story story!! Story!!. What kind boom? Booming without infrastructures? Booming without amenities? Booming without security? Booming without housing? Booming without jobs? Booming without healthcare? Booming without education? Booming with slums? Booming without transport? Go to Nairobi and see what is happening there! Go to Konza City in Nairobi and see the birth of the so called Silicon Savannah. Go to Nairobi and see how indigenous ICT companies are springing up like grasses. Go to Nairobi and see how rail lines and road will link South-Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya thereby integrating trade and enhancing the Nairobian economy. Go to Nairobi and see the level and quality of education. Go to Nairobi and see IT and Business Processes being outsourced from other parts of the World to Nairobi. Go to Nairobi and see how it has become the number 1 IT outsourcing destination in Africa and gradually emerging as one of leading IT destinations in the World in the order of India. Go to Nairobi and see how broadband and optic fiber have connected city together and to the global information superhighway. Go to Nairobi and see the level internet penetration. Go to Nairobi and see the job growth. Go to Nairobi and see the living standard. Go to Nairobi and see the minimum wage (even by law/regulation, there is a minimum wage for housekeepers and drivers which must be complied with). Go to Nairobi and see how multinationals (like CISCO, Google, Microsoft, IBM etc) are pitching their tents there not necessary because of its geographical location but because of the IT infrastructures, availability of skilled manpower, security and conducive business environment. Some of them are even building labs, first of its kind, there. Propaganda or re-branding can never replace reality. It is but delusion.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:50:13 +0000
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