[kictanet] Invitation to Nairobi Innovation Week 2017

Wed Mar 8 13:13:27 EAT 2017

Great interrogation Erick. Our banking industry is particularly quite rigid
and slow to notice that the time to act is now.

On Mar 8, 2017 1:05 PM, "Erick Mwangi via kictanet" <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> So the Nairobi Innovation week kicks on its third year and i came across
> an interesting article in the business daily that talked about disruption.
>
> http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/analysis/Are-companies-
> ready-for-industry-disruptors/539548-3840912-wnbgrgz/index.html
>
> There are a number of Hubs in the country springing up however what i note
> is the lack of representation or otherwise by existing corporate
> incumbents. What is clear the interpretation of Innovation is singular in
> various discourse i have noted and hence we don't seem to see traditional
> industries offering insights or indeed solutions  ie: Music, Steel, Energy
> and Banking (I don't consider Pesalink an innovation) just to name a few.
> Disruptive innovation encompasses any innovative concept, product and
> service that creates new markets by applying new sets of rules, values and
> models which ultimately disrupt and/or overtake existing markets by
> displacing earlier technologies and alliances.
>
> In the past the Banking Industry has been at the fore-front of radical
> changes ie Invention of the Telegraph and of course the ATM, i opine
> despite what we see Financial Services will send the trend in innovation in
> the not too distant future as they still have the scale and know-how to use
> technology to their advantage and will survive this threat as they did
> during the tech boom.
>
> My question is as the Innovation week embarks on its 3rd year, Has the
> Innovation week created any traction that the existing corporate eco-system
> can leverage on? Has KE corporate culture innovated both in mind and deed?
>
> Best
>
> Eric Njoroge
> Vault Global
>
> E Njoroge Mwangi
> Technology| FINTECH | Big Data
>
> Cell +44 7539372742 <+44%207539%20372742>
> Skype: Erick.mwangi
>
> On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 7:42 AM, S.M. Muraya via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> As per the STI law...
>>
>> http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-zte-idUSKBN16E1X1
>>
>> Penalize local and foreign individuals and firms, ignoring / undermining
>> local talent and industry.
>>
>> Penalties paid should be channeled to a fund managed by
>> https://www.nacosti.go.ke
>>
>> Fund managed by nacosti.go.ke should also be allowed to invest in firms
>> such as zuku.co.ke
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> SMM
>>
>> *"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one
>> who takes a city." Prov 16:32*
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 10:27 AM, Mwololo Waema Tim via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Listers,
>>>
>>> You are most welcome to the Nairobi Innovation Week being held next week
>>> from 6th to 10th March. More details can be found on:
>>> http://innovationweek.co.ke/
>>>
>>> I am specifically also inviting you to a panel discussion on the
>>> National Innovation Policy on Thursday 9th at 11.40 am, for which I am the
>>> moderator. Details of this panel are shown below.
>>>
>>> *Panel 4: Kenya’s Innovation Policy*
>>>
>>> There is an STI policy which is still in draft form and which was the
>>> basis of the STI Act. The Act created the necessary institutional framework
>>> and almost all the institutions are operational. There is also visible
>>> innovation work going on in various ministries. What are the key elements
>>> of the policy framework that we need to create? How do we create this
>>> policy framework? How do we re-arrange the existing institutional framework
>>> for more effective coordination, while ensuring collaboration and
>>> exploitation of synergies?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Moderator *
>>>
>>>    - Prof. Timothy Waema, UoN
>>>
>>> *Panelists*
>>>
>>>    - Julius Korir, PS, State Department for Investment and Industr
>>>    <http://www.industrialization.go.ke/index.php/top-management/principal-secretaries/state-department-for-investment-and-industry>
>>>    y
>>>    - Eng. Victor Kyalo – PS, ICT and Innovation
>>>    - Dr. Salome Gachu – Ag. CEO KENIA
>>>    - Dr. Jemimah Onsare – Ag. CEO NRF
>>>    - Nicholas Nesbitt, Country General Manager, IBM East Africa
>>>    - Louis Otieno – Microsoft Africa
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>>
>>> T. Mwololo Waema | Professor of Information Systems | School of
>>> Computing & Informatics | University of Nairobi | PO Box 30197-00100, Nairobi
>>> | @timwololo
>>>
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