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Google Setting Up a Presence In Kenya

Posted by kdawson on from the out-of-the-comfort-zone dept.

Reader wana forwards the news that Google is establishing a base in Sub-Saharan Africa. What advanced infrastructure exists on the African continent is mostly in South Africa, and a blogger from there speculates on what Google might have been thinking in choosing Kenya over SA.

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  1. Here's the deal. by Frosty+Piss · · Score: 0, Troll

    Here's the deal. Indians and Chinese will soon cost as much as Americans. Google is, contrary to what most Slashdot's with their rose colored glasses think, a BIG HUGE MEGA CORPORATION.

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  2. Re:How will they power this? by timmarhy · · Score: 0, Troll

    americans... duh they can build a power plant? where do you think think your power comes from now? the hot air eminating out of bush?

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  3. Re:Why not Kenya? by fishbowl · · Score: 0, Troll

    >all homes in Karen and Langata (the rich suburbs of Nairobi) are small fortresses, with alarms, barbed wire, fences
    >and dogs.

    Like Cincinnati!

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  4. More like Snoreway! by MS-06FZ · · Score: 0, Troll

    Main Export: Tree

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