October 2006 - KICTANet

Re: [Kictanet] Re: India's Weaknesses
by Eric Osiakwan 11 Nov '06

11 Nov '06

Please permit me to send through Prof. Wilson's response since he is not on the list but he gives some insighful directions to the discussion. Point of correction, i meant "Quad" not "Squad". ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Ernest Wilson" <ewilson(a)cidcm.umd.edu> Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 15:59:15 -0400 >Eric- > >Excellent idea! > >There is an initiative with the World Bank Institute, led by their VP Frannie Leautier (a Tanzanian), and the Mandela Foundation to launch a series of Sci & Tech institutes in Africa. They've been fund raising etc etc. Might be worth refering to that. > >But it isnt clear that the WBI initiative has really seized the necessity of co-locating good firms and good universities and good govt support together. I think the first project for a 'ctr of excellence' is in Arusha. The indian IIT's are also involved in that project. > >Close cooperation across govt-pri-research-ngo is certainly much of the reasons for success, as you know, in Silicon Valley, plus Cambridge, Beijing, Sao Paulo, and of course Bangalore. (SEE new study by Harry Broadman "The New Silk Road: Chinese and Indian Initiatives in Africa", available on line thru the World Bank, where HB works.) > >Now it's Africa's turn to accelerate cross sector partnerships, and start co-locating and >developing these "Quad" relationships. > >cheers > > >Ernie > >Dr. Ernest J. Wilson III >Center for International Development and Conflict Management >University of Maryland >0145 Tydings Hall >College Park, MD 20742 >Tel: (301) 314-7711 >Fax: (301) 314-9256 >Email: ewilson(a)cidcm.umd.edu >http://www.cidcm.umd.edu >>>> "Eric Osiakwan" <eric(a)afrispa.org> 10/25/06 1:10 PM >>> > >Waudo said "Perhaps something could be done now before we find ourselves in India's >position" > >We all know that one of the demons that has held back Africa's rise is the DE-LINK between >industry and academia (research) and also with governments. Prof. Ernest Wilson's (of >Maryland University) squad model makes the argument that you need a constant interaction >between these constituencies for growth and innovation to take place. He argues that Silicon >Valley is a clear example. > >My proposition therefore as a way to answer the question above is to leverage the BPO >opportunity. Most African governments are at least on board the BPO wagon so my idea is, >lets establish the BPOs in the University environment given the current public policy >favouring. The BPO companys can take advantage of cheap but good student labour whiles >they build the real estate for their operations using university land on a "build operate and >handover basis". > >The Universities then get real estate which they use for their long term expansion of physical >infrastructure. The BPO companies get their work done cheaply and when they migrate in the >long term, much value would have being gained. The University students get work >experience for the long term job market entry and also interim cash to support their >University education. This also gives the non-computer related students some basic skills >and exposure and for the CS, EE etc students, they build their internal capacity not only to >take calls and do word processing but more technical stuff. They would soon be writing >software for those BPO companies. Mostly importantly this becomes the nucleus of the >government/academia/private sector LINKINING which would grow into other areas. > >Hence the value proposition of the BPO banwagon is, it gives us a foot into the door but we >must move up the value chain very quickly or we would end up doing the low end jobs which >would make us less competitive in the Knowledge economy. > >When I proposed this to my Ghana Cyber Group friend (Yaw Owusu, leading the way with a >private TechPark in Ghana) whom i have cced on this mail, he said, then the Tech Parks (BPOs >+ more) should be in the University/Research Environment and his example of been able to >acquire land from the Ghana CSIR which is close to the University of Ghana would be a good >prototype. > >This is the story am going to be telling at the the first University Leaders Forum in Cape >Town to which governments, academic leadership, private sector and Civil Society has being >convened. > >Eric here > > >---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- >From: waudo(a)signet.co.ke >Reply-To: Kenya ICT Policy - kictanet <kictanet(a)kictanet.or.ke> >Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 09:53:47 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) > >>Thanks to PS Ndemo for bringing this out. As for Wafula's question, the >>work force survey undertaken by the CSK earlier this year revealed that >>there is very little linkage between what the ICT training institutions >>(including Universities) are