SAFARI CENTRAL
The site of modern Nairobi was a watering hole for Maasai pastoralists until 1899, when British engineers building a railway from Mombassa to Uganda chose it as a supply depot. Nairobi's relatively cool climate and abundant game made it a favorite of hunters and British travelers. The settlement became a colonial capital and the manufacturing and commercial center of East Africa. After independence in 1963, the city served as a headquarters for the safari trade and for scientists seeking fossil evidence of early man.
ECONOMYFood and beverage processing, textiles, construction materials, tourism, finance, information and communication technology, glass manufacturing.Text source:
National Geographic Atlas of the World, Eighth Edition, 2004
