[kictanet] ICT incubator - Expressions of interest

Wed Feb 9 11:18:48 EAT 2011

Robert

Haya ni maendeleo

Kudos :)

On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 10:39 AM, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Liko,
>
> I ran an ICT incubator for over 3 years and graduated a number of a
> organisations and of which developed the system run by Kenya Law Review.
>  The other was one of the 1st locally developed systems for the stock
> brokerage system.
>
> I currently mentor more than 5 micro and small businesses in various
> sectors, apart from that I have been providing financial literacy training
> for over 5 years www.quadrantshift.co.ke.
>
> So Bwana Liko, I am not all hot air as you might think which is why I have
> the moral right to raise the issues I raised.
>
> Back to you, what have you done to develop young developers or any other
> business entity?
>
> Regards
>
> PS.  I do not live in a glass house therefore I can afford to throw stones.
>
>
> Robert Yawe
> KAY System Technologies Ltd
> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
> Kenya
>
> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Agosta Liko <agostal at gmail.com>
> *To:* robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>; KICTAnet ICT Policy
> Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> *Sent:* Tue, 8 February, 2011 16:04:41
>
> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] ICT incubator - Expressions of interest
>
> Bwana Robert.
>
> I was at AITEC, had a powerpoint failure and had to speak last....
>
> I don't know how my speaking or lack therof  affects incubation in Kenya.
>
> As I have always said to you on this forum, before you ask about what
> someone else can do, should do, can do differently ..... Do something
>
> Thanks
>
> On 2/8/11, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > We need to get serious about certain issues like wanting to keep things
> > small
> > and cute, WiPro runs a graduate academy that hosts over 18,000 people a
> year
> > and
> > only employ 1,200.  This is the level of engagement we need to aspire for
> > not
> > tiny little over funded projects.
> >
> > It is foolhardy to say that the iHub should be feed and blotted rather
> than
> > expanded to serve and reach more.  It would be like Henry Ford deciding
> to
> > make
> > a single Ford Model T or Bill Gates developing DOS and using it alone in
> > their
> > garage.
> >
> > If you have some time search on google about scaling and franchising as
> it
> > might
> > help you appreciate the benefit of getting out of your box and comfort
> zone
> > and
> > look at how you can have an effect on the larger population.
> >
> > I have said it again this it the thinking of Maria Antoinette, I do not
> want
> > to
> > be beheaded for refusing to get out of the box.
> >
> > The iHub is a prototype keeping it under wraps is a  disservice to the
> > Nation.
> >
> > From Liko's comments I know understand why he offered to give a
> presentation
> > at
> > AITEC in Nairobi in 2010 and the he did not show leaving many of us
> > disappointed, worst of all you did not have the courtesy to notify the
> > organisers.
> >  Robert Yawe
> > KAY System Technologies Ltd
> > Phoenix House, 6th Floor
> > P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
> > Kenya
> >
> >
> > Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Agosta Liko <agostal at gmail.com>
> > To: robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk
> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> > Sent: Mon, 7 February, 2011 22:55:10
> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] ICT incubator - Expressions of interest
> >
> > I think the ihub is way ahead on this one and it should be supported ...
> > instead
> > of copied ...
> >
> > a y combinator like model would work very well. It would take care of
> issues
> > like busfare, living expenses etc etc
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 10:50 PM, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > a related news item:
> >>
> >>
> http://www.fastcompany.com/1724774/afrilabs-links-startup-incubators-tech-communities-in-africa
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>--
> >>Cheers,
> >>
> >>McTim
> >>"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
> >>route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
> >>
> >>
> >>On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 8:18 PM, John Kieti <jkieti at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> Chris,
> >>> That sounds like a useful forum for Listers interested in the economic
> >>> future of ICT in the region. I like the thought of initiatives
> coherently
> >>> fitting together, as it should be more of collaboration than
> competition
> >>> (not that competition I bad for raising standards).
> >>> Thanks
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 5:13 PM, Chris Foster <cgfoster at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks for this, it's an interesting discussion. How do all these
> >>>> different incubators, labs, entrepreneurship schemes and open spaces
> >>>> that
> >>>> are emerging in Kenya fit together coherently....
> >>>>
> >>>> On this subject, I thought I'd point out the launch of the
> >>>> Infodev/DFID/Hivos report on the ICT SME Sector taking place in
> Nairobi
> >>>> next
> >>>> week (18th Feb).
> >>>>
> >>>> From my brief reading, this report is very much setting out the future
> >>>> agenda for these donors on small ICT business development, so it might
> >>>> be of