producing and the requirements of the >>industry either now or in the foreseeable future. Certainly there appear >>to be no mechanisms to facilitate such linkage. Perhaps something could be >>done now before we find ourselves in India's position. >> >> >>Kind Regards >>Waudo Siganga >> >>On Wed, October 25, 2006 9:22 am, TONY WAFULA wrote: >>> Good lesson , though wonder whether as a country we are ready to address >>> manpower shortage in this area. Just the other day Safaricom's Micheal >>> Joseph was lamenting about the same...are we checking what our >>> Universities are offering in relation to our projected needs? >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Wafula >>> >>> bitange(a)jambo.co.ke wrote: >>> Hi Edith, >>> You must have been blogging. >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> >>> Ndemo. >>> >>> >>>> Certainly, a great lesson to learn from. >>>> >>>> Thanks for sharing the article! >>>> >>>> At / * 12:56 PM 10/24/2006, bitange(a)jambo.co.ke wrote / a *crit: >>>>>Dear All, >>>>>I think there are good lessons to learn from the article below. >>>>> >>>>>Regards >>>>> >>>>>Ndemo. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>October 17, 2006 >>>>>Skills Gap Hurts Technology Boom in India >>>>>By SOMINI SENGUPTA >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>TIRUCHENGODE, India >>>>> >>>>> As its technology companies soar to the outsourcing skies, India is >>>>>bumping up against an improbable challenge. In a country once regarded >>>>> as >>>>>a bottomless well of low-cost, ready-to-work, English-speaking >>>>> engineers, >>>>>a shortage looms. >>>>> >>>>>India still produces plenty of engineers, nearly 400,000 a year at last >>>>>count. But their competence has become the issue. >>>>> >>>>>A study commissioned by a trade group, the National Association of >>>>>Software and Service Companies, or Nasscom, found only one in four >>>>>engineering graduates to be employable. The rest were deficient in the >>>>>required technical skills, fluency in English or ability to work in a >>>>> team >>>>>or deliver basic oral presentations. >>>>> >>>>>The skills gap reflects the narrow availability of high-quality college >>>>>education in India and the galloping pace of the country's >>>>> service-driven >>>>>economy, which is growing faster than nearly all but China's. The >>>>> software >>>>>and service companies provide technology services to foreign companies, >>>>>many of them based in the United States. Software exports alone expanded >>>>>by 33 percent in the last year. >>>>> >>>>>The university systems of few countries would be able to keep up with >>>>> such >>>>>demand, and India is certainly having trouble. The best and most >>>>> selective >>>>>universities generate too few graduates, and new private colleges are >>>>>producing graduates of uneven quality. >>>>> >>>>>Many fear that the labor pinch may signal bottlenecks in other parts of >>>>>the economy. It is already being felt in the information technology >>>>>sector. >>>>> >>>>>With the number of technology jobs expected to nearly double to 1.7 >>>>>million in the next four years, companies are scrambling to find fresh >>>>>engineering talent and to upgrade the schools that produce it. >>>>> >>>>>Some companies are training faculty members themselves, offering courses >>>>>tailored to industry needs and improving college labs and libraries. >>>>> They >>>>>are rushing to get first choice of would-be engineers long before they >>>>>have completed their course work. And they are fanning out to small, >>>>>remote colleges that almost no one had heard of before. The country's >>>>> most >>>>>successful technology concerns can no longer afford to hire only >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>>kictanet mailing list >>>>>kictanet(a)kictanet.or.ke >>>>>http://kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>>>> >>>>>Please unsubscribe or change your options at >>>>>http://kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/eadera%40idrc.or.ke >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> kictanet mailing list >>>> kictanet(a)kictanet.or.ke >>>> http://kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>>> >>>> Please unsubscribe or change your options at >>>> http://kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/bitange%40jambo.co.ke >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> kictanet mailing list >>> kictanet(a)kictanet.or.ke >>> http://kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>> >>> Please unsubscribe or change your options at >>> http://kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/twaf78%40yahoo.com >>> >>> >>> >>> WITH COMPLIMENTS OF ANTHONY WAFULA >>> >>> --------------------------------- >>> All-new Yahoo! 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Fw: Final Reminder: Invitation to BusinessXchange Forum - Tuesday 31st October 2006.
by alice＠apc.org 06 Nov '06

