[kictanet] Economic Survey 2012

[Ali Hussein]

Really? In this day and age of Mpesa etc? Even if the govt. wants to charge for this surely they can put it online and get interested people to pay?

NSE has a novel way of making market data available online. I believe that the payment gateway is powered by Pesapal. Liko, an opportunity?  

Ali Hussein

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On May 20, 2012, at 3:49 PM, Chris Foster <cgfoster at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ali,
> 
> >Patrick, thanks for bringing to our attention this issue. Is there a full version of this document so that we can interrogate it more deeply? 
> > Maybe somebody the issues not mentioned in this power point could have been covered in the full document. 
> 
> I picked up one of the previous years surveys before. As far as I know, you have to go down to the KNBS offices and pay 1000 Ksh if you want a copy - http://www.knbs.or.ke/econsurvey.php
> 
> I am not aware of a digital version. Shame really, that this vital document is not made publically available online...
> 
> Chris
> -- 
> Christopher Foster
> PhD Researcher, Centre for Development Informatics (CDI)
> University of Manchester, UK
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> 
> 
> On 20/05/12 05:30, Ali Hussein wrote:
>> 
>> Patrick
>> 
>> Could it be that ICT is bundled together with Transport and Communications? 
>> 
>> Another point that I found disappointing is that there is no indication of the huge impact mobile money transfer systems have had on the economy. 
>> 
>> Also disappointing is the lack of data for electricity penetration levels across the country.
>> 
>> The presentation also seems to ignore Tertiary education in the country. This is a key area where we seem to be loosing interest in... 
>> 
>> I commend the specific mentions in  energy policy interventions. That's a step in the right direction. I am however disheartened by the lack of mention on education as a special emphasis issue for policy interventions. 
>> 
>> Patrick, thanks for bringing to our attention this issue. Is there a full version of this document so that we can interrogate it more deeply? Maybe somebody the issues not mentioned in this power point could have been covered in the full document. 
>> 
>> Regards 
>> 
>> Ali Hussein
>> 
>> +254 773/713 601113
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone®
>> 
>> On May 20, 2012, at 12:53 AM, Patrick Mwangi Karanja <mutuota at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Dear Listers, 
>>> 
>>> I just went through the highlights of the Economic Survey 2012 with a level of disappointment albeit expected. Once again, I see no profound indications or recognition that ICT is a key contributor to the economic growth. Which brings me to the point, is there any data on the the ICT sector? 
>>> 
>>> In more than one occasion, I've been had to look for data e.g., how many companies, number of employees, revenues (local and exported), types of services, tax contribution etc. If these numbers are not reflected yet we have this as one of the key pillars in the Vision 2030 how can we measure progress or plan for interventions? 
>>> 
>>> http://www.knbs.or.ke/Economic%20Surveys/Ministers%20Presentation%20ES%20FINAL.pdf 
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Patrick M. Karanja
>>> 
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