[kictanet] Konza, a disconnect

Mon Nov 26 21:07:00 EAT 2012

It kind of pains me to see/hear people thinking of Konza Techno City as a
"super-sized" iHub or Nailab....

Get it right folks, Konza is NOT a co-working space, nor an incubator, nor
both...It is intended as a complete city, albeit with a specific focus, or
bias towards technology.

Those of you who have followed the plans/proposals that have been expressed
through the crystallization process both via the master developer as well
as interested investors, Konza already has expressions of interest for the
development of:

   - Financial Services Cluster: similar to Nairobi's Upper Hill (which
   over the past years seems to have attracted most if not all the major
   actors in the financial services scene)
   - Research & Development Cluster
   - Information Technology Cluster
   - Several 5 Star Hotels
   - Several Universities
   - Several Hospitals
   - among others

Yes, I admit that co-working spaces and incubation will take place in/at
Konza - but these will be miniscule compared to the other
activites/infrastructure that will be based there.

Let's get it right folks - if we don't see the vision ourselves, how will
others who aren't even here with us?

Best regards,

Brian

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On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 8:26 PM, John Kieti <jkieti at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes - even highly virtual teams do need locations for servers.
>
> Perhaps even more important is knowing that you can meet all sorts of
> partners and people in one place that through serendipity or otherwise will
> contribute to growth of your tech entreprise. That's what physical hubs
> such as iHub have began to demonstrate and this will be of much benefit
> when scaled up through initiatives such as Konza City,
>
> Regards
>
> On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 5:24 PM, Mark Mwangi <mwangy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Give me a technologically superior nation with poorly developed
>> infrastructure. Its ok I will wait.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 9:24 AM, S.M. Muraya <murigi.muraya at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Konza will function as a "Data Center" City I thought?
>>>
>>> Even highly virtual teams do need locations for servers, storage... etc
>>>
>>> No?
>>>
>>> :)
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>>>
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