06 Nov '06

FYI those interested in attending the KENGEN talk...... ----- Original Message ----- From: <events(a)c4idea.com> To: <alice(a)apc.org> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 10:37 AM Subject: Final Reminder: Invitation to BusinessXchange Forum - Tuesday 31st October 2006. > Dear Alice Munyua, > > NB: If you have confirmed your participation please forward it to your > friends. > > This month we are privileged to have Mr. Eddy Njoroge, Managing Director > of KENGEN, Kenya's largest power generating company, to speak about going > public and the challenges encountered in the Kenyan market. > > > Date: Tuesday 31st October 2006 > > Topic: The KenGen IPO and How It Transformed Kenya! > > Speaker: Mr. Eddy Njoroge, MD, KenGen > > Time: 4.30 pm to 6.30 pm > > Venue: Grand Regency Hotel, Nairobi > > Cost: KShs. 1,000/- per person > > > c4IDEA.com is a resource network that helps individuals and organizations > exchange innovative and proactive ideas to develop world-class Kenyan > leaders in different professions and disciplines. > > Please email or call the undersigned on 444 9277 or 444 7655 to make a > reservation for this forum. Visit our website www.c4idea.com for more > information. > > Joan Wachira > Program Officer > _________________________________ > c4IDEA.com - Idea Factory Ltd, > The Office Park, Riverside Drive. > PO Box 12, Sarit Centre 00606, > Nairobi, Kenya. > Tel: 254-020-4449277. > Tel: 254-020-4447655. > Fax: 254-020-4449210. > www.c4IDEA.com > > > >

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Nationmedia.com News: Kibaki launches vision for growth
by Nation Media 02 Nov '06

02 Nov '06

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Fwd: Nationmedia.com News: Kigali: Where MPs debate and vote in a simple click
by Edith Adera 31 Oct '06

