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Distro - Nairobi: Africa's First City Under Camera Surveillance 

Lindokuhle Sobekwa 

In September of 2013, Nairobi's Westgate shopping mall was the scene of a terrorist attack by the Islamist group al-Shabaab, which left 67 people dead. Political leaders were then urged to implement a security system.

Since then, a contract has been signed between the Chinese company Huawei and Safaricom, Kenya's main telecommunications operator. The aim is to install cameras on Nairobi's main roads, and send the data to the national police headquarters. The city is now home to nearly 2,000 cameras.

However, these surveillance cameras are not solving the city's crime problem: since 2023, a report... 

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