[kictanet] Day 3 of 10: How to Develop Skilled Human Capital

[Walubengo J]

True that.
We need to more innovation /incubation hubs. Better still if spread across the country rather than concentrated on Nairobi Ngong road.
Additionally, we need more interactions with Universities to raise these innovation spaces to the next level - in terms of radical or patent level innovations.  From where I stand as a mwalimu, I still do not feel the University contributions in this spaces as yet.
I wonder what can be done...
walu.

      From: Ahmed Mohamed Maawy <ultimateprogramer at gmail.com>
 To: Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> 
 Sent: Friday, June 24, 2016 8:30 AM
 Subject: Re: [kictanet] Day 3 of 10: How to Develop Skilled Human Capital
   
This is a personally passionate topic to me especially with SwahiliBox in Mombasa.

Basically there should be endorsement and support to setups like SwahiliBox - which are hubs and innovation spaces - finding ways to make it easier to not only train, but also certify and expose individuals. Policies should make it easier for such organizations to equip themselves, to get access to government incentives and support. Especially in an Internet enabled global marketplace.

These hubs are also strategic opportunity building venues, they create opportunity spaces for individuals whom they skill and who get exposure to the programs they offer. Recently, for instance, a program SwahiliBox did known as the CodeChallange has skilled more than 10 individuals on real life app development scenarios. The next stage is developing opportunity spaces for the individuals and of course through that also for the hub.

This is only just the tip of the ice-berg. Because in the current setup a lot of individuals get exposure through hubs and hubs that are setup in learning institutions.

On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 8:18 AM, Walubengo J via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

Listers,
Plse feel free to contribute on previous threads as long as you pick the corresponding title.  Also remember, for those wishing to directly edit the Draft ICT policy, visit Jadili platform, register and post.
So onto todays theme:How to Develop Skilled Human Capital 
*ICT integration in primary, secondary, tertiary levels,*Specialized Skills (Software /Engineering)*Research & Development Capacity*eLiteracy for citizens/public 
The Background:The Digital Literacy Program aka the Laptop project is ongoing and we probably have  to wait another 18-20yrs years to  see its impact (when today’s std 1s hit the market).  But meanwhile, we need skilled human capital to help move us from a net consumer of electronic goods and services into a net producer of the same.
Our R&D output in general is quite low (Global Innovation Index 2015) despite the fact that we are leader at a regional level.  What should the Policy capture  to ensure Kenya churns out a constant supply of  highly skilled manpower necessary to drive the digital society.
Send in your ideas, comments, strategies, etc. 
1Day as usual for the topic.
walu. 
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