<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">Hi,<br><br>I am unable to send an SMS from my safaricom line to CDMA numbers. Who is responsible for making sure that we are not blocked from sending messages across networks.<br><br>Regards<br><div> </div>Robert Yawe<br>KAY System Technologies Ltd<br>Phoenix House, 6th Floor<br>P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200<br>KEnya<div> </div><div>Tel: +254722511225<div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: "bitange@jambo.co.ke" <bitange@jambo.co.ke><br>To: robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk><br>Cc: bitange@jambo.co.ke; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br>Sent: Friday, 23 November,
2007 11:20:03 PM<br>Subject: Re: [kictanet] Mobile Government: The New Frontier in TransformingPublic Services - 29th November 2007<br><br>Dear Yawe,<br>Welcome to KICTAnet. Just wanted to know how you got to know that<br>Ministry of Information, CCK and ICT Board did not act on the<br>Safaricom/TKL sms issue? Do you know the mandate of these "bodies"?
My<br>friend, in the past one year did you not come across the mention of the<br>ICT Bill? I really want to be of help to you but first I want to<br>understand where you are coming from.<br><br><br><br>Regards<br><br>Bitange Ndemo.<br><br><br><br><br>> Hi All,<br>><br>> I am new to this mailing list and would like to start by saying
something<br>> about myself.<br>><br>> I am an Information Technology specialist with over 15 years
experience<br>> which means I know how to use DOS, UNIX and other OS's that exist
only on<br>> 5.25" floppy disks. My area of specialisation is in design &<br>> implementation of local and wide area networks.<br>><br>> On the issue of mGovernment I do agree that this is the next frontier
but<br>> it is shocking, as usual, that we are not embracing the technology or
even<br>> working to develop the necessary legislation to make it flourish. AS
many<br>> web site designers about WAP and they are lost, we are designing
heavy<br>> sites that have no intelligence to identify the type of device
accessing<br>> the site and thus adjust the page to display better on the particular<br>> device.<br>><br>> It is interesting that CCK and the Ministry of Information plus the
ICT<br>> Board can sit back when the fight between Telkom and Safaricom on the<br>> delivery of SMS messages across the network continues to deny the tax<br>> payer (excise duty on airtime). Or the fact that none of the
mentioned<br>> felt it necessary to educate Mr. Kivuitu on the need to make live<br>> electoral database available over SMS.<br>><br>> Now if we cannot take advantage of this opportunity to create local<br>> content and utilise mGovernment how can we entrust this "bodies"
(which<br>> interestingly refers to expired humans) with making the marine cable
a<br>> viable project. Maybe we should cancel the project and use the money
to<br>> put up a technology park in Mandera and Garsen.<br>><br>> We do not need to recreate the wheel, just visit yahoomobile,<br>> googleearthmobile, or if you have a GPRS enabled phone try<br>> wap.mystocks.co.ke. Or next time you are going up towards NIC on
Bunyala<br>> Road look at the Nokia advert.<br>><br>> The mobile phone is the future let embrace it or perish.<br>><br>> Robert Yawe<br>> KAY System Technologies Ltd<br>> Phoenix House, 6th Floor<br>> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200<br>> KEnya<br>> Tel: +254722511225<br>><br>> ----- Original Message ----<br>> From: Harry Hare <<a ymailto="mailto:harry@africanedevelopment.org" href="mailto:harry@africanedevelopment.org">harry@africanedevelopment.org</a>><br>> To: <a ymailto="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk" href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a><br>> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <<a ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>> Sent: Monday, 19 November, 2007 6:16:53 PM<br>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Mobile Government: The New Frontier in<br>> TransformingPublic Services - 29th
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G2C<br>> (Government<br>> to Citizens) arena than the traditional eGovernment where the PC is
the<br>> main service<br>> delivery channel. Most welcome to attend the session.<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> Kindest regards<br>><br>><br>> Harry<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> From: Kwach<br>> [mailto:<a ymailto="mailto:kwach@archway-productions.com" href="mailto:kwach@archway-productions.com">kwach@archway-productions.com</a>]<br>><br>> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007<br>> 5:51 PM<br>><br>> To: 'Harry Hare'<br>><br>> Cc: 'KICTAnet ICT Policy<br>> Discussions'<br>><br>> Subject: RE: [kictanet] Mobile<br>> Government: The New Frontier in TransformingPublic Services - 29th<br>> November<br>> 2007<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> Hi Harry,<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> These are interesting statistics and<br>>
scenario. For developing countries, there is urgent need to move from<br>> quantity<br>> to quality. In my view, content is the quality because more 65% of
mobiles<br>> are<br>> only meeting social needs and costs involved have got no direct
linkage to<br>> revenue for the owners, which should be a great concern.<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> With Mobile Government, time and resources<br>> used in the rural to the say Government offices miles away would be<br>> deployed in<br>> other economic activities.<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> I am keen to attend.<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> Kwach Akich<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> From:
kictanet-bounces+kwach=<a ymailto="mailto:archway-productions.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke" href="mailto:archway-productions.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke">archway-productions.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br>>
