Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Tech boom in Kenya: Africa's Silicon Savannah

App developers at work in Nairobi, Kenya. PHOTO/File

Kenya’s fast-growing tech sector, dubbed the Silicon Savannah, already accounts for 5 percent of the country’s gross domestic product. The Kenyan government intends to boost that share to 35 percent. Its technology exports have soared from US$16 million to US$360 million in the past decade. Much of these exports are born in tech hubs and incubators such as the iHub – one of six such hubs in Kenya and more than 50 that now exist

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