Hi all,<br><br>So many issues discussed while I was way, rather long even after trying so hard to be brief feel free to ask for details if need be. I have touched on <br><br>1. Local content.<br>2. Demand<br>3. Education<br>4. Infrastructure <br>5. Financing and Sustainability<br>6. WB (Development Sector)<br>7. Roles<br>8. Way Forward, <br>------------------------------------<br>1. Local content. Multi-pronged approach <br><br>a) Every government department to have a website in six months <br>update at least once/month <br>b) Companies without website to be given a "website dev. tax rebate" <br>(they go on line first?)<br>c) Every school to have a domain. <br>d) KENIC slashes domain name costs >> envisaged en-masse new <br>registrations justifies this <br>e) Pornography: Have any e-preparedness? Fatma shared a horrifying <br>perception encounter <br><br>2. Demand<br>a) Involve non traditional and enlist new communities of users(e.g.
<br>religious faithful for verses) <br>b) CCK ensures users have "full" internet ( i.e. VoIP no crippled by <br>any provider). <br>c) MVoIP means cheap communication >> already in high demand <br>d) 45% of Europeans watch TV online <br><http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/03/45-of-europeans-watch-tv-online/><br><br>3. Education<br>a) Everybody avoids this, even their own staff skills>>poach from competitors>> <br>so introduce training levy collected from to all providers. <br>b) Levy funds common good education diverse outlets (e-media, print, <br>posters, big street adverts ...) <br>c) Consumer education>> trust foundation for continued use of services <br>(not a petulant expense)<br>d) Funds communication research <br><br>4. Infrastructure (PS captured my sentiments) and I believe government <br>works for common good of everyone. I add, <br>- MVoIP cheap communication >> sustainable
smallNETs(my 22 March <br>presentation)<br>- Have we entered a new age of communication industry (google �P2P�, �joost�)<br>- Embracing �Open Access� is good because infrastructure dominance will <br>not withstand consumer choice freedom pressure.<br><br>5. Financing and Sustainability<br>a) I acknowledge sustainability challenges already exist <br>"FACING ECONOMIC REALITIES OF MUNI WI-FI"<br><http://news.com.com/Facing+economic+realities+of+muni+Wi-Fi/2100-7351_3-6181058.html?tag=nefd.lede><br>b) This does not take away UA obligations >> info access and communication is <br>a basic human right<br>c) Business now to think not out of the box, but above it. Think <br>about making just one (1) bob profit from every Kenyan every day>> <br>that company is shillings 30 million richer every day<br> <br>6. WB (Development Sector)<br>- WB subsidy welcome. Was fast packaged delivered in 4months when they <br>usually take 18 months.<br>- Usually, development sector
support in ICT comes too little too late, <br>nonetheless appreciated. <br> <br>7. Roles<br><br>We all have contributory but different roles to play although market <br>dominance wrangles cloud vision. Consumers are yearning to participate!<br> <br>8. Way Forward, <br><br>Government immediately forms a muti-stakeholder iCt strategy working <br>committee a lean, mean-working group (and lets say I am the CEO:-) <br>Parliament is already considering a separate ICT-specific committee>><br>legislators value sector.<br><br>This is what we will achieve:- <br><br>- to develop local sensitive e-comm. framework (selfishly I'd like to shop <br>at "Uchumi online") <br>- get those satellite mounted tracks across Kenya educating<br>- set-up sustainable small rural community networks and underserved <br>urban areas>>residential<br>- Give free/help public institutions and schools with website templates<br>- Venture where no-one is looking (e.g. train senior
citizens on ICTs use, <br>Create SME portal and lobby government for "Universal Access" to business <br>for small and disadvantaged businesses, say only 10% or shs 50 billion annual <br>budget>> change public procuments act?)<br>- User-centric, demand triggering active engagement with industry, government, <br>well-wishers....<br><br>Walu, do I have this hypothetical job?<br><br>thanks<br><br>Alex<br><br><b><i>Fatma Bashir <fbashir@cyberschooltech.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> Joan,<br><br>I dont have statistics but working in the education sector, I see what KDN <br>sees in the schools, schools will be the incubation ground for the demand <br>for ICT in the rural areas (60% of schools are in rural areas). In about a <br>year and a half years time the picture will start changing as high school <br>graduates will be computer savvy and naturally opt to continue
