[kictanet] [eThinkTankTz] Uganda has the cheapest Broadband Internet in E-Africa.

Sun Oct 20 08:59:17 EAT 2013

We hope it succeeds not like the "Shuttle Diplomacy" of yore. :)

On a very important note, And as you represent internationally, don't
forget
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of fatuity to direct the alms of the Realm abroad when the Realm itself is
in need of them" - John Wycliffe

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On 20 October 2013 09:48, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:

> Daktari
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> #ICTShuttleDiplomacy
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> Keep the energy burning
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> Ali Hussein
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> +254 0770 906375 / 0713 601113
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> "Kujikwaa si kuanguka, bali ni kwenda mbele" (To stumble is not to fall
> but a sign of going forward) - Swahili Proverb
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> Sent from my iPad
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> On Oct 19, 2013, at 8:49 PM, "Bitange Ndemo" <bitange at jambo.co.ke> wrote:
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> Dr. Yonah,
> I will certainly start the discourse around this in the next two
> conferences I attend.  I shall be in India next week for their
> e-government conference then next month I will be in South Africa to
> discuss their Broadband Strategy and in December again in SA for the ICTD
> conference in Cape Town.
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> Regards.
>
> Ndemo.
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> Dear Dr. Ndemo and Walu,
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> Having participated in driving the reduction of prices of broadband
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> connectivity in Tanzania (core/transport Backhaul) by over 99% compared to
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> 2009 prices; it is now time to agree on what we mean "Broadband". Further,
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> I suggest we seriously agree on what it means to connect xxxxxx to ICTs,
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> to
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> help/guide all researchers in reporting about meeting the WSIS targets by
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> 2015. Please recall...the first six targets are about connecting xxxx to
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> ICTs. Here they are:
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> 1.To connect villages with ICTs and establish community access points.
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> 2.To connect universities, colleges, secondary schools and primary schools
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> with ICTs.
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> 3.To connect scientific and research centers with ICTs
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> 4.To connect public libraries, cultural centers, museums, post offices and
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> archives with ICTs.
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> 5.To connect health centers and hospitals with ICTs.
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> 6.To connect all local and central government departments and establish
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> websites and email addresses.
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> Dr. Ndemo, comming up with a harmonised definition certainly will help
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> data
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> collectors to give our region a fair reporting. I request your thoughts on
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> this.
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> Regards
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> __________________________________
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> *Eng. Dr. Zaipuna O. Yonah, PhD*
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> *Consulting Engineer in ICTs*
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> *P. O. Box 32736*
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> *Dar es Salaam*
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> *Tanzania*
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> On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Hassan Wekesa <hwekesa at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Walu,
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> The same argument also applies to the measure economists use to gauge
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> growing economies in Africa. When they say country A has the fastest
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> growing economy, you wonder what parameters have been used. You cannot
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> compare a country that has just gained stability after maybe civil
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> unrest
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> and a country that has been stable in terms of economic stability.
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> It is apparent that the latter will have a higher GDP than the former
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> thus cannot be used as a benchmark for comparison. Having said that,  I
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> guess the same analogy can be used in comparing the cost of verifying
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> where
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> the cost of broadband is cheaper.
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> Hassan
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> On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 9:30 AM, Zaipuna Yonah
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> <zaipuna.yonah at gmail.com>wrote:
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> Dr. Ndemo,
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> I salute you! Thanks for the additional insights.
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> Regards
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> __________________________________
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> *Eng. Dr. Zaipuna O. Yonah, PhD*
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> *Consulting Engineer in ICTs*
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> *P. O. Box 32736*
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> *Dar es Salaam*
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> *Tanzania*
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> *Tel: +255-784-786429*
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> *Fax: +255--732-920133*
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> *Email: **engzaipuna at ieee.org* <engzaipuna at ieee.org>
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> On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 6:58 PM, Bitange Ndemo
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> <bitange at jambo.co.ke>wrote:
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> Eng. Dr. Yonah,
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> The average is one of the measures of central tendency.  It is not
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> used
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> without looking at other measures in order to give you a clear
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> picture.
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> You always should know the range and the standard deviation.  We
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> use the average or the mean to get you the rough estimate.  In a
