Its nice to be writing again. It is a relaxed Sunday. I would say that since my last blog update a year ago, so much has happened. North Africa and the Middle East have been through massive change. Europe’s debt crisis is now a much bigger subject of discussion than the US deficit. Social networks [...]
I republish here a wrote to the kictanet mailing list on the whole debate about the various agencies in Government. I give a perspective only from my position as the CEO of the Kenya ICT Board www.ict.go.ke. I draw references from the recent 2nd Connected Gov summit/workshop in Mombasa. My team is preparing the final [...]
A friend of mine walked up to me at the recent Nethope NGO BPO Workhop in Nairobi and said to me, “we are suffering, where are the jobs”. I replied to her to hang in there and play for the long haul. She responds ‘ I know I know, you keep saying that’. And standing [...]
The digital villages project (Pasha) is still on track. The Board sends out regular communication to those who underwent the first lot of entrepreneurship training in October 2009, as well as other trainees applicants due to be trained in the next phases over the next two years.. The portal www.pasha.co.ke is also active and is [...]
I am driven by the understanding that “Any revolution has to start with the transformation of the individual, otherwise individuals are corrupted by the power they get if their revolution succeeds ” - Wes Nisker.