[kictanet] Laying fiber alongside Roads / Buildings under construction should be compulsory - in Africa!

[Barrack Otieno]

I think NOFBI is just ready to be switched, we just need a little
inspiration and thoughtfullness going forwad now that economies depend on
the Internet.

Best Regards


On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 3:40 PM, Bobs <omondibob at gmail.com> wrote:

> Which could have been avoided if the road contractors had included this
> element!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Dec 6, 2013, at 3:28 PM, Philip Adar <philip.adar at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> We did NOFBI in Kenya (with the Government spending a couple of Billions
> of KES), but I am not sure if it is still working.
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Andrew Benson Greene <
> b.giftedfoundation at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello Bob,
>> We in Sierra Leone have recently began to experience this as our country
>> embarks massive fibre optics to help upgrade the ICT infrastructure and
>> bring effective communication to the people. There is a little price being
>> paid at the moment. The roads are being dug to help keep the fibre cables
>> underground often causing inconvenience. The pleasant part is knowing that
>> there is a high potential for infrastructural boom in the area of ICT and
>> knowing fully well that access to ICT facilities will no longer be
>> restricted and tenuous.
>> Thanks,
>> Andrew
>>
>>
>> On Friday, December 6, 2013, Bob Omondi wrote:
>>
>>>  Dear Listers,
>>>
>>> This is a subject that really troubles me.
>>>
>>> Today, Africa is the destination for mega infrastructure projects
>>> especially in Roads and Building Construction. "Real Estate Boom" in now a
>>> common term in our continent and even bigger in Kenya.
>>>
>>> But I still don't understand why we would spend a fortune to put up
>>> magnificent roads and buildings (of course sewer lines. water pipes and
>>> basic drainage along the roads are usually sorted out) and forget to lay
>>> fiber cables - the cheapest of the ingredients! In my opinion, this is a
>>> mistake that can be stopped!
>>>
>>> What needs to be done to change this?
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Bob.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Andrew Benson Greene
>> Founder and CEO
>> B-Gifted Foundation of Sierra Leone
>> www.bgiftedfoundation.org
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