<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div>Dear Sean,</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for the invite. I would certainly be more than happy to make a presentation or take part in the panel discussion during the AITEC Summit.</div><div>However I will be out of the country during this period.</div><div><br></div><div>Hope to take part in a future similar discussion.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div>Sammy</div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Sean Moroney <<a href="mailto:seanm@aitecafrica.com">seanm@aitecafrica.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Monday, November 4, 2013 8:58 AM<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> <<a href="mailto:buruchara@mac.com">buruchara@mac.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc: </span> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Re: [kictanet] Open Data Vital, says web inventor<br></div><div><br></div><div xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
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draft programme is attached.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">You could do this making a presentation or in a panel discussion. Others are welcome to contribute as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Sean Moroney<br></span><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Chairman</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><br></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; color: red; ">AITEC Africa</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><br>
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font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "> kictanet [<a href="mailto:kictanet-bounces+seanm=aitecafrica.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke">mailto:kictanet-bounces+seanm=aitecafrica.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Sammy Buruchara<br><b>Sent:</b> 31 October 2013 15:40<br><b>To:</b> Sean Moroney<br><b>Cc:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] Open Data Vital, says web inventor<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">How about the Western governments as a good place to start?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">It is interesting to see that a lot of these initiatives are relevant to the developing world and not the developed world.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Sammy<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "><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 style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Evans Ikua <<a href="mailto:ikua.evans@gmail.com">ikua.evans@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Date: </b>Thursday, October 31, 2013 3:18 PM<br><b>To: </b>Sammy Buruchara <<a href="mailto:Buruchara@me.com">Buruchara@me.com</a>><br><b>Cc: </b>KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br><b>Subject: </b>[kictanet] Open Data Vital, says web inventor<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">The inventor of the World Wide Web has said governments and companies "must not shy away" from giving the public free access to sensitive information.
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who launched the web on Christmas Day 1990, argued that open data was essential in " fighting poverty, accelerating industry and innovation, and reducing corruption".
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