[kictanet] Shenzhen: The Silicon Valley of Hardware

[Jimmy Gitonga]

Thank you Grace.

This should be a nice read over the festive season.

With the best regards,
Jimmy Gitonga



> On 23 Dec 2018, at 12:00 PM, kictanet-request at lists.kictanet.or.ke wrote:
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> From: Grace Bomu <nmutungu at gmail.com <mailto:nmutungu at gmail.com>>
> To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>>
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> Every day at around 4 p.m., the creeeek criikkk of stretched packing tape
> echoes through Huaqiangbei, Shenzhen?s sprawling neighborhood of hardware
> stores. Shopkeepers package up the day?s sales?selfie sticks, fidget
> spinners, electric scooters, drones?and by 5, crowds of people are on the
> move at the rapid pace locals call Shenzhen sudu, or ?Shenzhen speed,?
> carting boxes out on motorcycles, trucks, and?if it?s a light order?zippy
> balance boards. From Huaqiangbei the boxes are brought to the depots of
> global logistics companies and loaded onto airplanes and cargo ships. In
> the latter case they join 24 million metric tons of container cargo going
> out every month from Shekou harbor?literally ?snake?s mouth,? the world?s
> third-busiest shipping port after Shanghai and Singapore.
> 
> A few days or weeks later, the boxes arrive in destinations as nearby as
> Manila and Phnom Penh and as far afield as Dubai, Buenos Aires, Lagos, and
> Berlin. They appear in the world?s largest cities and smallest villages:
> selfie sticks held up in front of Indian temples, a (rebranded) Xiaomi
> electric scooter cruising down San Francisco?s Market Street, and a DJI
> drone flying over pretty much anywhere. If your gadget says ?Made in
> China,? the chances are it came from Shenzhen.
> 
> https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612571/inside-shenzhens- <https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612571/inside-shenzhens->
> race-to-outdo-silicon-valley/
> 
> 
> -- 
> Grace Mutung'u
> Skype: gracebomu
> @Bomu

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