[kictanet] Kenya ICT Masterplan to be launched tomorrow

[James Kagwe]

I hope the board has done a study to establish where we are on some of 
the areas they are targeting for growth. It would be prudent to also 
think of how they will measure progress towards achieving the targets 
set from day one. If this is not done we will not be able to determine 
if we have achieved anything at the end of the day.

I remember the Kenya ICT strategy formulated a few years ago with very 
clear targets. Since no measures were put in place to collect data and 
establish progress I doubt anyone can tell whether any of the targets 
were achieved.

regards,
James

  On 2/13/2013 10:26 PM, George Nyabuga wrote:
> I like the thinking of the ICT Board but we need to examine at it 
> critically. I don't think number two below, i.e 2.Kenya will become 
> the leading ICT HUB in Africa attracting leading global players and 
> generating globally respected local entrepreneurship and innovation is 
> well thought-out. We sort of tend to assume that other countries will 
> be at a stand-still although of course we can achieve that if we 
> invest both monetary and human resources.  I am always sceptical of 
> superlatives. So instead of 'the' the definitive clause, 'a' would do 
> ... so we will be among the countries to have achieved that status as 
> in: Kenya will become a leading ...
>
> Just some thoughts.
>
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> On Feb 13, 2013, at 10:43 PM, Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga at hotmail.com 
> <mailto:ggithaiga at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>
>>
>> The Kenya ICT Board is set to launch Kenya's four year ICT master 
>> plan. It projects that by 2017:
>>
>> 1.Every citizen, resident, home and institution will be connected 
>> through a countrywide robust, accessible and affordable ICT 
>> infrastructure.
>> 2.Kenya will become the leading ICT HUB in Africa attracting leading 
>> global players and generating globally respected local 
>> entrepreneurship and innovation.
>> 3.Public Services will be available to all citizens through ICT and 
>> ICT will enable a truly open and efficient Government delivering 
>> meaningful value to citizens.
>> 4.Kenya will be a Knowledge Based Economy. All Kenyans will be able 
>> to use ICT to improve their knowledge, businesses and livelihood. ICT 
>> will contribute greatly to Kenya's economic growth.
>>
>> http://www.wanjiku.co.ke/2013/02/kenya-ict-masterplan-to-be-launched-tomorrow/ 
>>
>>
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