[kictanet] 3 Media houses protest Majanja's Digital Migration Ruling

[Matunda Nyanchama]

Someone pointed to the Tanzanian case study as per link below.

Case study of digital TV switchover in Tanzania


So what did Tanzania do differently?

On a different note, the issue of capacity (technical, financial, managerial, etc.) will continue to bedevil local companies for a long while, unless of course there are deliberate measures to ensure that capacity. And this, in my view, can be done through various policy options and strict enforcement of the same. What if we required that all major contracts of a given nature (strategic importance, value, etc.) require x% local participation, where x, in my view, should be 40 and above. 

Messy as that may be, the results down the road, would show. It will be the local partners today that become the key players tomorrow! Take infrastructure (roads, telecommunications, buildings, etc.) and the regional (EAC, Comesa, etc.) that such players could take advantage of. But they aren't going to be of age without nurture! 

And it isn't far-fetched for government to step in to offer preferential assistance to local firms that need a hand to strengthen their capacity. (NB: in the financial crisis in North America, governments stepped in to help companies survive and gain market share in the face of problems and onslaught from foreign businesses.)
 
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