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2nd Hand Laptop for Sale
by Douglas Ogeto 06 Jul '11

06 Jul '11

Laptop Specs: 12-Inch Averatec Mobile AMD Sempron 2800+, 1.60GHz Processor, 80GB, Microsoft XP, 512RAM, Wi-Fi, 3USB Ports, Micro-SD Port Comes with 2 power cables. Contact me off list if interested. -- Douglas Ogeto douglas.ogeto(a)gmail.com

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Gmaps donloaded
by Space-Networks 06 Jul '11

06 Jul '11

Hi Skunks Where and how can i download the Gmaps or ay Maps . -- Regards, Space-Networks +254208007010 www.space.co.ke Your Africa VSAT installer partner

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Wanted - Alcatel 2753 DTU
by Denis G. Wahome 06 Jul '11

06 Jul '11

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by mabeya conseray 06 Jul '11

06 Jul '11

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Query: Source of electronic components.
by Gitonga Eric 06 Jul '11

06 Jul '11

Where can one buy electronic components (as well as prototyping equipment such as breadboards, etc) in Nairobi? Eric

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by pithon kamau 05 Jul '11

05 Jul '11

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Re: [Skunkworks] [kictanet] Kenya IGF 2011 List Discussions Day 4 Cloud Computing
by Paul Kukubo 05 Jul '11

05 Jul '11

Listers his is an important subject. There is the opportunity for Kenya to become the cloud computing hub for the region. Some things are important in achieving this strategy on top of what Joe proposes/ Much greater government and private sector digitization and automation will create demand for cloud. Many small businesses require the benefits of automation but cannot justify the costs of management of that automation. Providers of cloud based business applications for small businesses can do well here. Small farmers, retail outlets, in the rural areas can purchase professional packaged payroll, tax management, HR solutions on a monthly or per use basis rather than deploy systems. These can be bundled by connectivity providers, entrepreneurs who can provide flexible ways to bill. If we can do for hosted applications what we have achieved for money transfers, the country can develop competencies around this and even export this to the region. Cloud storage will be a global business. Multinationals cannot deploy servers in every single geography in which they operate. And many of them are consolidating to areas where they get great value in terms of cost and service support. Kenya's connectivity and skill base works well for us. The cost of power is still an issue. Government data storage and management will always be an important driver of any cloud strategy, simply because of size and national strategic significance. Paul Kukubo Chief Executive Officer, Kenya ICT Board PO Box 27150 - 00100 Nairobi, Kenya 12th Floor, Teleposta Towers Koinange Street Tel +254 20 2089061, +254 20 2211960 Fax: +254 20 2211962 website: www.ict.go.ke local content project: www.tandaa.co.ke, www.facebook.com/tandaakenya twitter:@tandaaKENYA BPO Project: www. doitinkenya.co.ke Digital Villages Project: www.pasha.co.ke personal contacts _______________ Cell: + 254 717 180001 skype: kukubopaul googletalk: pkukubo personal blog: www.paulkukubo.co.ke personal twitter: @pkukubo ____________________ Vision: Kenya becomes a top ten global ICT hub Mission: To champion and actively enable Kenya to adopt and exploit ICT, through promotion of partnerships, investments and infrastructure growth for socio economic enrichment On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 10:44 PM, paul kukubo <paulkukubo(a)ict.go.ke> wrote: > Listers > > >> This is an important subject. >> >> There is the opportunity for Kenya to become the cloud computing hub for >> the region. >> >> Some things are important in achieving this strategy on top of what Joe >> proposes/ >> >> Much greater government and private sector digitzation and automation will >> create demand for cloud. Many small businesses require the benefits of >> automation but cannot justify the costs of management of that automation. >> Providers of cloud based business applications for small businesses can do >> well here. Small farmers, retail outlets, in the rural areas can purchase >> professional packaged payroll, tax management, HR solutions on a monthly or >> per use basis rather than deploy systems. These can be bundled by >> connectivity providers and other entrepreuners who can provide flexible ways >> to bill. >> >> If we can do for hosted applications what we have achieved for money >> transfers, the country can develop competencies around this and even export >> this to the region. >> >> Clould storage will be a global business. Multinationals cannot delpoy >> servers in every single geography in which they operate. And many of them >> are consolidating to areas where they get great value in terms of cost and >> service support. Kenya's connectivity and skill base works well for us. The >> cost of power is still an issue. >> >> Government data storage and management will always be an important driver >> of any cloud strategy, simply because of size and national strategic >> significance. >> >> >> On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 9:48 PM, Joe Murithi Njeru <joe.njeru(a)zilojo.com>wrote: >> >>> Hello Barack, >>> >>> As a private sector entrepreneur, I think Govt's role (when it comes it >>> Cloud Computing) should deal with the following: >>> >>> 1. Data Protection & Privacy Laws / Standards >>> >>> 2. Enabling Environment >>> - Physical Infrastructure like roads, water etc >>> - Streamlined and corruption free judicial & police systems >>> - Simplified licensing & Tax regime (Double Tax Treaties with >>> cloud >>> node countries) >>> - Tax incentives for server farms that want to set-up in marginal >>> areas >>> (Income tax rebates, VAT/Withholding tax exemptions) >>> - Tax incentives for renewable power development & favourable >>> pricing >>> for resale to the national grid. >>> - Guaranteed business from Govt should the firms set up for >>> atleast 5 >>> years (Buy Local Build Local) >>> >>> 3. Marketing & Promotion through support to private sector driven >>> marketing campaigns >>> >>> 4. No meddling beyond this. We'll create the jobs and pay the taxes. >>> Keep politics out of the sector. We can always move ... >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com> >>> Reply-to: Skunkworks Mailing List <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> >>> To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke>, >>> Skunkworks forum <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> >>> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Kenya IGF 2011 List Discussions Day 4 Cloud >>> Computing >>> Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 21:14:08 +0300 >>> >>> Dear Listers, >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> 1. What role should the government play to promote cloud computing >>> in Kenya? >>> 2. What practical steps should we take as a nation that will move >>> cloud computing from a lofty idea into a strategic commercial >>> resource? >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Barrack O. Otieno >>> +254721325277 >>> +254-20-2498789 >>> Skype: barrack.otieno >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Skunkworks mailing list >>> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >>> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >>> ------------ >>> Skunkworks Rules >>> http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 >>> ------------ >>> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> >>> Joe Murithi Njeru >>> LPI Certified Professional (www.lpi.org) >>> >>> Zilojo Ltd. >>> P.O. Box 39501-00623 >>> Nairobi Kenya. >>> >>> T: +254-722-787725 >>> E: joe.njeru(a)zilojo.com >>> W: http://www.zilojo.com >>> M: http://www.mobility.co.ke/zilojo >>> >>> Strategy . Technology . New Media >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> kictanet mailing list >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>> >>> Unsubscribe or change your options at >>> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/pkukubo%40ict.go.ke >>> >>> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform >>> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and >>> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT >>> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. >>> >>> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors >>> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, >>> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do >>> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Paul Kukubo >> Chief Executive Officer, Kenya ICT Board >> PO Box 27150 - 00100 >> Nairobi, Kenya >> >> 12th Floor, Teleposta Towers Koinange Street >> Tel +254 20 2089061, +254 20 2211960 >> Fax: +254 20 2211962 >> website: www.ict.go.ke >> local content project: www.tandaa.co.ke, www.facebook.com/tandaakenya >> twitter:@tandaaKENYA >> BPO Project: www. doitinkenya.co.ke >> Digital Villages Project: www.pasha.co.ke >> >> >> personal contacts >> _______________ >> >> Cell: + 254 717 180001 >> personal blog: www.paulkukubo.co.ke >> personal twitter: @pkukubo >> > > > > > -- > Paul Kukubo > Chief Executive Officer, Kenya ICT Board > PO Box 27150 - 00100 > Nairobi, Kenya > > 12th Floor, Teleposta Towers Koinange Street > Tel +254 20 2089061, +254 20 2211960 > Fax: +254 20 2211962 > website: www.ict.go.ke > local content project: www.tandaa.co.ke, www.facebook.com/tandaakenya > twitter:@tandaaKENYA > BPO Project: www. doitinkenya.co.ke > Digital Villages Project: www.pasha.co.ke > > > personal contacts > _______________ > > Cell: + 254 717 180001 > personal blog: www.paulkukubo.co.ke > personal twitter: @pkukubo >

