[kictanet] Mobile Government: The New Frontier in TransformingPublic Services - 29th November 2007
bitange at jambo.co.ke
bitange at jambo.co.ke
Fri Nov 23 23:20:03 EAT 2007
Dear Yawe,
Welcome to KICTAnet. Just wanted to know how you got to know that
Ministry of Information, CCK and ICT Board did not act on the
Safaricom/TKL sms issue? Do you know the mandate of these "bodies"? My
friend, in the past one year did you not come across the mention of the
ICT Bill? I really want to be of help to you but first I want to
understand where you are coming from.
Regards
Bitange Ndemo.
> Hi All,
>
> I am new to this mailing list and would like to start by saying something
> about myself.
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> I am an Information Technology specialist with over 15 years experience
> which means I know how to use DOS, UNIX and other OS's that exist only on
> 5.25" floppy disks. My area of specialisation is in design &
> implementation of local and wide area networks.
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> On the issue of mGovernment I do agree that this is the next frontier but
> it is shocking, as usual, that we are not embracing the technology or even
> working to develop the necessary legislation to make it flourish. AS many
> web site designers about WAP and they are lost, we are designing heavy
> sites that have no intelligence to identify the type of device accessing
> the site and thus adjust the page to display better on the particular
> device.
>
> It is interesting that CCK and the Ministry of Information plus the ICT
> Board can sit back when the fight between Telkom and Safaricom on the
> delivery of SMS messages across the network continues to deny the tax
> payer (excise duty on airtime). Or the fact that none of the mentioned
> felt it necessary to educate Mr. Kivuitu on the need to make live
> electoral database available over SMS.
>
> Now if we cannot take advantage of this opportunity to create local
> content and utilise mGovernment how can we entrust this "bodies" (which
> interestingly refers to expired humans) with making the marine cable a
> viable project. Maybe we should cancel the project and use the money to
> put up a technology park in Mandera and Garsen.
>
> We do not need to recreate the wheel, just visit yahoomobile,
> googleearthmobile, or if you have a GPRS enabled phone try
> wap.mystocks.co.ke. Or next time you are going up towards NIC on Bunyala
> Road look at the Nokia advert.
>
> The mobile phone is the future let embrace it or perish.
>
> Robert Yawe
> KAY System Technologies Ltd
> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
> KEnya
> Tel: +254722511225
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Harry Hare <harry at africanedevelopment.org>
> To: robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Sent: Monday, 19 November, 2007 6:16:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Mobile Government: The New Frontier in
> TransformingPublic Services - 29th November 2007
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> I agree with you and it is equally
> interesting to note that some mobile applications are already being
> implemented…I
> dare say that this part of the world will see more mGovernment in the G2C
> (Government
> to Citizens) arena than the traditional eGovernment where the PC is the
> main service
> delivery channel. Most welcome to attend the session.
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> From: Kwach
> [mailto:kwach at archway-productions.com]
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> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007
> 5:51 PM
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> To: 'Harry Hare'
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> Cc: 'KICTAnet ICT Policy
> Discussions'
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> Subject: RE: [kictanet] Mobile
> Government: The New Frontier in TransformingPublic Services - 29th
> November
> 2007
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> Hi Harry,
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> These are interesting statistics and
> scenario. For developing countries, there is urgent need to move from
> quantity
> to quality. In my view, content is the quality because more 65% of mobiles
> are
> only meeting social needs and costs involved have got no direct linkage to
> revenue for the owners, which should be a great concern.
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> With Mobile Government, time and resources
> used in the rural to the say Government offices miles away would be
> deployed in
> other economic activities.
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> I am keen to attend.
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> Kwach Akich
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> From: kictanet-bounces+kwach=archway-productions.com at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> [mailto:kictanet-bounces+kwach=archway-productions.com at lists.kictanet.or.ke]
> On Behalf Of Harry Hare
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> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007
> 8:49 AM
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> To: kwach at archway-productions.com
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> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy
> Discussions
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> Subject: [kictanet] Mobile
> Government: The New Frontier in TransformingPublic Services - 29th
> November
> 2007
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> Dear Colleagues,
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> Mobile services are
> quickly emerging as the new frontier in transforming government and making
> it
> even more accessible and citizen-centric by extending the benefits of
> remote
> delivery of government services and information to those who are unable or
> unwilling to access public services through the Internet or simply prefer
> to
> use mobile devices. In theory, many government services can be now made
> available on a 24x7x365 basis at any place in the country covered by
> mobile
> networks, which today means almost everywhere! Michael, correct me if Im
> wrong.
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> It is from this
> background that the World Bank in partnership with eGovWorld 2007
> (www.egovworld.com) and African
> eDevelopment Resource Centre presents a dialogue on Mobile Government
> (mGovernment) on 29th November 2007, 4.30pm -7.00pm at the World
> Bank offices, Nairobi. The dialogue is live Video Conference and an
> integral
> part of the eGovWorld 2007 conference taking place in
> India 29-30 November 2007.
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> According to the ITU,
> the total number of mobile users worldwide as of late 2006 was about 2.7
> billion and the number of internet users was just above 1.1 billion. This
> means
> that there is 33.6% of world population (and 22.2% of developing
> countries population) who already have mobile phones but are not yet using
> the
> Internet.
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> Does
> this provide a strong case for leveraging the mobile channel to
> dramatically improve access to public services, including electronic
> government services to those who can afford to use a personal or
> shared
> mobile phone?
> Does
> this create an opportunity to connect in the near future the next two
> billion people to some of the benefits of e-government, e-health,
> e-education, e-banking and e-commerce?
> How
> exactly can Mobile Government change the lives of common people in
> developing countries? What are best examples of such impact?
> What
> are the key constraints to making this vision a reality?
> How
> should governments change the way they do business to take advantage
> of
> mobile technologies?
> What
> is the role of the private sector? Are there successful business
> models
> (e.g. PPP) for private sector companies to deliver value-added
> m-government services?
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> These are some of the
> questions that will be addressed.
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> Participation to the
> event is free; however, one needs to register to get access to the venue.
> If
> you are interested in participating send an email directly to
> susan at africanedevelopment.org
> for a registration form. Space is limited at the venue, only 20 places are
> available and will be given out on a first-come-first-served basis.
> Deadline
> for registration is Wednesday 22nd November.
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> Program:
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> Welcome
> & Introduction
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> Samia
> Melhem, Senior Operations Officer, Global ICT, World Bank; and
> Chair, e-Development Thematic Group
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> Vikas
> Kanungo, Chairman, The Society for Promotion of
> e-Governance, India & Convener, eGovWorld 2007
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> Opening
> Remarks/Keynote address
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> R.
> Chandrashekhar, Additional Secretary (e-Governance),
> DIT, Government of India
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> Speakers
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> Ibrahim
> Kushchu, Associate Professor and Director,
> Mobile Government Consortium International & Author, "m-Government: An
> Emerging Direction in e-Government",
> UK
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> Hannes
> Astok, Member of Parliament & former Deputy Mayor,
> City of Tartu ,
> Estonia
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> Kindest Regards
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> Harry Hare
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> Executive Director
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> African eDevelopment
> Resource Centre
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> Nelleon Place ,
> Raphta Road ,
> Westlands
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> 00100, Nairobi
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> Tel +254 20 4453445
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> Cel +254 725 650044
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