[kictanet] Failure of Kenyan Management?

[Edwin Onchari]

Dennis,

 

I am reasonably certain that as much as there are several other reasons why
this is happening, the biggest contributor is our "attitude" as a people. I
have heard countless times from senior managers in local companies and
government alike saying that "hii ni Kenya, sio US/UK".with such a
predisposition, it is small wonder that you see such exodus and horrid
service delivery. Foreign managers/investors would fall in line if they see
initiative from the locals - which is rare.

 

Edwin

 

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Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 12:57 PM
To: Edwin
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
Subject: [kictanet] Failure of Kenyan Management?

 

"I stepped down from East Africa Venture Capitals to head Wananchi since our
$ 170M investment  in Wananchi wasn't going well" - Richard Bell at Pivot 25


"Chief executive officer of KDN, Rikus Matthyser, said the company's new
owners, South African technology firm Altech, employed a number of
expatriates to "mentor" the local managers for a period of between nine
months and two years which triggered a wave of resignations by the senior
managers." - Business Daily on Senior managers quit as expats take over at
KDN
<http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate+News/Senior+managers+quit+as+e
xpats+take+over+at+KDN/-/539550/1183716/-/j246vn/-/> 

 

The ISP industry exhibits lots of quality issues with almost everyone
agreeing there is no dependable ISP. Most ISPs will point back to their
carriers , I was told one carrier had their Kisumu link down for 3 days
because the ISP affected was 'not Safaricom'. 

 

What ails us? Isn't a nation of 40 million capable of producing a few
individuals who can successfully run an ISP? Or is its that Kenyan
management have their hands tied by foreign management and investors?

--
with Regards:
blog.denniskioko.com

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