Re NY, Mayor Bloomberg has put in place a number of interesting initiatives to make it the East Coast tech place-to-be in the last few years (displacing Boston I think), some recent examples include <a href="http://www.takethehelmnyc.com">the HELM project </a>to encourage tech firms to relocate to Lower Manhattan<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 5:19 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet-request@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet-request@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<br>
One thing stands out from the US visit. New York is a city that has<br>
consistently re-invented itself. Hence, it's been relevant from the 1890's<br>
to date and aims to be relevant in future.<br>
<br>
>From all the Konza plans, it's seems that Nairobi is incorrigible. That we<br>
have given up on it? Also, does the US have a Special Economic Zone we<br>
could draw lessons from?<br>
<br>
<br>
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 6:00 PM, <<a href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> Barrack/Hussien et al,<br>
> The Government and City authorities as well as ordinary citizens have a<br>
> responsibility in ensuring that we create the necessary ecosystem.<br>
><br>
> For a start we need to ask the Nairobi Gubanatorial candidates what plans<br>
> they have for Nairobi. Failure to do that means that we lose the chance<br>
> and expose ourselves with the risk of bad leadership. The same applies for<br>
> the country leadership.<br>
><br>
> Further the citizens must be more open minded especially in the area of<br>
> immigration. US has an open policy for any good graduate. We could not be<br>
> having I Phone if a Syrian national never found his way to US and fathered<br>
> Steve Jobs. Similarly Obama will not be there. When Carl Max wrote the<br>
> Communist Ideology he was living in London. Nearer to home we could not be<br>
> having Craft Silicon if we closed our borders.<br>
><br>
> As a free market economy we must fully embrace competition from personal<br>
> to organizational level. When you succeed at that level you succeed<br>
> globally. We have done so especially in Ushahidi and more new applications<br>
> that will be scalable. That is why I say we are OK for now and we must do<br>
> more and think more outside the box. Do we really know that we have a<br>
> complex ideology that is not often practised?<br>
><br>
> See Obama's manifesto on education and how he wants to see a better<br>
> competitive nation. Americans have appreciated that and you can understand<br>
> why he leads Rommny. We need to move out of our ethnicity and judge those<br>
> who will lead us not by what we hope to benefit from them but by the<br>
> content of their character. We hold key to change but we could rather talk<br>
> and not act appropriately.<br>
><br>
> What does Matemu's precedence setting case got to do with our future?<br>
><br>
> Bitange Ndemo.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Sent from my BlackBerry?<br>
><br>
> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: Barrack Otieno <<a href="mailto:otieno.barrack@gmail.com">otieno.barrack@gmail.com</a>><br>
> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 08:44:00<br>
> To: Ali Hussein<<a href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>>; <<a href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a>><br>
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Taking Care of the Future<br>
><br>
> + 1 Ali, Daktari to quote you ' We must move up the ladder through<br>
> research and begin to lead the rest of the world.' who is supposed to<br>
> spear head this , does government have a role to play?<br>
><br>
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 7:37 AM, Ali Hussein <<a href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>> wrote:<br>
> > +1 Daktari<br>
> ><br>
> > For bringing to the fore fundamental issues and the potential for the<br>
> future<br>
> > of this country.<br>
> ><br>
> > However, to quote your last sentence 'That is OK for now.' Allow me to<br>
> > humbly disagree..<br>
> ><br>
> > It is NOT OK. We have made great strides in this country and yet a lot<br>
> still<br>
> > needs to be done. If we sit on our laurels and thump our chests because<br>
> the<br>
> > great companies of the world are now camping in Kenya to understand what<br>
> it<br>
> > is that makes this country tick in matters mobile & tech then we risk<br>
> all.<br>
> > The Annals of History are strewn with once great companies and countries<br>
> > that ate their own spiel and found themselves in the dustbins of history.<br>
> ><br>
