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From: McTim <dogwallah@gmail.com>
To: robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk>
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Sent: Tue, 8 February, 2011 14:00:29
Subject: Re: [kictanet] ICT incubator - Expressions of interest

On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 1:44 PM, robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> We need to get serious about certain issues like wanting to keep things
> small and cute, WiPro runs a graduate academy that hosts over 18,000 people
> a year and only employ 1,200.  This is the level of engagement we need to
> aspire for not tiny little over funded projects.
> It is foolhardy to say that the iHub should be feed and blotted rather than
> expanded to serve and reach more.

I think their Infodev/UoN/eMobilis consortium developing an incubator
is their expansion attempt.  There is a notice in the Nation today
asking for applications to their program.


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> The iHub is a prototype keeping it under wraps is a  disservice to the
> Nation.
> From Liko's comments I know understand why he offered to give a presentation
> at AITEC in Nairobi in 2010 and the he did not show leaving many of us
> disappointed

You and i were supposed to be on a panel together there as well, but I
didn't see you.  Too bad, was hoping to finally meet up.

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Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel