<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><div><div>Hey Edith,</div><div><br></div><div>It appears to me, just like Prophets, innovations are never accepted at home. Even Mpesa and Ushahidi became famous outside Kenya before we owned them locally. But now that the Nigerian government has owned it and made a success out of it, we could use it as a case study to "convince" the powers that be to consider using it. Some of these initiatives though are actually better initiated and have a high success rate outside the government confines given the obvious ownership and procurement issues, just saying.</div><div><br></div><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="rgb(0, 0, 0)"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Harry Hare</font></font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="rgb(0, 0, 0)"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></font></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#919191"><font class="Apple-style-span"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">Director </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">|</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; "> </span></span></font></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; ">African eDevelopment Resource Centre</span></font></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#919191"><font class="Apple-style-span"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">PO Box 49475 00100 </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">|</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; "> </span></span></font></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; ">Nairobi, Kenya </span></font></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#919191"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">Tel +254 20 4041646 </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">|</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; "> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">Cel +254 725 650044</span></font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><img src="cid:43476D15-05F8-4BEF-90B4-ACFEF143FAE8" type="image/png"></div></div></div></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> Edith Adera <<a href="mailto:eadera@idrc.ca">eadera@idrc.ca</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Wed, 4 Dec 2013 15:47:23 +0000<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> Cio_Magazine Hare <<a href="mailto:harry@africanedevelopment.org">harry@africanedevelopment.org</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] NIGERIA HAS DONE IT in 2 YEARS!<br></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><style id="owaParaStyle" type="text/css">P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;}</style><div ocsi="0" fpstyle="1"><div style="direction: ltr;font-family: Tahoma;color: #000000;font-size: 10pt;">Harry,<br><br>
Question, what did we do with our own innovation?<br><br>
Edith<br><div style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000; font-size: 16px"><hr tabindex="-1"><div style="direction: ltr;" id="divRpF874547"><font color="#000000" face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> kictanet [<a href="mailto:kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.ca@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.ca@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>] on behalf of Brian Munyao Longwe [<a href="mailto:blongwe@gmail.com">blongwe@gmail.com</a>]<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 04, 2013 5:14 AM<br><b>To:</b> Edith Adera<br><b>Cc:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] NIGERIA HAS DONE IT in 2 YEARS!<br></font><br></div><div></div><div><div dir="ltr">Hehehehe, Harry.... touche...<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><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:14px; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="rgb(0, 0, 0)"><font face="Calibri">Harry Hare</font></font></div><div style="font-size:14px; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="rgb(0, 0, 0)"><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:14px"><br></span></font></font></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#919191"><font><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Director </span><span style="font-family:Calibri">|</span><span style="font-family:Calibri"> </span></span></font></font><span style="font-family:Calibri">African
eDevelopment Resource Centre</span></font></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#919191"><font><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="font-family:Calibri">PO Box 49475 00100
</span><span style="font-family:Calibri">|</span><span style="font-family:Calibri"> </span></span></font></font><span style="font-family:Calibri">Nairobi, Kenya </span></font></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#919191"><span style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Tel
<a href="tel:%2B254%2020%204041646" value="+254204041646" target="_blank">+254 20 4041646</a> </span><span style="font-family:Calibri">|</span><span style="font-family:Calibri"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri">Cel
<a href="tel:%2B254%20725%20650044" value="+254725650044" target="_blank">+254 725 650044</a></span></font></div><div style="font-size:14px; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-size:14px; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><img src="cid:89AF72D2-14E4-400D-ABA2-65E1E3D817BD" type="image/png"></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><span><div style="border-right:medium none; padding-right:0in; padding-left:0in; padding-top:3pt; text-align:left; font-size:11pt; border-bottom:medium none; font-family:Calibri; border-top:#b5c4df 1pt solid; padding-bottom:0in; border-left:medium none"><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><div class="h5"><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div lang="FR-CA"><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><br>
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><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" lang="EN-CA"> </span></p><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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