<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"><div></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family:times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="color:black;font-family:times, serif;font-size:12pt;"></div><div style="color:black;font-family:times, serif;font-size:12pt;">We need to get serious about certain issues like wanting to keep things small and cute, WiPro runs a graduate academy that hosts over 18,000 people a year and only employ 1,200. This is the level of engagement we need to aspire for not tiny little over funded projects.</div><div style="color:black;font-family:times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><br></div><div style="color:black;font-family:times,
serif;font-size:12pt;">It is foolhardy to say that the iHub should be feed and blotted rather than expanded to serve
and reach more. It would be like Henry Ford deciding to make a single Ford Model T or Bill Gates developing DOS and using it alone in their garage.</div><div style="color:black;font-family:times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><br></div><div style="color:black;font-family:times, serif;font-size:12pt;">If you have some time search on google about scaling and franchising as it might help you appreciate the benefit of getting out of your box and comfort zone and look at how you can have an effect on the larger population.</div><div style="color:black;font-family:times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><br></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3">I have said it again this it the thinking of Maria </font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Antoinette,
I do not want to be beheaded for refusing to get out of the box. </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">The iHub is a prototype keeping it under wraps is a </font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3"> disservice to the Nation.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3"></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">From Liko's comments I know understand why he offered to give a presentation at AITEC in Nairobi in 2010 and the he did not show leaving many of us disappointed, worst of all you did not have the courtesy
to notify the organisers.<br></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3"> </font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3">Robert Yawe</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3">KAY System Technologies Ltd</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3">Phoenix House, 6th Floor</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3">P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3">Kenya</font><br><br><div style="color:black;font-family:times, serif;font-size:12pt;">Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696<div><br></div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><br><div
style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Agosta Liko <agostal@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk<br><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Cc:</span></b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Mon, 7 February, 2011 22:55:10<br><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kictanet] ICT incubator - Expressions of interest<br></font><br>I think the ihub is way ahead on this one and it should be supported ... instead of copied ...<br><br>a y combinator like model would work very well. It would take care of issues like busfare, living expenses etc etc<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 10:50 PM, McTim <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:dogwallah@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:dogwallah@gmail.com">dogwallah@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex;">
a related news item:<br>
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<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.fastcompany.com/1724774/afrilabs-links-startup-incubators-tech-communities-in-africa">http://www.fastcompany.com/1724774/afrilabs-links-startup-incubators-tech-communities-in-africa</a><br>
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</div><div><div></div><div class="h5">On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 8:18 PM, John Kieti <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:jkieti@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:jkieti@gmail.com">jkieti@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Chris,<br>
> That sounds like a useful forum for Listers interested in the economic<br>
> future of ICT in the region. I like the thought of initiatives coherently<br>
> fitting together, as it should be more of collaboration than competition<br>
> (not that competition I bad for raising standards).<br>
> Thanks<br>
><br>
> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 5:13 PM, Chris Foster <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:cgfoster@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:cgfoster@gmail.com">cgfoster@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks for this, it's an interesting discussion. How do all these<br>
>> different incubators, labs, entrepreneurship schemes and open spaces that<br>
>> are emerging in Kenya fit together coherently....<br>
>><br>
>> On this subject, I thought I'd point out the launch of the<br>
>> Infodev/DFID/Hivos report on the ICT SME Sector taking place in Nairobi next<br>
>> week (18th Feb).<br>
>><br>
>> From my brief reading, this report is very much setting out the future<br>
>> agenda for these donors on small ICT business development, so it might be of<br>
>> interest, and perhaps an appropriate platform to raise these issues for<br>
