On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 8:19 AM, Solomon Mburu<
solo.mburu@gmail.com> wrote:
> It a pat in the shoulder for Morris to have made the potential in this
> arena. Also gratitudes to Dr. Ndemo for availing his time to meet
> Morris and Alex together with the media in getting Morris this far.
> Maybe Alex can organize how we can meet Morris one of these fine days
> and learn a thing from his innovation. KUDOS!
>
> On 11/06/2009, Alex Gakuru <
gakuru@gmail.com> wrote:
>> spanners! spanners! everyone through spanners into the works. Even if
>> you've never contributed before, say something...
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 8:14 PM, Erik Hersman<
erik@zungu.com> wrote:
>>> I've been saying this for a long time now. We need some type of central
>>> nexus point for the dev community to collect and collaborate in. We've
>>> got
>>> an outstanding community, some great mailing lists and communication, but
>>> very little in the way of physical connections and the growth and
>>> synergies
>>> that grow out of that.
>>> Here's what I wrote about just this concept earlier this year:
>>>
http://whiteafrican.com/2009/01/14/african-cities-need-tech-coworking-spaces/
>>> The biggest trick in making this work is having it be a "community owned"
>>> space instead of by any specific company, organization or government
>>> entity.
>>>
>>> Erik Hersman
>>>
www.AfriGadget.com
>>>
www.WhiteAfrican.com
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jun 11, 2009, at 1:06 PM, Benson Mwangi wrote:
>>>
>>> Alex,
>>> This is ultimately a good move! The current move is clearly fruits of this
>>> discussion list! Now, could Dr. Ndemo and all of us in the list consider
>>> setting up an incubation facility that would house Mbesa and other young
>>> people who are doing wonders behind the scene. Again, how do we discover
>>> the
>>> talent out there that's not being exploited. A national competition backed
>>> by the media houses, government and the private sector could potentially
>>> bring the talent to the front and the winners given an incubation priority
>>> and the products they developed used in Kenya and if good enough exported.
>>> Regards,
>>> Benson M.
>>>
>>>
>>> 2009/6/11 Alex Gakuru <
gakuru@gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> This morning Morris Mbetsa met to PS Ndemo from 7:30 am to about 9:00
>>>> am and demonstrated his softwares. And we never managed to go through
>>>> all the applications!
>>>>
>>>> The PS shared endless opportunities he foresees for this locally
>>>> developed software. Offered his personal support towards making it a
>>>> reality, fast!! Watch this space...
>>>>
>>>> It struck how we have bubbling innovation from the ground up and it's
>>>> about time it was set free, nurtured to flourish and really changed
>>>> this country.
>>>>
>>>> Morris requested I subscribe him to the mailing list, it's done. And
>>>> he has okey'ed forwarding of below message list members.
>>>>
>>>> (In retrospect, thank Wainaina Mungai for adding that extra weight of
>>>> responsibility:-)
>>>>
>>>> regards,
>>>>
>>>> Alex
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Morris Mbetsa<
morrismbetsa@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > Hello Sir,
>>>> > Let me take this opportunity to sincerely thank you for
>>>> > the
>>>> > efforts you made and booked the appointment with the HONOURABLE
>>>> > DR.BITANGE
>>>> > NDEMO the P.S in the Ministry of Information and Communication. The
>>>> > conversation among us was very constructive especially on the way
>>>> > forward on
>>>> > the inforrmation and communication Technology.
>>>> >
>>>> > The talks were very constructive and we hope it will mark a new
>>>> > beginning to
>>>> > the Technology Sector in relation to the Innovators of this country.
>>>> > Its
>>>> > the
>>>> > adoption of this technology plus others that will make our country be
>>>> > able
>>>> > to achieve both the Millenium Development Goals as well as Vision 2030.
>>>> >
>>>> > The P.S is very co-operative and has offered to assist us in achieving
>>>> > the
>>>> > intended goals and ensuring that the project is adopted and implimented
>>>> > by
>>>> > the relevant Government Agencies.
>>>> >
>>>> > Lastly we look forward for greater co-operations from you as well as
>>>> > other
>>>> > stake holders in ensuring that our ICT sector has gone to a higher
>>>> > notch.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Thank you so much for your co-operation and we also thank the P.S for
>>>> > granting us that opportunity to listen to us and allow us to
>>>> > demonstrate
>>>> > our
>>>> > presentation. It was fantastic and a nice experience.
>>>> >
>>>> > God bless you.
>>>>
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