Transcript ICT in Kenya - how to use ICT to help developing countries?

TEACHER SEMINAR IN
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
ICT IN KENYA
how to use ICT to help developing countries?
KENYA - FACTS:
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THE COUNTRY
Area: 582,650 km2
Population: 2004 (est):
32,021,856
Density: 53.4/km2
GDP: 2003 (est.), Per
Capita: US$1,035
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ICT-RELATED DATA
Telephones 328,400
(2003)
Mobile phones
1,590,800 (2003)
(ISPs): 65 (2001)
Internet users 500,000
(2002)
OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE
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Railways: total 2,778km
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Highways: total: 63,800 km paved: 8,868 km
unpaved: 54,932 km (1996 est.)
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Airports: 221 (2003 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 15
total: 206
ICT - SHORT DEFINITION
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Land-line phones
Cell phones (both text messaging and voice)
Radios (broadcast, short-wave)
Computers
Internet (via phone, fiber, satellite)
E-mail, Web
New technologies, applications
WiFi and WiMAN
VOIP
Satellite broadcasting (and uplinks)
Fiber optic backbones growing
ICT IN DEVELOPMENT
– the BIG picture
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CHALLENGES
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ICT infrastructure
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Technical personnel
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Computer literacy
AFRICA AND KENYA
– ICT POLICIES
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ACCESS TO and AFFORDABILITY OF ICT
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND MARKET
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PRIVATE SECTOR
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ICT STRATEGY AND ECONOMICS
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EQUALITY
OTHER CHALLENGES
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CYBER-CRIME AND
ANTI-TERRORISM
LEGISLATION
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FOREIGN
RELATIONS
MY SUGGESTIONS:
THE GUIDELINES
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Satellite connections
Mobile cellular phone
networks
Cafes and libraries
with internetconnected computers
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Banking kiosks:
PDA’s combined with
cell phones
Realistic ICT Strategy,
taking all the parties
into account
Focus from the ICT
sector to the other,
ICT-aided, industrial
sectors.
EDUCATION
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ICT-related education:
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scholarships for foreign ICT-students
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Encourage exchange-students’ activity
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Effort to creating own learning material!
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One lecturer is more important that 10 new
computers!
…EDUCATION.
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Educational Fund!
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Handling educational costs
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Steering
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Allocating
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Developing
FINAL WORDS
Life is what you make of it, so
let ICT improve the quality of life!