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The State of the industry

The State of the industry . KIF – Kenya ICT Board Luncheon Presentation Paul Kukubo, CEO. pkukubo@ict.go.ke www.ict.go.ke. About the Kenya ICT Board. the board. Establishment. Established as a State Corporation under the State Corporations Act 446

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The State of the industry

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  1. The Kenya ICT Board

  2. The State of the industry KIF – Kenya ICT Board Luncheon Presentation Paul Kukubo, CEO. pkukubo@ict.go.ke www.ict.go.ke The Kenya ICT Board

  3. About the Kenya ICT Board the board The Kenya ICT Board

  4. Establishment • Established as a State Corporation under the State Corporations Act 446 • Kenya ICT Board is a State Corporation within the Ministry of Information and Communications. • The overall purpose of the board is advice the Government of Kenya on ICT development and promotion. The Kenya ICT Board

  5. The Board of Directors • Ms. Catherine Ngahu, Chairman • Mr. Paul Kukubo, CEO • Dr. Catherine Nyaki-Adeya • Mr. Peter Kimacia • Mr. Richard Bell • Mr. Kevit Desai • Dr. Bitange Ndemo, PS. Information & Communications • Mr. Joseph Kinyua, PS. Treasury The Kenya ICT Board

  6. Our vision Develop Kenya to a top ten global ICT business hub and a transformed information empowered society. The Kenya ICT Board

  7. Kenya ICT Board Mission To rapidly and innovatively transform Kenya through the promotion of awareness and adoption of ICT for socio-economic enrichment of our society The Kenya ICT Board

  8. Mandate of the board The Kenya ICT Board

  9. Functions • To advice the government on all relevant matters pertaining to development, coordination and promotion of ICT industries in the country. • Promote both locally and internationally the opportunities for investments in ICT technology • Facilitate and manage ICT industrial incubation parks and technology parks together with associated facilities on sites, estates and land. The Kenya ICT Board

  10. Functions (cont) • Partner with agents within and without the country to carry out such functions as it may consider necessary. • To transform and empower society through deployment and use of ICTs • Carry out any other activity to promote and develop ICT products and services The Kenya ICT Board

  11. Points of focus • Marketing Kenya as an ICT investment destination • Value proposition in place to enumerate Kenya’s Positioning, Potential and Competitiveness • Targeted awareness initiatives (advertising etc) • Incentive development for capacity building • Business processes and Project Management • Development of standards and guidelines for public projects implementation • Staff development in business processes and project management expertise The Kenya ICT Board

  12. Points of Focus • Development of Anchor Projects • Working with implementing agencies to avail e-services, develop local content and increase connectivity uptake and access • ICT incubation parks development • Business case for an ICT & Technology park in progress, potential investors have expressed interest and discussions are ongoing. The Kenya ICT Board

  13. Points of focus • ICT industry information gathering and dissemination • Regular baseline research studies and surveys • Build and roll out repository of ICT information for public consumption • Local content development • Spur the development of local content through capacity building and grants The Kenya ICT Board

  14. Kenya ICT Board Public Panels

  15. Public Panels Public Panels Cross Cutting Issues

  16. Purpose of the Public Panels • To provide a forum for industry participation in developing the country’s ICT agenda • Project Pa The Kenya ICT Board

  17. Developing our the Board’s Metrics • This forums is asked to respond to the development of the ICT Board’s metric’s as part of the launch of these Public Panels

  18. How will the public panels work? • Kenya ICT Board will co-convene the panel with the lead body, e.g. KIF • Panel agenda will be agreed jointly between the Board and the lead body • ICT Board will provide a secretary to every Panels who will collate and document the workings of respective panel • ICT convene an annual workshop where all panel conclusions will be presented • ICT Panel outputs will be informed by the strategic objective and may include: legal recommendations, policy recommendations, whitepapers The Kenya ICT Board

