Wait till there is locally available:
- dating,
- sex,
- preacher/healing sites
- and real money making activities
- etc
Recently I have been informed about some very promising Ugandan
initiatives. There is definitely hope.
Victor
On 2 Jan 2007, at 15:10, Ernest Byaruhanga (AfriNIC) wrote:
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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