[kictanet] Fw: Re: My take: ICT Parks

Vitalis Olunga VOlunga at Safaricom.co.ke
Fri Jan 8 16:46:12 EAT 2010 

 

Dear Colleagues,

 

This is an interesting “dialogue”. As much as we may have diverse suggestions and opinions on the issue of the location of the planned ICT Parks, there are some fundamental underlying factors that we may need to consider:

 

1)  geographically proximate group of interconnected companies and associated institutions, in a particular field could play a fundamental role in the location of this facility. To this end, the concept of cluster could play a fundamental role. Although this may not be a basis of  generalization to arrive at the choice of location, but consideration should be given to the geographic concentrations of interconnected companies, specialized suppliers, service providers, firms in related industries, and associated institutions (for example universities, standards agencies, and trade associations) that need to cooperate (and may also compete) in the development of this project noble project.

2)  The significant role of location in global economy cannot be underestimated in this context, for both the capital investment expenditures and operational expenses. Cost saving is an important aspect to the choice of the location to make this facility more attractive. The choice of proximate location where lead organizations and institutions in the ICT sector and where users are based, for example where government ministries and many lead universities in ICT, and many international organizations are having their HQ, is important.

3)  As much as we may argue that the distance matters little in ICT, but this will definitely play a fundamental role in development of this facility. All the government ministries are their HQs concentrated in Nairobi. Similarly the international private partners that may consider participation in this project are also concentrated in Nairobi. To link these organizations, broadband superhighway  will be of paramount importance for achievement of cost effective, efficient and highly reliable connectivity, and this will require the use of high capacity optical fibre cable links for both local connectivity and international access.

4)  Other means of connectivity such as satellite can be considered to distribute the services to rural and remote areas, but not where data throughputs are expected to be high. This is because this is a more costly undertaking and satellite is also a scarce resource (on global basis). We may argue that the national backbone fibre can be used to establish this facility away from where most of the organizations a re located. However, for long-term considerations, this option may face constrains on the availability of capacity, and additional costs for expansion will have to be incurred. Also this will definitely require backup links of similar magnitude, to achieve acceptable reliability levels.

5)  Considering that in ICT sector, both private and public,  are located in Nairobi, makes Nairobi an ideal location. But proximate location to Nairobi such as Athi River is not a bad idea, and is just as good. This could be because  getting a space in Nairobi could be more costly undertaking, since most of the land space may have been utilized by the government for other purposes and for private residential housing, and its is already highly congested. Also some spaces may have been grabbed by individuals and could be very costly to acquire.

6)  It is therefore important to consider proximate location for ease of planning, and cost effective implementation of this project, to achieve both short-terms objectives and long-term goals. 

 

 

Regards

 

Vitalis

 

 

Vitalis Olunga

 

Chairman GSM Africa

 

SAFARICOM LIMITED

 

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From: kictanet-bounces+volunga=safaricom.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+volunga=safaricom.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Pius W Walela
Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 3:47 PM
To: Vitalis Olunga
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Fw: Re: My take: ICT Parks

 

With  availability of  fiber -greater  capacity  at  affordable  cost ,IT  should  pioneer  decentralized  planning  by  remotely  establishing  an ICT  park ….

 

From: kictanet-bounces+pwalela=strathmore.edu at lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+pwalela=strathmore.edu at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of robert yawe
Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 3:30 PM
To: Pius W Walela
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Fw: Re: My take: ICT Parks

 

Hi Akich,

It is good to know that the following for moving away from Nairobi is growing, so I change my suggestion, lets have the 460 million to set up a pilot ICT Park far from Nairobi, far being at least 200 kilometers away.

Regards

Robert Yawe
KAY System Technologies Ltd
Phoenix House, 6th Floor
P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
Kenya

Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

--- On Fri, 8/1/10, Akich Kwach <kwach at archway-productions.com> wrote:


From: Akich Kwach <kwach at archway-productions.com>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Fw: Re: My take: ICT Parks
To: "robert yawe" <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>
Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Date: Friday, 8 January, 2010, 7:02

Robert,

As much as I respect your proposals in regards to ICT Park location, it would appear to me we shall be crowding already crowded places. ICT sector should take the lead against this old notion of everything being in Nairobi, we should instead strive to spread resources and wealth across the nation. There are a number of medium sized government institutions across the country with room for expansion. Just my thoughts.

 

Akich Kwach 

	----- Original Message ----- 

	From: robert yawe 

	To: kwach at archway-productions.com 

	Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions 

	Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 8:31 AM

	Subject: [kictanet] Fw: Re: My take: ICT Parks

	 

Hi All,

Ian was helpful enough to find the location of the link, please find it below.

There is 460 million shillings allocated to application development, I think we need to track it down and make sure it does not get paid to some UK based consultant.  

The amounts indicated in this document are more than sufficient for the setting up of a pilot ICT Park at the Nairobi or Kenyatta Universities.

http://www.ictpark.com/main/ICTV_Magazine_004eGov.pdf

Regards

Hope you listened to or read the presidents speech on Madaraka day where he actually gave a deadline for implementation of some of the Government projects listed on this document.

Robert Yawe
KAY System Technologies Ltd
Phoenix House, 6th Floor
P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
Kenya

Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

--- On Thu, 7/1/10, Ian Cook <ian at cymru.com> wrote:


From: Ian Cook <ian at cymru.com>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] My take: ICT Parks
To: "robert yawe" <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thursday, 7 January, 2010, 14:48

robert yawe wrote:
> I found this document on the web some time back called the ICT Tsunami, 

I have searched by have been unable to find the link to the source
so I will extract part of the content.  If anyone has the link to
the document please circulate it to the rest.
> 

http://www.ictpark.com/main/ICTV_Magazine_004eGov.pdf


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