Thursday 24 January 2013

"Kenya begins construction of 'silicon' city Konza"

Spotted by Joe M at the BBC:

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...

Joe draws our attention to this bit:

When the plan was announced after the last elections property prices in the area soared, reporters say.

5 comments:

Bayard said...

I'd be very unsurprised to discover that the site chosen was in the ownership of one of the president's family or friends.

Mark Wadsworth said...

B, yes, obviously.

Old BE said...

Will Serco be building and operating the Konza Light Railway?

BE

Mark Wadsworth said...

BE, nope. The contract will go to the President's son in law's railway company.

Ian Hills said...

Dig deep - more foreign aid required soon!