Members Commisioning of the e-government Secretariat, formation of the ICT board and liberization of the ICT sector have all been fantastic initiatives, however we need to strengthen Public private Sector collaborations if we are to realise more gain, key areas that we may focus on are Entrepreneurship training so that we may tap into the benefits of new technologies before they are obsolete, we must stop experimenting with technology and do business using technology, this brings in another aspect POLICY, there is likely to be a paradigm shift in the way businesses are run if we are to fully embrace technology as a matter of fact some businesses might totally disappear as a result of technology whereas new ones will emerge, the problem is that there are lots of boardroom games that stand in the way of enactment of some of this policies which must be dealt with may be we need some online mass action, the future looks bright but it is important to coordinate all ict4d initiatives whether fronted by Government, private or public sector On 5/27/08, John Walubengo <jwalu@yahoo.com> wrote:
Morning all,
Today we wish to turn our attention to what the Public (Govt) is doing with regard to ICT4Ds.
From my observation, there has been quite some impetus in the last 5years or so on this regard. What comes to mind in no particular order, is the commissioning of the eGovt Secretariate and the ICT Board, the liberalization of ICT sector through the Kenya Comm Act 1999, the gazettement of the the National ICT Policy, the Privatisation of the national Telco Provider and the initiation of the TEAMs, submarine project.
It would be nice for members to share their opinion on the activities and challenges surrounding the above and other government initiatives.
The floor is open, we have only today Tue May 27th and tomorrow on this.
walu.
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