eMaddo, Nyayo Pioneer, and other projects are evidence of attempts to bridge the gap between Industry and Academia. I think East African Universities are by design Academic and unless such a design is re-structured fundamentally (within Universities Acts, Laws, etc) this gap will continue to persist. walu. --- On Sun, 8/30/09, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [kictanet] My Take: Affordable computers-remember eMaddo? To: "Walubengo J" <jwalu@yahoo.com> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: Sunday, August 30, 2009, 2:48 PM Walu, there was a high profile National ICT exhibtion / week two years ago hosted by ICT Village.com i remember meeting an old Lady who had come all the way from Vihiga as we walked around with her and passed by the e-maddo stand, we inquired about the cost and she really complained bitterly (It was around 40 K) if i wasnt wrong, she felt this was exploitative (haki yetu), i am not sure how e-maddo was received by the market, from what you are saying Walu it appears to be another "Nyayo pioneer" sort of project, am told that in chinese the same character is used for opportunities and challenges, within some some of this failed projects there lies an opportunity to do better, why for instance would Kenyans prefer brands over locally assmbled machines?, Prof Waema talked of TCO, the lady i met complained about the cost vis avis that of refurbs, something to ponder about
Lakini bado Najivunia kuwa Mkenya, in fact am a member :-)
On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 4:55 PM, Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com> wrote:
local capacity development for Assembling/manufacturing PCs? Indeed there is (was?) such an initiative started 4yrs ago between the Kenyan ICT Ministry and local Universities - under the brand name eMaddo Project. SU, UoN, JKUAT and Multimedia Univ College were all signatories...with CCK throwing in the seed money.
But today I am not sure if any of the Universities are still in this project. But I can tell you that we bought quite a number of these locally assembled eMaddo Computers and 3yrs down the road they are still working and are as strong as the branded ones (Dell, HP etc)
walu.
--- On Sat, 8/29/09, Mwololo Tim <timwololo@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Mwololo Tim <timwololo@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] My Take: Affordable computers
To: jwalu@yahoo.com
Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Date: Saturday, August 29, 2009, 3:49 PM
Dear all,
I have scanned the inputs made yesterday on used computers,
although I could not go through all of them.
In my view, the problem is beyond new/locally assembled PCs
against imported re-conditioned computers. The biggest
problem is that of a time bomb in terms of e-waste. A study
I led on e-waste in 2007 showed that at that time, Kenya
generated at least 3,000 tons of e-waste every year (a copy
is attached). I am sure you can see the problem if you
consider a number of years. It gets worse if you consider
that the number of PCs are growing every year. From this
point of view, a policy is necessary on e-waste.
A second issue is the life of an assembled clone vis-a-vis
that of re-conditioned computer. Has anyone done any study?
Can they share the results. I bought many locally assembled
PCs and many of the them developed lots of problems and
their life in a busy user environment is relatively low. I
did this long time ago and I cannot recall the average life.
The cost of ownership kept on increasing. I have also tried
re-conditioned brand computers and I am monitoring their
life. I am tempted to do a study.
The other issue is developing local capacity for ICT
technology development. Many countries started from the
assembly route with a strategy to develop local capacity. Do
we really have a strategy? Putting 25% duty on used
computers is not a strategy. It would make sense if it was
part of a comprehensive strategy either aimed at developing
local capacity for technology development or something. It
does not even start to address our e-waste problem.
A few words on a staurday afternoon.
tim waema
On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 10:11 AM,
Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com>
wrote:
Good points being raised here the
more reason as to why we need a multistakeholder approach
to address the issue by finding common ground, we cannot
demonise used computers in a blanket manner, more so when
ICT is a critical component in Vision 2030, they are
certainly playing a critical role, as it turns out
"affordability" is ambiguous
On Sat, Aug 29,
2009 at 9:51 AM, Bildad Kagai <billkagai@gmail.com>
wrote:
On Aug 29, 2009, at 9:23 AM, Gakuru Alex wrote:
Why Bill, when all I am doing is to protect those your
rights you used
to sell every one of your previously owned
computing/internet
connection equipment that you 'dumped on innocent
souls':-)
Good point Alex.
After two years of aggressive business I will book an
appointment with Ambassador Kiplagat and confess to my role
in contributing to e-waste and why my role is part of FUTURE
historical injustice for future generations. That will give
me a clean conscience knowing that I can mess as much I can
after all the truth justice and reconciliation commission
will forgive me for that. Lets plunder our Kenya....justice
is in the offing.
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