[kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 64, Issue 110

Wed Sep 26 04:18:13 EAT 2012

Re NY, Mayor Bloomberg has put in place a number of interesting initiatives
to make it the East Coast tech place-to-be in the last few years
(displacing Boston I think), some recent examples include the HELM project
<http://www.takethehelmnyc.com>to encourage tech firms to relocate to Lower
Manhattan

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 5:19 PM, <kictanet-request at lists.kictanet.or.ke>wrote:

>
>
> One thing stands out from the US visit. New York is a city that has
> consistently re-invented itself. Hence, it's been relevant from the 1890's
> to date and aims to be relevant in future.
>
> >From all the Konza plans, it's seems that Nairobi is incorrigible. That we
> have given up on it? Also, does the US have a Special Economic Zone we
> could draw lessons from?
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 6:00 PM, <bitange at jambo.co.ke> wrote:
>
> > Barrack/Hussien et al,
> > The Government and City authorities as well as ordinary citizens have a
> > responsibility in ensuring that we create the necessary ecosystem.
> >
> > For a start we need to ask the Nairobi Gubanatorial candidates what plans
> > they have for Nairobi.  Failure to do that means that we lose the chance
> > and expose ourselves with the risk of bad leadership.  The same applies
> for
> > the country leadership.
> >
> > Further the citizens must be more open minded especially in the area of
> > immigration.  US has an open policy for any good graduate.  We could not
> be
> > having I Phone if a Syrian national never found his way to US and
> fathered
> > Steve Jobs.  Similarly Obama will not be there.  When Carl Max wrote the
> > Communist Ideology he was living in London.  Nearer to home we could not
> be
> > having Craft Silicon if we closed our borders.
> >
> > As a free market economy we must fully embrace competition from personal
> > to organizational level.  When you succeed at that level you succeed
> > globally.  We have done so especially in Ushahidi and more new
> applications
> > that will be scalable.  That is why I say we are OK for now and we must
> do
> > more and think more outside the box.  Do we really know that we have a
> > complex ideology that is not often practised?
> >
> > See Obama's manifesto on education and how he wants to see a better
> > competitive nation.  Americans have appreciated that and you can
> understand
> > why he leads Rommny.  We need to move out of our ethnicity and judge
> those
> > who will lead us not by what we hope to benefit from them but by the
> > content of their character.  We hold key to change but we could rather
> talk
> > and not act appropriately.
> >
> > What does Matemu's precedence setting case got to do with our future?
> >
> > Bitange Ndemo.
> >
> >
> >
> > Sent from my BlackBerry?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>
> > Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 08:44:00
> > To: Ali Hussein<ali at hussein.me.ke>; <bitange at jambo.co.ke>
> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Taking Care of the Future
> >
> > + 1 Ali, Daktari to quote you ' We must move up the ladder through
> > research and begin to lead the rest of the world.' who is supposed to
> > spear head this , does government have a role to play?
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 7:37 AM, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:
> > > +1 Daktari
> > >
> > > For bringing to the fore fundamental issues and the potential for the
> > future
> > > of this country.
> > >
> > > However, to quote your last sentence 'That is OK for now.' Allow me to
> > > humbly disagree..
> > >
> > > It is NOT OK. We have made great strides in this country and yet a lot
> > still
> > > needs to be done. If we sit on our laurels and thump our chests because
> > the
> > > great companies of the world are now camping in Kenya to understand
> what
> > it
> > > is that makes this country tick in matters mobile & tech then we risk
> > all.
> > > The Annals of History are strewn with once great companies and
> countries
> > > that ate their own spiel and found themselves in the dustbins of
> history.
> > >
> > > The spirit of openness, industriousness, perseverance and risk taking
> > that
> > > make up our whole is something that needs to be continuously watered.
> > >
> > > Thank you Daktari for sharing your thoughts and views.
> > >
> > > Ali Hussein
> > >
> > > On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 7:02 AM, <bitange at jambo.co.ke> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Through HR&A our Master Developer at Konza we met two agencies today
> in
> > >> New York involved with the development of  a futuristic New York that
> > will
> > >> be competitive in the next 50 years.
> > >>
> > >> Hudson Yards Development Corporation was created by Mayor Bloomberg to
> > >> redevelop a section of New York that was their industrial area. It
> > covers
> > >> approximately 300 acres with mostly non high rise buildings. The city
> > now
> > >> wants high rises to meet future office demands.
> > >>
> > >> Here they are buying back most of the land while developing modern
> > >> infrastructure including the subway. Consultants are working day and
> > night
> > >> to ensure the redeveloped area meets current and future needs.
> > >>
> > >> Later we visited the New York City Development Corporation charged
> with
> > >> NY's future competitiveness.  They noted that in 1890, NY wad
> basically
> > a
> > >> trading centre. In the 1940s, it became an Industrial City and today
> it
> > is
> > >> largely a financial and services city.  They now want to switch gears
> > to a
> > >> more technology city.
> > >>
> > >> Through a competitive process, they have put together a number of
> > >> universities to deliberately steer NY into another Silicon Valley.
> > Cornell
> > >> University is paired with Israel Institute of Technology to
> deliberately
> > >> create multi disciplinary programs in applied sciences and
> > entrepreneurship.
> > >> NY University too will partner with other global centres of excellence
> > such
> > >> as Indian Institute of Technology to also focus on innovation and
> > >> entrepreneurship.
> > >>
> > >> To help create a competitive future, the city will give free land and
> > >> other incentives. They are demolishing one of the hospitals in order
> to
> > >> create space for a futuristic project. Each of the different
> university
> > >> grouping will focus in a specialized area that will be critical in the
