Hi all Adding to the impact of the conflict: 1. Human costs including loss of human life, refugees, etc and the effect on the ICT sector is the most obvious.. Economic 2. Scattered workforce, either enlisted part of the conflict or otherwise displaced. 3.infrastructure will be in ruins if this continues. 4. Investors and indeed force Kenyan ICT professionals will begin to seek safer havens. 5. Orgnaisational costs...I am sure most if not all of the ICT related institutions are suffering from significant productivity costs in terms of the value of lost time to the organisation. diversion of employee attention from normal duties, absenteeism reduction of motivation etc. best alice -----Original Message----- From: kictanet-bounces+wanjira=cck.go.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke on behalf of John Walubengo Sent: Thu 31/01/2008 16:12 To: Wanjira, Alice Munyua Cc: KICTAnet KICTAnet Subject: Re: [kictanet] Day 4 of 5:- Quantifying the Impact of thePost-election Violence --- Ndegwa> wrote: So, let's take heart, pick up the scraps, roll up our sleeves and get down to serious business. ~~~~~ Yes, Ndegwa, indeed we can and could pick up the scraps and start all over again. Unfortunately, we seem to rolling from one tragedy to another... Anyway, my contribution on the Quantity of the Impact includes: 1. Damaged International rating (I wonder if our external investors for example in BPO, TEAMS, FLAG, SEACOM etc are still willing to stick around) 2.Poisoned work-environments that now threatens the otherwise cordinated team-work within organisations. Difficult to cost this bit? 3. Depressed appetite for 'non-essentials'. As consumers begin to question whether we shall be alive tomorrow, demand for ICT related items fall down on our priority list. Except ofcourse the voice-calls/sms (Ironically, this sub-sector might register growth as people try to find out each other's state). 4. etc, maybe those who attended the ICT Board/KIF luncheon could share more on the quantified Impacts? walu. --- MediaSpeak Africa <mesafric@gmail.com> wrote:
True a lot has been lost and will be lost if we continue focusing on the downside. I do not want to seem to trvialise the current situation but I believe that we are called to leadership - if wedon't give itat this extremely crucial moment, who will! Certainly not the politicians that we so enthusiastically vote for and then spend the next five years villifying.
In fact, this is the major test for the ICT sector. If we are so passionate about its potential to develop the country, then surely we are confident of its strategic position. Therefore, we should be focusing on how we can use ICTs to jumpstart the country's dented socio-economic development.
I believe that one of the aims of developing the Internet was to get a means of communication that could withstand a nuclear blastor such other trauma. It is time for the ICT players in this country to lobby the government for more support so that we can bring in the much needed forex and create employment for those being laid off elsewhere.
Otherwise, to me these are the pains of birth of a society. Every society has undergone this kind of rites of passage from the Americans to the Eurpeans. So, let's take heart, pick up the scraps, roll up our sleeves and get down to serious business.
Can I get an Amen! Any one?
Ndegwa
On 31/01/2008, John Walubengo <jwalu@yahoo.com> wrote:
Morning all,
Here's part of what I could quickly gather as the
possible
short-term interventions from some of the posts.
1. Encourage balanced reporting by Media and avoid glorifying destructions, killings 2. Consider Filtering hate mails, messages, websites 3. Corporates going the extra mile (e.g mobile operator becoming banks to ensure service provision...) 4. Ensuring that basic Operator service is maintained particularly in the current environment 5.Create portals that provide linkages between the needy and their potential donors
Feel free to add more. But today I invite you to attempt to quantify the loss this chaos continue to wreck on our organisations. What do you think is the the toll per day in terms of lost business opportunity, man-hours, equipment, etc? only 1 day on this theme because tomorrow we finish of this discussion.
walu.
. Quantify the Impact of Post-election violence on ICT organisations (1day) -What is the toll per day in terms of lost business opportunity, man-hours, equipment, etc l
Ensure balanced reporting by Media Filtering hate mails, messages, websites Corporates going the extra mile becoming banks Ensuring that Operator service continue Create portals that provide linkages between the needy and the donors Avoid glorifying destructions
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