Konza area by universities. Including established ones such as UON. Am assuming the area will also be an education hub

@selah - if I may attempt to shed light:

1 - Konza is really a "real estate" opportunity - the govt will provide land FOC, a developer will come and build the facility and a few years later, they will recoup their money as landlords to big ICT firms who elect to set up base at Konza (to support their products, manufacture, etc etc). Konza will be cheaper for such vendors than a similar facility in Dubai, Cairo, Joburg)

2 - Such a facility will enable greater technology transfer

3 - Employment

4 - A knock on effect for infrastructure

5 - Kenya will become as much an an ICT hub for Eastern Africa as Joburg/Dubai has been for Africa.

Lets not shoot this down. if someone told you six years ago we'd have a maze of multi lane highways - that Globe Roundabout would be no more - that museaum roundabout would be no more - would you have believed it?

Believe this. And presently we have the right people at the ministry who can help drive this into reality... they landed the first submarine cable to East Africa - why not Konza?

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@selah - if I may attempt to shed light:

1 - Konza is really a "real estate" opportunity - the govt will provide land FOC, a developer will come and build the facility and a few years later, they will recoup their money as landlords to big ICT firms who elect to set up base at Konza (to support their products, manufacture, etc etc). Konza will be cheaper for such vendors than a similar facility in Dubai, Cairo, Joburg)

This also my understanding.What I fail to get is why this project is being given a lot of publicity in Kenya.I would have expected this publicity to be made elsewhere like CNN,ALjazzira etc so as get the attention of serious potential investors