[kictanet] Update on the Wezesha laptop project

[waudo siganga]

This sounds great progress Paul. Congratulations to you and your team. I
hope as you expand the project in future you bring in teachers both in
primary and secondary schools so that that they too can be wezeshad to
own and use computers.

Waudo



On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:15 +0300, "Paul Kukubo ICT Board"
<pkukubo at ict.go.ke> wrote:
> Listers
> 
> The Kenya ICT Board would like to announce that a total of 9,676 laptops
> have been purchased under the Wezesha laptop initiative. 
> 
> The Kenya ICT Board has commenced a project review exercise that is
> expected to take about 2- 3 weeks. This review will allow the Kenya ICT
> Board to make project changes during the second half of the initiative.
> Among other things this review is necessary to add features that will
> enable a friendlier interaction with the Wezesha portal
> (www.wezesha.co.ke) for students, University Coordinators and the
> retailers. 
> 
> The Government of Kenya under the Ministry of Information and
> Communications, with the Kenya ICT Board as the implementation agency,
> launched 'Wezesha'—a laptop ownership initiative for university students
> across Kenya. This initiative supports the attainment of Kenya's Vision
> 2030. Under ‘Wezesha' which means 'enable' in Kiswahili, university
> students in participating public and private universities and colleges
> will be eligible for a price rebate on the purchase of a laptop. The
> Wezesha initiative shall support the purchase of 15,667 laptops. 
> 
> 
> The purpose 
> An empowered student is better equipped to carry out research, complete
> assignments. In addition the laptop becomes a critical tool for
> entertainment and information. 
> It is the hope of government that students will become ambassadors for
> greater digital literacy across their communities and in their homes
> across Kenya improved access. The government also hopes to achieve
> greater student innovation and entrepreneurship, with students
> collaborating to create and execute bankable business ideas. 
> 
> The Kenya ICT Board indicates satisfaction with the uptake of the laptops
> under this scheme and expects to achieve 100% sales by mid year when the
> project is completed. Indeed some universities exhausted their voucher
> allocations quite quickly.
> 
> How the program works
> Students interested in receiving the discounted laptops are required to
> visit the Wezesha web portal, www.wezesha.co.ke. The web portal is
> designed to manage the Wezesha initiative from registration to purchase
> of the laptop. 
> 
> The steps are as follows;
> Step one:       Student registers online according to the University
> attended and receives email notification upon successful registration.
> 
> Step two:       Appointed University coordinator verifies that the
> individual registered is a current university student and grants approval
> in the system. Once approved, formal notification and electronic voucher
> for laptop purchase is sent to student via email.
> 
> Step three:      Student logs back onto the Wezesha portal selects
> preferred laptop from one of the pre-qualified retailers.  
> 
> Step four:       Student goes to retailer’s shop with printed voucher
> number and balance amount to redeem laptop. Student must present national
> and student ID.   The student then pays for laptop, less the amount on
> the voucher.
> 
> Step five:      Student owns new laptop.
> 
> Ends.
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