1. ISO 9001:2008 Certified Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology website: www.jkuat.ac.ke email: bmkiula@aa.jkuat.ac.ke ICT Integration in Education and the Contribution in E-Waste Generation EACO Workshop on Sustainable E-Waste Management in the East African Region; March 18 th -20 th, 2015; Hotel Intercontinental, Nairobi, Kenya Mwirigi Kiula, MKIM, MNQI ICT Director, JKUAT

2. ISO 9001:2008 Certified Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology website: www.jkuat.ac.ke email: bmkiula@aa.jkuat.ac.ke TAIFA Laptop Project 2

3. ISO 9001:2008 Certified Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology website: www.jkuat.ac.ke email: bmkiula@aa.jkuat.ac.ke ICT Integration Solution Concept JKUAT, working with public/private industry partners in 2013, conceptualized six pillars towards an end-to-end solution for ICT integration in education: policy and strategy; hardware, software and applications; curriculum, e-content and e-books; training and capacity building; technical support and connectivity and e-waste management 3

4. ISO 9001:2008 Certified Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology website: www.jkuat.ac.ke email: bmkiula@aa.jkuat.ac.ke Hardware Solution JKUAT has remained steadfast in the pursuit of the local assembly of electronics. The University has pursued the dream and now has began assembling laptops – the TAIFA Brand Laptop. The University has done 4000 units for the JKUAT Students Laptop Project. The TAIFA Laptops are available for university students, staff and other higher education stakeholders. 4

5. ISO 9001:2008 Certified Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology website: www.jkuat.ac.ke email: bmkiula@aa.jkuat.ac.ke The TAIFA Laptop Brand 5 In 2-3 years the first TAIFA Brand Laptops will be e-waste!

6. ISO 9001:2008 Certified Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology website: www.jkuat.ac.ke email: bmkiula@aa.jkuat.ac.ke E-Waste in Kenya Estimates of e-waste generated annually in Kenya are:- 11,400 tonnes from refrigerators, 2,800 tonnes from TVs, 2,500 tonnes from personal computers, 500 tonnes from printers and 150 tonnes from mobile phones (Press Release UNEP, 2010). 6

7. ISO 9001:2008 Certified Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology website: www.jkuat.ac.ke email: bmkiula@aa.jkuat.ac.ke E-Waste from ICT Integration in Education 7 Male: 6,576,100; Female: 6,223,400; Total 12,799,500 The figures are very conservative given the estimates of a total of 20.1 M students in the education system by MOEST in 2013. Source: Kenya Facts and Figures 2014, KNBS

8. ISO 9001:2008 Certified Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology website: www.jkuat.ac.ke email: bmkiula@aa.jkuat.ac.ke The MOEST ICT Integration in Education targeted class one pupils estimated at 1.2 Million. All education institutions have also adopted ICT integration – JKUAT in 2013. Assuming the number is constant for 8 years and no replacement for each pupil through to class 8 we would have 9.6M laptops in public primary schools in 2023. Given a life-span of 2-3 years for each class there will be about 2 replacements by the time each pupil is in class 8 i.e by the time the 2015 class one pupils complete there will be about 19.2 million laptops in primary schools. Add 19.2M from private primary schools! Assuming enrolment in secondary schools is 1/5 of primary schools and only 1 laptop from form 1 to 4 we would have 1/5*1.2M*2Cycles=0.96M laptops in secondary schools by 2023. Assuming a contribution of 0.48M from all other education institutions by 2023 we will have had a gigantic 39.84M laptops in contribution to e-waste footprint in Kenya by 2023. 8 E-Waste from ICT Integration in Education

9. ISO 9001:2008 Certified Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology website: www.jkuat.ac.ke email: bmkiula@aa.jkuat.ac.ke East African Region - Projections 9 - At a projected 41.8M people in 2013, Kenya is just about 30% of EA Region’s population. - Barring any differences in the education systems and assuming that all EA countries adopt ICT integration in education – Rwanda already did! – the contribution in e-waste in the education system is 132.8M by 2023 i.e. (39.84*100)/30 Source: East African Community Facts and Figures 2014; EAC Secretariat

10. ISO 9001:2008 Certified Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology website: www.jkuat.ac.ke email: bmkiula@aa.jkuat.ac.ke The Bigger E-Waste Picture Pause! Individuals, Households, Corporates… Fathom! Plan, Do, Check and Act! 10

11. ISO 9001:2008 Certified Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology website: www.jkuat.ac.ke email: bmkiula@aa.jkuat.ac.ke We must all in one accord arise and do something tangible before the e-waste monster grows any mightier! THANK YOU