[kictanet] The State Of Internet Access In Our Schools & Kenya? Global Ranking In A Hyper-Connected World

Tue Sep 18 10:22:55 EAT 2012

Ali

+1 On bringing about this :

Indeed "*What is sad about this phenomenally encouraging story is that it
seems that this growth hasn’t penetrated to the less advantaged population
in Kenya. It is a state of affairs that cannot be allowed to continue for
much longer if we are to achieve our vision of becoming a middle class
economy country by 2030 according to Vision 2030*."

I believe that we have many resources and a portion of the huge bandwidth
that Kenya enjoys now ought to be offloaded to such projects that open a
new conduit of information to the thirsty minds otherwise Vision 2030 will
arrive too soon and we wouldn't have bridged such gaps.

Gideon Rop.

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>       Ranking In A Hyper-Connected World (Ali Hussein)
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> Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 20:43:08 +0300
> From: Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe at gmail.com>
> To: Agosta Liko <agostal at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Top brains to entice global investors
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> Hi Agosta,
>
> Francis, Liko and Ali
>
> DEMO is a launch pad for new technologies and startups, its not a
> competition. The only competitive aspect of DEMO is to get to the DEMO
> Stage. In the last four months we have engaged with innovators from
> across the continent with the objective of taking their innovation from
> just that to real
> business, that is sustainable and that will take them to the next level.
> Different innovators need/require different inputs to take them to the next
> level, some need capitalization others are looking for go to market
> opportunities, publicity while other are just looking for strategic
> partnerships. So it not correct to assume that very
> startup is looking for investment in money terms.
>
> What DEMO provides is the push for a product launch. For a startup to
> launch at DEMO
> you must have a new, innovative product that solves a real problem. This
> partly answers Francis' question. DEMO does not look at innovation for
> innovation's sake, there has
> to be a real problem that innovation is solving and a business model to
> boot.
>
> Ability to scale is also a big consideration given that investors will be
> putting money
> and expect a return on their investment. On investors, our work on this
> space has shown us that there is mis-match of
> expectations. Local developers and innovators are looking for investors
> from Silicon Valley, while investors in Sillicon
> Valley have no visibility of the local investment opportunity. To this we
> have been engaging local investors through the
> DEMO Africa Roundtable Workshops and the interest can only be described as
> amazing. This is a group that has in the
> past been ignored yet they have the capacity to invest and take most of the
> startups to the next level, but only if the engagement makes sense to them.
>
> Who are the investors? We are engaging different players ? both local and
> international. At the Nairobi Investor Meeting which we had investors who
> are managing funds in excess of $11m and have invested in companies like
> Cellulant, Software Technologies and Kencall; in Nigeria end of
> this week we have a plethora of investors who are very active in the tech
> space and ditto for South Africa at the Demo Investors roundtable which
> happens there in a couple of weeks.
>
> We are engaging all these investors aswell as those who are stilltied up
> with legacy investments (property) so that we can give the startups with
> the highest potential of
> success that extra push to succeed.
>
> Hope you will be there to see Afric's best!
>
> cell: +254715964281
> On Sep 17, 2012 4:24 PM, "Agosta Liko" <agostal at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Spoke to Harry about this
> >
> > who are the investors ?
> >
> > which are their investments ?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:
> >
> >> +1 Francis.
> >>
> >> Infact my understanding is that Demo Africa is just that. This isn't
> >> about judging for competition's sake. The 'judges' are investors and
> >> companies looking for new products and services that already have
> traction
> >> or have a huge potential for traction.
> >>
> >> The last few years have been good for awareness and we have gained a
> >> reputation as an innovation hub. However the pipeline now needs to move
> >> towards actualizing these ideas into viable, bankable business models.
> >>
> >> Demo Africa seeks to fill part of the gap.
> >>
> >> Harry/Brian, hope I haven't put my foot in my mouth...
> >>
> >> Ali Hussein
> >>
> >> On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Francis Hook <francis.hook at gmail.com
> >wrote:
> >>
> >>> I am keen to know to what extent innovators will leverage OSS as they
> >>> make their pitches.
> >>>
> >>> I hope we will not see technology for technology's sake kind of
> >>> innovations.   We've seen some very sexy ideas develop over the years
> >>> but they do not really solve real problems or are very hard to
> >>> monetise.
> >>>
> >>> It would also be nice if we could hear of experiences of local
> >>> developers/innovators in terms of getting funding for their start ups,
> >>> how their ideas get an audience (and what reactions they get) etc.   I
> >>> gather there is a degree of wariness when it comes to showcasing ideas
> >>> and the fear that players with big pockets will take it and run with
> >>> it  (because they can afford to) or shoot it down because it could
> >>> disrupt existing business models (e.g.  cross network shared mobile
> >>> money platforms...).
> >>>
> >>> We've also heard that techies are just that - and have bright ideas
> >>> but are not good sales people or any good in biz devt.   To what
> >>> extent does DEMO address this issue?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 17 September 2012 00:47, Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga at hotmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>> > IN SUMMARY
> >>> >
> >>> > Demo Africa director Harry Hare said the event, the first to be held
> in
> >>> > Africa, presents a good chance for local innovators to move their
> >>> businesses
> >>> > to the next level.
> >>> > Over the last five years, innovators at DEMO US have received about
> >>> Sh297
> >>> > billion in business capital.
> >>> > Microsoft, which is sponsoring the event together with Nokia and
> other
> >>> > multinationals, said that the partnership is one of the best
> >>> activities they
> >>> > have done because it will help accelerate success of entrepreneurs
> and
> >>> > start-ups in Africa.
> >>> >
> >>>
> http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Top+brains+to+entice+global+investors/-/1006/1509036/-/ntbwhpz/-/index.html
> >>> >
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> >> *Ali Hussein*
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> Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 05:55:29 +0300
> From: Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke>
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> Subject: [kictanet] The State Of Internet Access In Our Schools &
>         Kenya?s Global Ranking In A Hyper-Connected World
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> Listers
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> Last week I visited a school run by an NGO called New Dawn Kenya
> www.newdawnkenya.com. The school is in an informal settlement in the
> affluent Runda residential area. The appetite for education and knowledge
> among the students was a thing of beauty to see. These are extremely
> disadvantaged young people with an insatiable thirst for knowledge.
>
> What struck home for me was that the majority of them had never accessed
> information on the Internet. This issue is an emotional one for me. As a
> hyper-connected Kenyan I have always taken for granted access to the
> Internet for the last few years. Over the last few years Internet usage and
> penetration levels have increased phenomenally.
>
> Read on:
>
>
> http://alyhussein.com/2012/09/the-state-of-internet-access-in-our-schools-kenyas-global-ranking-in-a-hyper-connected-world/
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>
> Ali Hussein
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> +254 773/713 601113
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