[kictanet] Vision 2030: ICT and Other Sectors Converged (Day 3)

Sat Dec 31 20:57:47 EAT 2011

Edith

Isn't choosing a running mate because she is female is discriminatory ?

And do you know of any "youth" program that has "worked"

:)

On 12/31/11, Edith Adera <eadera at idrc.or.ke> wrote:
> My last word in 2011 before we usher in 2012 is to agree that we have not
> done enough to unlock the potential in our youth.
>
> Mugo, if there is one thing vision 2030 should attempt to implement in
> partnership with other like minded agencies and good Kenyans as 2012 starts
> is a mega youth innovation project that cuts across all counties - lets
> unlock their creativity and potential esp in the ICT industry. But approach
> youth initiative in a wholistic and integrative manner to ensure issues of
> core values and community service are addressed to avoid a generation that
> thrives on greed and primitive accumulation!
>
> To the Presidential candidates on this list and those following discussions
> on this list through proxies - two pieces of advice.
>
> 1. Invest in a mega youth Initiative before August 2012 (when the elections
> will be held)
> 2. Chose a woman running mate and for the only woman Presidential candidate,
> chose a male running mate - we must now operate 50/50 going into the future.
>
> Happy new year to all!
>
> Edith
>
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> From: kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.or.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> [kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.or.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of
> bitange at jambo.co.ke [bitange at jambo.co.ke]
> Sent: 31 December 2011 07:38
> To: Edith Adera
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Vision 2030: ICT and Other Sectors Converged (Day 3)
>
> Eric,
> I think to a large extent we are saying the same thing.  My question is
> simple.  How much Government do Africans want in their entrepreneurial
> activities?
>
> My arguments tends to show that in general if there is less government,
> policies tend to favour enterprise at the expense of the poor majority.
> This is when the government takes politics as a branch of economics as
> previously theorized by Adam Smith and Milton.  Friedman.  Although greed
> has been with us for ages, within such an environment, greed is therefore
> sanctioned by government.
>
> The extreme end of capitalism is only found in Somalia where the economic
> activities are independent of government.  Sometimes politics in Somalia is
> a complete branch of economic activity.
>
> I am surprised that you are defensive about Africa's private sector.  You do
> not need to do much in Africa to grow at 5%.  The inefficiencies in Africa
> are mind boggling.  I have extensively written about this in this forum.
> Africa can actually grow at a rate of 20% on an annual basis.  We have not
> even reduced post production inefficiencies to stem food insecurity.
>
> Much of the enterprise in Africa today was due to privatization of state
> enterprises including the communication sector.  Innovations like Makmende
> in Kenya were not seen as opportunity to invest in.  You can even ask Liko
> in this forum.  We have not even taken seriously innovations coming from our
> youth.  If you apply Schumpeter's creative destruction theory, you will find
> that there are only a handful of Africans who fit the bill even though we
> have had opportunities to destroy existing technologies.  Makmende would
> have dealt face book a big blow.
>
> I attend most of presentations by youth at I-hub and I-Lab.  The angel
> investors you see in these presentations are not Africans.  By any
> statistics, if all venture capitalist are foreign then when such ideas break
> big, we shall simply be onlookers.  Who should be taking the risk? Should
> government be in business only to privatize when risk is minimized?
>
> Here is our real problem.  Africa celebrates with drum beats with the
> hatching of one chick while the west would only celebrate with violins when
> all the chicks have been hatched.  The potential growth rate in Africa has
> not reached where we can begin to celebrate with drum beats.  We must keep
> on the pressure.  The private sector must wake up.
>
> Your celebration of our academics in the diaspora again is too early.  Most
> of African academics abroad are suspect.  I do not know whether they are
> genuine or simply saying what is politically correct.  I think they are
> guilty for not coming back to be foot sodiers of development.  It is easier
> to cheer or jeer from the sidelines.  They must make sacrifices and come
> home to share their experiences.  Let us see them take the leadership and
> show us the way.
>
> On leadership and pragmatism.  There is nothing out of playing in the middle
> and call it pragmatism.  You either have the Government in business activity
> or not at all.  Obama is a liberal and a good one after nationalizing the
> collapsing enterprises of America.  If it was not his intervention there
> will not be GM or Citi Bank.  This is not politics of the middle, this is
> reminding the world that economics is a branch of politics.  This what
> Roosevelt did to safe capitalism.  Pragmatism is when you sit in the fence.
>
> Regards.
>
>
> Ndemo.
>
>
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