[Kictanet] Kenya on the rising
John Walubengo
jwalu at yahoo.com
Thu Oct 26 16:17:24 EAT 2006
On behalf of the 'silent' Kenyans...
Allow me to accept your (Eric's) compliments. I haven't
read the magazine but it is nice to hear that it potrays a
bright (i did not say orange;-)) future.
i think Kenyans can 'do it'. They are doing it in the
US/SA/Europe and many other places. With the right focus
and effort, things will eventually begin to happen locally
as well.
walu.
--- Eric Osiakwan <eric at afrispa.org> wrote:
> Dear Kenyan Colleagues,
>
> You must be proud of yourselves, i just got a copy of the
> lat edition
> of the Computer and Communication Africa (CCA) for 2006
> and the lead
> story is "Kenya's drive to become ICT powerhouse" and
> much more on
> Kenya.
>
> While i have being familiar with the momentum there i was
> amazed when
> i read the stories about the pace of engagement. In some
> ways this
> confirms my believe that Africa has pockets of excellence
> but what we
> need is SPEED to SCALE and definately you guys are on a
> FASTRACK. We
> are with you and i want to personally congratulate the
> level of
> engagement from the various constituencies and not
> belittling the
> others by singling out the exemplary leadership of the
> PS, Dr. Ndemo
> and Hon. Minister, Mutahi Kagwe.
>
> Thanks to AITEC for throwing the spotlight @ http://
> new.aitecafrica.com/ and not to promote AITEC but i think
> we should
> all get copies of the hardprint....:-)
>
> Go Kenya.
>
>
> Eric M.K Osiakwan
> Executive Secretary
> AfrISPA (www.afrispa.org)
> Tel: + 233.21.258800
> Fax: + 233.21.258811
> Cell: + 233.244.386792
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> Blog: http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/eric/
> Slang: "Tomorrow Now"
>
>
>
>
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