[kictanet] NIGERIA HAS DONE IT in 2 YEARS!

Wed Dec 4 18:51:04 EAT 2013

John,

Agreed. hope that one of the progressive Governors will pick and run with it.

Once when speaking to a Safaricom manager incharge of community/govt apps, i underscored the opportunities to reach esp. farming communities with a killer app such as this one. If you get it right, the transformation would reach the levels of Mpesa or surpass.

Hope someone is listening.

Edith
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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<mailto: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<mailto: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<tel:%2B254%2020%204041646>  |  Cel +254 725 650044<tel:%2B254%20725%20650044>

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From: Edith Adera <eadera at idrc.ca<mailto:eadera at idrc.ca>>
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 04:42:38 +0000
To: Cio_Magazine Hare <harry at africanedevelopment.org<mailto:harry at africanedevelopment.org>>
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto: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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