<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_30368"><span>@JG,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_30368"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_30368"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_31023">All I can say is +1 to all your points.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_30368"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_30368" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_31020">Indeed, if it was not for Telkom Orange sponsorship, I would actually not have been at this exclusive resort :-)</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_30368" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_30368" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_31036">rgds.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_30368" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_30368" dir="ltr"><span>walu.</span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_30369"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_30374" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_30373"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_30372"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_30371"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_30370"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> James Mbugua <jgmbugua@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, March 23, 2016 10:06 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> RELEVANCE, RATIONALE AND TANGIBLE OUTCOMES OF ICT SUMMIT?<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_30378"><br><div id="yiv7556234232"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_30380">Listers,<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_30382"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_30384">It has been several years since this Connected Summit began in this country and at quite a handsome cost.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_30386"><br></div><div>This year. if it was not for Walubengo's article in the Daily Nation, I did not even know it was ongoing.</div><div><br></div><div>Which brings me to a number of questions regarding this Summit:</div><div><br></div><div>1. This many years later, what tangible outcomes or visible achievements can be attributed to this Summit? What for instance were last year's resolutions and how have they been met going into this year's edition?</div><div><br></div><div>2. This Summit is always held in Diani. Initially, it may have made sense to get top government and IT industry execs away together but with rapport having been established and communication channels established, what is the continued rationale for having this conference at an exclusive tourist destination cutting off access to many of our young ICT entrepreneurs who could benefit from it? Shouldn't this Summit be held in Nairobi where we find all the major ICT companies, ICT incubation hubs, Universities and techpreneurs? Slides and sunshine on the beach maketh not a tech nation!</div><div><br></div><div>3. What academic papers, journal contributions or published inventions/innovations have come out of this Summit? Can we begin to see more focused, academic/research breakthroughs being tabled at the conference and not just baseline projections of where we are? How are the dominant topics of the day being handled at this Summit by our best tech brains? The Bitcoin saga in Kenya? Where is the CBK governor and the Bitpesa proponents to give their respective views? The issue of Safaricom's National Police Network....where are the respective government and private sector parties to also give their views? IFMIS and NYS funds scandal? Where are the tech papers to advise on how public funds can best be safeguarded within government information systems? Digital migration and digital dividends? What has been the impact on the broadcast sector one year later?</div><div><br></div><div>These and many more I believe would help contribute to the debate in this vibrant sector.</div><div><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_30400">Let us consider making this conference both accessible to the masses and also a forum for debating the major topical issues of the day affecting the country and involving technology.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>JG</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_30431"><img src="http://t.sidekickopen50.com/e1t/o/5/f18dQhb0S7ks8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9gXrN7sKj6v5df9RN64kxbFRYHc-N8rBqW6QFLCHW5wfQ8G1k1H6H0?si=5495672839077888&pi=94d2021e-a054-4bdc-aa2b-646916e4a9da" style="display:none!important;" height="1" width="1" data-id="7ef94499-ccd9-0b98-062b-bb3b175a6356"><div class="yiv7556234232gmail_extra" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_30430"><br><div class="yiv7556234232gmail_quote" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_30429">On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 8:24 AM, Walubengo J via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="yiv7556234232gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_30428"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_30427"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_30426"><div>In case you missed this..</div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://t.sidekickopen50.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs1q7sYlW8qlS0F5v0RFbVQBcsP56dKGdf9bPrgC02?t=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nation.co.ke%2Foped%2Fblogs%2Fdot9%2Fwalubengo%2F-%2F2274560%2F3129786%2F-%2Fl5n56lz%2F-%2Findex.html&si=5495672839077888&pi=94d2021e-a054-4bdc-aa2b-646916e4a9da">WALUBENGO: Laptops, 4G, privacy – nothing’s off limits at</a><br></div><div><br></div><div style="max-width:400px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_30425"> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://t.sidekickopen50.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs1q7sYlW8qlS0F5v0RFbVQBcsP56dKGdf9bPrgC02?t=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nation.co.ke%2Foped%2Fblogs%2Fdot9%2Fwalubengo%2F-%2F2274560%2F3129786%2F-%2Fl5n56lz%2F-%2Findex.html&si=5495672839077888&pi=94d2021e-a054-4bdc-aa2b-646916e4a9da" style="text-decoration:none!important;color:#000!important;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_30424"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="max-width:400px;" 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