Henry, Personal views aside, let's look at why we are where we are.
>From what I know, it's the regulator (Bank of Uganda) that sets the pace for financial industry in this country. So many proposals and ideas have been generated but at the end of the day, it's BoU that decides what's good for this country, and you can take that to the bank ;). The game we (LUG & ISPs) play with UCC is very different from that of BoU and the financial institutions. So, as government (Ministry of ICT) becomes more 'visionary' in a way that excites us and makes the future brighter (fiber), the same government (BoU and Ministry of Finance) must become open to innovations such as those that we come up with each day in this LUG and many other fora. Friends, therein lies the challenge: private sector and government working together to build the nation, so to speak. We need to have things moving on both ends or else our labours shall be in vain. I hear somebody screaming POLITICS! But do you know why I LOVE politics? It makes things happen, simple! Going forward: The NGOs and CSOs in general have done quite a lot to propel the adoption and usage of ICTs in this country. However, we need to do more if we are to translate these wonderful ideas into reality. The future looks good, but we can bring this future closer and be able to exploit the so-called Internet Economy. LUG, UG ISP Association and the numerous NGOs and corporate bodies that have brought us this far now need consolidate their efforts more. We need to exercise maximum influence on Government by exploiting our 'cordial' relationship with Ministry of ICT and UCC, not forgetting some Honourable Parliamentarians who used to be part of us. How? A Participatory Approach - Attend workshops - Publicise your views (our ICT Journalists pick up way too many awards nowadays) - Participate in exhibitions - Lobby for financial support (Global Fund anybody? ;) ) Politics aside, I'd like to observe that Makerere University has gone a long way in rolling out e-learning as an initiative. This is local content with a potential of 30,000 users. Current utilization I'd guess is minimum of 4000 users - on-campus. A pretty good start (and stat). Kind regards, Bernard > On Thursday 04 January 2007 16:09, henry wrote: > > Its apparent there are sysadmins and non-sysadmins on this list > those for whom Linux is a bread earner and others to whom it is but a > hobby > I still believe therefore that if anyone feels it ought to take a > particular > direction they are free to start another thread > Im not going worry about posting because someone might think Im > 'complaining' > so if some of us have broken the cardinal rules, make it clear and kick us > out > Better that than be muzzled > > regards > > > > > > > > > > > >> On Thursday 04 January 2007 13:06, Reinier wrote: >> >> oh i see >> Uganda has reached its optimal potential for e-commerce >> we have 100 percent internet utilization and security >> and our local content prodution are a great model for the rest of the >> world >> absolutely no problemo >> >> > well, disagree again. >> > >> > to which problem is YouTubes a 1.65 billion solution? >> > >> > we dont need to wait for structures to fall in place, we are the >> > structures. at least, when you decide you are, you have much more >> control >> > over your own situation. >> > >> > On Thursday 04 January 2007 18:31, henry wrote: >> > > > first of all, the discussion is moving towards complaining about >> > > > problems (even if they are in other countries) instead of talking >> > > > about solutions again. >> > > > Personally I found yesterdays solutions much more interesting, >> > > > because it is >> > > > with solutions that each of us (except a few sysadmins maybe ;-) >> > > > make our living. >> > > >> > > disagree >> > > you cannot present a solution to a problem that does not exist >> > > so rather than perceive it as complaining >> > > why dont you take this to be a brainstrorming session >> > > since what we are actually discussing are structures we would like >> to >> > > have in place to fulfill a much overdue need >> > > sometimes there is a place for a devils advocate belive me >> > > if only to nudge some of use out of our comfort zones >> > > >> > > henry >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > LUG mailing list >> > > [email protected] >> > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> > > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> > > >> > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them >> (including >> > > attachments if any). 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