It is worth noting that the Kenya ICT Board is sponsoring events that we very much need in Kenya.

Think Mr. Kukubo clearly articulated that anything that we add value to in Kenya or anything that adds value to Kenya has a Kenyan element to it.

A document typed using Google Apps, Open Office or Microsoft Word could be Kenyan because of the person doing it, the content in it or location from which it is done (typed).

A good question to ask is whether gmail, yahoo mail or hotmail addresses owned by Kenyans are Kenyan or not. What do we say when Google Kenya builds a data center in Kenya?

Those who customize or extend (add functionality) to open source or Microsoft software in Kenya make it Kenyan in one way or the other. Cisco Networks in Kenya  carrying Kenyan data (content) are Kenyan in their own way.

Does Kenyan law not recognize Multi-National Corporations (MNC's) registered in Kenya as somehow Kenyan? Some of these MNC's are even locally managed by hard core Kenyans.

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Some Tandaa 2008 bits I remember

NMG - Starting some social network and tried to justify their advert charges.

Cellulant - Mobile networks growing faster than the internet - relevant mobile content is a hot commodity even without the internet.

Kencall - Building a '911' emergency response network in conjunction with government, Cisco and others. USD 50 Million being invested.

Rich.co.ke - ad based - targeting 1.5 million youth who will be able to more affordable connect to the internet over the next year or so.

Africanpoint.com - Has generated USD 2 Million in revenues up to date (if not in the last year).

Google.co.ke - Presented awards to innovative students they have been working with. (Mine: Like Nokia they must be commended for bringing a software engineer or two to Kenya to work with our youth. Microsoft needs to pay more attention to our youth even if corporates pay their bills).

Skunkworks (they are mainly open source geeks and proponents) - Alex Gakuru explained the principles behind skunkworks and its origins.

Storymojaafrica.com - Geeks need to learn to communicate with normal human beings. Should know intelligence exists outside their world.

Capital FM / Mobile - They have an online phone directory. Africans with entertaining British accents and a high opinion of Macdonald's.

Homeboyz.co.ke - Very Funky! Seem to have quite a profitable act making high school and college kids party!

Kenyanpoet.Blogspot.Com - For the Artistic types or wannabes.

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Missed talks: Dr. Juma Oketch, PS, Dr. Bitange Ndemo, Cisco IBSG (Prof. Spencer).

Maybe they could e-mail links or ppts to us.