[kictanet] Bitange for President? Driving KnowledgeEconomy?OnlineInterview with PS Ndemo

[aki]

Thank you Dr Ndemo, and will await to read the comprehensive response. :-)


On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 9:45 AM, <bitange at jambo.co.ke> wrote:

> **Aki,
> Whereas by chance one of the aaplications developed here may become a
> global brand, we do not want to leave to chance. That is why we are
> developing centers of excellency, standards and incubators to make sure we
> part of global standards. There is much learning that we must go through.
> The reason we should seek to collaborate while guarding our inventions.
>
> As I write, we are working on a digital economy policy. We shall come up
> with a specific legislation in this emerging sector. Create special
> incentives that would propel it to greater levels.
>
> We also must deal with Universities inorder to create the triple helix that
> has worked in many parts of the world. Strathmore is leading in the right
> direction. We want to fully their patnership with Sumsang and Safaricom.
> Through such arrangement we create capacities that lead to new other
> enterprises.
>
> This is an area I have the greatest interest and would want to explore. I
> am using the annoying Blackberry so please allow me to respond more
> comprehensively when I get to a real keyboard.
>
>
>
> Ndemo.
>
>
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry®
> ------------------------------
> *From: *aki <aki275 at gmail.com>
> *Date: *Fri, 5 Aug 2011 09:13:11 +0300
> *To: *KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> *Cc: *<bitange at jambo.co.ke>
>  *Subject: *Re: [kictanet] Bitange for President? Driving Knowledge
> Economy?OnlineInterview with PS Ndemo
>
>   Dr Ndemo,
>
> I have a final question on regarding the creation of the High Tech Sector
> in preparation for Malili. While cheaper rent or infrastructure facilities
> maybe an additional advantage, I think we are still to find a way to push
> private sector and govt incentives/policies on creating the High Tech
> Sector. I believe we are no where at the moment, neither the mobile or web
> development sectors even come close to becoming the next billion shilling
> industry sectors. These two sectors are in a transition mode where the
> demand is for more localised settings.
>
> What will the govt do to ensure that kenyan companies start looking at
> holding patents and developing the needs of external markets based on
> technology trends. I think the last thing we would want to see is a scenario
> where kenyans in ICT become more of daily wage labourers on contract basis.
> While this may seem an ideal employment creation scenario, the results will
> be negative in the long term.
>
> What steps and incentives will create the High Tech Sector companies and
> will opening up the development of critical govt sectors offer an incentive
> to create broad based technologies?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Rgds.
>
>
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