I really don't think legislating things such as local production is a nice move, it's one of the reasons why we end up with black markets, since legislation is usually quite oblivious of laws of demand and supply. As for funding, we have had M-Pesa for years and outblown our own vuvuzelas on the same. For those of us who follow technology globally, you should be aware of Kickstarter ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kickstarter ) which has gone ahead to fund quite some innovative IT projects in the US, such as a really affordable Android "PlayStation" and an Android watch. Locally, there is M-changa though seems not to have caught on. If we are serious enough, we can imitate Kickstarter and have funding for these done by M-pesa. The funding should have a goal to raise and have something to give in return to fund raisers, ie maybe each will get a decoder. Failure to raise the amount by a certain date should see funding returned to fund raisers. the funding platform should donate how many backers versus the amount raised . also necessary to find out what the law says about shareholding and methods of raising capital, as such investors can ideally become shareholders, if law applies. I hope this will not end like a certain plant I hear was crowd-funded before bidding investors goodbye(no refunds or even acknowledgement) and going private.