I believe the killer app for local content in Uganda at least shall be cyber
trading as in Ebay.co.ug
can you imagine all those used car and real estae deals being closed on the
web?
Unfortunaltey this cannot happen until we have financial services like
credit cards and paypal run here too.
Henry
David Ziggy Lubowa writes:
Wait till there is locally available:
- dating,
++ This already exist's though not too much traffic i believe, needs to
be perfected i.e. to the american and chinese type speed dating on the
net. Though speed dating (online), has become very big in china, we could
use it as an example and perfect our www.entice.co.ug.
- sex,
++ Well almost similar to speed dating because i believe thats what the
end user or majority of them believe will be the end result.
- preacher/healing sites
++ The local ministries already have very expensive and heavily loaded
websites, but not really put out there for the local's to enjoy, we have
some techie's who are deep into the ministries , maybe they could float
the idea to the preacher's. Maybe we will then see change ????
- and real money making activities
++ I have faith this will happen soon, possibly we will see some change
within this year.
ma 2shillingi.
- 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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