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Writing from the field: July 2008
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Monday, July 28, 2008. ICT Policy Harmonisation a must for regional integration. Posted by Harry Hare. Energy critical for success of e-Government. This got me thinking: . If we can have a blackout in the capital of the continent, which renders all communication networks unusable or provides just limited connectivity, is the continent really ready for e-Government which is highly dependent on electricity? Moral of the story? E-Government tools for archaic traditional, inefficient . Systems. . They hav...
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M-government - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Refers to collection of services as the strategic use of government services and applications which are only possible using cellular/ mobile telephones. Laptop computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and wireless. Or SMS, in the event of an emergency. Cases of developing Countries. Issues with mGovernment services. Suggestions for mGovernment Services Development. Mobile Government services can be defined "as a strategy and its implementation involving the uti...
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Writing from the field: A big thumbs up
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009. A big thumbs up. There has been a deep silence in the industry after the three Ministers in charge of the Finance Dockets in East Africa read their 2009/10 budget. Even the pre-budget analysts, who had predicted doom and pain, have sort of vanished or tried to curve some clever come back arguments on what can qualify as surprise budget speeches to everyone in the region. Honourable Uhuru Kenyatta, the Kenyan minister for Finance, had the largest bag of goodies for the sector&#...
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Writing from the field: September 2010
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010. Big guns running after the mobile apps business. From mobile banking, SMS chatting to stock market updates and sharing photos through mobile phones, the catalogue of mobile applications in Africa seems to be growing by the day. Thanks to the mobile phone penetration which has heavily outstripped PC penetration, availability of affordable bandwidth and the demand to do more than voice and text on the mobile phone. This unmet demand and potential in mobile application developme...
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Writing from the field: August 2009
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009. A big thumbs up. There has been a deep silence in the industry after the three Ministers in charge of the Finance Dockets in East Africa read their 2009/10 budget. Even the pre-budget analysts, who had predicted doom and pain, have sort of vanished or tried to curve some clever come back arguments on what can qualify as surprise budget speeches to everyone in the region. Honourable Uhuru Kenyatta, the Kenyan minister for Finance, had the largest bag of goodies for the sector&#...
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Writing from the field: Let's forget e-Government and embrace m-Government
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Friday, July 23, 2010. Let's forget e-Government and embrace m-Government. This emerging trend in public service delivery, or as fondly referred to as m-Government, is part of a broader phenomenon of mobile-enabled development (m-development) leveraging the mobile revolution to enable development impact. The same service has been extended to many other departments including the immigration department where one can query the status of their passport application; one can also get information on their votin...
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Writing from the field: IIEC shows m-Government at work in Matuga
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010. IIEC shows m-Government at work in Matuga. The Interim Independent Electoral Commission (IIEC) has done it. They have effectively demonstrated the use of mobile technologies in public service delivery, in technical terms – m-Government. This is what this column has in the past advocated for as the best way forward for an inclusive public-centric service delivery. Unfortunately, this technological innovation is stranger to the existing election laws, which require that the results ...
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Writing from the field: July 2010
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Friday, July 23, 2010. Technology delivers a superb FIFA 2010. As the vuvuzelas die down and everyone goes back to their routine, Dilbagh Gill, head of sport business and FIFA executive relationship at Mahindra Satyam, an Indian-based systems integration firm, has an interesting way of looking at the role of technology at the just concluded football bonanza. For instance, can you remember those overhead pictures that gave you a birds-eye view of the pitch? That was one of the newest innovations in broadc...
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Writing from the field: Big guns running after the mobile apps business
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010. Big guns running after the mobile apps business. From mobile banking, SMS chatting to stock market updates and sharing photos through mobile phones, the catalogue of mobile applications in Africa seems to be growing by the day. Thanks to the mobile phone penetration which has heavily outstripped PC penetration, availability of affordable bandwidth and the demand to do more than voice and text on the mobile phone. This unmet demand and potential in mobile application developme...