Kenyan govt signs KES 17.5 bln deal to develop Konza Data Centre and smart cities project with Huawei

News Broadband Kenya 29 APR 2019
Kenyan govt signs KES 17.5 bln deal to develop Konza Data Centre and smart cities project with Huawei

The Kenyan and Chinese governments have signed a KES 17.5 billion deal to develop the Konza Data Centre and smart cities facilities project to be undertaken by Huawei. The scheme was conceived in 2017 by the ICT ministry and Huawei, and entails the development of infrastructure including the National Cloud Data Centre, Smart ICT Network, Public Safe City and Smart Traffic Solution, and Government Cloud and Enterprise Service.

The project is part of Konza Techno City, a Vision 2030 flagship project started in 2008 and aimed at developing technology-intensive and high-tech industries in ICT, biotechnology and e-commerce. Phase I of the project is estimated to create over 17,000 jobs and contribute an estimated KES 90 billion to the Kenyan economy.


 

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