"Kenya begins construction of 'silicon' city Konza"

Spotted by Joe M at the BBC:

Kenya's president has launched a $14.5bn (£9.1bn) project to build a new city intended to be an IT business hub and dubbed "Africa's Silicon Savannah". It will take 20 years to build Konza Technology City about 60km (37 miles) from the capital, Nairobi...

Joe draws our attention to this bit:

When the plan was announced after the last elections property prices in the area soared, reporters say.