[kictanet] Reviewing Kenya ICT Board Performance- You can write a guest post

[Ali Hussein]

Becky

Thanks for this and for your great initiative to always keep us all
informed.

This sort of Peer Reviews are hardly every done. I do hope listers will
take up the challenge.

Regards

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On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 10:24 AM, Rebecca Wanjiku
<rebeccawanjiku at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Some days back, I visited the ICT Board to chat with Victor Kyalo about
> the digital villages project. I remember when I wrote about the launch in
> 2008, there was so much hype and I wanted to find if the hype was still
> there.
> I found that there has been challenges, from recipients buying cars,
> investing in other things to success. I also found out one nice thing;
> women recipients showed more commitment, which was good for women in ICT.
> I must admit that lending people Ksh 800,000 to 2 million is a great idea
> but if the business case isn't proven, you cant blame the people who felt
> it was better to buy a car for public image, or even to operate as a taxi.
> Why wouldn't such loans be given to thriving businesses that lack capital
> to finance projects? You can imagine Victor gave me a long winding answer
> that seemed to say that such a project is in the offing.
> I am writing a review of the board's performance in the various areas,
> according to my knowledge and experience. If you have views of how the
> board has performed, whether positive or negative, please share by giving
> me a blog post.
> I gave Paul Kukubo and his team a chance to write weeks ago but he
> declined or is yet to keep his promise or (insert your excuse here).
> Topics that come to mind:
> 1. BPO
> 2. Chipuka
> 3. Ease of doing business, how has the board improved government processes
> in the last six years?
> 4. Tandaa grants
> 5. Pasha
> 6. Silicon Savannah/ Silicon Kelele, depending on which side you are
> 7. Government telephony, interconnection, I hear Dimension Data got a
> contract or Ksh 32 million or $ 32 million (ksh 270 million) depending on
> who you talk to. If you know anything, please share.
> 8. Most exotic place that board has gone to present about Kenya's success-
> this is a humour piece.
> 9. Most outrageous promise made or achieved
> 10. An open letter to the next board CEO
>
> Send your contributions to rebecca at wanjiku.co.ke
>
>
> http://www.wanjiku.co.ke/2013/04/reviewing-the-ict-board-six-years-later-guest-writing/
>
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