[kictanet] NIGERIA HAS DONE IT in 2 YEARS!

[John Kieti]

Hello All,

What the Nigerian Minister has achieved is not an easy task- Especially
that of shifting mindsets of farmers from subsistence farming to
agri-business. Such a mindset is critical for sustainability of mAgric
solutions if that's important. Mfarm, Icow, M-shamba etc may not scale and
grow to sustainable enterprises if the mindset of agribusiness is not
entrenched enough.

Given that agriculture is now a devolved function, it should interest us to
see which of the county governments get the cue. Am thinking such progress
is more achievable at a county specific level.

... My 20cents.

Best regards
 On Dec 4, 2013 1:14 PM, "Brian Munyao Longwe" <blongwe at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hehehehe, Harry.... touche...
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Harry Hare | African eDevelopment Resource
> Centre <harry at africanedevelopment.org> wrote:
>
>> If I am not wrong, the Electronic Wallet System for farmers was developed
>> and implemented by our own Cellulant :-), get the drift?
>>
>> Harry Hare
>>
>> Director  |  African eDevelopment Resource Centre
>> PO Box 49475 00100 | Nairobi, Kenya
>> Tel +254 20 4041646  |  Cel +254 725 650044
>>
>>
>> From: Edith Adera <eadera at idrc.ca>
>> Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 04:42:38 +0000
>> To: Cio_Magazine Hare <harry at africanedevelopment.org>
>> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> Subject: [kictanet] NIGERIA HAS DONE IT in 2 YEARS!
>>
>> Listers,
>>
>> Nigerian Agriculture Minister, Dr Akinwumi Adesina (former VP of AGRA),
>> has been named Forbes African Person of the Year for his reforms to the
>> country's farming sector. He has made use of ICTs to transform how inputs
>> are procured, cutting out corrupt deals, and shifting mindsets towards
>> agriculture as a business.
>>
>> Very transformative indeed! In Kenya, we need to move away from politics,
>> roll up sleeves and work!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.channelstv.com/home/2013/12/02/akinwumi-adesina-awarded-forbes-africa-person-of-the-year/
>>
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