How the country’s Silicon Savannah side-lines start-ups

A Student at Science and Technology Park, an Incubation Hub in the University of Nairobi. The premises is a home to students and non-students who have Technological Ideas to nurture their talents further.Since its inception in 2004, the Incubation has been vocal in advancing Technological Innovations among the youths in Kenya. PHOTO DAVID NJAAGA

Over the last decade, Nairobi has drawn praise and commendation from across the world as Africa’s technology hub, earning the country the nickname — Africa’s “Silicon Savannah”.

In the last 14 months alone, Nairobi has played host to Mark Zuckerberg, founder of world’s largest social networking site Facebook, as well as Jack Ma, founder of the world’s biggest e-commerce firm, Alibaba.