[kictanet] [ke-internetusers] Digital villages the way to go

[bitange at jambo.co.ke]

The SME debate here has brought out significant findings in the sense that
inspite of the many information documents that we give, we have not either
read all of them or chosen to ignore the facts and present opinions.

If you read for example, the Summary National ICT Master Plan (Issued in
February)under ICT Software, the Government has commited to encourage at
least 50% of government software procurement is sourced from local
software developers.  Most local developers are SMEs.  The Government from
July will support cost of bandwidth for BPOs, Digital Villages and
Universities in an effort to stimulate ICT growth.

In July the Government will train thousands of ICT entrepreneurs to take
advantages of emerging ICT opportunities.  In essense, the Government has
done its part.  My message is to encourage you to emphasize available
opportunities.  Enable our people to understand these opportunities.  The
message I am getting from you is that most of us would rather complain
permanently.  Let us convert the energies for discussions into action.

We need yourhelp in executing the digital village initiatives.


Asante

Bitange Ndemo.


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