I really don't think legislating things such as local production is a nice move, it's one of the reasons why we end up with black markets, since legislation is usually quite oblivious of laws of demand and supply.
<div><br></div><div>As for funding, we have had M-Pesa for years and outblown our own vuvuzelas on the same. For those of us who follow technology globally, you should be aware of Kickstarter ( <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kickstarter">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kickstarter</a> ) which has gone ahead to fund quite some innovative IT projects in the US, such as a really affordable Android "PlayStation" and an Android watch. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Locally, there is M-changa though seems not to have caught on. </div><div><br></div><div>If we are serious enough, we can imitate Kickstarter and have funding for these done by M-pesa. The funding should have a goal to raise and have something to give in return to fund raisers, ie maybe each will get a decoder. Failure to raise the amount by a certain date should see funding returned to fund raisers. the funding platform should donate how many backers versus the amount raised . also necessary to find out what the law says about shareholding and methods of raising capital, as such investors can ideally become shareholders, if law applies.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I hope this will not end like a certain plant I hear was crowd-funded before bidding investors goodbye(no refunds or even acknowledgement) and going private. </div>