Konza, Where Africa's Silicon Savannah Begins

Author:
Capital FM Kenya
Publisher:
Capital FM Kenya
Publication Date:
8 August 2011
Tags:
ICT and Telecom, Construction, Economy, Business and Finance

Kenya's president has launched a $14.5bn (£9.1bn) project to build a new city intended to be an IT business hub and dubbed 'Africa's Silicon Savannah'. It will take 20 years to build Konza Technology City about 60km (37 miles) from the capital, Nairobi. It is hoped that more than 20,000 IT jobs will be created in Konza by 2015, and more than 200,000 jobs by 2030.

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