Where are our activist policy makers?

It was to take on Bangalore - the centre of India’s high-tech industry - and America’s Silicon Valley.

The concept of smart cities is meant to re-shape urbanisation and development goals, and it’s seen as a solution to rapid urbanisation.

Census data busts Kenya’s Silicon Savannah hype

Jubilee administration has supported entrepreneurship, especially for women, who were left behind as the hi-tech revolution swept the through country.

Investors have shifted attention from ‘Silicon Savannah’ to other countries such as Rwanda.

Konza’s dream is to become a top business process outsourcing hub by 2030, with on-site universities training locals on tech-savvy skills.

Employees in the lenders’ subsidiaries declined from 6,223 in 2016 to 6,106 as financial institutions reviewed business models

The hype of Nairobi becoming a Silicon Savannah gave a lot of hope that Kenya will transition to a knowledge-based economy.

From an era of fixed telephone lines and satellite technology, Kenyan Internet users found themselves in the middle of the third digital revolution—leading the world by far in adoption of mobile connectivity.

The Government has been urged to cast its net wider in the search for strategic investors for the Sh1.48 trillion Konza City project.

In 2013, President Mwai Kibaki launched the Sh1.48 trillion project to build an IT business hub city dubbed “Africa’s Silicon Savannah”, lifting the mood of the nation.

As the innovation ecosystem in ‘Africa’s Silicon Savannah’ grows, each of us needs to take a step back and consider our role within the community.