[kictanet] Africa's Absence From The Table

[John K. Njoroge]

Barrack, I agree with you.

I think one way to endeavour to stay connetcted and engaged in/with the
Internet World, is as we talk about creating institutions in Kenya to tackle
a variety of issues and sort of build relationship and bring harmony, we
need to do the same in/with Kenya's Internet Society. We need to
institutionalize the processes that lead/take us where we ant to go. Right
now, with the Grand coalition Government, we need to borrow the same idea
and build a dynamic colation to tackle the diverse Internet and Internet
Governance issues in Kenya. We need a mechanism that will ensure inclusion
and participation. As it is, something is lacking. There is a missing link.
Can we do something?

Kind regards

John


On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Barrack Otieno
<otieno.barrack at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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/compose?to=emailsignet@mailcan.com>
>> > 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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