[kictanet] Kenya ICT Board Learns Tough Lessons from Digital Villages Project

[Grace Mutung'u (Bomu)]

"One of the positive lessons we learned was that businesses led by women
were more sustainable because women were more conscious of commitments and
expectations." - VK



2013/5/3 robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>

> Hi,
>
> There is a saying that "only a fool insists on learning from his own
> mistakes" if you follow the discussions on this forum concerning the PASHA
> center issue you will realise that many of us went out of our way to give
> our contributions on how it could be made  more effective but as is the
> standard procedure with the KICTB we where all dismissed because we do have
> headquarters in the Northern hemisphere we where ignored.
>
> The errors of the PASHA center was experienced previously with the so
> called youth enterprise programs of President Moi's and President Kibaki's
> government which says a lot about the governments silo mentality.
>
> PASHA funds should have been used to grow existing cybers which where
> already meeting their overheads therefore the additional funds could be put
> into expansion which was not the case where the funds where given to a new
> operator.  The logic for not following this advice was that those with
> exiting operation did not apply for the funds, but wouldn't it have been
> prudent to go to them instead?
>
> Regards
>
> Robert Yawe
> KAY System Technologies Ltd
> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
> Kenya
>
> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
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>  *From:* Rebecca Wanjiku <rebeccawanjiku at yahoo.com>
> *To:* robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk
> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> *Sent:* Friday, 3 May 2013, 10:49
> *Subject:* [kictanet] Kenya ICT Board Learns Tough Lessons from Digital
> Villages Project
>
>
> "The Pasha fund was created to provide seed capital to entrepreneurs
> interested in setting up businesses in the 210 constituencies. The people
> would receive funds ranging from Ksh. 850,000 to 2 million (US$10,000 to
> $25,000). They would then set up the business, provide value addition and
> allow the business to sustain itself with time and repay the loan. There
> was a rigorous application exercise but we assumed several things; that the
> people applying had studied their areas and found the kind of services that
> would work, that the people had entrepreneurship skills, that business
> mentorship was easily available and that government services would be
> digitized fast enough to allow the businesses to thrive."
>
>
> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2036710/kenya-ict-board-learns-tough-lessons-from-digital-villages-project.html
>
>
>
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Grace L.N. Mutung'u (Bomu)
Kenya
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