31 Oct '06

Collegues? When is this likely to hit the Kenyan August House? Edith > >Threats of computer viruses are the biggest nightmare for the Rwandan >Senate and Parliament, which have fully embraced state-of-the-art technology. > >This is a sharp contrast to the Kenya National Assembly where normal >business is regularly interrupted owing to lack of quorum. > >The Senate and the Lower House are fully computerised and rank among the >most modern on the continent, only second to South Africa. > >Unlike in Kenya, where one has to pass a language test (English and >Kiswahili), in Rwanda, a senator must be a university graduate and >computer literate, in addition to being trilingual (Rwandese, English and >French). > >The debating chambers of the Senate and Parliament are virtually >paperless. This new initiative headed by President Paul Kagame has >resulted in a drastic reduction of costs on stationary, while boosting >efficiency and transparency. > >The debating chambers and the precinct of the two buildings, which are in >two different houses about five kilometres apart, are ICT-complaint. There >are internet services for all senators and deputies (members of >parliament) 24 hours a day. > >Because of the new technology, all senators and MPs must be computer >literate and carry lap-top computers, supplied by the government, to the >debating chamber and/or to the committee meetings. > >Even staff at the Senate and the Lower House are required to use the >information super-highway to communicate with each other and with senators >and MPs. > >Citizens can get virtually all information they want on their senators and >MPs by a touch of a button. They can also know what is on the day's order >paper, the Bills being discussed, which committees are meeting; and what >is being discussed. > >This is unlike the Kenyan Parliament where the new technology has not been >embraced fully, what with the august House yet to launch its website! >Committee meetings are also held in camera, as per the standing orders. > >During a visit to the Senate early last week, seven staffers of the Kenya >National Assembly were mesmerised by the ultra-modern building and ICT >system that has been integrated. > >The sub-committee was chaired by Mr Harry Owino, a senior systems analyst. >It was on a fact-finding mission to the Great Lakes country to study how >it has embraced ICT in the Legislature, and how the same could be >replicated in Kenya. > >The tour was part of the team's mandate to come up with targets and >results to improve service delivery in the Kenya National Assembly, within >100 days. It was part of the rapid results initiative launched by the >Government, through the Head of the Civil Service and Secretary to the >Cabinet, Mr Francis Muthaura, two months ago > >Resembles UN facilities > >The debating chamber of the Rwanda Senate resembles the faculties of the >United Nations Environment Programme in Nairobi, where each member has his >or her seat, plus a name tag on it and a microphone. > >In Kenya, members of the front bench and the back bench seat on benches >facing each other, with the Speaker (Mr Francis ole Kaparo) in the middle. > >Plans to modernise the building, start live coverage and launch a website >have been pending for the past five years. > >The Rwandese Senate has an electronic board which shows how many members >are present and how they have voted, either for, against or abstained. >Lack of quorum has so far not been a problem, according to the Senate >President, Dr Vincent Biruta. > >He said members were committed and had a high sense of integrity and >patriotism. "In addition to the website, we are also reaching out to the >public through a magazine focusing on issues before us, and how they >relate to all." > >But Dr Biruta regretted that unlike the Kenyan media, which was aggressive >and gave the Legislature lots of coverage in the print and broadcast >media, the opposite was the case in Rwanda. Where they have been invited >to attend sessions, they have shied away. > >"We even send them a summary of the day's proceedings and only a few FM >and TV stations use them," the Senate President said. > >The Senate was established three years ago under the new Constitution, >following the genocide a decade ago. It receives Bills from the Lower >House that have been passed, studies them and either endorses or rejects >them. If they are passed, they are sent to the Head of State for assent >into law. > >The proceedings are covered live by video and are and tape recorded. All >debates in the Senate and Lower House are in the national language, >Rwandese. They are recorded in the Hansard (verbatim reports) in that >language. > >But Motions which are passed are translated into English and French for >public consumption. > >When the Kenyan team visited the Lower House on Wednesday afternoon, it >was introduced to the members during debate and given an opportunity to >follow the talks through a translator. > >By then, two ministers were on the floor responding to public concerns >raised by their MPs, on poor infrastructure, water shortages and power >blackouts. > >Had 20 minutes to respond > >The two ministers, Mr Kamanzi Stanislos and Mr Musoni Protais, were at >pains to explain to members why the grievances had not been addressed. >Each had 20 minutes to respond to all the concerns gathered by a >parliamentary committee during a recent field visit. No supplementary >question was allowed, as is the case in the Kenyan Parliament. > >The debating chamber resembled a UN conference. It was orderly and issues >orientated. If that was in Kenya, an MP would ask a personal question and >the Speaker would allow him or her to ask a supplementary question. Other >MPs were also free to raise points of order and hijack the member's question. > >We heard the voice of the speaker of the Lower House only at the beginning >and at the end of the minister's presentation. He was dressed in a black >suit and matching tie, and had no wig, unlike the Kenyan speaker. > >The members could dress formally in suits or casually, in Mandela shirts. > >All the Senators have seats reserved for them, with their own microphones >placed on a table. As they enjoy leather seats, they can also connect >their lap-tops to the system and access the day's order paper, Bills >pending and those that have been passed. > >By the touch of a button, the Senators can vote for or against a motion or >Bill placed before them. The idea is to have a "paperless" debating chamber. > >Success of the ICT programme in the Senate and the Lower House has been >due to political goodwill by the Head of State and donors, as well as >contributions by UNDP, USAID, Microsoft and CISCO, among other organisations. > > > >to view this article on the web ><http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id>click >here > >Are you receiving daily news headlines from the Daily Nation? ><http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/register_form.asp>Sign up today >and receive headlines andweekly articles from your favorite magazine >delivered to your email inbox. >To sign up: ><http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/updateprofile.asp>Registered users >click >here <http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/registration_form.asp>New >members click here. > >Interested in advertising in our emails? Contact ><mailto:internetsales@nation.co.ke>internetsales(a)nation.co.ke or read >about our advertising opportunities >here<http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/advertise.asp>http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/advertise.asp > > > > >You have received this email because someone thought you might be >interested in our article. Please be assured that we have not saved your >email address for any purpose. To read our Privacy >Policy<http://www.nationmedia.com/syndicated/privacy.asp>click here > > > >Nation Media Group all rights reserved 2004 >Website: <http://www.nationmedia.com/>www.nationmedia.com >For querries or info: <mailto:comments@nation.co.ke>comments(a)nation.co.ke > > >----------

