[kictanet] Update from Kenya ICT Board Bellagio, Italy Summit 2011

[Andrea Bohnstedt]

Agree. I'd have liked to attend this - and a couple of others at the coast,
too. But my time and travel budget are obviously limited.

On 30 March 2011 10:25, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 19:17, Paul Kukubo <pkukubo at ict.go.ke> wrote:
>
>> Listers
>>
>> As my team finalizes the report from the 1st Kenya ICT Board Summit in
>> Bellagio, Italy.  We had invited a team of 20 odd people from all over the
>> world to revalidation of our value proposition. The team comprised BPO
>> analysts and marketers, silicon valley venture capitalists, Europe based
>> Venture capitalist invested here, representative from World Bank, country
>> strategist from Malaysia, International blue chip firm executives
>> representatives. from Kenya we had 3 firms (Seven Seas technologies, and
>> Kencall) and a members of academia. The Permanent Secretary Dr Bitange Ndemo
>> was in attendance.
>>
>> I would like to highlight some of the key conclusions. We are already
>> planning for Bellagio 2, next year same time.
>>
>>
> It's interesting how it's easy to "sell Kenya" outside Kenya. It's like
> selling online - you don't get to "see" what you are buying, but all the
> same, you need to have faith in the seller.
> I, too, take the devil's advocate position on this. Why Italy, and not
> Mombasa, Kenya? It could complement the efforts of KTB in selling Kenya as a
> tourist destination. If it was held here, it would also help to
> expose/unmask the challenges these investors will face locally - same ones
> that  are being faced by entities in the same lines of business.
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
> Nairobi,KE
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> Damn!!
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