[kictanet] Satement by Brian Longwe from Panel on Access in Main Session of Internet Governance Forum, Hyderabad, India 3rd Dec 2008

[Wainaina Mungai]

I agree with Brian that mobiles hold the answer to the access question
in Africa....with ever increasing competition and prospects of more
incentives to operators and consumers, we should fill a large portion
of the access gap.

The next challenge should be mobile CONTENT and APPLICATIONS that are
relevant and empowering to the populace. Several services are being
developed for advocacy purposes e.g. ( http://mobiles.tacticaltech.org
) and m-health, m-government etc etc.

I hope the open-minded policies in relation m-pesa will be applied
across the board as we develop more mobile applications / m-services.

Wainaina



On 12/3/08, Joseph Manthi <jmanthi at gmail.com> wrote:
> John,
> Brian as I know him is of Kenyan descent. His parentage hails from Machakos
> district. That is all I know. I think you should investigate that if you
> must. But the gist of position is correct. No foreigners should be allowed
> to sit on important boards like CCK.
>
> The last frontier of development on earth now is Knowledge (creation,
> transfer and use). CCK is a the avenue through which we impart this
> commodity to Kenyans. If we allow this to be owned/controlled by foreigners
> we have a problem.
>
> But, is Brian Munyao Longwe really a foreigner?
>
> Joe
>
> On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 11:12 AM, John Maina <j.maina at ymail.com> wrote:
>
>>  Boster
>>
>> Where is Anthony Maundu Longwe. And this is KICTANET. What are you doing
>> in
>> Kictanet when you are a malawian. Are you not checking on how the Malawian
>> is making headlines in Kenya?
>>
>> JM
>>
>> On 12/3/08, Boster Sibande <boster.sibande at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Ndugu Mungai wrote:
>>> > Check
>>> http://lists.itmalawi.org/pipermail/ictassociation/2008-August/000695.html
>>> > Which schools in Kenya did Brian go to. I was in Lilongwe and met one
>>> > of
>>> his former
>>> > close associate.. Brian is not Kenyan and I am just finishing my
>>> investigations
>>>
>>> The post being referred to by Ndugu was authored by me. Indeed I
>>> thought Brian Longwe is Malawian considering his surname. As such, I
>>> was excited and rushed to the ICT Association mailing list to share
>>> the glad tidings. However, after thorough investigations I am
>>> convinced that he is Kenyan. In fact, he was born and grew up in
>>> Kenya.
>>> Therefore, I would like to apologize for any inconveniences my post
>>> might have created. I erred.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Boster.
>>>
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