[kictanet] The Government Whitebox is out...

[Michael Pedersen]

Listers,

This is indeed very interesting - however I can't help but wonder how 
"anchored" this in within the government, anyone know (?)

The Open Data project comes to mind as kinda similar project (we will 
avail what you need - data -> then you will create innovation), however 
from all I have been able to tell it was and is not very well anchored 
into the various silos of government - i.e. each institution/ministry 
was not very interested/motivated in actually availing (let alone 
updating) data-sets on the portal.

Hence I am a little skeptical - lets say you propose a project/concept 
that involves support from a government arm that is not directly 
involved in the Whitebox project, how likely is the Whitebox 
team/organization to actually being able to leverage/convince this 3rd. 
party government institution to participate in this "new" project that 
is not in their plans/budget (?)

Kind regards
Mike



On 21/10/2018 13:15, WANGARI KABIRU via kictanet wrote:
> http://whitebox.go.ke/
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> Changamka with Sunday gifts for innovators.....
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> WhiteBox is an initiative of the Government of Kenya through the 
> Ministry of Information, Communications and Technology and the ICT 
> Authority, geared towards catalyzing the successful growth of local 
> ventures to global, world-class status. The main objective of this 
> initiative is to create a channel for anyone who wants to sell/suggest 
> a product/idea to Government, priority will be given to products that 
> focus on the Big 4 Agenda and address Government priorities and 
> challenges. ....
> The WhiteBox initiative offers a window into Government wide 
> initiatives; staffed with subject matter Government officers who will 
> offer guidance on the program activities, selection criteria as well 
> as insights into Government programs that the public can leverage on 
> to grow their businesses.
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> We welcome entrepreneurs and businesses at all stages of growth, from 
> ideation to scale and aim to build a collaborative community of 
> entrepreneurs and innovators who will mutually benefit from sharing 
> knowledge and establishing necessary partnerships for success.
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> Be blessed.
> Regards/Wangari
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