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!