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Kenyans tend to be a very optimistic lot. This was probably most evident after the 2002 election when we were widely regarded as the “most optimistic citizens” in the world. This sense of expectancy is here again, and this time it’s around the arrival of terrestrial fiber optic cables to the country.

And with good reason because there are at least three undersea fiber projects are at various stages of development, with (a) the SEACOM project with a 1.28Tbps capacity being first-to-market, then (b) TEAMS to follow in a few short weeks with initial capacity of 120Gbps, upgradeable up to 1.2Tbps in the future, and finally (c) EASSy with a 30Gbps capacity initially and up to 320Gbps in the future.

The capacity on offer here is no joke. Continue reading

Lately, I’ve been mulling over this thought: what does it take to create a technology hub?

I’m almost certain Paul Kukubo has been onto this too for longer than I have, since the ICT Board‘s vision is that Kenya becomes a top 10 global technology hub. Nairobi being Kenya’s, and arguably the region’s, technology epicenter, does it have what it takes? Continue reading

Yes, they do, within the context of respective online presence, at the very least:

Note that it was in June ’08 that Nation moved their content from www.nationmedia.com (now the host of their corporate brands) to www.nation.co.ke.

So why is the Daily Nation (DN) the more popular site?

Let me count the ways: Continue reading