[kictanet] Day 5 of 5:- Way Forward and Conclusions

Fri Feb 1 09:05:08 EAT 2008

Greetings all,

I wish to thank all those who took time to contribute on
these important deliberation.  Today is basically a day for
concluding remarks that is:

Way Forward and Conclusions -1day.
-what are the lessons learnt?
-what can the ICT community do to accelerate
back-to-normal' situation 

Floor is open for this and ofcourse I all other daily
themes are also open for belated contributions.  I
particularly wish to hear input from the KIF/ICT Board
luncheon unless ofcourse the content is copyrighted...can
some volunteer blog out what transpired?

walu.

--- "Wanjira, Alice Munyua" <wanjira at cck.go.ke> wrote:

> 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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