<div dir="ltr">Totally... Evans any word? :)<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 10:12 AM, Barrack Otieno <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:otieno.barrack@gmail.com" target="_blank">otieno.barrack@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Ahmed,<br>
<br>
We actually have an open source advocacy forum though it has not been<br>
very active of late. The Linux Professional Association of Kenya. The<br>
Chair is Evans Ikua. Maybe its time to reinvigorate it.<br>
<br>
Best Regards<br>
<br>
On 5/18/16, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet<br>
<span class=""><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br>
> If we follow closely the topic of BlockChain we may stumble upon a blog<br>
> post<br>
</span>> <<a href="http://bithub.co.ke/2016/05/15/the-blockchain-opportunity-in-africa-ideas-concepts-implementation/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://bithub.co.ke/2016/05/15/the-blockchain-opportunity-in-africa-ideas-concepts-implementation/</a>><br>
<span class="">> by BitHub Africa with the following excerpt:<br>
><br>
</span>> *Make no mistake Bitcoin and its underlying Blockchain technology will<br>
<span class="">> disrupt the current financial order that currently has Banking institutions<br>
> sitting at the top of the food chain. Incumbents who fail to understand and<br>
> implement strategies risk being rendered irrelevant akin to the manner in<br>
> which Kodak was rendered irrelevant by the advent of Digital Cameras.<br>
> Indeed Kenyan Banks have already had a taste of this with the arrival in<br>
> 2004 of M-Pesa the Mobile Money platform that revolutionized the way<br>
> Kenyans transfer money and pay for services within the country. Already it<br>
> is estimated that 40% of Kenya’s Gross Domestic Platform is transacted on<br>
> this platform. Banks and other financial institutions will need to evolve<br>
</span>> once again to keep up with this global trend.*<br>
<span class="">><br>
> A good discussion to have is how can Open Technologies boost the adoption<br>
> of technology and even enhance innovation in the eco-system? I think<br>
> Microsoft also adopting Openness (Open Source Technology Development) is a<br>
> huge statement on the potential open technology has to the future of<br>
> innovation.<br>
><br>
> This topic is broad. And BlockChain is just one small player in the<br>
> eco-system of open services and open source products.<br>
><br>
> The question we may ask is how do we as an African demographic and the<br>
> leaders of the Technology eco-system educate and promote the potential open<br>
> technologies (be they open source applications, or open services, etc) to<br>
> boost the next generation of technology innovators?<br>
><br>
> I would love to see this lead to the setup of an Open Source Advocacy Forum<br>
> / Group or something. :)<br>
><br>
> --<br>
</span>> *Ahmed Maawy*<br>
<span class="">> Executive Director - SwahiliBox / M-Power (CBO)<br>
> Ambassador - Open Knowledge<br>
> Director - Startup Grind Mombasa<br>
> Software Developer - AJ+ / EveryLayer<br>
> (KE) +254 714 960 627<br>
> Skype: ultimateprogramer<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://swahilibox.co.ke" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">swahilibox.co.ke</a><br>
</span>> <a href="http://www.okfn.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.okfn.org</a> <<a href="http://okfn.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://okfn.org/</a>><br>
> <a href="http://startupgrind.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">startupgrind.com</a><br>
> <a href="http://ajplus.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">ajplus.net</a><br>
> <a href="http://www.everylayer.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.everylayer.com</a><br>
><br>
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Barrack O. Otieno<br>
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+254733206359<br>
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