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Fwd: WG: URGENT: WSA Experts Call - Your support needed for Africa
by charles nduati 31 Oct '06

31 Oct '06

Hi All, Attached kindly find a request from WSA awards who organise worldwide web contest and are in their 5th year. Kindly see if you can help them by being the nominator in your country. Many thanks, Charles nduati Note: forwarded message attached. CHARLES N. NDUATI BUSINESS MANAGER JKUAT ENTERPRISES LTD JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY JUJA MAIN CAMPUS, THIKA P. O. BOX 79324-00200 NAIROBI, KENYA TEL: 254-067-52420 OR 254-067-52711 FAX: 254-067-52438 MOBILE:254-722728815 EMIAL:charlesnduati2002@yahoo.co.uk www.jkuat.ac.ke Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Fw: Call for Proposals
by alice＠apc.org 30 Oct '06

30 Oct '06

Dear all Anyone interested in conducting research, M&E in Health/MDGs should apply for funding. See message below best regards alice ----- Original Message ----- > From: "CFP" <cfp(a)gdnet.org> > To: <alice(a)apc.org> > Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 1:10 PM > Subject: Call for Proposals > > > Dear Alice Munyua, > > > > As a valuable member of the GDN research community I am pleased to write > to you on our latest call-for-proposals for our Fifth Global Research > Project: > > > > Promoting Innovative Programs from the Developing World: > > Towards Realizing the Health MDGs in Africa and Asia. > > > > > > This is a 3 year USD 5.9 million project which involves conducting > extensive international standard impact evaluations and > cost-effectiveness analyses of both about-to-be-launched and ongoing > health and health-related programs from the developing and transition > world. > > > > As a project participant you will receive funds (ranging from US $75,000 > to US $250,000) for conducting an international standard impact > evaluation research project and will benefit from high-quality mentoring > and interaction with international experts, networking with researchers > from around the world, and development of program evaluation skills and > expertise in best-practice impact evaluation techniques. > > > > I urge you to participate in this project and submit a proposal to be an > independent evaluator of programs. > > > > The last date for submissions is November 17, 2006. The detailed call > for proposals and guidelines for submission are available on: > http://www.gdnet.org/middle.php?oid=1095 > > > > Thank you for your continued interest and support. I look forward to > your participation in this project and request you to disseminate this > information to your colleagues. > > > > With my very best wishes, > > > > > > Lyn Squire > President > Global Development Network > > Address for registered mail and courier: > > 2nd Floor, West Wing, ISID Complex > > Plot No. 4, Vasant Kunj Institutional Area > > > New Delhi - 110 070 > INDIA > > Web: www.gdnet.org <BLOCKED::http://www.gdnet.org/> > > >

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Internet Governance Forum
by alice＠apc.org 30 Oct '06

30 Oct '06

A reminder for those who want to follow events at the Internet Governance Forum being held from 30 October to 2 November in Athens, Greece that you can read APC blogs at: http://blog.apc.org/en/events- list.shtml?conds[][short_id........]=5042107 And follow Feminist Talk at: http://www.genderit.org/en/index.shtml The official IGF website is http://www.intgovforum.org/index.htm

