[kictanet] Commodity Exchange System - Revisited again

[Kivuva]

 "Between saying and doing many a pair of shoes is worn out. " -  Italian
Proverb quotes

But some in this list have really proved they are in the league of "Kusema
na kutenda".

Lets do it

On 20 February 2013 18:51, Agosta Liko <agostal at gmail.com> wrote:

> about the exchange
>
> Dr Ndemo .... my friends and I are ready ...
>
> to build a private one ... some of these things should be built papa hapa
> .... na sisi :)
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 5:12 PM, Phares Kariuki <pkariuki at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>  Isn't this what we have been saying for a while? That we need to make it
>> easier to do business in Kenya. Period. The rest will sort itself out… ?
>>
>> On Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 3:10 PM, Ali Hussein wrote:
>>
>> Robert
>>
>> Guess that horse did bolt..You know sometimes we are victims of our own
>> trumpet blowing and thinking that we are the cream of the African Tech
>> Space..May be we are but the fact is that we are not competing in the
>> African space we are competing in the global space.
>>
>> A few days ago Dr.Ndemo alluded to the fact that we need to move beyond
>> rhetoric on the list and actually do something about what is discussed
>> here. Otherwise we will be confined to the dark spaces where critics reside
>> without showing anything for it but rims and reels (bytes) of content about
>> what others have done and have not done...
>>
>> A little bird told me that the investors of the East Africa Commodity
>> Exchange did try to set up in Kenya but they found Rwanda more attractive.
>> It is possible that the system is probably already built. It is also
>> possible that the system isn't done. May be Paul can be in a better
>> position to tell us.
>>
>> Robert, I found your email thread below very prophetic..Interesting how
>> the power of retrospection can open up our eyes...What I also find
>> interesting is that the founders of this exchange chose to set up in Rwanda
>> but chose a Kenyan as its first CEO..
>>
>> Learnings...Cup half full? instead of half empty?
>>
>> My two cents
>>
>> *Ali Hussein*
>>
>> *CEO, 3mice interactive media ltd*
>>
>> *Partner, Telemedia Africa Ltd
>> *
>>
>>
>>
>> Twitter: @AliHKassim
>>
>> Skype: abu-jomo
>>
>> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim<http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim>
>>
>> Blog: www.alyhussein.com
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 12:52 PM, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>wrote:
>>
>> Guess where Kokubo's next posting will be?
>>
>>
>> Robert Yawe
>> KAY System Technologies Ltd
>> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
>> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
>> Kenya
>>
>> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
>>   ------------------------------
>> *From:* robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>
>> *To:* robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk
>> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, 9 June 2011, 10:06
>> *Subject:* [kictanet] Commodity Exchange System - Revisited
>>
>>
>> Hi Listers,
>>
>> About 9 month ago (human gestation period) I mentioned the need for
>> developers to start looking into the development of a futures exchange
>> system and as always is with the village madman I was dismissed.
>>
>> On Wednesday 8th June 2011 the Capital Markets Authority advertised for a
>> futures exchange system, rfp is open to both international and local
>> vendors.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> The National Cereals and Produce Board together with the East African
>> Grain Council are working towards the creation of a commodity exchange to
>> trade futures.
>>
>> This process is at an advanced stage which begun with a process called
>> warehouse receipting and currently Equity Bank offers credit against the
>> receipts.
>>
>> What does this have to do with us in the IT field?  When the Nairobi
>> Stock Exchange tendered for the automated trading system (ATS) and more
>> recently for the Broker Back-office System no local IT company made it past
>> the 1st round.
>>
>> The fact that companies like Virtual City are winning international
>> awards for systems development and others like PesaPal are receiving large
>> direct foreign investments means that we do have the skills to develop
>> world class solutions.
>>
>> This is an appeal to all ICT experts in the country to prepare ourselves
>> to make sure that the grain exchange system is locally developed and we
>> stop being spectators in our own country.  I know it is said that a prophet
>> is never recognised in his own town, it is time we made this phrase
>> redundant.
>>
>> NCPB and others are already shopping overseas for a solution so be warned
>> that time is not in our hands and if we are to have an impact we need to
>> move quickly.
>>
>> The proposed system is supposed to provide a trading platform, depository
>> system, GIS for land information, settlement system, warehouse management,
>> weather monitoring and seed planting information system (acreage, seed
>> type, fertiliser, etc).
>>
>> Lets get off our high horses and put a together a world class solution
>> for a local problem.  No tears after the horse has bolted.
>>
>> Useful links
>>
>>
>> http://dn.nationmedia.com/DN/DN/2010/09/03/ArticleHtmls/03_09_2010_030_014.shtml
>> http://allafrica.com/stories/200904271171.html
>> <http://allafrica.com/stories/200904271171.html>
>> http://www.ratin.net/mainfeature.asp?id=40
>>  <http://www.ratin.net/mainfeature.asp?id=40>
>> http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Smart%20Money/-/688614/899436/-/bypmdxz/-/index.html
>> <http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Smart%20Money/-/688614/899436/-/bypmdxz/-/index.html>
>> http://www.unctad.info/upload/SUC/LusakaWorkshop/WarehouseServicesKenya.pdf
>> <http://www.unctad.info/upload/SUC/LusakaWorkshop/WarehouseServicesKenya.pdf>
>>
>> Robert Yawe
>> KAY System Technologies Ltd
>> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
>> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
>> Kenya
>>
>> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
>>
>>
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