  19. Extracts from our Strategic Plan The Yearly Targets The Kenya ICT Board

  20. External Investment facilitation Metrics

  21. Social Impact Metrics

  22. Local Capacity development

  23. Government Impact Metrics

  24. A global Perspective The Kenya ICT Board

  25. Playing Kenya ICT Board in the global context • The fastest growth in the next few years will come from emerging markets, the group of countries that IDC calls BRIC+9 • Brazil, Russia, India, China • followed by Mexico, Poland, Turkey, Argentina, Columbia, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, UAE, and Vietnam • We need to get Kenya on this reference • Much of the work of building Kenya’s ICT industry will be about • Developing our local capacity • Marketing the country as an ICT investment destination The Kenya ICT Board

  26. Top 10 Global Outsourcing predictions • US Dollar will continue to fall globally • Kenya’s ability to attract outsourcing dollars long term will be influenced by among many factors our labour competitiveness in dollar terms • Consolidation Ahead • Big and medium sized players will be shopping for smaller and more strategic players to buy • Caution • It is expected that large US companies will avoid announcing substantial agreements or employee reductions during 2008 due to the US elections, although outsourcing is not a major elections subject • Beyond India • As the Indian market continues to be impacted by wage inflation, talent attrition and infrastructure strains, clients are looking outside the subcontinent for alternatives, say experts • Flight from the Big Cities • In India and beyond, outsourcing hot spots have become oversaturated, so many providers and customers are looking to set up shop elsewhere. The Kenya ICT Board

  27. Top 10 Global Outsourcing predictions (cont..) • Transformation • Beyond cost cutting and efficiencies. Outsourcers globally are going to pitch themselves as partners in business transformation. • Remote Infrastructure Management (RIM) Grows Up • managing servers, databases, networks and security, and applications from offsite. This represents an important opportunity once the fiber is in place. Kenya needs to skill up to take consider playing here. Also an opportunity for local outsourcing here • Change in Call Centre Management • Clients have become dissatisfied with the sweatshop mentality that leads to turnover levels from 60 to 150 percent a year, source( neoIT.). They need worker stability The Kenya ICT Board

  28. Transparency and Communications Infrastructure Project (TCIP)A Government of Kenya projectwith the support of the World Bank

  29. TCIP Focus Focus is to accelerate activities related to: • Connectivity: BPO, universities, Connecting Govt, Digital Village Initiative, SMS service initiatives, Government Information Portal • eGovernment: Land Title, High Court Registrar, Drivers’ Licence, Wealth Declaration Forms analysis, Company Registry, Pension Administration Phase II, initial support to IPRS / eProcurement at Supply Branch • Related activities labeled “Enabling environment”

  30. TCIP Objectives TCIP Overarching Objectives Connectivity Development Objective -projects Transparency Development Objective -projects KENET Implementing Agent E-gov Directorate Implementing Agent E-gov Directorate Implementing Agent Universities & Colleges connectivity Buildings cabling Judiciary -High Court registry records NOC govt connectivity Ministry of Lands -land titles digitization Ministry of Finance -Pensions admin State Law -Company registry Ministry of Justice -Wealth Declaration Forms Public Procurement/ -supplies branch Department of Transport -drivers licence National NOC Common Services IP Platform Capacity Development

  31. TCIP Overarching Objectives Connectivity Development Objective -projects Transparency Development Objective -projects ICT Board Implementing Agent Digital Villages Program BPO Sector Support TCIP Objectives.. ICT Board Implementing Agent Content Dev Initiatives

  32. The Digital Villages Project Activities

  33. BPO Support Operational Mechanics

  34. Project Components

  35. Procurement & Communication Plans • The board’s Communication Strategy is “Continuous flow of information to and from the Public” • General Procurement Notice already published –in http://www.ict.go.ke, http://www.dgmarket.com • Current Procurement Plan will be published –in the same sites. Updates and revisions will be published accordingly. • Specific Procurement Notices for all the project activities will be published in the local dailies as well as online. A mailing list to alert all interested companies/individuals is being setup.

  36. Thank you. www.ict.go.ke

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