Geospatial Technologies- Africa into The Future

  It is apparent that the Covid-19 pandemic has exposed our bareness as a country with regards to the digital divide. This is basically the gap between those who have ready access to electronic devices (including TVs, phones and computers) and internet and those who don’t. Just to highlight, school-going age group including University students are no longer able to effectively access academic content since the advent of the unprecedented online learning. On the other hand, the vast number of jobs especially start-ups have become unsustainable obviously since individuals cannot work remotely due to disparities in internet coverage characterised by high excise duty . Insightfully considering these examples, we the young people are feeling the pinch. Shouldn’t this be alarming considering the future of the country is overly pegged on what this population does today? What essentially has to be done to mop up this mess? Figure 1: There are discrepancies in internet and device coverage ...

  WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE KONZA CITY Figure 1: Visual impression of Konza City Source: https://youtu.be/2rfNxNTasPg The Konza Technopolis, named after a small town in Kenya where it is located, stretches the three Counties of Machakos, Makueni and Kajiado with an estimated area coverage of 5000 acres. Having been commenced in 2008, the implementation of the envisaged Smart City aims to fulfil the economic and social pillars of Vision 2030; a dream keen on promoting Kenya to a middle-income Country through eradication of poverty and creation of jobs. It is definitely one of a kind in Eastern and Central Africa considering it is being built from scratch through a public-private partnership. Konza is ideally situated with its proximity to transport networks like the newly-completed Standard Gauge Railway and availability of space for expansion. The optimization of the location advantage in this case certainly entailed site selection suitability analysis, taking into accoun...