Hi Stanley, Ali & other Kictanet Colleagues, Best New Year greetings to all. We’d love to host a panel discussion on these issues at our East Africa ICT Summit over 18-19 February – hopefully with some clear outcomes, like giving KITOS a policy framework to push with government. Any volunteers? Sean Moroney Chairman AITEC Africa seanm@aitecafrica.com|Skype: seanmoroney UK Mobile: +44(0)7973499224|Kenya Mobile: +254(0)721845674 www.aitecafrica.com<http://aitecafrica.com/> [AITEC-East-Africa-signature banner] Follow us on: LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/company/535138?trk=vsrp_companies_res_name&trkInfo=VSRPsearchId%3A1343123721404138259386%2CVSRPtargetId%3A535138%2CVSRPcmpt%3Aprimary> Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/pages/Aitec-Africa/143207745706922?ref=ts&fref=ts> Twitter<https://twitter.com/aitecafrica> YouTube<http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgwROsywDI7i9AYHAHnL67Q> AITEC Africa is the trading name of AITEC Conferences Ltd UK registration number 4698475 From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+seanm=aitecafrica.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of S.M. Muraya via kictanet Sent: 04 January 2015 15:43 To: Sean Moroney Subject: Re: [kictanet] Kenya's Tech Startup scene leaves investors underwhelmed @ali Wishing you and KICTANET a Blessed 2015. First, we do not need or want foreign investors who think we lack talent. If they cannot find talent, maybe they can help produce it locally. And yes, some of us are doing our best (even if at a loss) to make sure we produce more talent in Kenya. More than we need foreigner investors, we need to practice more integrity. If we allocate to Business Process Automation, 5% of the National Budget + County Budgets, there is no way our IT industry will fail to innovate and grow. Where Automation fails (after 24-36 months), public officials should be sent packing along with the contracted IT firm. IT firms should also be careful to gather evidence of sabotage by public officials. The lowest quotation will never provide the highest quality. The highest quotation may also not provide the best value (including producing local talent + ethical leadership). It is should be obvious, IT firms owned/led by locals are the safest bet for projects running up to 5 years. More interesting thoughts here... http://www.computerworld.com/article/2488647/it-management/gates-sees-softwa... Regards Murigi / Stanley Muraya "Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city." Prov 16:32 On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 10:52 AM, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote: Listers A lot of discussions in this area over the last few years. Are the chickens coming home to roost? Have we focused too much on competitions, donor funded money and shared spaces and a lot less on commercially viable ideas/nurturing what is there towards commercial exploitation? My sense is that we now need to move to 3.0 to enable realize the potential of our startups. Read on:- http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Kenya-s-technology-push-le... http://www.gsmaentrepreneurshipkenya.com/GSMA_KENYA-AR2014-060214-WEB-SINGLE... Ali Hussein +254 770 906375 / 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim Blog: www.alyhussein.com<http://www.alyhussein.com/> "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein Sent from my iPad _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/murigi.muraya%40gmail.... The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
