<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:12pt">Ali, Listers<br><div><span>I am not sure about ours.However extensive comparative studies have been done between US and EU and the matter is quite clear that value addition to such open data opens up many new business opportunities.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,Sans-Serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>The main reasoning is that tax-payers have already paid for such data and therefore there would be no justification for re-selling it to the same public </span><span><span>for profit.</span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,Sans-Serif; background-color:
transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span><span></span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,Sans-Serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><span>John Kariuki<br></span> </span></div><div style="display: block;" class="yahoo_quoted"> <br> <br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Wednesday, 30 October 2013, 4:08, Ali Hussein <ali@hussein.me.ke> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv2033830269"><div><div><span style="">Open data—machine-readable information, particularly government data, that’s made available to others—has generated a great deal
of excitement around the world for its potential to empower citizens, change how government works, and improve the delivery of public services. It may also generate significant economic value, according to a new McKinsey report.<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/business_technology/open_data_unlocking_innovation_and_performance_with_liquid_information?cid=other-eml-alt-mgi-mck-oth-2910#" class="yiv2033830269link-footnote" style="text-decoration:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;cursor:pointer;"><sup style="margin:0px;padding:0px;cursor:pointer;">1</sup></a> Our research suggests that seven sectors alone could generate more than $3 trillion a year in additional value as a result of open data, which is already giving rise to hundreds of entrepreneurial businesses and helping established companies to segment markets, define new products and services, and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of
operations.</span></div><div><span style=""><br></span></div><div><span style="">Read on:</span></div><div><span style=""><br></span></div><div><span style=""><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/business_technology/open_data_unlocking_innovation_and_performance_with_liquid_information?cid=other-eml-alt-mgi-mck-oth-2910">http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/business_technology/open_data_unlocking_innovation_and_performance_with_liquid_information?cid=other-eml-alt-mgi-mck-oth-2910</a></span></div><div><span style=""><br></span></div><div><span style="">Question:- Is there data available anywhere as to the value so far created by our own open data initiative?<br></span><br><div style=""><span style="">Ali Hussein</span></div><div style=""><br></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">+254 0770 906375 / 0713 601113</div><div style=""><span style=""><br></span></div><div style=""><span style="">"Kujikwaa si
kuanguka, bali ni kwenda mbele" (To stumble is not to fall but a sign of going forward) - Swahili Proverb</span></div><div style=""><br></div><span style="">Sent from my iPad</span></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>kictanet mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br><a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br><br>Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/ngethe.kariuki2007%40yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/ngethe.kariuki2007%40yahoo.co.uk</a><br><br>The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The
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