pursuing <br>interests ranging from search of opportunities for enterpreneurship to <br>formal job hunting using the internet or just keeping intouch!.<br><br>Further more when we look at schools and their facilities, they can easily <br>become the information centres for the communities around them and also <br>offer affordable capacity building to the parents of the students nearby. <br>Then they will start to look for ways to make some money and the <br>international/local content picture will start to swing in our favor.<br><br>Imagine one day you will go online and order your chopped sukuma wiki and <br>packet of carrots from the local mama mbogo outside your estate, she will <br>deliver to your house you will pay her on your way back home or GOd knows <br>even online?. its the form form leaver who will have designed the website <br>for her and its the nearby school that will have taught her computer 101.<br><br>whats missing is the segment that should be dealing with
Capacity Building <br>in an informal way or even sensitizing and awareness ( ie we dont have to <br>attend college proper we can just go to the neighbourhood place and learn <br>some basics) I think that this is where the Lag might be felt by the likes <br>of KDN...and others.<br><br>Fatma<br><br><br>----- Original Message ----- <br>From: "Joan Walumbe" <jwalumbe@globalnetcorps.org><br>To: <fbashir@cyberschooltech.com><br>Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 10:26 AM<br>Subject: Re: [kictanet] Day 5 - Statistics on Affordability - <br>CCKInternetStudy Report<br><br><br>> Walu,<br>><br>> I agree with you that affordablity is a factor especially for rural<br>> communities when it comes to access to the internet. But I think that lack<br>> of awareness is an even bigger factor. It's fine for the urban folk (who<br>> already recognise the benefits to the internet etc.) taking a short break <br>> in<br>> shags to have the internet access when back home, but it
there is no <br>> demand<br>> for the internet among the residents what is the point?<br>><br>> So does KDN enter a market and then hope to create demand or is their a<br>> market that demands the service or is it a little of both?<br>><br>> I understand that Kai would not be venturing into the rural areas if it <br>> did<br>> not make any financial sense. Can anyone provide some info/statistics on<br>> demand for internet access in rural areas?<br>><br>> Joan Walumbe<br>><br>> ----- Original Message -----<br>> From: "John Walubengo" <jwalubengo@kcct.ac.ke><br>> To: <kictanet@kictanet.or.ke><br>> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 9:01 AM<br>> Subject: [kictanet] Day 5 - Statistics on Affordability - CCK <br>> InternetStudy<br>> Report<br>><br>><br>> Day 5- Statistics on Affordability.<br>><br>> I acknowledge an interesting thread filtering in on Trust relationships <br>> b/w<br>> IGOs/ISPs...feel
free to continue contributing on that as well as on<br>> today's theme on affordability (multi-tasking<br>> encouraged by internet technologies ...)<br>><br>> and just to pick up from Kai's projection of KDN fiber hitting Bungoma in<br>> early August 2007. This would be quite a welcome and timely development,<br>> but at what cost to the consumer? To what extend will the (internet)<br>> services be affordable to the rural/average communities?<br>><br>> Affordability is a subjective term gven that what is considered cheap by <br>> the<br>> Bill Gates of this world is probably not so for the average Kenyan on the<br>> street. In trying to get an objective measurement for affordability, the<br>> Report pegged it on the national average incomes. In other words, if the<br>> monthly average income in Kenya is around 100USD and if the average <br>> monthly<br>> cost for internet access is also around 100USD then obviously
the average<br>> Kenyan will not bother with accessing the Internet - it just becomes way<br>> beyond their means or too expensive or not affordable.<br>><br>> The report indicated that access through the more convenient Internet<br>> Dial-up/Desktop services costed over 200% the average incomes (too<br>> expensive), while the same access through mobile phones was costing just <br>> 8%<br>> of the average incomes (quite affordable). What needs to be done in <br>> order<br>> to make Internet Services more afforable to Kenyans?<br>><br>> 1 day deliberation on this one.<br>><br>> walu.<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> kictanet mailing list<br>> kictanet@kictanet.or.ke<br>> http://kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet<br>><br>> Please unsubscribe or change your options at <br>>
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