> > The spirit of openness, industriousness, perseverance and risk taking<br>
> that<br>
> > make up our whole is something that needs to be continuously watered.<br>
> ><br>
> > Thank you Daktari for sharing your thoughts and views.<br>
> ><br>
> > Ali Hussein<br>
> ><br>
> > On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 7:02 AM, <<a href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a>> wrote:<br>
> >><br>
> >> Through HR&A our Master Developer at Konza we met two agencies today in<br>
> >> New York involved with the development of a futuristic New York that<br>
> will<br>
> >> be competitive in the next 50 years.<br>
> >><br>
> >> Hudson Yards Development Corporation was created by Mayor Bloomberg to<br>
> >> redevelop a section of New York that was their industrial area. It<br>
> covers<br>
> >> approximately 300 acres with mostly non high rise buildings. The city<br>
> now<br>
> >> wants high rises to meet future office demands.<br>
> >><br>
> >> Here they are buying back most of the land while developing modern<br>
> >> infrastructure including the subway. Consultants are working day and<br>
> night<br>
> >> to ensure the redeveloped area meets current and future needs.<br>
> >><br>
> >> Later we visited the New York City Development Corporation charged with<br>
> >> NY's future competitiveness. They noted that in 1890, NY wad basically<br>
> a<br>
> >> trading centre. In the 1940s, it became an Industrial City and today it<br>
> is<br>
> >> largely a financial and services city. They now want to switch gears<br>
> to a<br>
> >> more technology city.<br>
> >><br>
> >> Through a competitive process, they have put together a number of<br>
> >> universities to deliberately steer NY into another Silicon Valley.<br>
> Cornell<br>
> >> University is paired with Israel Institute of Technology to deliberately<br>
> >> create multi disciplinary programs in applied sciences and<br>
> entrepreneurship.<br>
> >> NY University too will partner with other global centres of excellence<br>
> such<br>
> >> as Indian Institute of Technology to also focus on innovation and<br>
> >> entrepreneurship.<br>
> >><br>
> >> To help create a competitive future, the city will give free land and<br>
> >> other incentives. They are demolishing one of the hospitals in order to<br>
> >> create space for a futuristic project. Each of the different university<br>
> >> grouping will focus in a specialized area that will be critical in the<br>
> days<br>
> >> to come. They are coming up with courses like health analytics, smart<br>
> cities<br>
> >> etc.<br>
> >><br>
> >> This is how in future we can use data to predict our future. This is<br>
> very<br>
> >> critical and many lessons for developing countries. As we continue to do<br>
> >> things the same way it has always been done, things remain the same and<br>
> this<br>
> >> ain't good at all. We need to leverage on what we have and do a little<br>
> more.<br>
> >><br>
> >> In the evening I attended a UN sponsored launch of Better than Cash<br>
> >> Alliance at the Ford Foundation. Here speaker after speaker lauded<br>
> Kenya for<br>
> >> its contribution towards mobile money. Our own Michael Joseph was in<br>
> >> attendance. This was a launch to scale up what has been successful in<br>
> Kenya<br>
> >> (75% of mobile money transactions world wide happens in Kenya). We<br>
> shall see<br>
> >> many researchers coming to Kenya. We must move up the ladder through<br>
> >> research and begin to lead the rest of the world.<br>
> >><br>
> >> Instead of spending many hours arguing the merits and demerits of SAP<br>
> >> training some Kenyans we need a mobile payroll system that can be<br>
> integrated<br>
> >> with Government's Integrated Financial Management System.<br>
> >><br>
> >> When Matatus were introduced, there was a regulated transport system in<br>
> >> Kenya. Buses could not just stop anywhere. They were like the<br>
> proprietary<br>
> >> software. Mini buses could stop anywhere and charged based on distance<br>
> >> travelled and eventually dealt a blow to buses in urban centres. The<br>
> rest<br>
> >> today is history.<br>
> >><br>
> >> That is ok for now.<br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >> Ndemo.<br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >> Sent from my BlackBerry?<br>
> >><br>
> >> -----Original Message-----<br>
> >> From: <a href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a><br>
> >> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 04:00:12<br>
> >> To: Alice Munyua<<a href="mailto:alice@apc.org">alice@apc.org</a>>;<br>
> >> kictanet<kictanet-bounces+bitange=<a href="mailto:jambo.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke">jambo.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>
