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Ea Ict - Round 1 Feedback Sessions - Publication Version
Ea Ict - Round 1 Feedback Sessions - Publication Version
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Round 1 Feedback: Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania
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Purpose of this document
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ATTENDEE PROFILE
Total attendance Experience within ICT industry
Annual
Number of surveyed participants
revenues, USD Number of surveyed
Software 29 thousands participants
Mobile 21 0-50 15
Content 19 50-100 4
Network 17 100-500 9
Security 13 500-5,000 2
Respondents could select more than one category; other categories selected: 5,000+ 3
Non-technical (10), Data Centers (9), BPO/Call Centers (9), Hardware (9)
, Other (8) N/a or non-profit 25
Date September 2010 Lead Javier Ewing (Excelsior) Ory Okolloh (Excelsior)
Locations - Nairobi, iHub (2 sessions) Moderators Lauren Rawlings (Excelsior)
- Kampala, Hive CoLab
- Kigali, KIST Additional Victor Gathara (UKaid) Ellen Olafsen (infoDev)
- Dar es Salaam, Heritage Hotel Moderators/ Tim Kelly (infoDev) Jill Sawers (infoDev)
Participants Lucy Mbaye (Excelsior) Steve Giddings (infoDev)
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Feedback session takeaways
Issues Participant comments Common themes
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Emerging interventions
Potential interventions with donor
community leadership
Potential Partner
Intervention Description Issues Addressed Organizations
Provide seed • Provide funds (and • Poor access to capital • Local angel investors;
capital culture expertise) for entrepreneurs • Poor access to business networks chamas, mulitlateral and
to take demos to full • No R& D investment bilateral donors; diaspora
conceptualization
Government • Government tenders could • Poor access to markets: customers • National and provincial
contracting require that certain classes governments; multilateral
small business or value of services be and bilateral donors
set-asides provided by micro and small
businesses
Create network • Create organizations and • Access to business networks • Business leaders;
groups and events that bring together • Poor representation in policy universities and colleges;
events ICT entrepreneurs discussions incubators, donors and
• Create spaces for foundations
entrepreneurs to work and
meet
Support skills • Provide on the job training • Access to technical skills: some • Large corporates,
development and scholarships training technicians need to update universities and technical
programs knowledge and qualifications, self- colleges; training firms,
• Develop integrated taught technicians may not be able donors and foundations
computer science to afford certifications to prove skills
curriculum (esp. Rwanda) • Need practical and business skills
Knowledge base • Document process to set up • Poor access to business skills • Business incubators (e.g.,
for businesses SMEs in each country, iHub); universities;
in the region including key resources. successful entrepreneurs;
• Write up local success bilateral and multilateral
stories organizations
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Next steps
Draft – first • First full draft available for next consortium team
round meeting during the week of October 11-15
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KENYA SESSION DETAILS
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Kenya attendee profile – 14 September 2010
Total attendance Experience within ICT industry
Annual
Number of participants
revenues, USD Number of surveyed
Software 12 thousands participants
Content 9 0-50 10
Mobile 8 50-100 1
Security 7 100-500 4
Network 7 500 – 5,000 1
Respondents could select more than one category; other categories selected: 5,000+ 2
Non-technical (5), Other (3), Hardware (3), Data Centers (3), BPO/Call Centers
(2) N/a or non-profit 7
Date 14 September 2010 Lead Javier Ewing (Excelsior) Ory Okolloh (Excelsior)
Location Nairobi, iHub Moderators
Time 2 sessions:
- 10am-12pm Additional Victor Gathara (UKaid) Tim Kelly (infoDev)
- 2pm-4pm Moderators/ Lauren Rawlings (Excelsior) Lucy Mbaye (Excelsior)
Participants
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Takeaways from Kenya sessions – 14 September
Issues raised Interventions suggested
Access to • Need virtual market places • “Show and Tell” sessions to • Need practical advice
markets • Need market data present demos, not just ideas (e.g., how to register a
• Finding trustworthy business)
suppliers/partners
• Need forum for
Access to • Self-taught technicians may • Provide on the job training and discussing and
technical skills not be able to afford scholarships for formal training/ publicizing ideas
certifications to prove skills continual education programs
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Intervention capture sheet – Access to business networks
Intervention name Improving access to business Issue type: Access to business networks
networks
Current states Idea generation
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Intervention capture sheet – Access to finance
Intervention name: Encouraging environment for seed Issue type: Access to finance
funding; commercial/trading finance
Current states Idea generation
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Intervention capture sheet – Access to human capital
Intervention name Upskilling young business Issue type: Access to business and technical skills
managers
Current states Idea generation
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Intervention capture sheet – Access to finance
Intervention name: Mobilizing and using early capital Issue type: Access to financial resources
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Intervention capture sheet – Access to finance
Intervention name: Mobilizing and using early capital Issue type: Access to financial resources
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Intervention capture sheet – Access to business networks
Intervention name: Creating networks of ICT Issue type: Access to business networks
Entrepreneurs
Current states Idea generation
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UGANDA SESSION DETAILS
