[kictanet] Draft National ICT Policy Discussions Day 5 of 10: How to Develop the local ICT Industry

[Timothy- Coach- Oriedo]

Good morning all.

Thank you for your contributions. Sorry last week was a tight week for me
could not contribute but I have been following closely.

My input on the topic in discussion.

* eCommerce, National Addressing System - Fastrack the process by
leveraging on the existing governance instruments e.g
provincial administration, Census reports and  Nyumba Kumi initiatives.
This foundation will be critical to open up e-commerce and to me it appears
that only a small linkage is needed if the different government organs can
communicate to each other.

* Local eBusiness Develop contemporary regulatory space for the e-business
by synergising global trends to local legal environment.


*  BPOs Encourage Universities to set up hubs for BPOs as product
extensions of their academic offerings. This centres will also serve to
provide Internships to students reducing the load on seeking
internship opportunities outwards.


* Investment incentives (Equity Shares) Create a culture of encouraging
Local investors to adopt a mentorship attitude rather
than competitive attitude by coming out to support start ups acceleration
 with a view of benefiting from equity.


* ICTs in SME, (Small Medium Size Enterprises) Partner with Ministry
of industrialisation and entrench a continous training program for the SME
sector that will create a digital posture of the sector. Rebates and
concessions granted to spur interest as a sizeable proportion of the
operators in this category are laggards.

* ICT regional export incentives Cross border trade agreements and pacts to
leverage on our leadership position.


* Local Device Manufacturing: Partnerships of
Device manufactures with  research oriented institutions to create labs for
R&D of devices. Especially for products targeting the low end of the
pyramid.


Timothy Oriedo
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On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 7:42 AM, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Listers,
>
> As was the case last week, feel  free to contribute on previous
> threads as long as you pick the corresponding title.  Also remember,
> if you wish to  directly edit the Draft ICT policy, visit Jadili
> platform  (http://jadili.ictpolicy.org/docs/kenya-ict-policy),
> register and post.
>
> So onto todays theme:
>
> * eCommerce, National Addressing System
> * Local eBusiness,
> *  BPOs
> * Investment incentives (Equity Shares)
> * ICTs in SME, (Small Medium Size Enterprises)
> * ICT regional export incentives
> * Local Device Manufacturing
>
> The Background:
>
> Building new ICT enterprises while integrating ICTs in existing
> enterprises, particularly the SMEs will accelerate the overall
> productivity of our  economy while increasing  the percentage
> Contribution of ICT to the national GDP.
>
> Previous attempts to play in the BPO sector have been made but this
> has not yet played out successfully. Additionally very few indigenous
> ICT firms exist, let alone venture out to the regional markets.
> Attempts to have a vibrant local assembly/manufacturing of consumer
> goods or devices (phones, tablets, laptops) seem also seems stunted.
>
> What policies, strategies should we propose? We would like to  hear
> your views over the next 12hrs.
>
> Thank you
>
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