TEACHER SEMINAR IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ICT IN KENYA how to use ICT to help developing countries?
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TEACHER SEMINAR IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
ICT IN KENYAhow to use ICT to help developing countries?
KENYA - FACTS:
THE COUNTRY Area: 582,650 km2 Population: 2004 (est):
32,021,856 Density: 53.4/km2 GDP: 2003 (est.), Per
Capita: US$1,035
ICT-RELATED DATA Telephones 328,400
(2003) Mobile phones
1,590,800 (2003) (ISPs): 65 (2001) Internet users 500,000
(2002)
OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE
Railways: total 2,778km
Highways: total: 63,800 km paved: 8,868 km unpaved: 54,932 km (1996 est.)
Airports: 221 (2003 est.) Airports - with paved runways: total: 15 Airports - with unpaved runways: total:
206
ICT - SHORT DEFINITION
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 CHALLENGES
ICT infrastructure
Technical personnel
Computer literacy
AFRICA AND KENYA – ICT POLICIES
ACCESS TO and AFFORDABILITY OF ICT
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND MARKET
PRIVATE SECTOR
ICT STRATEGY AND ECONOMICS
EQUALITY
OTHER CHALLENGES
CYBER-CRIME AND ANTI-TERRORISM LEGISLATION
FOREIGN RELATIONS
MY SUGGESTIONS: THE GUIDELINES
Satellite connections Mobile cellular phone
networks Cafes and libraries
with internet-connected computers
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
ICT-related education:
scholarships for foreign ICT-students
Encourage exchange-students’ activity
Effort to creating own learning material!
One lecturer is more important that 10 new computers!
…EDUCATION.
Educational Fund!
Handling educational costs
Steering
Allocating
Developing
FINAL WORDS
Life is what you make of it, so
let ICT improve the quality of life!