if you ask any Kenyan about their capital city, they will tell you it is,

"Mji ya wajanja"

Which loosely translates to a city of tricksters. To walk on these very streets I have grown to call home is to be on your toes -literally. You have to be smart to survive in Nairobi. If you drop your ball for a second, you get conned.

Perhaps that is why Nairobi has been considered the smartest city in Africa. Because the residents are always sharp. Evolution if you will.

And so for a second year in a row Nairobi has been named the smartest city in Africa.Sadly, we failed, however, to make it to the world's top seven finalists.

That said the criteria that has been used to choose the most intelligent cities according to the Intelligent Community Forum was;

"Intelligent communities" are those that have taken "conscious steps" to create an economy that can prosper in the "broadband economy." The group has recently released its latest rankings, recognizing the achievements of communities that have built inclusive, prosperous economies on a basis of information and communication technologies.

Nairobi was the only African city to appear on their shortlist of 21 hubs throughout the world for 2015.

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