>> debate?<br>
>><br>
>> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.673.html">http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.673.html</a> (outline is included below)<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks<br>
>> Chris<br>
>><br>
>> --<br>
>> Christopher Foster<br>
>> PhD Researcher, Centre for Development Informatics (CDI)<br>
>> University of Manchester, UK<br>
>> Skype: cgfoster<br>
>><br>
>> =======<br>
>> ICT in East Africa - Report Launch<br>
>> East Africa ICT SME Report Launch at World Bank, Nairobi<br>
>> =======<br>
>> Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are poised to play a significant<br>
>> role in the next phase of ICT industry growth in East Africa. To assess the<br>
>> market and identify opportunities infoDev, UKaid and Hivos conducted a<br>
>> detailed on-the-ground study of the ICT SME landscape in East Africa. This<br>
>> study performed by the Excelsior Firm, engaged over 100 policy makers,<br>
>> investors, academics, donors and entrepreneurs.<br>
>> report Launch<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Sign up to attend in person, or online, at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://eastafricaict.eventbrite.com">eastafricaict.eventbrite.com</a><br>
>><br>
>> Please join us on February 18th for the launch of our report on the East<br>
>> African ICT Sector: Transforming the East African ICT Sector by Creating a<br>
>> Business Engine for SMEs. This event will be held at the World Bank Offices<br>
>> in Upper Hill Nairobi on 18 February from 10:00am to 12:00pm. We will be<br>
>> presenting the report and hosting a question and answer session with the<br>
>> project team and donor communities.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Background<br>
>><br>
>> The information and communications technology (ICT) sector has been the<br>
>> major driver of economic growth in East Africa over the last decade growing<br>
>> on average by as much as 40%. To date, growth has largely come from<br>
>> world-class innovation by large multinational and local enterprises. Small<br>
>> and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are poised to play a bigger role in the<br>
>> next phase of industry growth. However, they must overcome a multitude of<br>
>> system-wide challenges in order for them to succeed in the marketplace.<br>
>><br>
>> To understand the interventions required, a consortium comprised of<br>
>> members from infoDev, UKaid and Hivos conducted a detailed on-the-ground<br>
>> study of the ICT SME landscape in East Africa. This study performed by the<br>
>> Excelsior Firm, a US and Africa based advisory firm, engaged over 100 policy<br>
>> makers, investors, academics, donors and entrepreneurs.<br>
>><br>
>> The findings suggest that the vision of a robust and dynamic ICT sector<br>
>> driven by SMEs that create jobs and world-class innovation is possible, and<br>
>> the likelihood of this outcome can be improved with a few targeted<br>
>> interventions. The five proposed interventions consist of the development of<br>
>> a fully connected SME network, filling the skills gap in advanced business<br>
>> and technical knowledge, providing start up and early stage funding for<br>
>> companies, enabling job creation for knowledge workers and upgrading the<br>
>> business environment. Together these interventions form the components of a<br>
>> potential East African ICT Business Engine that could boost performance, not<br>
>> only within the ICT sector, as well as continue to expand the economic<br>
>> development of the region.<br>
>><br>
>> We would like to sincerely thank the over 100 entrepreneurs, ICT<br>
>> professionals, academics and experts who participated in interviews,<br>
>> workshops and numerous discussions over the past 3 months. We appreciate<br>
>> their dedication to the advancement of the ICT sector in East Africa and<br>
>> their invaluable contributions to this report.<br>
>><br>
>> Full Report<br>
>><br>
>> Transforming the East African ICT Sector by Creating a Business Engine for<br>
>> SMEs<br>
>><br>
>> Executive Summary<br>
>><br>
>> Transforming the East African ICT Sector by Creating a Business Engine for<br>
>> SMEs - Exec Summary<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On 07/02/11 17:18, McTim wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 4:18 PM, John Kieti <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:jkieti@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:jkieti@gmail.com">jkieti@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks McTim for good insights<br>
>> I still think it is too early to conclude though. Consider the following<br>
>> :-<br>
>><br>
>> Strathmore - am not sure they have had time to graduate any incubatee as<br>
>> yet<br>
>> (any updates?)<br>
>> NaiLab has not taken off as yet. Their space (on the 4th floor of Bishop<br>
>> Magua house?) is still an empty hall.<br>
>> mLab (infoDev, iHub, UoN, Web Foundation, eMobilis) is still at infancy.<br>
>> Currently building out on the empty space on the 3rd flr of Bishop Magua<br>
>> House.<br>
>> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://ictpark.com">ictpark.com</a> (Any updates on some graduates will help)<br>
>> KIRDI - (Any updates on some graduates will help)<br>
>><br>
>> Perhaps you mean that the above and other incubation programs are founded<br>
>> on<br>
>> wrong premises.<br>
>><br>
>> no, I just mean that we seem to have several, so questioning the need<br>
>> for more at this point.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
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