<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Someone pointed to the Tanzanian case study as per link below.</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;" class="yui_3_7_2_104_1388381755453_114"><span><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span><a href="http://www.analysysmason.com/About-Us/News/Insight/Case-study-of-digital-TV-switchover-in-Tanzania/?utm_content=buffer486fc&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer">Case study of digital TV switchover in Tanzania</a><br></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>So what did Tanzania do differently?</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;" class="yui_3_7_2_104_1388381755453_54"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;" class="yui_3_7_2_104_1388381755453_54"><span>On a different note, the issue of capacity (technical, financial, managerial, etc.) will continue to bedevil local companies for a long while, unless of course there are deliberate measures to ensure that capacity. And this, in my view, can be done through various policy options and strict enforcement of the same. What if we required that all major contracts of a given nature (strategic importance, value,
etc.) require x% local participation, where x, in my view, should be 40 and above. </span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;" class="yui_3_7_2_104_1388381755453_54"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;" class="yui_3_7_2_104_1388381755453_54"><span>Messy as that may be, the results down the road, would show. It will be the local partners today that become the key players tomorrow! Take infrastructure (roads, telecommunications, buildings, etc.) and the regional (EAC, Comesa, etc.) that such players could take advantage of. But they aren't going to be of age without nurture! </span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"
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