[kictanet] Africa's Absence From The Table

Tue Nov 17 16:38:53 EAT 2009

A nice topic here! Any lecturers (Esp. Compsci) in here? I think what is
lacking is mentorship at the very universities.Yellowed notes...Culture of
'read to pass exams' even up there.

On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 1:39 PM, John K. Njoroge <kabogojn at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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/[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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