[kictanet] Day 4 of 5:- Quantifying the Impact of thePost-election Violence

Fri Feb 1 02:14:04 EAT 2008

Hi all
Adding to the impact of the conflict:

1.  Human costs including loss of human life, refugees, etc and the effect on the ICT sector is the most obvious..
Economic
2.  Scattered workforce, either enlisted part of the conflict or otherwise displaced.
3.infrastructure will be in ruins if this continues.
4. Investors and indeed force Kenyan ICT professionals will begin to seek safer havens.
5. Orgnaisational costs...I am sure most if not all of the ICT related institutions are suffering from significant productivity costs in terms of the value of lost time to the organisation. diversion of employee attention from normal duties, absenteeism reduction of motivation etc.

best
alice

-----Original Message-----
From: kictanet-bounces+wanjira=cck.go.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke on behalf of John Walubengo
Sent: Thu 31/01/2008 16:12
To: Wanjira, Alice Munyua
Cc: KICTAnet KICTAnet
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Day 4 of 5:- Quantifying the Impact of thePost-election Violence

--- Ndegwa> wrote:
So, let's take heart, pick up the scraps, roll  up our
sleeves and  get down to serious business.
~~~~~
Yes, Ndegwa, indeed we can and could pick up the scraps and
start all over again. Unfortunately, we seem to rolling
from one tragedy to another...

Anyway, my contribution on the Quantity of the Impact
includes:
1. Damaged International rating (I wonder if our external
investors for example in BPO, TEAMS, FLAG, SEACOM etc are
still willing to stick around)

2.Poisoned work-environments that now threatens the
otherwise cordinated team-work within organisations.
Difficult to cost this bit?

3. Depressed appetite for 'non-essentials'.  As consumers
begin to question whether we shall be alive tomorrow,
demand for ICT related items fall down on our priority
list. Except ofcourse the voice-calls/sms (Ironically, this
sub-sector might register growth as people try to find out
each other's state).

4. etc, maybe those who attended the ICT Board/KIF luncheon
could share more on the quantified Impacts?

walu.

--- MediaSpeak Africa <mesafric at gmail.com> wrote:

> True a lot has been lost and will be lost if we continue
> focusing on the
> downside. I do not want to seem to trvialise the current
> situation but I
> believe that we are called to leadership - if wedon't
> give itat
> this extremely crucial moment, who will! Certainly not
> the politicians that
> we so enthusiastically vote for and then spend the next
> five years
> villifying.
> 
> In fact, this is the major test for the ICT sector. If we
> are so passionate
> about its potential to develop the country, then surely
> we are confident of
> its strategic position. Therefore, we should be focusing
> on how we can use
> ICTs to jumpstart the country's dented socio-economic
> development.
> 
> I believe that one of the aims of developing the Internet
> was to get a means
> of communication that could withstand a nuclear blastor
> such other trauma.
> It is time for the ICT players in this country to lobby
> the government for
> more support so that we can bring in the much needed
> forex and create
> employment for those being laid off elsewhere.
> 
> Otherwise, to me these are the pains of birth of a
> society. Every society
> has undergone this kind of rites of passage from the
> Americans to the
> Eurpeans. So, let's take heart, pick up the scraps, roll
> up our sleeves and
> get down to serious business.
> 
> Can I get an Amen! Any one?
> 
> Ndegwa
> 
> 
> On 31/01/2008, John Walubengo <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > Morning all,
> >
> > Here's part of what I could quickly gather as the
> possible
> > short-term interventions from some of the posts.
> >
> > 1. Encourage balanced reporting by Media and avoid
> > glorifying destructions, killings
> > 2. Consider Filtering hate mails, messages, websites
> > 3. Corporates going the extra mile (e.g mobile operator
> > becoming banks to ensure service provision...)
> > 4. Ensuring that basic Operator service is maintained
> > particularly in the current environment
> > 5.Create portals that provide linkages between the
> needy
> > and their potential donors
> >
> > Feel free to add more. But today I invite you to
> attempt to
> > quantify the loss this chaos continue to wreck on our
> > organisations.  What do you think is the the toll per
> day
> > in terms of lost business opportunity, man-hours,
> > equipment, etc? only 1 day on this theme because
> tomorrow
> > we finish of this discussion.
> >
> > walu.
> >
> >
> >
> > .       Quantify the Impact of Post-election violence
> on ICT
> > organisations (1day)
> > -What is the toll per day in terms of lost business
> > opportunity, man-hours, equipment, etc l
> >
> > Ensure balanced reporting by Media
> > Filtering hate mails, messages, websites
> > Corporates going the extra mile becoming banks
> > Ensuring that Operator service continue
> > Create portals that provide linkages between the needy
> and
> > the donors
> > Avoid glorifying destructions
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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