TEACHER SEMINAR IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ICT IN KENYA how 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) , 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!