I agree with you Dennis.
Most of the ICT innovation and job creation is pegged on Software development and BPO's.
I believe there are many other avenues ICT can create jobs which should as well get attention and funding. Including; Manufacturing, Assembly, System integration (one of the high end ICT job creator today), R&D... etc
We should support our universities and make their research projects commercially viable like the one below.
Regards
Eunice Thirikwa
On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Dennis Kioko
<dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:
At the launch of the National ICT Masterplan 2017, Dr. Ndemo mentioned that UoN had come up with a prototype Set Top Box, but had lacked investors to mass manufacture the same.
Wouldn't have funds such as the Tandaa Grants and other funds the ICT Board is using to fund developers have come in handy here? Since most of the funds go to software applications, would have been good to fund this project, even if funding would mean that government maintained equity in the venture?
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