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ICANN seeks input on transparency and accountability
by alice＠apc.org 28 Oct '06

28 Oct '06

(Apologies for cross posting) ICANN has announced a new public comment forum and list of questions related to principles of transparency and accountability: http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-16oct06.htm "Responses are sought by October 31, 2006. Based on the responses received and other research, a first draft of the principles will be published for community comment in November, 2006. It is hoped that the Management Operating Principles will be adopted by the Board as part of the Strategic Plan at the Sao Paulo meeting." Among the specific questions ICANN is asking is, "What standards of transparency are appropriate in ICANN operations and activity?" The obvious answer is that the appropriate standard of transparency is set by ICANN's Bylaws: "the maximum extent feasible". It's impossible to tell from the announcment if someone at ICANN wants to change that standard. It's odd that this is intended for inclusion in ICANN's Strategic Plan. The only non-spam comments submitted to ICANN's previous public forum on the draft Strategic Plan were mine, related to exactly this issue. But until now, ICANN has entirely ignored them: http://forum.icann.org/lists/stratplan-draft-comments/msg00000.html http://forum.icann.org/lists/stratplan-draft-comments/ Comments can be sent to <principles-comments(a)icann.org>, and can be viewed at <http://forum.icann.org/lists/principles-comments/>.

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CONVERGENCE: The importance of convergence in the ICT policy environment
by alice＠apc.org 27 Oct '06

27 Oct '06

In the occasion of the Internet Governance Forum, the Association for Progressive Communications is launching three new papers on key ICT policy and internet rights issues. --------------------------------------------------------------------- CONVERGENCE: The importance of convergence in the ICT policy environment By Kate Wild This paper looks at the meaning and importance of convergence and considers some of the challenges to implementing it, along with strategies for overcoming them. It also provides a global perspective on regulating convergence and broadband from ITU and then it looks at experiences in North America and Europe as well as regional and country approaches in Africa. http://rights.apc.org/documents/convergence_EN.pdf (English) http://rights.apc.org/documents/convergence_FR.pdf (French) --------------------------------------------------------------------- OPEN ACESS: Lowering the costs of international bandwidth in Africa By Mike Jensen This paper was commissioned by the APC as part of the Catalysing Access to ICTs in Africa initiative and to contribute to APC's efforts to promote open access to ICT infrastructure in Africa. According to the author, a variety of factors are responsible for the lack of acess to bandwith in Africa, but the biggest cause is the high cost of international connections to the global telecommunication backbones. http://rights.apc.org/documents/open_access_EN.pdf (English) http://rights.apc.org/documents/open_access_FR.pdf (French) --------------------------------------------------------------------- WSIS: Whose information society? Developing country and civil society voices in the World Summit on the Information Society By David Souter This paper summarises a study of developing country and civil society participation and influence in WSIS that was commissioned by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC). As well as analysing participation, the study looked at the impact of WSIS on international ICT decision-making in general and makes recommendations to all main actors about how future decision-making might become more inclusive of developing countries, nongovernmental actors and their concerns. http://rights.apc.org/documents/wsis_EN.pdf (English) -------- FRANÇAIS -------- Les nouveaux thèmes émergents d'APC en anglais en français A l’occasion du Forum sur la gouvernance de l’internet (FGI), l’Association pour le progrès des communications lance trois nouveaux articles sur les thèmes fondamentaux des politiques de TIC et des droits d’internet. --------------------------------------------------------------------- CONVERGENCE : L’importance de la convergence dans le contexte des politiques des TIC Kate Wild La première partie de ce document porte sur le sens et l’importance de la convergence et sur certains des problèmes associés à sa mise en oeuvre, ainsi que sur les stratégies qui permettent de les surmonter. La deuxième partie présente un survol de la régulation de la convergence et de la bande passante par l’Union Internationale des Télécommunications (UIT) et s’intéresse aux expériences en Amérique du Nord et en Europe ainsi qu’à certaines approches régionales et de pays d’Afrique. http://rights.apc.org/documents/convergence_EN.pdf (Anglais) http://rights.apc.org/documents/convergence_FR.pdf (Français) --------------------------------------------------------------------- ACCÈS OUVERT : Abaisser les coûts de la bande passante internationale en Afrique Mike Jensen Cette analyse a été commandée par APC dans le cadre de Catalysing Access to ICTs in Africa et pour contribuer aux efforts d´APC pour promouvoir l´accès ouvert à l´infrastructure de TIC en Afrique. Selon l’auteur, la situation actuelle de la bande passante en Afrique est attribuable à un certain nombre de facteurs, mais elle est due essentiellement au coût élevé des connexions internationales vers les dorsales de télécommunication internationales. http://rights.apc.org/documents/open_access_EN.pdf (Anglais) http://rights.apc.org/documents/open_access_FR.pdf (Français) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Uniquement en anglais: WSIS: Whose information society? Developing country and civil society voices in the World Summit on the Information Society By David Souter This paper summarises a study of developing country and civil society participation and influence in WSIS that was commissioned by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC). As well as analysing participation, the study looked at the impact of WSIS on international ICT decision-making in general and makes recommendations to all main actors about how future decision-making might become more inclusive of developing countries, nongovernmental actors and their concerns. http://rights.apc.org/documents/wsis_EN.pdf (English) A. Wanjira Munyua National Coordinator, Catalysing Access to ICTs in Africa (CATIA) Association for Progressive Communications (APC) alice(a)apc.org http://www.apc.org http://www.catia.ws