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Day made of Glass
by David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd 05 Jul '11

05 Jul '11

In keeping with my theme of posting the future find this amazing video on the future of glass. Enjoy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cf7IL_eZ38 Regards Kiania D -- [Asentric Consulting Ltd] "The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in war." - Navy SEAL INSTRUCTOR

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Anyone knw how 2 set up frontline sms on a mac?
by Kibui Maina 05 Jul '11

05 Jul '11

I need help setting up frontline sms on a mac. On 7/5/11, aki <aki275(a)gmail.com> wrote: > @Barrack, as a final contirbute to this cloud discussion thread, Dr Ndemo > raised a very important point. That all government offices are connected to > Fiber. I believe this should be country wide? May we seriously have a list > of all terminations and capacity of the fiber country wide. Am also awaiting > the info on cloud services offered by Govt and the govt data centre. These > are important statistics. > > Rgds. > -- Sent from my mobile device Kibui Kenneth Maina,* * * * *Tel:* +254 (0) 721 173 780 *Blog:* Opticom Solutions<http://opticomsolutions.blogspot.com/> *Website*: kit-b.com <http://www.kit-b.com> *Twitter:* @mainakibui<https://twitter.com/#%21/mainakibui> * * *Tools I Use:* Joomla, PHP, MYSQL, Learning Python, Amazon cloud hosting, WHM, Cpanel, Adobe CS4, Dreamweaver, Cent OS, Linux, Windows, Networking, Hardware, VM Ware.

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Re: [Skunkworks] World Bank & Donor Funds : Projects and Funds Statistics Mapping
by Anthony Olendo 05 Jul '11

05 Jul '11

And the plot thickens... Two things not to trust the world bank with : chamber maids n website declarations... but this very interesting... hope we get an answer before robert alai gets news On 5 Jul 2011 15:49, "aki" <aki275(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm no expert on World Bank funds and the rest, but this thread was to try and keep track off. > > Now we have a serious problem here: Both iHub and Akirchix have confirmed that they have no knowledge of such funds being allocated to them or even used by them. The World Bank site shows P122163 USD 490,000 ( close to Ksh 40 million ) grant of Nov 2010, Extending Mobile Applications in Africa through Social Networking - Kenya (Akirchix). ( http://maps.worldbank.org/afr/kenya ) > > Did the World Bank ever release this money, to whom and what for and why is it marked as "Extending Mobile Applications in Africa through Social Networking - Akirchix" ? > > Who can help us establish how these funds worked? This is a plea for help from knowledgeable persons. > > Rgds. > > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > ------------ > Skunkworks Rules > http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 > ------------ > Other services @ http://my.co.ke

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