[kictanet] Technology Think Tank

[Ahmed Mohamed Maawy]

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..

-- 
*Ahmed Maawy*
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