> > days
> > >> to come. They are coming up with courses like health analytics, smart
> > cities
> > >> etc.
> > >>
> > >> This is how in future we can use data to predict our future. This is
> > very
> > >> critical and many lessons for developing countries. As we continue to
> do
> > >> things the same way it has always been done, things remain the same
> and
> > this
> > >> ain't good at all. We need to leverage on what we have and do a little
> > more.
> > >>
> > >> In the evening I attended a UN sponsored launch of Better than Cash
> > >> Alliance at the Ford Foundation. Here speaker after speaker lauded
> > Kenya for
> > >> its contribution towards mobile money. Our own Michael Joseph was in
> > >> attendance.  This was a launch to scale up what has been successful in
> > Kenya
> > >> (75% of mobile money transactions world wide happens in Kenya). We
> > shall see
> > >> many researchers coming to Kenya. We must move up the ladder through
> > >> research and begin to lead the rest of the world.
> > >>
> > >> Instead of spending many hours arguing the merits and demerits of SAP
> > >> training some Kenyans we need a mobile payroll system that can be
> > integrated
> > >> with Government's Integrated Financial Management System.
> > >>
> > >> When Matatus were introduced, there was a regulated transport system
> in
> > >> Kenya. Buses could not just stop anywhere. They were like the
> > proprietary
> > >> software. Mini buses could stop anywhere and charged based on distance
> > >> travelled and eventually dealt a blow to buses in urban centres. The
> > rest
> > >> today is history.
> > >>
> > >> That is ok for now.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Ndemo.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Sent from my BlackBerry?
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: bitange at jambo.co.ke
> > >> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 04:00:12
> > >> To: Alice Munyua<alice at apc.org>;
> > >> kictanet<kictanet-bounces+bitange=jambo.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> > >> Reply-To: bitange at jambo.co.ke
> > >> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> > >> Subject: Re: Taking Care of the Future
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Sent from my BlackBerry?
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: Alice Munyua <alice at apc.org>
> > >> Sender: "kictanet"
> > >> <kictanet-bounces+bitange=jambo.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke>Date: Fri,
> > 14 Sep
> > >> 2012 20:20:09
> > >> To: <bitange at jambo.co.ke>
> > >> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> > >> Subject: [kictanet] Invitation to join dialogue on African civil
> > >> society's,
> > >>  engagement with internet governance processes
> > >>
> > >> (apologies for cross posting)
> > >>
> > >> Dear friends and colleagues
> > >>
> > >> INVITATION TO JOIN ONLINE DIALOGUE!
> > >>
> > >> We invite you to join an online dialogue among African civil
> > >> society, media and other people who care about a free, open and
> > >> accessible internet to share their  views and increase their
> > >> understanding of current trends in internet  regulation and
> governance.
> > >>
> > >> The UN's Human Rights Council adopted a landmark resolution in 2012
> that
> > >> 'human rights apply online as well as offline'. We need to be aware of
> > >> this and help promote the application of this decision at all levels
> of
> > >> internet policy and regulation.
> > >>
> > >> The dialogue should help us consider questions such as:
> > >>
> > >> 1. What are the implications of the HRC resolution for our work?
> > >>
> > >> 2. How does it relate to broader debates on human rights, governance
> and
> > >> development?
> > >>
> > >> 3. What do you think are the fundamental principles that should frame
> > >> and guide the decision-making processes that shape the evolution of
> the
> > >> internet - at infrastructure level as well as at access and usage
> level?
> > >>
> > >> 4. What are your suggestions to improve the participation of African
> > >> constituencies in the coordination of the internet global resources as
> > >> well as in related policy-making processes?
> > >>
> > >> 5. What are the specific changes you would like to see, if any, across
> > >> the range of entities and processes that carry out the governance of
> the
> > >>   internet?
> > >>
> > >> Aside from these broader questions it is also crucial that we consider
> > >> upcoming processes such as  the African Internet Governance Forum
> (Oct),
> > >> the global Internet Governance Forum (Nov) and the  review of the
> > >> International Telecommunications Regulations (ITRs) at the
> > >> ITU's World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT)
> (Dec).
> > >>
> > >> It is hoped that this platform will strengthen African civil society's
> > >> engagement with internet governance processes at national, regional
> and
> > >> global levels and enable us to contribute to shaping the future
> > >> development of the internet and the telecommunications networks most
> of
> > >> us depend on for access.
> > >>
> > >> To join this discussion do one of the following:
> > >>
> > >> 1) Go tohttps://lists.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/africs-ig  and follow
> > the
> > >> instructions to join the mailing list.
> > >> 2) Write to Mawaki Chango atmawaki at apc.org  and he will add your
> email
> > >> to the list.
> > >> 3) Visit our background page
> > >> http://africa-ig.wiki.apc.org/index.php/Main_Page  to learn more
> about
> > >> this process.
> > >>
> > >> Looking forward to hearing your views and questions. Remember there is
> > >> no such thing as a 'stupid question'! Don't feel intimidated by jargon
> > >> and concepts that you don't fully understand. As a community of
> African
> > >> internet users we will be able to learn from one another.
> > >>
> > >> Staff and members of the Association for Progressive Communications
> will
> > >> help facilitate this discusssion. Participants are free to post in
> > >> English and French. We will develop regular summaries and post them in
> > >> both languages.
> > >>
> > >> Warm regards from the APC Africa policy team
> > >>
> > >> Mawaki Chango
> > >> Emilar Vushe
> > >> Anriette Esterhuysen
> > >>
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> > > --
> > >
> > > Ali Hussein
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Twitter: @AliHKassim
> > >
> > > Skype: abu-jomo
> > >
> > >
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