By Fiona Graham, BBC News Nairobi, August 15, 2012

The Kenyan capital is booming, with multinational after multinational moving their African headquarters here. At the heart of this lies the technology industry, growing by 20 per cent annually. The government is vigorously promoting its vision of creating a Silicon Savannah that can take on the developed world. To do this, as well as the more traditional forms of investment, human capital is needed. The population is one of the most educated in the region, unemployment is running at around 40% - yet technology companies are struggling to hire enough qualified talent. Something that could, if left unchecked, derail Kenya’s technology explosion.

In one of Nairobi’s many gated suburbs, tucked away behind a luxuriant hedge, is Computer Revolution Africa. The IT company occupies a sprawling colonial bungalow in the middle of a shady garden [....]