Hi,
I think you underestimate the challenge too.
The biggest challenge to local content is the highway, it is great that
government is thinking of removing that obstacle. Put in those highways and
it is just a matter of time. In 1998, it didn't look like there were 10000
potential mobile phone users in Uganda...
Education (exposure) is what really opens up people's minds to the
possibilities not just having physical infrastructure even though this
infrastructure is important.
There are other issues as well, such as an electronic payments system for
ug.
Richard.
On 1/2/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Earnest,
You underestimate your people... Just step back and remember when Radio
Sanyu
opened. Or when Celtel launched. I was one of the first 2 employees of
InfoMail when it launched in 1995... all these companies had no market on
day
1. Look where we are now.
The biggest challenge to local content is the highway, it is great that
government is thinking of removing that obstacle. Put in those highways
and
it is just a matter of time. In 1998, it didn't look like there were 10000
potential mobile phone users in Uganda...
My 2p.
T.
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Ernest Byaruhanga (AfriNIC)
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 16:11
To: Linux Users Group Uganda
Subject: Re: [LUG] http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/220/539193
Wire James wrote the following on 01/02/2007 02:54 PM:
>
> Ernest, tat is your opinion. Having interacted with people from all
> walks of life that are either using or are keen on using ICTs, I have
> come to realise that even the information that many of them want is
> not readily available in a format that they would appreciate it. When
> you talk of Universities, online shopping etc, you are only addressing
> a tiny elite.
this was only a drop.. i can list a million others .
> Have you thought of that herbalist that my want to know an alternative
> use for the omuteete grass? This is content that can best be developed
> and served locally.
this falls under industry and manufacturing that i mentioned earler.
good idea though.
> We need a multidimensional approach that among others encourages
> people of all walks of life to become content creators (Why for
> example doesnt my mother write down her favourite recipe and avail it
> online foe others?)
She needs some education, infrastructure, etc... how will she avail it
online?
> Culturally we have grown up taking mental notes of our experiences and
> never documenting them any where and that is the biggest challenge we
> have to local content even be4 you get to the technological hurdles.
> Why is it that our local car mechanics always approach a similar
> problem in different ways and with so much gambling along the way? If
> they wrote down the procedures they followed to rectify problems, they
> would reduce on subsequent gambling sessions and even enable others
> learn from them.
let them first learn how to write and read. You need to ask yourself why
the mechanix are gambling? Basically, you have answered your own
questions. Things that enable us to have local content stretch to as far
as basic educatiion, you see?
eb
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