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Uganda attendee profile – 16 September 2010
Total attendance Experience within ICT industry
Annual
Number of participants
revenues, USD Number of surveyed
Mobile 6 thousands participants
Content 6 0-50 1
Network 5 50-100 1
Software 5 100-500 2
BPO 4 500 – 5,000 0
Respondents could select more than one category; other categories selected: 5,000+ 0
Security (3), Data Center (3), Other (2), Non-technical (1)
N/a or non-profit 4
Date 16 September 2010 Lead Javier Ewing (Excelsior) Ory Okolloh (Excelsior)
Location Kampala, Hive CoLab Moderators
Time One session: 2pm-4pm
Additional Tim Kelly (InfoDev) Lauren Rawlings (Excelsior)
Moderators/
Participants
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Takeaways from Uganda sessions – 16 September
Issues raised Interventions suggested
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Intervention capture sheet – Access to business networks
Date 16 September 2010 Participants Douglas Joseph Moderators – Javier & Ory
Location Kampala, Hive CoLab Michael Simon
Time 2 pm-4pm Solomon Revence
Richard Daniel
Arnold Tim (infoDev)
Emmanuel Lauren (ExF)
Intervention name: Creating networks of ICT Issue type: Access to business networks
Entrepreneurs
Current states Idea generation
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Intervention capture sheet – Access to business markets
Date 16 September 2010 Participants Douglas Joseph Moderators – Javier & Ory
Location Kampala, Hive CoLab Michael Simon
Time 2 pm-4pm Solomon Revence
Richard Daniel
Arnold Tim (InfoDev)
Emmanuel Lauren (ExF)
Intervention name: Small business tender support Issue type: Access to markets
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RWANDA SESSION DETAILS
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Rwanda attendee profile – 28 September 2010
Total attendance Experience within ICT industry
Annual
Number of participants
revenues, USD Number of surveyed
Software 7 thousands participants
Network 4 0-50 3
Hardware 4 50-100 0
Non-tech. 4 100-500 1
3 tied 2 500 – 5,000 0
Respondents could select more than one category; other categories selected: 5,000+ 0
Data Center (2), Mobile (2), Other (2), BPO/ Contract Center (1), Content (1),
Security (0) N/a or non-profit 10
Date 28 September 2010 Lead Javier Ewing (Excelsior) Lauren Rawlings (Excelsior)
Location Kampala, Kigali Institute of Moderators
Science and Technology
Time One session: 10am-12pm
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Takeaways from Rwanda sessions – 28 September
Issues raised Interventions suggested
Access to • University training is very • Provide more access to computer • Need trusted
technical skills theoretical with little practice labs and upgrade equipment intermediaries for rating
or experimentation and referring products
and services
Access to • RICTA (the current ICT • Develop ICT-specific business
business network) doesn’t provide network
networks any services to members
• Need mentors and advisors
Encouraging • ICT4D policy is focused on • Increase government lobbying for
regulatory infrastructure; does not help SME
environment SMEs
• Government tenders are too
hard for SMEs to respond
• Poor IP protection
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Intervention capture sheet – Access to financial resources
Date 28 September 2010 Participants Sabin Albert Alice Moderators – Javier & Lauren
Location Kigali, KIST/CITT/TBIF Philotele Rajeev J.Paul
Time 10 am - noon Ntaro Nicole Nicolas
Christian Ntare Robert
Binjamin Theonste Abraham
Stevenson Jean Claude
Intervention name: Startup tax break Issue type: Access to financial resources
• None mentioned • Local small businesses will be able to re-invest more of their
earnings into their business the first few years.
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Intervention capture sheet – Access to business network
Date 28 September 2010 Participants Sabin Albert Alice Moderators – Javier & Lauren
Location Kigali, KIST/CITT/TBIF Philotele Rajeev J.Paul
Time 10 am-noon Ntaro Nicole Nicolas
Christian Ntare Stevenson
Binjamin Theonste Abraham
Robert Jean Claude
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Intervention capture sheet – Access to skills
Date 28 September 2010 Participants Sabin Albert Alice Moderators – Javier & Lauren
Location Kigali, KIST/CITT/TBIF Philotele Rajeev J.Paul
Time 10 am-noon Ntaro Nicole Nicolas
Christian Ntare Stevenson
Binjamin Theonste Abraham
Robert Jean Claude
Intervention name: Enhancing computer science Issue type: Access to business and technical skills
education
Current states Idea generation
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TANZANIA SESSION DETAILS
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Tanzania attendee profile – 29/30 September 2010
Total attendance Experience within ICT industry
Annual
Number of participants
revenues, USD Number of surveyed
Mobile 5 thousands participants
Software 5 0-50 1
Network 3 50-100 2
Content 3 100-500 2
3 tied 2 500 – 5,000 1
Respondents could select more than one category; other categories selected: 5,000+ 0
BPO/ Contact Center (2), Data Center (2), Hardware (2), Secutiry (1), Other (1),
Non-Technical (1) N/a or non-profit 5
Date 29/30 September 2010 Lead Javier Ewing (Excelsior) Lauren Rawlings (Excelsior)
Location Dar es Salaam, Heritage Hotel Moderators
Time Two sessions:
29 Sept 7pm-8:30pm Additional Ellen Olafsen (infoDev)
30 Sept 10am-12pm Moderators/ Jill Sawers (infoDev)
Participants Steve Giddings (infoDev)
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Takeaways from Tanzania sessions – 30 September
Issues raised Interventions suggested
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Intervention capture sheet – Access to business skills
Intervention name: Business skills development Issue type: Access to business skills, markets
• Many other programs to provide business skills but they are • Greater early stage business success
too expensive
• World Bank incubator will provide mentorship and skills
development, opening in March 2011
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Intervention capture sheet – Access to business networks
Intervention name: ICT SME Association Issue type: Access to business networks, markets, and
finance
Current states Idea generation
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