[kictanet] KENYA ICT BOARD HOSTS KENYA'S FIRST CONTENT CONFERENCE - TANDAA 08 ON FRIDAY 14TH NOVEMBER 2008

[John Maina]

Lilian

Do you realise that this email you are sending around has no venue.

When you are advertising an event there are things which should be very visible.

Most of us dont have time to go through all the mail but just read the key words

Please change this since I have advertised the evnt for you somewhere and all I get is "Where will it be"?

JM




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From: Lucy Odhiambo <lodhiambo at ict.go.ke>
To: j.maina at ymail.com
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 3:17:36 PM
Subject: [kictanet] KENYA ICT BOARD HOSTS KENYA'S FIRST CONTENT CONFERENCE - TANDAA 08 ON FRIDAY 14TH NOVEMBER 2008

 
Dear All,
The Kenya ICT Board will be holding the Kenya Content
Conference dubbed "TANDAA 2008". Tandaa is Kiswahili for spread or
network
(verb). Tandaa '08 is to be a platform for Kenyan
entrepreneurs, educationists, policy makers and others to discuss the emerging
opportunities that are being facilitated by better internet
access in Kenya.
 
Tandaa's theme this year is 'Telling our Story… The
Kenyan Story'.
 
The Kenya ICT Board will be discussing its Local Content
Development programme that is geared towards stimulating the development of
Local Content by Kenyans for the Kenyan and global marketplace. This programme
is complimentary to the board's rural inclusion programme, the Pasha Centre
project, that is going to assist entrepreneurs to set up internet telecentres
in all parts of Kenya.
 
The Ministry of Information and Communication has been
implementing the development of ICT Infrastructure – including the
undersea fibre optic cable that will connect Kenya to the global internet grid
and the National Optic Fibre network both of which are expected to be
completed by mid-2009. In line with this, the Kenya ICT
Board has targeted to grow internet usage by 50% annually from the current 3
Million users to 12 Million users in 2012.
Some of the major issues that will be discussed at Tandaa
'08 include:-
 
  1.   Once the fibre optic cable networks
are in place and the question of access to high speed internet is sorted out,
what will Kenyans view, read and interact with online? What information, services
and goods will they be able to access? The dearth of local content on local web
sites to be used for education, entertainment and business presents
opportunities for Kenyans of all walks of life.
 
  2.   The e-Government secretariat will be
presenting the ongoing initiatives by government to provide e-services as well
as the opportunities for content developers to interface with government processes
to add value to their web content.
 
  3.   To encourage entrepreneurs to invest
in local content development, there will be a discussion regarding the
development and
stimulation of a venture capital framework and the
strengthening of incubation in Kenya to stimulate entrepreneurship.
 
  4.   A number of presentations will also
deal with the ways in which Kenyans can identify the opportunities and build
viable economic
structures for the development of local content.
Speakers at Tandaa '08 include:-
 
Dr. Bitange Ndemo,  Permanent Secretary, Ministry of
Information and Communications; Dr. Juma Oketch, Secretary, eGovernment (Office
of the President); Paul Kukubo, CEO, Kenya ICT Board, Patrick Spencer, Cisco IBSG;
Joseph Mucheru, Google Kenya; Ian Fernandez, Nation Media Group; Chris Kirubi,
MD, Capital Group; Aly-Khan Satchu, RICH.co.ke; Andrew Muigai, africapoint.com;
Nik Nesbitt, Kencall Ltd, among others.
 
REGISTRATION
All are invited to the conference. Please register on tandaa.co.ke or
email: tandaa08 at ict.go.ke.
 
Lucy Gachui-Odhiambo
Communications Manager 
Kenya ICT Board
12th Floor Telposta Towers
Koinange Lane
PO Box 27150 - 00100
Nairobi, Kenya
Cell 0737- 839047
Tel: 254-020-2093040
www.ict.go.ke


      
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