[kictanet] Technology Think Tank

Ahmed Mohamed Maawy ultimateprogramer at gmail.com
Mon Sep 5 10:00:39 EAT 2016


Listers,

So during the weekend there was some discussion with the tech community
over things such as the implications for the visit of figures like Mark
Zukerberg. And how as a market we need to respond to such visits and get
the correct narrative out there, and create a conducive structure that
allows for the conversion of these narrative to action points. But for such
things to happen the very foundation needs to have a think tank.

The argument is that even if we do have the ICT Policy, honors is on us as
a tech community to organize ourselves around how to consume that policy.

In a way Kictanet is doing well in this regard. Perhaps (and this is up for
discussion), how do we take things a step further to not only discuss, but
to journal (and expose these journals - and have a life cycle for these
journals), over a period of time, such vital discussions. This also
includes channeling trough Kictanet the correct discussion points.
Inspiration can be borrowed from how Ali sometimes blogs for such things,
but something a bit more stakeholder driven and a lot more neutral. It can
also be once a month or on a need basis. Can be something digest, etc..

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