Last Updated 13 years ago by Kenya Engineer
It’s good riddance to traffic chaos in Nairobi or it will be eventually thanks to International Business Machines (IBM) newly opened Innovation Center in Kenya. The hub has been set up to create Smart cities and Nairobi happens to be in the list. The hub, which is the third in Africa after Morocco and South Africa, will allow software developers to test their new applications, network with peers around the world and link innovations with businesses that need the technology. IBM states that the goal of the Innovation Center is to nurture and grow regional IT innovation, help startups and business IT solutions get to the market faster. It is focused on solutions that use analytics, mobile and cloud technologies to solve key local and global challenges such as traffic congestion and better energy management. Traffic jams which cost the country an estimated Sh50 million everyday will be history. The IBM hub will support and develop an ecosystem of IT Professionals in Kenya targeting Academia, IT Companies, Entrepreneurs and Venture Capitalists & Incubators. With regards to academia, IBM in January partnered with three Universities in Kenya: Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), Riara University and Strathmore University. The agreement presented came with benefits such as: students having access to IBM experts and real-world case studies from a range of industries; the faculty having a no-charge access to an extensive library of IT curricula for computer science, business and other degree programs and be able to participate in ongoing training opportunities. The setting up of the regional innovation hub comes barely nine months after IBM opened its sole African research lab in Nairobi in August last year.
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