[mailto:kictanet-bounces+kwach=<a ymailto="mailto:archway-productions.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke" href="mailto:archway-productions.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke">archway-productions.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>]<br>> On Behalf Of Harry Hare<br>><br>> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007<br>> 8:49 AM<br>><br>> To: <a ymailto="mailto:kwach@archway-productions.com" href="mailto:kwach@archway-productions.com">kwach@archway-productions.com</a><br>><br>> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy<br>> Discussions<br>><br>> Subject: [kictanet] Mobile<br>> Government: The New Frontier in TransformingPublic Services - 29th<br>> November<br>> 2007<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> Dear Colleagues,<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> Mobile services are<br>> quickly emerging as the new frontier in transforming government and
making<br>> it<br>> even more accessible and citizen-centric by extending the benefits of<br>> remote<br>> delivery of government services and information to those who are
unable or<br>> unwilling to access public services through the Internet or simply
prefer<br>> to<br>> use mobile devices. In theory, many government services can be now
made<br>> available on a 24x7x365 basis at any place in the country covered by<br>> mobile<br>> networks, which today means almost everywhere! Michael, correct me if
Im<br>> wrong.<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> It is from this<br>> background that the World Bank in partnership with eGovWorld 2007<br><span>> (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.egovworld.com">www.egovworld.com</a>) and African</span><br>> eDevelopment Resource Centre presents a dialogue on Mobile Government<br>> (mGovernment) on 29th November 2007, 4.30pm -7.00pm at the World<br>> Bank offices, Nairobi. The dialogue is live Video Conference and an<br>> integral<br>> part of the eGovWorld 2007 conference taking place in<br>> India 29-30 November 2007.<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> According to the ITU,<br>> the total number of mobile users worldwide as of late 2006 was about
2.7<br>> billion and the number of internet users was just above 1.1 billion.
This<br>> means<br>> that there is 33.6% of world population (and 22.2% of developing<br>> countries population) who already have mobile phones but are not yet
using<br>> the<br>> Internet.<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> Does<br>> this provide a strong case for leveraging the mobile channel to<br>> dramatically improve access to public services, including
electronic<br>> government services to those who can afford to use a personal or<br>> shared<br>> mobile phone?<br>> Does<br>> this create an opportunity to connect in the near future the
next two<br>> billion people to some of the benefits of e-government,
e-health,<br>> e-education, e-banking and e-commerce?<br>> How<br>> exactly can Mobile Government change the lives of common people
in<br>> developing countries? What are best examples of such impact?<br>> What<br>> are the key constraints to making this vision a reality?<br>> How<br>> should governments change the way they do business to take
advantage<br>> of<br>> mobile technologies?<br>> What<br>> is the role of the private sector? Are there successful business<br>> models<br>> (e.g. PPP) for private sector companies to deliver value-added<br>> m-government services?<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> These are some of the<br>> questions that will be addressed.<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> Participation to the<br>> event is free; however, one needs to register to get access to the
venue.<br>> If<br>> you are interested in participating send an email directly to<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:susan@africanedevelopment.org" href="mailto:susan@africanedevelopment.org">susan@africanedevelopment.org</a><br>> for a registration form. Space is limited at the venue, only 20
places are<br>> available and will be given out on a first-come-first-served basis.<br>> Deadline<br>> for registration is Wednesday 22nd November.<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> Program:<br>><br>><br>> +++++<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> Welcome<br>> & Introduction<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> Samia<br>> Melhem, Senior Operations Officer, Global ICT, World Bank; and<br>> Chair, e-Development Thematic Group<br>><br>><br>> Vikas<br>> Kanungo, Chairman, The Society for Promotion of<br>> e-Governance, India & Convener, eGovWorld 2007<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> Opening<br>> Remarks/Keynote address<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> R.<br>> Chandrashekhar, Additional Secretary (e-Governance),<br>> DIT, Government of India<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>>
Speakers<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> Ibrahim<br>> Kushchu, Associate Professor and Director,<br>> Mobile Government Consortium International & Author, "m-Government:
An<br>> Emerging Direction in e-Government",<br>> UK<br>><br>><br>> Hannes<br>> Astok, Member of Parliament & former Deputy Mayor,<br>> City of Tartu ,<br>> Estonia<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> Kindest Regards<br>><br>><br>> Harry Hare<br>><br>><br>> Executive Director<br>><br>><br>> African eDevelopment<br>> Resource Centre<br>><br>><br>> 3rd Floor,<br>> Nelleon Place ,<br>> Raphta Road ,<br>> Westlands<br>><br>><br>> PO Box 49475<br>> 00100, Nairobi<br>><br>><br>> Tel +254 20 4453445<br>><br>><br>> Cel +254 725 650044<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> -----Inline Attachment Follows-----<br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> kictanet mailing list<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke"
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