President Uhuru Kenyatta has commissioned two key projects at the Konza Technopolis. The Head of State who was on an inspection tour of infrastructure projects implemented by the Government and partners at the technopolis inaugurated an eight-storey headquarters of Konza Technopolis Development Authority (KoTDA) and the National Data Centre located at the Technopolis.
“Our quest is to be a technology disrupter, M-Pesa set the pace; may the centre that we commission today be an incubator for the next big-global technology disruption. Right here, made in Kenya for the World,” Uhuru said.
The Technopolis is situated a 5,000 acre piece of land 60km from the country’s capital city of Nairobi. Once operational, the city will be able to attract software developers, university campuses focused on research and technology, hospitals, schools, high speed mass transport system, a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) park among other world class amenities. It is also meant to put Kenya on the global spotlight as Africa’s premiere techno hub. This will also unlock the unemployment gridlock in the country.
Global hub for science, technology and innovation
The data centre is hoped to provide reliable infrastructure and business-friendly services through a superior ICT backbone. The President also announced that he will soon preside over the ground breaking for the construction of Africa’s most modern science and Technology University.
“Upon completion of the project in the next few years, Kenya’s position as a global hub for science, technology and innovation will be entrenched further. We have the chance, right now, in the global race to create high-tech jobs in the digital space,” said Kenyatta.
“The challenge to each one of us is to continue doing our very best to bring Kenya’s great destiny into reality. This requires that we come together as one nation and one people, putting aside partisan interests and divides by building bridges between our communities,” he added.
