[kictanet] Africa's Absence From The Table

Tue Nov 17 12:20:44 EAT 2009

Walu, this issue has just been discussed at IGF09 (Internet Governance
Economic Recovery and Growth Session), it seems there are many countries
battling with the issue. I think incentivising such initiatives would spark
some interest.

Regards

On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:

> i agree. its not awareness...i remember pushing another similar challenge
> from Microsoft, "Imagine Cup 2009" at Multimedia University. It got a
> serious mute response...i think our students from primary school are drilled
> to focus on and pass exams....anything that has little or no impact on their
> exam tends to be neglected.
>
> We seem to have failed to cultivate a culture of intellectual "activism" in
> our education system. When I was growing up we used to have something called
> "science-congress" where all high-schools would compete from district,
> provincial and finally national level to show-case their innovations. Not
> quite sure if this still happens...
>
> walu.
>
> --- On *Tue, 11/17/09, Rad! <conradakunga at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Rad! <conradakunga at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Africa's Absence From The Table
> To: jwalu at yahoo.com
> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 11:43 AM
>
>
> I do not believe awareness is an issue. I recall reading some statistics
> some time back to the effect that Kenya is one of the heaviest facebook
> users in Africa. It is the same internet. Why are we unable to capitalize on
> it? The challange has been in the public domain for years!
>
> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 10:29 AM, waudo siganga <emailsignet at mailcan.com<http://mc/[email protected]>
> > wrote:
>
>>  Hi Rad! Is the awareness of such opportunities done? Maybe one needs to
>> raise the alert before rather than after the horse bolts!?
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>> Waudo
>>
>
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