<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Listers</div><div><br></div><div>Interesting article by Jaindi Kisero.</div><div><br></div><div><h1 style="margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><font size="3"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Titled 'Digital migration across Africa is all about dubious deals with Chinese'</span></font></h1><div><font size="3">The gist of the article is that:-</font></div><div><font size="3"><br></font></div><div><font size="3">1. StarTimes has basically dominated digital migration contracts in a number of African Countries. (Is this the new Lonrho?)</font></div><div><font size="3">2. That there are dubious and opaque deals being cut (tell me something new in Africa!)</font></div><div><font size="3">3. That Africans are giving away their national broadcasting Crown Jewels to the Chinese (More like replacing Western Interests with Chinese ones!)</font></div><div><font size="3">4. That we shouldn't allow foreign companies to build networks for us. He goes on to quote an American security official:-</font></div><p class="summary" style="margin: 8.399999999999999px 0px 15.600000000000001px;"></p><div class="story-information clearfix" style="margin-bottom: 19.200000000000003px; width: 728px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><message:key value="article.hashTag" var="via"></message:key></span></div></div><div><div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15.600000000000001px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"I liked the way a senior American security official, Mr Michael Chertoff defended the action against Huawei. He said: “If you allow a foreign company to build for you the network on which all data flows, the company will be in a perfect position to populate it with backdoors and vulnerabilities that only the foreign company knows about. And, each time the foreign company upgrades it, that will be an opportunity to install new spyware” .</span></p></div><div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15.600000000000001px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">For once, let’s think about national interest."</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15.600000000000001px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Question: When did we ever build our own ICT Infrastructure? If it's not Huawei its Ericcson, IBM or Cisco. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15.600000000000001px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The truth of the matter is that both sides in this Soap Opera of Digital Migration have erred. They have let egos and vested interests mar a process that should be beneficial to this country. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15.600000000000001px;">Not sure where this country goes from here...</p></div></div><div><a href="http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/2627116/-/3rcbqgz/-/index.html">http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/2627116/-/3rcbqgz/-/index.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, tune in to second part of Season I</div><div><br></div><div> <a href="http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Minister-quizzed-on-digital-migration-row/-/1056/2627216/-/135yu9cz/-/index.html">http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Minister-quizzed-on-digital-migration-row/-/1056/2627216/-/135yu9cz/-/index.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>My take is that we really don't have the interests of this country at heart. 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