> >> Reply-To: <a href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a><br>
> >> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>
> >> Subject: Re: Taking Care of the Future<br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >> Sent from my BlackBerry?<br>
> >><br>
> >> -----Original Message-----<br>
> >> From: Alice Munyua <<a href="mailto:alice@apc.org">alice@apc.org</a>><br>
> >> Sender: "kictanet"<br>
> >> <kictanet-bounces+bitange=<a href="mailto:jambo.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke">jambo.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>>Date: Fri,<br>
> 14 Sep<br>
> >> 2012 20:20:09<br>
> >> To: <<a href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a>><br>
> >> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>
> >> Subject: [kictanet] Invitation to join dialogue on African civil<br>
> >> society's,<br>
> >> engagement with internet governance processes<br>
> >><br>
> >> (apologies for cross posting)<br>
> >><br>
> >> Dear friends and colleagues<br>
> >><br>
> >> INVITATION TO JOIN ONLINE DIALOGUE!<br>
> >><br>
> >> We invite you to join an online dialogue among African civil<br>
> >> society, media and other people who care about a free, open and<br>
> >> accessible internet to share their views and increase their<br>
> >> understanding of current trends in internet regulation and governance.<br>
> >><br>
> >> The UN's Human Rights Council adopted a landmark resolution in 2012 that<br>
> >> 'human rights apply online as well as offline'. We need to be aware of<br>
> >> this and help promote the application of this decision at all levels of<br>
> >> internet policy and regulation.<br>
> >><br>
> >> The dialogue should help us consider questions such as:<br>
> >><br>
> >> 1. What are the implications of the HRC resolution for our work?<br>
> >><br>
> >> 2. How does it relate to broader debates on human rights, governance and<br>
> >> development?<br>
> >><br>
> >> 3. What do you think are the fundamental principles that should frame<br>
> >> and guide the decision-making processes that shape the evolution of the<br>
> >> internet - at infrastructure level as well as at access and usage level?<br>
> >><br>
> >> 4. What are your suggestions to improve the participation of African<br>
> >> constituencies in the coordination of the internet global resources as<br>
> >> well as in related policy-making processes?<br>
> >><br>
> >> 5. What are the specific changes you would like to see, if any, across<br>
> >> the range of entities and processes that carry out the governance of the<br>
> >> internet?<br>
> >><br>
> >> Aside from these broader questions it is also crucial that we consider<br>
> >> upcoming processes such as the African Internet Governance Forum (Oct),<br>
> >> the global Internet Governance Forum (Nov) and the review of the<br>
> >> International Telecommunications Regulations (ITRs) at the<br>
> >> ITU's World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) (Dec).<br>
> >><br>
> >> It is hoped that this platform will strengthen African civil society's<br>
> >> engagement with internet governance processes at national, regional and<br>
> >> global levels and enable us to contribute to shaping the future<br>
> >> development of the internet and the telecommunications networks most of<br>
> >> us depend on for access.<br>
> >><br>
> >> To join this discussion do one of the following:<br>
> >><br>
> >> 1) Go tohttps://<a href="http://lists.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/africs-ig" target="_blank">lists.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/africs-ig</a> and follow<br>
> the<br>
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> >> this process.<br>
> >><br>
> >> Looking forward to hearing your views and questions. Remember there is<br>
> >> no such thing as a 'stupid question'! Don't feel intimidated by jargon<br>
> >> and concepts that you don't fully understand. As a community of African<br>
> >> internet users we will be able to learn from one another.<br>
> >><br>
> >> Staff and members of the Association for Progressive Communications will<br>
> >> help facilitate this discusssion. Participants are free to post in<br>
> >> English and French. We will develop regular summaries and post them in<br>
> >> both languages.<br>
> >><br>
> >> Warm regards from the APC Africa policy team<br>
> >><br>
> >> Mawaki Chango<br>
> >> Emilar Vushe<br>
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> > --<br>
> ><br>
> > Ali Hussein<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > Twitter: @AliHKassim<br>
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