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RE: [Kictanet] Kenya on the rising
by David Musoke 27 Oct '06

27 Oct '06

Eric is that magazine on-line????? Kezio-Musoke David -----Original Message----- From: John Walubengo [mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 4:17 PM To: David Musoke Subject: Re: [Kictanet] Kenya on the rising On behalf of the 'silent' Kenyans... Allow me to accept your (Eric's) compliments. I haven't read the magazine but it is nice to hear that it potrays a bright (i did not say orange;-)) future. i think Kenyans can 'do it'. They are doing it in the US/SA/Europe and many other places. With the right focus and effort, things will eventually begin to happen locally as well. walu. --- Eric Osiakwan <eric(a)afrispa.org> wrote: > Dear Kenyan Colleagues, > > You must be proud of yourselves, i just got a copy of the > lat edition > of the Computer and Communication Africa (CCA) for 2006 > and the lead > story is "Kenya's drive to become ICT powerhouse" and > much more on > Kenya. > > While i have being familiar with the momentum there i was > amazed when > i read the stories about the pace of engagement. In some > ways this > confirms my believe that Africa has pockets of excellence > but what we > need is SPEED to SCALE and definately you guys are on a > FASTRACK. We > are with you and i want to personally congratulate the > level of > engagement from the various constituencies and not > belittling the > others by singling out the exemplary leadership of the > PS, Dr. Ndemo > and Hon. Minister, Mutahi Kagwe. > > Thanks to AITEC for throwing the spotlight @ http:// > new.aitecafrica.com/ and not to promote AITEC but i think > we should > all get copies of the hardprint....:-) > > Go Kenya. > > > Eric M.K Osiakwan > Executive Secretary > AfrISPA (www.afrispa.org) > Tel: + 233.21.258800 > Fax: + 233.21.258811 > Cell: + 233.244.386792 > Handle: eosiakwan > Snail Mail: Pmb 208, Accra-North > Office: BusyInternet - 42 Ring Road Central, Accra-North > Blog: http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/eric/ > Slang: "Tomorrow Now" > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)kictanet.or.ke > http://kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > Please unsubscribe or change your options at http://kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jwalu%40yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)kictanet.or.ke http://kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Please unsubscribe or change your options at http://kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/dmusoke%40newvision.co.ug

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