[kictanet] Standing on the shoulders of giants

[Edith Adera]

A great African scholar, Prof Mammo Muchie, recently said....to transform Africa...we need leaders who "hate money"!!

Your point very well taken!

Edith

From: kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.or.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.or.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of robert yawe
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 9:21 AM
To: Edith Adera
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Standing on the shoulders of giants

Hi,

I believe we are missing a critical point and since the PS said "we need to be honest to one another", our so called great developers want the fame of Zuckerberg without the sweat and I request you all watch the movie Social Network to better appreciate what it took to create facebook.

To make any major breakthrough you first and foremost need the heart and enthusiasm for what you are doing and not just the vision of the expected financial gain.  When Ronaldinho was horning his soccer skills on the streets of Porto Alegre he was not thinking of the billions he will earn when he becomes a star he played for the passion of the sport.

Safaricom is not a charitable organisation and if you actual develop, not imagine, a radically industry shifting product like MPesa or facebook then not only Safaricom but the other players in the industry will beat a path to your doorstep but so long as you put the money before the product then we might as well forget about development.

I have a live example of 2 law students who spent countless hours with no return to develop what is now the leading electronic version of the laws of Kenya.  When they came to me what they needed was computers, office space and web access, they already had the passion and energy which is something that money can not buy.

For the icing on the cake, there is another developer who currently runs the site www.live.mystocks.co.ke<http://www.live.mystocks.co.ke> which is the leading stock market information portal developed the initial site www.mystocks.co.ke<http://www.mystocks.co.ke> from the challenge from me that there where no good developers just programmers in Kenya.  Well he proved me wrong without hin raising the issues of money, partnership, legal environment, government support or standing on giants shoulders. With the way this product is going any serious service provider will soon be blazing a bath to the door.

Let us live up to our peculiar ways and stop textbook approaches to a never before experienced problem, so before you stand on the shoulders of the giant make sure that are aware of your presence there cause one wrong move by the giant and all will be over.

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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Subject: Re: [kictanet] {Disarmed} Re: Standing on the shoulders of giants

The problem is not having a framework.  Watch Social Network, how Zuckerberg created facebook.  On his own, he could not have gone far.  We need to work in teams providing different capabilities and simply be honest to one another.  We cannot succeed if our consideration for capabilities is where you come from.  We mus subordinate our individual interest and pride for the greater benefits that change society.

Ndemo.

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