[kictanet] Kenya ranked high globally in eGovernment

Wed Sep 17 07:56:58 EAT 2014

Victor

Thanks for sharing the very inspiring story of Estonia's journey to e-Governance.

The last paragraph struck me most:-
And this is what the United States, along with many other countries struggling to get the Internet, could learn from Estonia: the mindset. The willingness to get the key infrastructure right and continuously re-invent it. Before you build a health-insurance site, you need to look at what key components must exist for such a service to function optimally: signatures, transactions, legal frameworks, and the like.

Ultimately, the states that create these kinds of environments will be best positioned to attract the world’s increasingly mobile citizens. 

What was also inspiring about the Estonia story is the debunking of the notion that with Digitization goes privacy. Estonia's drive to eGovernment is firmly anchored on the premise that the citizen owns his/her information and any government functionary snooping on my data will have to answer why he is doing that. This of course presupposes one's innocence.

Great inspiring story.

Ali Hussein

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"I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots".  ~ Albert Einstein

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> On Sep 16, 2014, at 10:19 AM, Victor Kapiyo via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> 
> Happy belated birthday Ali.
> 
> Additional lessons can be learnt from Estonia.
> 
> Read: Lessons from the World's Most Tech-Savvy Government - http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/01/lessons-from-the-worlds-most-tech-savvy-government/283341/?single_page=true 
> 
> Then check out the Estonia E-government portal, and more so the services section - https://www.eesti.ee/eng/start 
> 
> Our people from E-government should get in touch and learn / adopt a similar system.
> 
> Victor
> 
> Victor Kapiyo, LL.B
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>> On 8 September 2014 13:03, Network of non- formal Educational institutions via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>> Happy Birth day Ali
>> 
>> Jane
>> 
>> 
>> On Monday, September 8, 2014 12:48 PM, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Happy Birthday Ali,
>> 
>> This is good news. I hope the government continues engaging
>> stakeholders as has been the case in the last ten years, this will
>> help in greater adoption of this electronic services. I was sad last
>> week when i could not get a critical government service because the
>> relevant government website had been hacked. This are issues that can
>> be addressed collaboratively. We are what we are because a couple of
>> years ago we embraced the multi-stakeholder model and worked together
>> and this is the same spirit we should maintain.
>> 
>> Best Regards
>> 
>> On 9/8/14, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>> > Andrea
>> >
>> > Now did you have to go and splash my birthday like that? :)
>> >
>> > The power of social media I guess...:)
>> >
>> > Thanks Andrea. And for those of you who are wondering how old I am - 21
>> > years. :)
>> >
>> > Ali Hussein
>> >
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>> > "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will
>> > have a generation of idiots".  ~ Albert Einstein
>> >
>> > Sent from my iPad
>> >
>> >> On Sep 8, 2014, at 10:39 AM, Andrea Bohnstedt
>> >> <andrea.bohnstedt at ratio-magazine.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Happy birthday, Ali :)
>> >>
>> >>> On 8 September 2014 10:34, Ali Hussein via kictanet
>> >>> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>> >>> Listers
>> >>>
>> >>> Interesting article. Although a lot still needs to be done we must take
>> >>> stock and see how greater engagement between the private and public
>> >>> sector can grow this important aspect of public-private partnerships.
>> >>>
>> >>> http://www.idgconnect.com/blog-abstract/8735/the-scorecard-government-across-africa-2014
>> >>>
>> >>> Ali Hussein
>> >>>
>> >>> +254 770 906375 / 0713 601113
>> >>>
>> >>> Twitter: @AliHKassim
>> >>> Skype: abu-jomo
>> >>> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
>> >>> Blog: www.alyhussein.com
>> >>>
>> >>> "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will
>> >>> have a generation of idiots".  ~ Albert Einstein
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>> >>> Sent from my iPad
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