[kictanet] Africa IT Jobs Outsourced to China – Africa May Become Perpetually Dependent on China for Certain Skills

Thu Sep 5 10:36:52 EAT 2013

Maybe the chinese are the lowest bidders? And if a forward thinking guy
attempts to award a local company at higher rates he is accused of
corruption. And lets not forget our cowboy contractors that go unpunished.

On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 9:55 AM, Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com> wrote:

> This is a very sad state of affairs.* "there is no technology transfer
> from the foreign vendor to young African Engineers.". *Most of the
> vendors are Chinese, including Huawei, ZTE and China International
> Telecommunication Construction Company (CITCC) who use Chinese expertise
> for all the high-tech aspects of the projects. In a number of cases
> maintenance manuals are written in Chinese to ensure that Africans are
> forever dependent on the Chinese even for the most basic of network
> maintenance chores.
>
> The current flow of our hard earned Capital from Kenya to China should be
> arrested. After giving Chinese Ksh 27 billion (US$ 330,000,000)<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thika_Road>for Thika road, I don't expect the same Chinese to be given the
>  KSh. 2.5 trillion ($29.24 billion)<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamu_Port_and_Lamu-Southern_Sudan-Ethiopia_Transport_Corridor> for
> the LAPSSET project. There should have been enough knowledge transfer to
> Kenyans so that that Capital remains within the confines of our borders
> by local companies doing the works.
>
> I am still asking why the 22 story University of Nairobi Tower is being
> build by Chinese<http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate+News/University+of+Nairobi+set+to+expand+facilities+with+Sh2bn+tower/-/539550/1855598/-/11orer/-/index.html>
>
> Regards
>
> ______________________
> Mwendwa Kivuva
> twitter.com/lordmwesh
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>
>
> On 5 September 2013 09:13, Network of non- formal Educational institutions
> <nnfeischools at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> To all
>> We are investing so much in educating our child in ICT related field and
>> it is the High time Kenya and Africa Believed in ourself If we miss it in
>> ICT we miss it all
>> Jane
>>
>>
>>   ------------------------------
>>  *From:* Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke>
>> *To:* Jane Muriuki <nnfeischools at yahoo.com>
>> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, September 5, 2013 5:08 AM
>> *Subject:* [kictanet] Africa IT Jobs Outsourced to China – Africa May
>> Become Perpetually Dependent on China for Certain Skills
>>
>> Listers
>>
>> This is an interesting article and if there is any truth abut this then
>> we are really in trouble.
>>
>> http://ictafrica.info/FullNews.php?id=10646
>>
>> Can we learn from the Chinese? Most of their most celebrated companies
>> 'learned & borrowed' from the West when they won big infrastructure and
>> other contracts in China. This was a deliberate policy move orchestrated by
>> the Chinese Government.
>>
>> When are we going to stop this vicious cycle of being consumer countries?
>>
>> When are we going to regain the glory days of the great African empires
>> the likes of the Ancient Egyptian Empire and the Kingdom of Mali?
>>
>> Innovation and invention, contrary to popular belief isn't and wasn't the
>> preserve of the West and the East.
>>
>> Ali Hussein
>> CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd
>> Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd
>>
>> +254 713 601113/ 0770 906375
>>
>>  "The future belongs to him who knows how to wait." - Russian Proverb
>>
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