<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Dear All,</div><div><br></div><div>IBM is out to make Konza Tech City a reality through support of ICT human capacity building in cutting age technologies. See press release</div><div><br></div><div> xhttp://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/40255.wss</div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div><br></div><div>Dr Wafula<br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Jan 30, 2013, at 9:48 AM, Walubengo J <<a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com">jwalu@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>@ Yawe,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div>I discovered your critical soul mate below:<br><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><em>By Mr Owino is the CEO, Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA-Kenya)</em><br>Posted
Monday, January 28
2013 at
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<div class="newstype">In Summary</div>
<div><ul><li>Tech city will cost over $8.5bn and create 200,000 jobs: is this reasonable spending relative to alternatives? </li></ul></div></div><div><div>Two days ago, the leading news item in the print and electronic media was the formal <a href="http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Global-giants-line-up-for-slice-of-Konza-city/-/539552/1673720/-/1549u77/-/index.html" target="_blank">launch of the Konza Technology City</a> by President Kibaki. </div></div>
<div><div>To many, it was the beginning of the quest to
establish the equivalent of Silicon Valley, hence the name Africa’s
Silicon Savannah. </div></div><br> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>read on @<br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion---Analysis/Why-Konza-is-high-on-rhetoric-and-short-on-prudence/-/539548/1677948/-/item/0/-/hxdx7d/-/index.html">http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion---Analysis/Why-Konza-is-high-on-rhetoric-and-short-on-prudence/-/539548/1677948/-/item/0/-/hxdx7d/-/index.html</a></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">or shorter link</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/b2dw6xb">http://tinyurl.com/b2dw6xb</a></b></div><br>I think its food for thought.<br><br>walu.<br> </div> </div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>kictanet mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a></span><br><span><a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/muliaro%40yahoo.com"><a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/muliaro%40yahoo.com">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/muliaro%40yahoo.com</a></a></span><br><span></span><br><span>The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.</span><br><span></span><br><span>KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.</span></div></blockquote></body></html>