> >>>> interest, and perhaps an appropriate platform to raise these issues
> for
> >>>> debate?
> >>>>
> >>>> http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.673.html (outline is included
> below)
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks
> >>>> Chris
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Christopher Foster
> >>>> PhD Researcher, Centre for Development Informatics (CDI)
> >>>> University of Manchester, UK
> >>>> Skype: cgfoster
> >>>>
> >>>> =======
> >>>> ICT in East Africa - Report Launch
> >>>> East Africa ICT SME Report Launch at World Bank, Nairobi
> >>>> =======
> >>>> Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are poised to play a
> >>>> significant
> >>>> role in the next phase of ICT industry growth in East Africa. To
> assess
> >>>> the
> >>>> market and identify opportunities infoDev, UKaid and Hivos conducted a
> >>>> detailed on-the-ground study of the ICT SME landscape in East Africa.
> >>>> This
> >>>> study performed by the Excelsior Firm, engaged over 100 policy makers,
> >>>> investors, academics, donors and entrepreneurs.
> >>>> report Launch
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Sign up to attend in person, or online, at
> eastafricaict.eventbrite.com
> >>>>
> >>>> Please join us on February 18th for the launch of our report on the
> East
> >>>> African ICT Sector: Transforming the East African ICT Sector by
> Creating
> >>>> a
> >>>> Business Engine for SMEs. This event will be held at the World Bank
> >>>> Offices
> >>>> in Upper Hill Nairobi on 18 February from 10:00am to 12:00pm. We will
> be
> >>>> presenting the report and hosting a question and answer session with
> the
> >>>> project team and donor communities.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Background
> >>>>
> >>>> The information and communications technology (ICT) sector has been
> the
> >>>> major driver of economic growth in East Africa over the last decade
> >>>> growing
> >>>> on average by as much as 40%. To date, growth has largely come from
> >>>> world-class innovation by large multinational and local enterprises.
> >>>> Small
> >>>> and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are poised to play a bigger role
> in
> >>>> the
> >>>> next phase of industry growth. However, they must overcome a multitude
> >>>> of
> >>>> system-wide challenges in order for them to succeed in the
> marketplace.
> >>>>
> >>>> To understand the interventions required, a consortium comprised of
> >>>> members from infoDev, UKaid and Hivos conducted a detailed
> on-the-ground
> >>>> study of the ICT SME landscape in East Africa. This study performed by
> >>>> the
> >>>> Excelsior Firm, a US and Africa based advisory firm, engaged over 100
> >>>> policy
> >>>> makers, investors, academics, donors and entrepreneurs.
> >>>>
> >>>> The findings suggest that the vision of a robust and dynamic ICT
> sector
> >>>> driven by SMEs that create jobs and world-class innovation is
> possible,
> >>>> and
> >>>> the likelihood of this outcome can be improved with a few targeted
> >>>> interventions. The five proposed interventions consist of the
> >>>> development of
> >>>> a fully connected SME network, filling the skills gap in advanced
> >>>> business
> >>>> and technical knowledge, providing start up and early stage funding
> for
> >>>> companies, enabling job creation for knowledge workers and upgrading
> the
> >>>> business environment. Together these interventions form the components
> >>>> of a
> >>>> potential East African ICT Business Engine that could boost
> performance,
> >>>> not
> >>>> only within the ICT sector, as well as continue to expand the economic
> >>>> development of the region.
> >>>>
> >>>> We would like to sincerely thank the over 100 entrepreneurs, ICT
> >>>> professionals, academics and experts who participated in interviews,
> >>>> workshops and numerous discussions over the past 3 months. We
> appreciate
> >>>> their dedication to the advancement of the ICT sector in East Africa
> and
> >>>> their invaluable contributions to this report.
> >>>>
> >>>> Full Report
> >>>>
> >>>> Transforming the East African ICT Sector by Creating a Business Engine
> >>>> for
> >>>> SMEs
> >>>>
> >>>> Executive Summary
> >>>>
> >>>> Transforming the East African ICT Sector by Creating a Business Engine
> >>>> for
> >>>> SMEs - Exec Summary
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 07/02/11 17:18, McTim wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 4:18 PM, John Kieti <jkieti at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks McTim for good insights
> >>>> I still think it is too early to conclude though. Consider the
> following
> >>>> :-
> >>>>
> >>>> Strathmore - am not sure they have had time to graduate any incubatee
> as
> >>>> yet
> >>>> (any updates?)
> >>>> NaiLab has not taken off as yet. Their space (on the 4th floor of
> Bishop
> >>>> Magua house?) is still an empty hall.
> >>>> mLab (infoDev, iHub, UoN, Web Foundation, eMobilis) is still at
> infancy.
> >>>> Currently building out on the empty space on the 3rd flr of Bishop
> Magua
> >>>> House.
> >>>> ictpark.com (Any updates on some graduates will help)
> >>>> KIRDI - (Any updates on some graduates will help)
> >>>>
> >>>> Perhaps you mean that the above and other incubation programs are
> >>>> founded
> >>>> on
> >>>> wrong premises.
> >>>>
> >>>> no, I just mean that we seem to have several, so questioning the need
> >>>> for more at this point.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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