[kictanet] UNDESA 2010 Report on egovernance - East Africa

Thu Apr 22 08:40:57 EAT 2010

Thanks Dandjinou Pierre.

“The 2010 United Nations e-Government Survey: Leveraging e-government at a
time of financial and economic crisis” will certainly help developing
countries like Kenya to stay focused and consistent with our future national
goals and objectives, as stipulated in the ‘Kenya Vision 2030’. The United
Nations e-Government Survey which begun in the year 2003, has been quite
useful for Worldwide e-government development.

*An observation:*

Apart from the United Republic of Tanzania which has go up 6 places and
Burundi (which did not move a place), the other East African Countries
including Kenya, have dropped places in the World e-government development
ranking and therefore a general drop in the overall E-government development
index value for East Africa. Below are the world rankings for East Africa
since 2003:

*No.*

*Country*

*2010*

*2008*

*2005*

*2004*

*2003*

1.

Kenya

124

122

122

126

118

2.

United Republic of Tanzania

137

143

127

131

135

3.

Uganda

142

133

125

114

119

4.

Rwanda

148

141

143

140

138

5.

Burundi

174

174

166

166

152

However, “notwithstanding the overall low scores of the e-government
development index in the region, some countries have managed to improve
their Web presence either in national portals or ministry websites. *Kenya’s
national portal received the highest score in the region*…….” “The websites
of most ministries in the region provide basic information, *but e-services
are generally not available*.”

The Top Ranked in Africa are:

1.       Tunisia

2.       Mauritius

3.       Egypt

4.       South Africa

5.       Seychelles

6.       Cape Verde

7.       Libya

8.       Botswana

9.       Lesotho

10.   Gabon

Certainly, Kenya and East Africa as a region, have a very long way to go.
The top ten in Africa are good places for benchmarking. Looking deep, at our
situation here in Kenya, I believe that the future is bright and the best is
yet to come. Broadband has come ‘on time’ to boost e-Government in Kenya.

Kind regards

John K. Njoroge

Directorate of e-Government

On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Dandjinou Pierre <pdandjinou at gmail.com>wrote:

> FYI,
> Now available from UN DESA Web site: http://www.unpan.org/egovernment.asp
>
> The 2010 United Nations e-Government Survey: Leveraging e-government at a
> time of financial and economic crisis was completed in December 2009 and
> launched in early 2010. The report presented various roles for e-government
> in addressing the ongoing world financial and economic crisis. The public
> trust that is gained through transparency can be further enhanced through
> the free sharing of government data based on open standards.
>
> The ability of e-government to handle speed and complexity can also
> underpin regulatory reform. While technology is no substitute for good
> policy, it may give citizens the power to question the actions of regulators
> and bring systemic issues to the fore. Similarly, e-government can add
> agility to public service delivery to help governments respond to an
> expanded set of demands even as revenues fall short. Since the last edition
> of the survey, in 2008, governments have made great strides in development
> of online services, especially in middle-income countries. The costs
> associated with telecommunication infrastructure and human capital continue
> to impede e-government development. However, effective strategies and legal
> frameworks can compensate significantly, even in least developed countries.
> Those who are able to harness the potential of expanded broadband access in
> developed regions and mobile cellular networks in developing countries to
> advance the UN development agenda have much to gain going forward.
>
> Pierre Dandjinou
> eGovernance Advisor
> Strategic Consulting Group
> www.scg.bj
>
>
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