<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">Hi,<br><br>We need to appreciate that Konza is not the last remaining 5,000 acres in the world and that Kenya is not the last bastion of technology.<br><br>Other African countries are not sleeping and many have Kenya in their cross hairs, see what Zambia's offering <br><br>http://www.emergingstars.com/en/business-opportunities/zm/invest-establishment-technology-parks-zambia?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New+opportunities+in+emerging+markets&utm_source=YMLP&utm_term=Image1.jpg<br><br>http://www.zda.org.zm/60-investments<br><br>http://www.zda.org.zm/91-investor-guide<br><br>Lets appreciate the fact we are not operating in a vacuum.<br><br>Regards<br><br><div><span><br></span></div><div> </div><div>Robert Yawe<br>KAY System Technologies Ltd<br>Phoenix House, 6th Floor<br>P O Box 55806 Nairobi,
00200<br>Kenya<br><br></div><div>Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696<br> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Joseph Wafula <muliaro@yahoo.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, 31 January 2013, 22:56<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kictanet] Why Konza is high on rhetoric and short on prudence<br> </font> </div> <br><div id="yiv1337733919"><div><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 rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com" target="_blank" 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;"><i>By Mr Owino is the CEO, Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA-Kenya)</i><br>Posted
Monday, January 28
2013 at
19:40
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<div class="yiv1337733919newstype">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 rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Global-giants-line-up-for-slice-of-Konza-city/-/539552/1673720/-/1549u77/-/index.html">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 rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
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 rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/b2dw6xb">http://tinyurl.com/b2dw6xb</a></b></div><br>I think its food for thought.<br><br>walu.<br> </div>
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