<div dir="ltr">@Harry, Indeed it was. What we need to do is convince our own government of the benefits of ICT in similar cases locally.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Harry Hare | African eDevelopment Resource Centre <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:harry@africanedevelopment.org" target="_blank">harry@africanedevelopment.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;word-wrap:break-word"><div><div><div>If I am not wrong, the Electronic Wallet System for farmers was developed and implemented by our own Cellulant :-), get the drift?</div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Edith Adera <<a href="mailto:eadera@idrc.ca" target="_blank">eadera@idrc.ca</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Wed, 4 Dec 2013 04:42:38 +0000<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> Cio_Magazine Hare <<a href="mailto:harry@africanedevelopment.org" target="_blank">harry@africanedevelopment.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Cc: </span> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> [kictanet] NIGERIA HAS DONE IT in 2 YEARS!<br>
</div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div lang="FR-CA" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div style="direction:ltr;font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma"><div style="font-size:16px;font-family:Times New Roman"><div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,sans-serif" lang="EN-CA">Listers,<br>
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Nigerian Agriculture Minister, Dr Akinwumi Adesina (former VP of AGRA), has been named Forbes African Person of the Year for his reforms to the country's farming sector. He has made use of ICTs to transform how inputs are procured, cutting out corrupt deals,
and shifting mindsets towards agriculture as a business.<br><br>
Very transformative indeed! In Kenya, we need to move away from politics, roll up sleeves and work!<br></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#006bbc" lang="EN-CA"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#006bbc"><a href="http://www.channelstv.com/home/2013/12/02/akinwumi-adesina-awarded-forbes-africa-person-of-the-year/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-CA">http://www.channelstv.com/home/2013/12/02/akinwumi-adesina-awarded-forbes-africa-person-of-the-year/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#006bbc"><span lang="EN-CA"></span></span></p>
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