{"id":295,"date":"2022-12-11T05:33:17","date_gmt":"2022-12-11T09:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/eric\/?p=295"},"modified":"2022-12-11T05:33:49","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T09:33:49","slug":"photography-of-silicon-savannah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/eric\/2022\/12\/11\/photography-of-silicon-savannah\/","title":{"rendered":"Photography of Silicon Savannah"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kenya has transformed itself from a leading tourist destination to an innovation hub resulting in an entrepreneurial tech revolution and earning the name “Silicon Savannah\u201d. I hosted leading photographer, Lou Jones<\/a> in Kenya to capture incredible images that depict this transition as part of the panAFRICAproject<\/a>. The project’s mission is to create a contemporary, visual portrait of modern Africa one country at a time.<\/p>\n

Kenya leads the KINGS (Kenya, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa) of Africa\u2019s digital economy. Africa\u2019s emerging digital economy is changing the continent\u2019s narrative. This photography focuses on the key sectors of Silicon Savannah\u2019s digital economy in partnership with Tripesa<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Nairobi National Park – Savannah in the City<\/strong>
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\nNairobi national park with the city in the background<\/p>\n

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\n<\/em>The vibrant city of Nairobi<\/p>\n

Silicon in the Savannah – Technological Developments <\/strong>
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\n<\/em>Women in Engineering <\/p>\n

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\n<\/em>Surface Mount Technology<\/p>\n

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\n<\/em>Circuit Board Engineers<\/p>\n

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\n<\/em>Circuit Board Designers<\/p>\n

Silicon in the Savannah – Entrepreneurship<\/strong>
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\n<\/em>Talking Business<\/p>\n

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\n<\/em>Collaboration <\/p>\n

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\n<\/em>Creative Hub <\/p>\n

Silicon in the Savannah – Artist<\/strong>
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\n<\/em>Painting <\/p>\n

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\n<\/em>Live music<\/p>\n

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\n<\/em>Dj<\/p>\n

Silicon in the Savannah – Industries<\/strong>
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\n<\/em>Solar – Source of Energy<\/p>\n

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\n<\/em> Tea Factory<\/p>\n

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\n<\/em>Healthcare<\/p>\n

Silicon in the Savannah – Media<\/strong>
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\n<\/em>Interview <\/p>\n

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\n<\/em>Editing<\/p>\n

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Kenya has transformed itself from a leading tourist destination to an innovation hub resulting in an entrepreneurial tech revolution and earning the name “Silicon Savannah\u201d. I hosted leading photographer, Lou Jones in Kenya to capture incredible images that depict this transition as part of the panAFRICAproject. The project’s mission is to create a contemporary, visual […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":514,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1657,114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogroll","category-personal"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/eric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/eric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/eric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/eric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/514"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/eric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/eric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":296,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/eric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295\/revisions\/296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/eric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/eric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/eric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}