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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ali<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Good points.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>A point I picked is that the digital economy is a “cog” in a chain within a “whole” and that brick and mortar need to be part of this continuum.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The example of Apple, an Internet company, but which manufactures and sells devices is a good one.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Shukrani.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Matunda Nyanchama, PhD, CISSP; <a href="mailto:mnyanchama@aganoconsulting.com" target="_blank">mnyanchama@aganoconsulting.com</a><br>Agano Consulting Inc.; </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.aganoconsulting.com" target="_blank">www.aganoconsulting.com</a>; Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/nmatunda" target="_blank"><span style='color:#366388'>nmatunda; </span></a>Skype: okiambe</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Be prepared to face ICT Security failures & know how to respond when they happen! <br>Call: +1-888-587-1150 or info@aganoconsulting.com</span></b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'><br></span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>"The best revenge is massive success" - Frank Sinatra</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'><br>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>This e-mail, including attachments, may be privileged and may contain confidential or proprietary information intended only for the addressee(s). 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Thank you.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Ali Hussein [mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke] <br><b>Sent:</b> June-04-12 1:58 PM<br><b>To:</b> Matunda Nyanchama<br><b>Cc:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] Facebook & the Digital Economy<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Matunda<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>That's a very interesting article. It however misses the point by focusing on the Facebook IPO 'fiasco'. Let me just say that the fiasco is mainly on the side of investors/speculators who have had to take a haircut on the speculations of the investment bankers who advised Facebook. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The IPO has made a few hundred millionaires within Facebook with Zuckerberg's net worth now north of $16B ( as a good friend of mine would say 'Not too shabby!'). From a purely social and political perspective we don't have to belabor the point of how instrumental social media has been across the world.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Closer home the hype and hesh (allow me to use that piece of slang :) ) that Nairobi in particular and Kenya in general has received in the last few years is due to this digital thing... Local companies like Virtual City, Pesapal & Cellulant all owe their existence and claim to fame because of this thing digital. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I could go on...<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ali Hussein<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>+254 773/713 601113<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from my iPhone®<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Jun 4, 2012, at 8:05 PM, Matunda Nyanchama <<a href="mailto:mnyanchama@aganoconsulting.com">mnyanchama@aganoconsulting.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:black'>Here is an interesting take on the digital economy and its limitations using facebook IPO for illustration.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:black'>Enjoy<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;mso-line-height-alt:13.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/27/opinion/sunday/douthat-the-facebook-illusion.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=facebook&st=Search"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>The Facebook Illusion</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h1><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Matunda Nyanchama, PhD, CISSP; <a href="mailto:mnyanchama@aganoconsulting.com">mnyanchama@aganoconsulting.com</a><br>Agano Consulting Inc.; </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.aganoconsulting.com" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>www.aganoconsulting.com</span></a>; Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/nmatunda" target="_blank"><span class=yshortcuts><span style='color:#366388'>nmatunda; </span></span></a>Skype: okiambe</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>Be prepared for ICT security failures & know how to respond when they happen! <br>Call: <b>+1-888-587-1150 </b>or <b><a href="mailto:info@aganoconsulting.com">info@aganoconsulting.com</a></b><br><i> </i>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>"The best revenge is massive success" - Frank Sinatra<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br></span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>This e-mail, including attachments, may be privileged and may contain confidential or proprietary information intended only for the addressee(s). 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