bird_man wrote:selah wrote:Craft Silicon one of the biggest software companies in Kenya is relocating to Singapore after what the CEO and founder termed as harsh & unfavorable operating environment.
Quote:“The cost of doing business in Kenya is not favourable to the software industry, taxes are way above the small technology companies,” Budhabhatti said. “We have settled on Singapore for their better incentives that are pro-software developers.”
http://www.standardmedia...2000065325&pageNo=1
Damn is this for real?Any Craft Silicon insider?Though not perfect, I think this was one of the best software firms in Kenya.It is sad that such a company can relocate due to unfavorable operating environment while we are talking about Konza.
The local firms setting up at
the Sh26 billion project
include Safaricom, Wananchi
Online, Kemri, Kari, the
University of Nairobi, the
Jomo Kenyatta University of
Agriculture and Technology
and the Nairobi Hospital.
Foreign concerns include the
fast-growing Chinese Huawei
Technologies, Korea
electronics giant Samsung
and Telemac of the US.
Research In Motion (RIM) of
Canada, the makers of the
Black Berry phone, are also
interested according to
Information permanent
secretary Bitange Ndemo.
Others are Google,
Craft
Silicon, Telemax Technology Corporation of Taiwan and Shapoorji Pallonji Group
from India.
GOD BLESS YOUR LIFE