[kictanet] digital content creation just a thought...

Tue Sep 28 08:37:38 EAT 2010

Hi,

Content is a way of life, a matter of schooling and a culture of sharing.  As 
Africans we share information orally which is why your specific question on the 
forum resulted in higher hits than on the search engine.

We still have an issue with sharing information in written form maybe its 
because we are generally not very genuine and do not want to be quoted.  This 
forum is a case in point, I know at least 50 people who are registered on this 
list yet in the over 2 years I have been a member they have never made a single 
post even on issues that are directly targeted at them.

When the ICTBoard makes an occasional off the cuff posting it is a sign of how 
the organisation is stifling content generation, they need to have a permanent 
presence on this list as the more information is provided by the policy makers 
the less time we shall spend shooting in the dark.  

I commend safaricom for being active and keeping us informed on what is going 
on, it is heart warming to see a posting from one of the highest paid CEOs yet 
those bottom of the pyramid officials think that the information they have is 
private.  Now we understand why they are so highly paid, they share their vision 
not only when laying on the pillow but even to those of us out here, when you 
give one snippet of information you receive 10 more that is what content is and 
this posting is my contribution to local content generation.

Dr. Ndemo please move quickly to have the open information act passed as we need 
access to our information such as the censors results.  I was actively involved 
in the tribeKenya initiative that advocated for us to answer the tribe question 
in the censors as Kenya, the censors results indicate that we are 610,122 who 
are of the tribe called Kenya.  We have a dispute with this figure as we suspect 
this refers to the households that responded as Kenya but we can only verify 
this information once it is posted online our other recourse is to take the 
ministry to court.

Kokubo do not send off the cuff statements on side show activities do something 
that we can remember you for long after you have left the ICTBoard.  You could 
have kept us all in the loop on what Homeboyz where doing that would have been 
content as you see see it is not a loaf of bread on a supper market shelf.

Regards

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

Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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From: Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe at gmail.com>
To: robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Sent: Mon, 27 September, 2010 19:01:37
Subject: Re: [kictanet] digital content creation just a thought...

Robert,

I'm not sure I fully agree with you on this - if content creators were 
innovative enough - then Kenyans would have lots of options.

Today I was searching for a mobile handset:

"Nokia E5 prices Johannesburg" yielded lots of sites that not only were offering 
the handset, but even some that had price comparisons from various shops and 
even user reviews

"Nokia E5 prices Nairobi" yielded only one local site -  a blog talking about 
the launch of the phone in Kenya by Nokia the rest were "foreign" links and 
articles on the Nokia press release

Our people are sleeping.... there's no other way to put it - although Paul tried 
to be diplomatic about it.

Interestingly - when I asked this question on a Nairobi tech mailing list I got 
loads of suggestions on where to get it and even had a bunch of price lists for 
alternate models sent to me...

It looks like we are still in the email content creation age and haven't 
"graduated" to the web content creation age....

Brian

On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 5:52 PM, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Hi,
>
>
>It is unfortunate that Kokubo still believes that content is a loaf of bread 
>that can be baked and sold in the shop, content is a lifestyle.
>
>
>Kenya has enough content unfortunately it is not local to Kenya but is hosted on 
>foreign servers hence the expense of access.  Until this content is brought home 
>we shall remain a net importer of local content.
>
>
>It is time the ICTBoard put its money where its mouth is, we need cost effective 
>local hosting and collocation services providing unlimited local bandwidth.  The 
>issue of pegging my total throughput on the cost and size of the international 
>pipe is counter-productive.
>
>
>The funds that are being offered for people to  develop content and applications 
>through the recently concluded ICTBoard project will come to nought as most of 
>the money will be spent paying for bandwidth and hosting services. Many of the 
>successful applicants will opt to host their applications overseas which will 
>mean those local consumers will have to pay a premium to access the content.
>
>
>This issue can also be seen on the bill boards of the mobile companies that show 
>no single local site.
>
>
>Regards
> Robert Yawe
>KAY System Technologies Ltd
>Phoenix House, 6th Floor
>P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
>Kenya
>
>
>Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
>
>
>
>
>
________________________________
From: Paul  Kukubo <pkukubo at ict.go.ke>
>To: robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk
>Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>Sent: Sat, 25 September, 2010 21:51:04
>Subject: [kictanet] digital content creation just a thought...
>
>
>
>Listers
> 
>Kalasha awards from the Kenya Film Commission is an important recognition 
>platform for Kenyan media talent. 
>
> 
>As the show is going on, it was streamed live online at the request of the 
>Commission CEO. The CEO approached us at the ICT Board to assist with live 
>streaming. Two sister agencies under the Ministry of Information and 
>Communications working together. 
>
> 
>The Kenya ICT Board approached Homeboyz who then provided the livestream feed 
>over the internet. 
>
> 
>Opportunity for private sector to leverage this event for marketing is clear. 
>Opportunity for entrepreuners to leverage this and any future event. eg some 
>clever chap may have made a commercial argument to a bank targetting the 
>diaspora, etc.. all entreprenuer stuff really..
> 
>What is an opportunity in future is for tech savvy marketing entrepreuners to 
>sell the live stream feed as an advertising opportunity targetting the Diaspora. 
>In order for entrepreuners to do so, they obviously need to be tuned to what 
>brand advertisers need.
> 
>As I write this I am listening in to feed , reading the Twitter and Facebook 
>updates of these event and getting a sense of being there even if I was not able 
>to. Fantastic stuff. Enabled by technology. Once we do this on a grand scale, we 
>can create even more enterprises around understanding consumer and business 
>needs.   
> 
>Asante..
>
>Paul Kukubo
>Chief Executive Officer, Kenya ICT Board
>PO Box 27150 - 00100
>Nairobi, Kenya
>
>12th Floor, Teleposta Towers Koinange Street
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