[kictanet] Northern Corridor, a new frontier for opportunities to local ICT firms

[Barrack Otieno]

Great points GG,

I think the bigger question is how do we move from being tender
preneurs to proper enterprises/consultancies that can be trusted to
deliver?, the challenge we have is that we have the right people doing
the wrong business due to proper connections hence we don't seem to
trust our own. Its a social problem that ought to be reversed. If we
start awarding meritocracy, things will change.

Regards

On 3/21/16, Grace Githaiga via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> What started as a tripartite initiative between Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda, to
> speed up the flow of cargo, and development in the railway and crude oil
> sectors, quickly evolved, culminating in a 50 per cent reduction in call
> rates across partner states - under the One Network Area; drastic
> improvements in transit time, from 16 days to under 5 days between Mombasa
> and Kampala, and the waiving of visa fees to name a few.Notwithstanding, all
> of these projects have hitherto been implemented directly by governments,
> whose modus operandi and funding sources all but guarantee foreign companies
> contracts, much to the detriment of local firms in the region.
> http://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/article/2016-02-23/197338/ 		 	   		


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