From CCTV to forensic labs,tech entrepreneurs are racing to solve the country’s security crisis – and there’s a lot of money to be madeIn recent years, two contradictory narratives have emerged approximately Kenya. There is one that sees the east African country as a land of immense progress and promise. It is, or some commentators have said,the “new front door” of Africa’s economy with a young, well-educated population and a growing middle lesson, or coveted by a succession of global retailers. Its economy is based not just on commodities and agriculture but on a service industry with a well-developed human resource base and an increasingly essential IT sector that has earned the country the label Africa’s Silicon Savanna. Related: Scores dead in al-Shabaab university attack in Kenya Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com