Wangari,

Good points you have...

However, another way to look at it....

What was the first way most Kenyans ever accessed the Internet? WAP phones‎... WAP only worked on certain specific websites that published using WML... That was ok, since certain important sites had this functionality, but definately *not* even 20% of the Internet was accessible this way. Yet, WAP was the only option for a lot of people, who then migrated to more capable platforms as time went by.

10 yrs ago, what was the most prevalent way of transport across the country? Cars‎. Today it's the Boda Boda. Noda has revolutionized transport in most places and especially so upcountry.

What if GoK had said what we need is a cheaper car; has to have four wheels, seatbelt, can carry four, would things have turned out this way?

My point is, just the way we, privileged enough to have the 'full' Internet, might not understand why someone takes a half-car‎(Noda, very dangerous, exposes you to the elements all the time), then it might be also equivalently difficult for us to make the decision whether if given a choice btn the full Internet and Wikipedia only paid by Googla, that the Googla option might not end up being the most popular choice. 

One that will get a lot of people online 'today' and not 3-4yrs into the future once we figure out how to raise the funds required etc

Thoughts???

Waithaka Ngigi

Alliance Technologies
www.at.co.ke 

Happy Saturday!

We've got to be a demand to ourselves and our communities to be a stand for more and not just enough or just a shot!

Nairobi and Kenya is touted all over as the innovation hub. This thinking if adopted by all of us will only not keep us there or at best will keep us as a testing hub in the name of an innovative hub.

Secondly, using all the experiences of the so called first world, how might we catapult our growth versus just following suite? We must be able to create our own trail, not just accept a few shots to get high on.

Half a loaf theorem is really killing our people. There is evidence all over- Traditional NGO speak. What does it take to have the whole loaf and icing cake too. In other words the highest potential experience from the onset.

While we credit efforts by different players to meet community challenges such as nusu internet, the big brother herein Government must own the bigger vision and responsibility.

For all it is worth, we are in dire need of all the exposed brains to not be satisfied with just enough even in this evolving ICTs field.

Blessed day.

Regard/Wangari