Dr Ndemo/Dr Kate, I think Kenya should think along these lines to build the local industry and spur innovation. Kate, congrats on taking the mantle at eGOV! Edith ________________ Edith Ofwona Adera Senior Program Specialist ICT4D Program and Climate Change & Water Program International Development Research Centre | Centre de recherches pour le développement international Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa Tel: +254202713160 | Fax/Téléc: +254202711063 | Skype: edithadera eadera@idrc.or.ke<mailto:eadera@idrc.or.ke> | www.idrc.ca<http://www.idrc.ca/> | www.crdi.ca<http://www.crdi.ca/> ________________________________ From: Martin Murillo [mmurillo@idrc.ca] Sent: 30 September 2010 21:01 To: ICT4D-Futures Workspace Subject: Apps4Ottawa The city of Ottawa is following suit to others delegating the data represetnation to the citizenry, etc: The City of Ottawa is running its first public contest to develop apps from open data and is inviting residents from all over to participate both in creating new apps or voting on their favourites. The goal of the contest is to encourage entrepreneurs, agencies, students, IT professionals and others to create innovative new apps that use open data to improve community experience, stimulate economic growth and engage residents in municipal government. http://ottawa.ca/online_services/opendata/index_en.html Martin Dgroups is a joint initiative of Bellanet, DFID, Hivos, ICA, ICCO, IICD, OneWorld, UNAIDS and World Bank --- You are currently subscribed to ict4d-futures as: eadera@idrc.or.ke To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-ict4d-futures-75952T@dgroups.idrc.ca