[kictanet] ICT incubator - Expressions of interest

Wed Feb 9 17:37:59 EAT 2011

Thanks Pius

This is very valuable information on SITT. Am thinking one of our big
problems as an 'information' technology sector is that 'information' is
 very viscous - it does not flow easily to those who need it to make
decisions. A periodic compilation and publication of info on such
initiatives, their achievements and targets will be very useful.

On older issue of whether we need more business incubation programs, am
thinking such efforts are what will help to fill up the 5,000 acre
technopolis at Malili with strong Kenyan firms.

Best regards

On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 5:20 PM, Pius Walela <PWalela at strathmore.edu> wrote:

>  Strathmore University has in place  an ICT  incubation  program  called
> Strathmore Innovation Technology Transfer Program(SITT).SITT is an
> initiative within the Faculty of Information Technology (FIT) at Strathmore
> University focused on commercializing technologies from ICT laboratories in
> Kenyan universities and research institutions for high-tech economic
> development. The main goal of the program is to develop ICT innovations and
> to* *help with the commercialization of those innovations by introducing
> entrepreneurial skills to high-tech research efforts in line  with  the
> Vision  2030 of  ensuring development and  supporting entrepreneurship. Through
> this process the technologies and products will be transferred from the
> laboratory to the marketplace. The program is currently* *nurturing and mentoring
> innovators  among them  a Nairobi-based mobile startup Xrystalgenius which
>  won the *Base of the Pyramid* award at the 2010 Mobile Monday Peer Awards
> that took place in Helsinki, Finland.* *SITT  has  so  far realized the
> following* :*
>
>
>
> Preview :
> http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Technology/-/688612/1020076/-/a0tadgz/-/index.html
> .
>
>
> http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Girls%20who%20created%20social%20network%20for%20farmers%20/-/1056/1085706/-/6c0qcjz/-/index.html
>
>                    www.strathmore.edu/fit
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> Kind regards
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> kictanet-bounces+pwalela=strathmore.edu at lists.kictanet.or.ke] *On Behalf
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> *Sent:* Monday, February 07, 2011 4:19 PM
> *To:* Pius Walela
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> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] ICT incubator - Expressions of interest
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> Thanks McTim for good insights
>
>
>
> I still think it is too early to conclude though. Consider the following :-
>
>    1. Strathmore - am not sure they have had time to graduate any
>    incubatee as yet (any updates?)
>    2. NaiLab has not taken off as yet. Their space (on the 4th floor of
>    Bishop Magua house?) is still an empty hall.
>    3. 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.
>    4. ictpark.com (Any updates on some graduates will help)
>    5. KIRDI<http://www.kirdi.go.ke/Departments/TechnologyTransferExtensionServices/ICTIncubation.aspx> -
>    (Any updates on some graduates will help)
>
>  Perhaps you mean that the above and other incubation programs are founded
> on wrong premises.  Otherwise am thinking we could do with a little more
> time before ruling out the option of increasing business incubation services
> for the ICT sector. Remember a while back we had Bwana PS chastise us on the
> need for youth to embrace entrepreneurship. Perhaps these incubation
> services are the required impetus to entrench the required entrepreneurship
> culture.
>
>
>
> Best Regards
>
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> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 3:43 PM, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 2:56 PM, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>
> wrote:
> > McTim,
> > You should have raised that issue over 4 months ago when the Kenya ICT
> Board
> > invited interested parties to send a proposal for the development of ICT
> > incubators.
>
>  I did point it out to the WB, rather too obliquely perhaps.
>
>
>
> > Just like with chicken egg incubators you cannot have too many,
>
> I think that is an empirical question.
>
>
>
>
> every year
> > our institutions of higher learning pour out thousands of graduates who
> need
> > somewhere to develop their skills.  An incubator only hatches the chicks
> > after that they are supposed to take in new eggs.  If the chicks are
> allowed
> > to stay in the incubator then it purpose and objective are defeated.
> > As had been indicated the funding was to come from the World Bank or some
> > other donor.  What do you suggest that the KICT Board should do with
> those
> > funds?
>
>  They would have to give it back if it came from a donor.  If it
> didn't, it seems that some money needs to be spent to persuade  ISPs
> to deploy IPv6, so maybe they could use it for dual stack CPE
> software.  It would be quite a coup for kenyan coders to do this.
>
>
> >  Can you please also furnish us with some of the ICT incubators in Kenya
>
> Off the top of my head there is:
> Strathmore
> NaiLab
> UoN/ihub/InfoDev/emobilis
> ictpark.com
> KIRDI
>
>
>
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> Cheers,
>
> McTim
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> route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
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