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> population the mean is closer to the truth but in a sample collected
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> randomly, it can vary but not too much.  There is always a problem
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> with
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> data gathering where some people may not understand the ethics behind
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> authentic data.  There are numerous occasions when people lie with
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> In essence we should not blindly dismiss any numbers unless we have
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> looked
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> at the methodology which is always not given although it is a
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> Ndemo.
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> Thanks Walu! Very helpful indeed. But it reminded me of a book I
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> read
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> called: "The Enemy called Average" by John Mason!  It is always
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> misleading
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> when you  report by numerical rankings instead of group rankings
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> using averages!
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> In my early years of learning signal processing, I learnt that the
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> mathematical operator called average is really a FILTER that only
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> the DC value from the noisy signal (data). It throws out ALL THE
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> NOISE
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> indeed you have a very very large (infinity) data sample. Else the
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> average
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> is very noisy! This is the catchy 22 in the integrity of the
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> reported
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> figures!
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> Once again, thanks Walu.
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> Regards
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> __________________________________
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> *Eng. Dr. Zaipuna O. Yonah, PhD*
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> *Consulting Engineer in ICTs*
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> *P. O. Box 32736*
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> *Dar es Salaam*
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> *Tanzania*
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> *Tel: +255-784-786429*
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> *Fax: +255--732-920133*
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> *Email: **engzaipuna at ieee.org* <engzaipuna at ieee.org>
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> On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com>
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> Far from it...this is not "dollarization" of our economies.
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> It is just that researchers have to find a way of defining
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> ITU defines affordability as a function of average incomes.
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> 50Euros in Country A happens to be 50% of the average income while
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> Euros in Country B is only 25% of the average incomes. Would you
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> of your salary? Country A is considered to be twices as expensive
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> Country B is therefore considered to have cheaper internet services
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> not sure if its clearer or worse :-)
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> walu.
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> On Wed, 10/16/13, Zaipuna Yonah <zaipuna.yonah at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Subject: Re: [kictanet] [eThinkTankTz] Uganda has the cheapest
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> To: "Walubengo J" <jwalu at yahoo.com>
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> Cc: "Brian Munyao Longwe" <blongwe at gmail.com>, "I-Network Uganda" <
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> i-network at dgroups.org>, "eThinkers" <ethinktanktz at yahoogroups.com>,
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> "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
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> Keep thinking and discussing...
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> Regards
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> __________________________________
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> Eng. Dr. Zaipuna O. Yonah, PhD
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> Consulting Engineer in ICTs
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> P. O. Box
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> 32736
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> Dar es
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> Salaam
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> Tanzania
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> Tel:
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> +255-784-786429
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> Fax:
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> +255--732-920133
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> Email: engzaipuna at ieee.org
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> It is About Engineering People's Lives! & Advancing
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> at 9:36 AM, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com>
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> Research ICT Africa report- whic shows that actually .TZ has
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> On Tue, 10/15/13, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [kictanet] [eThinkTankTz] Uganda has the
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> To: jwalu at yahoo.com
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>  Cc: "I-Network Uganda" <i-network at dgroups.org>,
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> "eThinkers" <ethinktanktz at yahoogroups.com>,
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> "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
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> Date: Tuesday, October 15, 2013, 11:29 PM
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> It's a lie, I am here and
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> customer knows the truth!
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> Regards
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> __________________________________
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> Eng. Dr. Zaipuna O. Yonah, PhD
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> Consulting Engineer in ICTs
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> P. O. Box
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> Dar es
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> Salaam
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> Tanzania
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> Tel: +255-784-786429
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> Fax: +255--732-920133
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> Email: engzaipuna at ieee.org
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