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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="text"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Strathmore University has in place an ICT incubation program called Strathmore Innovation Technology Transfer Program(SITT).</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">SITT
is an initiative within the Faculty of Information Technology (FIT) at Strathmore University focused on commercializing technologies from ICT laboratories in Kenyan universities and research institutions for high-tech economic development. The main goal of
the program is to develop ICT innovations and <span style="color:#1F497D">to<b><i>
</i></b></span>help with the commercialization of those innovations by introducing entrepreneurial skills to high-tech research efforts in line with the Vision 2030 of ensuring development and supporting entrepreneurship.<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>Through this process the technologies and products will be transferred from the laboratory to the marketplace.
<span class="text">The program is currently<b><i><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span>
</i></b><span style="color:#1F497D">nurturing and </span>mentoring innovators among them
</span><span class="style15">a Nairobi-based mobile startup</span><span class="text"> Xrystalgenius
</span><span class="style15">which won the <b>Base of the Pyramid</b> award at the 2010 Mobile Monday Peer Awards that took place in Helsinki, Finland.<b><i><span style="color:#1F497D">
</span></i></b>SITT has so far realized the following<b><span style="color:#1F497D"> :<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span class="style15"> </span><a href="http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Girls%20who%20created%20social%20network%20for%20farmers%20/-/1056/1085706/-/6c0qcjz/-/index.html">http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Girls%20who%20created%20social%20network%20for%20farmers%20/-/1056/1085706/-/6c0qcjz/-/index.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="http://www.strathmore.edu/fit">www.strathmore.edu/fit</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Kind regards</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Pius W Walela, Research
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Strathmore University www.strathmore.edu</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> kictanet-bounces+pwalela=strathmore.edu@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+pwalela=strathmore.edu@lists.kictanet.or.ke]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>John Kieti<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 07, 2011 4:19 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Pius Walela<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Kictanet Mail list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] ICT incubator - Expressions of interest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks McTim for good insights<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I still think it is too early to conclude though. Consider the following :-<o:p></o:p></p>
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Strathmore - am not sure they have had time to graduate any incubatee as yet (any updates?)<o:p></o:p>
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NaiLab has not taken off as yet. Their space (on the 4th floor of Bishop Magua house?) is still an empty hall. <o:p></o:p>
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mLab (infoDev, iHub, UoN, Web Foundation, eMobilis) is still at infancy. Currently building out on the empty space on the 3rd flr of Bishop Magua House. <o:p></o:p>
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<a href="http://ictpark.com/" target="_blank">ictpark.com</a> (Any updates on some graduates will help)<o:p></o:p>
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<a href="http://www.kirdi.go.ke/Departments/TechnologyTransferExtensionServices/ICTIncubation.aspx">KIRDI</a> - (Any updates on some graduates will help)<o:p></o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Perhaps you mean that the above and other incubation programs are founded on wrong premises. Otherwise am thinking we could do with a little more time before ruling out the option of increasing business incubation services for the ICT
sector. Remember a while back we had Bwana PS chastise us on the need for youth to embrace entrepreneurship. Perhaps these incubation services are the required impetus to entrench the required entrepreneurship culture. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best Regards<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 3:43 PM, McTim <<a href="mailto:dogwallah@gmail.com">dogwallah@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 2:56 PM, robert yawe <<a href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
> McTim,<br>
> You should have raised that issue over 4 months ago when the Kenya ICT Board<br>
> invited interested parties to send a proposal for the development of ICT<br>
> incubators.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I did point it out to the WB, rather too obliquely perhaps.<o:p></o:p></p>
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> Just like with chicken egg incubators you cannot have too many,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I think that is an empirical question.<o:p></o:p></p>
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every year<br>
> our institutions of higher learning pour out thousands of graduates who need<br>
> somewhere to develop their skills. An incubator only hatches the chicks<br>
> after that they are supposed to take in new eggs. If the chicks are allowed<br>
> to stay in the incubator then it purpose and objective are defeated.<br>
> As had been indicated the funding was to come from the World Bank or some<br>
> other donor. What do you suggest that the KICT Board should do with those<br>
> funds?<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">They would have to give it back if it came from a donor. If it<br>
didn't, it seems that some money needs to be spent to persuade ISPs<br>
to deploy IPv6, so maybe they could use it for dual stack CPE<br>
software. It would be quite a coup for kenyan coders to do this.<o:p></o:p></p>
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> Can you please also furnish us with some of the ICT incubators in Kenya<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Off the top of my head there is:<br>
Strathmore<br>
NaiLab<br>
UoN/ihub/InfoDev/emobilis<br>
<a href="http://ictpark.com" target="_blank">ictpark.com</a> <br>
KIRDI<o:p></o:p></p>
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Cheers,<br>
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McTim<br>
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route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel<o:p></o:p></p>
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