<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">Dr. Ndemo,<br><br>Thank you for the information, but my feeling is that none of this initiatives seems to be getting publicized so that entrepreneurs like me can begin to plan for the opportunities. It would be good to know that we are looking at other areas other than BPO.<br><br>Again, thank you for taking the time to respond more exhaustively to my question<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: Wednesday, 28 November, 2007 9:28:52 AM<br>Subject: Re: [kictanet] Fibre Optic<br><br>Dear Yawe,<br>I am sorry for assuming that you were aware of the National Optic Fibre<br>Broadband network that is being built by Sagem, Huaweii and ZTE. The<br>project will be finished by August next year. The Digital Village
project<br>will benefit from this network that is to link all District HQs. The<br>netwotk shall be run by the operators and hopefully take control of it
if<br>they see a business case in it. Otherwise this was basically the<br>Government wide area network. We are now hoping that operators would
come<br>up with the last mile solutions.<br><br>Phase two of our plans is to partner with the private sector to build
data<br>centers and disaster recovery centers. This will ensure cheaper local<br>hosting capability. The biggest challenge is going to be local
content. <br>On the Government side, by June next year we should have tons of
content<br>online. We need to pass the Freedom of Information Bill for the public
to<br>benefit from most of GoK data.<br><br>We shall still need the international Fibre optic for research to both<br>ends, that is, the rest of the world and our own research. We cannot<br>develop on a cocoon.<br><br>I hope I have responded to your questions. If you are not satisfied,<br>please let me know.<br><br>Asante sana.<br><br><br>Bitange Ndemo.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>> Dr Ndemo,<br>><br>> You have not answered our concern yet on why we need the marine cable
to<br>> bring us high speed Internet yet as a country we do not have a cost<br>> effective national high speed network?<br>><br>> The diaspora makes up less than 5% of the population and many of them
add<br>> no value to us, yet you are more concerned about how we can
communicate<br>> with them instead of how to make it possible for my children to talk
and<br>> see their grandmother in Mbita point without requiring to make the
trip.<br>><br>> As a democracy I believe our interest should be to serve the greater<br>> population than a few out there.<br>><br>> I have been looking at the cost of AGM's for listed companies and it
is a<br>> major drain on this organisations, if you and your team could
concentrate<br>> on a fiber link to all provincial head quarters we can have the next<br>> Kengen AGM held virtually with participants in centers closest to
them, to<br>> me this would be a greater utilisation of connectivity than being
able to<br>> talk cheaply to my sister in the US who none the less is too busy
working<br>> 3 jobs to have time to talk to me regularly irrespective of cost.<br>><br>> So Dr. Ndemo gives us a more compelling reason for the fibre optic
cable.<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: "<a ymailto="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke" href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a>" <<a ymailto="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke" href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke">bitange@jambo.co.ke</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, 26 November, 2007 9:13:57 AM<br>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Fibre Optic<br>><br>> Dear Yawe, Gakuru,<br>> I promised to respond to the question as to whether we indeed need<br>>
Fibre<br>> Optic Cables. Yes indeed we need them for the time being (Intel
shall<br>> be<br>> commecializing [in 10 years time]a chip with the capability to send<br>> data<br>> at high speeds without any cables)(see NY Times summary article
below).<br>><br>> In as much as I do not like cables for connectivity I think they are
a<br>> necessary infrastructure at the moment. The benefits are immense as
I<br>> look forward to greater linkages with our increasingly important<br>> relatives<br>> in the diaspora.<br>><br>> With efficient connectivity, there we create opportunities such as<br>> localised news that is accessible to anyone everywhere; we shall
enable<br>> innovation and more importantly create jobs for our youth. The<br>> difference<br>> here is that some may see entrepreneurial opportunities that come
with<br>> this infrastructure and unfortunately some will simply watch as
events<br>> unfold. Fortunately, you only need a few (Steve jobs, Bill Gates
etc)<br>> to<br>> innovate and exploit the opportunity once access to technology is<br>> availed.<br>><br>> Our role is to facilitate our people to reach their fullest
potential.<br>> This is what leadership is all about.<br>><br>><br>> Bitange Ndemo.<br>><br>><br>><br>> A Chip That Can Transfer Data Using Laser Light<br>> New York Times:<br>><br>> The advance will make it possible to use laser light rather than
wires<br>> to<br>> send data between chips, removing the most significant bottleneck in<br>> computer design.<br>><br>> A Tiny Laser on a Silicon Chip As a result, chip makers may be able
to<br>> put<br>> the high-speed data communications industry on the same curve of<br>> increased<br>> processing speed and diminishing costs — the phenomenon known
as<br>> Moore’s<br>> law — that has driven the computer industry for the last four<br>> decades.<br>><br>> The development is a result of research at Intel, the world’s
largest<br>> chip<br>> maker, and the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Commercializing<br>> the new technology may not happen before the end of the decade, but
the<br>> prospect of being able to place hundreds or thousands of
data-carrying<br>> light beams on standard industry chips is certain to shake up both
the<br>> communications and computer industries.<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> kictanet mailing list<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br>> <a href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" target="_blank">http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br>><br>> This message was sent to: <a ymailto="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk" href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a><br>> Unsubscribe or change your options at<br>>
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