[kictanet] [Skunkworks] Kenya IGF Mailing List discussions Day 1 of 10: Impact of Mobile Internet in Kenya

Barrack Otieno otieno.barrack at gmail.com
Fri Jul 1 14:22:07 EAT 2011


@ Aki, thanks for your comments , quite insightfull more so the need for
National Mobile Payments data, do you think we need an entity similar to the
one that was created to handle porting services for this purpose, or should
we task the regulator to provide this data?

On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 1:59 PM, aki <aki275 at gmail.com> wrote:

> @Barrack, please find some comments inline.
>
> On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 1:07 PM, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Listers,
>>
>> ·         What role has mobile networks played in providing Internet
>> access to Kenyan citizens and what needs to be put in place to promote
>> mobile Internet and enhance local content development?
>>
>
> What is currently happening is that major mobile events seem to be
> producing a very narrow end of results i.e mobile applications that work for
> NGO  or health worker type of operations. We can save lives through
> reminding people when to take their medications, but we also need many other
> mobile programs that have a broader impact. We need to identify what sectors
> are in fundamental need of attention and develop these as a baseline. For
> example, why aren't we using 3g dvb-mobile technology to stream content
> between medical personnel, rapid response units and even critical areas. The
> technology exists but who will do it? That is why we need funds allocations
> to put such core ideas from testing, developing and into production. Let us
> match the mobile sector growth with developing funds to research, create and
> match the growth. Will we wait for Telcos who have different plans or
> external loans to create such systems? Then we have a very long wait.
>
> Secondly, the National Mobile Payments gateways data is not publicly
> available ( I've not seen any site publish such data ) which could provides
> statistics to mobile and other developers to either improve or create newer
> ways to compliment payments data. How much growth is taking place, and what
> sectors that are in immediate need of such facilities is unknown so rather
> than have market intelligence based on payment gateways, you may find mostly
> everyone doing their own thing and not having any significant growth impact
> of mobile payment platforms usage.
>
>
>
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