Thanks Lordmwesh,<br><br>I had Kirdi in mind, though i was just curious because i have realised the Universities seem to running their own parallel arrangements and then talk of the Safaricom innovation board, does this mean there is a vacuum (umbrella) body for bringing together all this stakeholders. If i am not wrong KIRDI was responsible for the budding Jua Kali Sector, are there any lessons to be learnt from the success of the sector that could help propel the ICT sector forwad?<br>
<br>My thoughts<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 10:54 AM, lordmwesh <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lordmwesh@gmail.com">lordmwesh@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div>Good Barrack, We should get information of whether their is an innovation policy.</div>
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<div>Besides that, the government has done good through the ICT Board Local grants that stimulated people's brains to look beyond their nose, and develop local content and innovations.</div>
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<div>A good place to start would be kirdi, whose mandate in their website <a href="http://kirdi.go.ke" target="_blank">kirdi.go.ke</a> is "Kenya Industrial Research Institute (KIRDI) is a national research institute established in 1979 under the Ministry of Trade and Industry and mandated to undertake multidisciplinary research and development in industrial and allied technologies. The institute’s core objectives are handled by the R&D and Technology Transfer departments. The major R&D departments are: Engineering, Energy and Environment, ICT, Leather and Textiles, and Food Technology Divisions. KIRDI has developed over 40 technologies in these fields"</div>
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<div>The private sector has not been left behind through forums like the "Safaricom Innovation Board"</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div class="h5">On 30 August 2010 10:57, Pius Walela <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:PWalela@strathmore.edu" target="_blank">PWalela@strathmore.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;">Morning all,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;">Second this motion very much interested in finding out the Innovation policy in place.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;">Kind regards.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> kictanet-bounces+pwalela=<a href="http://strathmore.edu/" target="_blank">strathmore.edu</a>@<a href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/" target="_blank">lists.kictanet.or.ke</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:kictanet-bounces%2Bpwalela" target="_blank">kictanet-bounces+pwalela</a>=<a href="http://strathmore.edu/" target="_blank">strathmore.edu</a>@<a href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/" target="_blank">lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Barrack Otieno<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 30, 2010 10:52 AM<br><b>To:</b> Pius Walela<br><b>Cc:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br><b>Subject:</b> [kictanet] Innovation Policy</span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Listers,<br><br>Just wondering, in light of our evolving information society do we have such a policy in place. If so what does it say with regard to ICTs and innovation and who are the key stakeholders? <br clear="all">
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