Establishment of smart city integrated control center using Konza data center

business overview

Country (trade office) Kenya (Nairobi)
Project name Establishment of smart city integrated control center using Konza data center
Business Category Disaster Prevention/Safety
Overseas ordering company Kenya Ministry of Finance, Kenya Konjacheong
project schedule 2021-2024
financing Grant and Grant Aid, PPP, Loan, etc.
Scale Undefined
Project period 2021-2024

Job Description

Main Content
  • Establishment of a control center for real-time traffic and crime prevention in Konza Technopolis, establishment of plans to introduce urban administrative automation technology, etc.
    * The integrated control center is a data hub that detects, analyzes and controls various information such as traffic, images, and facilities in the city in real time.
    Core infrastructure for smart city operation
    – Wi-Fi management, parking management, environmental monitoring
    – Public safety, disaster management, digital signage management
    – Collect and process related data through data science, statistical analysis, AI, etc.
    – Implementation plan of integrated management system based on ICT
Reason for selection
  • Laying the foundation for the overseas advancement of the Korean smart city model
  • Diversification of overseas project orders into new African markets
  • Support for revitalization of overseas orders focusing on innovative growth engines

entry plan

opportunity factor
  • Existing Kenya Digital Media City KSP business connection experience
  • Experienced in winning orders to establish Kenya Institute of Science and Technology in Konza Technopolis
  • A national project of the country with the greatest ICT growth potential in East Africa
Threats
  • Funding and lobbying ability of foreign project competitors such as China
  • Business may be postponed due to the corona situation
  • Smart city master plan can be implemented after pre-implementation
local collaboration
possible company
  • Safaricom(https://www.safaricom.co.ke/personal/), mobile telecommunication companies, etc.
  • Huawei supports and completes Kenya data center
Other notes
  • Linking orders through active participation in building soft infrastructure
  • Preemption of technologies in areas of interest to the Kenyan government, such as public safety and disaster management
  • Establishment of strategy to advance in connection with the use of completed data centers