[kictanet] Digital migration and local manufacturing

Mon Dec 24 18:15:42 EAT 2012

If we need to focus on manufacturing, shouldn't we then, be building more
polytechniques and less universities?

http://www.africanexecutive.com/modules/magazine/articles.php?article=6985&magazine=418last
section of the article.

Vocational training is needed.

On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 4:55 PM, Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com> wrote:

> Thank you Dr. Ndemo for spotting the elephant in the room.
>
> Mahatma Gandhi did his country good for preaching self sustainability.
> With proper implementation of brand Kenya initiative, we might use
> more local products and follow India's footsteps. Just remember, "the
> cowards never started, the weak died in the way, only the strong
> arrived. They were the pioneers."
>
> Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire Said, "No problem can withstand the
> assault of sustained thinking." I think Daktari you are thinking in
> the right direction.
>
> On 24/12/2012, bitange at jambo.co.ke <bitange at jambo.co.ke> wrote:
> > Kivuva,
> > I am really having a terrible time with internet connectivity here in
> > India.  It cost more than Ksh. 2,000 per an hour for a 512K link.  By the
> > time I read a two page attachment, the time is over with no warning.
> >
> > I want to thank you for reviving the local manufacturing issue.  As Mwale
> > states, this where I started anticipating migration by 2012.  We could
> not
> > get support in spite of Dr. Gachigi's effort to develop a prototype.  I
> > personally went round talking to our industrialists.  They wanted
> numbers.
> >  I could not provide attractive numbers since this is a stop gap measure.
> > Instead I went round talking how we can leverage 3D printing to start
> > elevating Jua Kali Industries into local manufacturing without
> necessarily
> > getting into the economies of scale trap.
> >
> > The good news is that Dr. Gachigi is still determined.  Just recently I
> > wrote that he needed Ksh. 15 million to start local manufacturing of hand
> > sets.  I went further and talked to two chip makers who have gracefully
> > accepted to give us their mobile handset platform.  We have no investors
> > (risk takers) yet but it is going to work and we propel our country into
> > light electronic manufacturing.  It needs the commitment of Kenyans to
> buy
> > local.  Every 10 vehicles I count here in India, seven are local.
> > Actually even the foreign brands are manufactured locally.  This not a
> > government problem but a serious cultural dilemma.
> >
> > Ndemo.
> >
> >
> >
> >> Dear Dr. Ndemo, wishing you a safe flight back home, and a quick
> >> recovery to your loved one.
> >>
> >> Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you too
> >>
> >> On 21/12/2012, bitange at jambo.co.ke <bitange at jambo.co.ke> wrote:
> >>> Stephen,
> >>> I wanted to stay out of this till the ruling in court but I cannot keep
> >>> quiet when you tell the whole world lies on mobile penetration in
> Kenya.
> >>> Virtually every adult Kenyan has access to mobile in 2G.  The fastest
> >>> growing market is broadband because of the growing needs by the poor to
> >>> get their produce to market or get the best pricing.  This is what the
> >>> many applications that are being developed in Kenya will do.  Rural
> >>> schools need the broadband most since education too is going e. While
> >>> mobile coverage in Kenya is at 90% (mostly 2G coverage), land mass
> >>> coverage stands at 40% with 80% mobile penetration.  Mpesa is not for
> >>> the
> >>> rich like Mutoro but the poor and is accessible to 90% of the poor.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> The need to migrate to 4G is critical in planning our broadband needs
> in
> >>> the next one year.  For us to meet the projected demand we must get to
> >>> the
> >>> last mile.  This means that getting to the poor since mot of the rich
> >>> have
> >>> fibre connevtivity to their homes.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I take great exception with your statements.  My Key Performance Index
> >>> (KPI)is how many people in Kenya rich and poor have access to internet.
> >>> This is significantly different from your KPI of counting how many
> cases
> >>> you have taken to court over the perceived infringement of consumer
> >>> rights. While you can criticise me as a public servant, I am not able
> to
> >>> even know your funding sources and the motives for funding.  I do not
> >>> question but this is what Kenyans are talking in low tones.
> >>>
> >>> What we can do for now is to rephrase John F. Kennedy's quote to read
> >>> "ask
> >>> not what the poor may be wanting; ask what you have done to remove
> >>> poverty".  Going to court purpoting to represent the poor is a
> bouguasie
> >>> cover up.  Let us stand up for the poor and help eliminate poverty by
> >>> teaching them to navigate the high seas of technology and fish for
> their
> >>> sustainable living.
> >>>
> >>> I am in India for some family medical case but I must report that Delhi
> >>> whose per capita income is lower than Nairobi, has fully migrated to
> >>> Digital.  The poor are now enjoying watching TV in the languages they
> >>> understand (this is a requirement in our constitution).  Three hundred
> >>> new
> >>> channels have come up including one helping consumers understand what
> is
> >>> in the market and how it compares with other competitors.  Perhaps you
> >>> need to upgrade your approach to consumerism.  Only technology will
> help
> >>> be more effective.
> >>>
> >>> Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year my brother.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Ndemo.
> >>>
> >>>
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