The Kenya ICT Board

The State of the industry

KIF – Kenya ICT Board Luncheon Presentation

Paul Kukubo,
CEO.
pkukubo@ict.go.ke
www.ict.go.ke

The Kenya ICT Board

About the Kenya ICT Board

THE BOARD

The Kenya ICT Board

Establishment

• Established as a State Corporation under the State

Corporations Act 446

• Kenya ICT Board is a State Corporation within the

Ministry of Information and Communications.

• The overall purpose of the board is advice the

Government of Kenya on ICT development and
promotion.

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The Board of Directors

• Ms. Catherine Ngahu, Chairman

• Mr. Paul Kukubo, CEO
• Dr. Catherine Nyaki-Adeya
• Mr. Peter Kimacia
• Mr. Richard Bell
• Mr. Kevit Desai
• Dr. Bitange Ndemo, PS. Information &
Communications
• Mr. Joseph Kinyua, PS. Treasury

The Kenya ICT Board

Our vision
Develop Kenya to a top ten
global ICT business hub
and a transformed
information empowered
society.

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Kenya ICT Board Mission
To rapidly and innovatively
transform Kenya through the
promotion of awareness and
adoption of ICT for socio-economic
enrichment of our society

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Mandate of the board

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Functions

• To advice the government on all relevant matters

pertaining to development, coordination and
promotion of ICT industries in the country.

• Promote both locally and internationally the

opportunities for investments in ICT technology

• Facilitate and manage ICT industrial incubation

parks and technology parks together with associated
facilities on sites, estates and land.

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Functions (cont)

• Partner with agents within and without the country

to carry out such functions as it may consider
necessary.

• To transform and empower society through

deployment and use of ICTs

• Carry out any other activity to promote and develop

ICT products and services

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Points of focus

• Marketing Kenya as an ICT investment destination

– Value proposition in place to enumerate Kenya’s

Positioning, Potential and Competitiveness

• Targeted awareness initiatives (advertising etc)

• Incentive development for capacity building

• Business processes and Project Management

– Development of standards and guidelines for public
projects implementation
– Staff development in business processes and project
management expertise

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Points of Focus

• Development of Anchor Projects

– Working with implementing agencies to avail e-

services, develop local content and increase
connectivity uptake and access

• ICT incubation parks development

– Business case for an ICT & Technology park in progress,

potential investors have expressed interest and
discussions are ongoing.

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Points of focus

• ICT industry information gathering and

dissemination

– Regular baseline research studies and surveys

– Build and roll out repository of ICT information for
public consumption

• Local content development

– Spur the development of local content through

capacity building and grants

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Kenya ICT Board Public Panels
Public Panels
Public Panels

Cross Cutting Issues Egovernmen Communitie Infrastructu Content Outsourcing

t s re

Records Digital National Data Local Content BPO Park

management Villages Rural Centre Development
Outreach Kenya
Tax Government Rural Marketing
management Local PC Data Involvement
assembly Management Call Centre
Information Software development
Distribution Government
Networks/VOI
P

Bandwidth
Distribution
and Subsidy

Fibre Project
Purpose of the Public Panels

• To provide a forum for industry participation in

developing the country’s ICT agenda
• Project Pa

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Developing our the Board’s Metrics

• This forums is asked to respond to the development

of the ICT Board’s metric’s as part of the launch of
these Public Panels
How will the public panels work?

• Kenya ICT Board will co-convene the panel with the

lead body, e.g. KIF

• Panel agenda will be agreed jointly between the

Board and the lead body

• ICT Board will provide a secretary to every Panels

who will collate and document the workings of
respective panel

• ICT convene an annual workshop where all panel

conclusions will be presented

• ICT Panel outputs will be informed by the strategic

objective and may include: legal recommendations,
policy recommendations, whitepapers
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Extracts from our Strategic Plan

The Yearly Targets

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External Investment facilitation
Metrics
Social Impact Metrics
 Local Capacity development

ICT Business 1,50 3,00 4,50 6,00 7,50

Entrepreneur Training 0 0 0 0 0
ICT Business 50 100 150 200 300
Entrepreneurs
Content Entrepreneurs 50 100 150 200 300
Information Centers 50 100 150 200 300
Top tier Consultants/ 200 400 600 800 1
professionals enlisted 000
and developed
Government Impact Metrics
A global Perspective

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Playing Kenya ICT Board in the
global context
• The fastest growth in the next few years will come
from emerging markets, the group of countries that
IDC calls BRIC+9
– Brazil, Russia, India, China
– followed by Mexico, Poland, Turkey, Argentina,
Columbia, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, UAE, and Vietnam

• We need to get Kenya on this reference

• Much of the work of building Kenya’s ICT industry

will be about
– Developing our local capacity
– Marketing the country as an ICT investment destination

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Top 10 Global Outsourcing
predictions
• US Dollar will continue to fall globally
– Kenya’s ability to attract outsourcing dollars long term will
be influenced by among many factors our labour
competitiveness in dollar terms
• Consolidation Ahead
– Big and medium sized players will be shopping for smaller
and more strategic players to buy
• Caution
– It is expected that large US companies will avoid
announcing substantial agreements or employee
reductions during 2008 due to the US elections, although
outsourcing is not a major elections subject
• Beyond India
– As the Indian market continues to be impacted by wage
inflation, talent attrition and infrastructure strains, clients
are looking outside the subcontinent for alternatives, say
experts
• Flight from the Big Cities
– In India and beyond, outsourcing hot spots have become
oversaturated, so many providers and customers are
looking to set up shop elsewhere.
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Top 10 Global Outsourcing
predictions (cont..)
• Transformation
– Beyond cost cutting and efficiencies. Outsourcers
globally are going to pitch themselves as partners in
business transformation.
• Remote Infrastructure Management (RIM) Grows Up
– managing servers, databases, networks and security,
and applications from offsite. This represents an
important opportunity once the fiber is in place. Kenya
needs to skill up to take consider playing here. Also an
opportunity for local outsourcing here
• Change in Call Centre Management
– Clients have become dissatisfied with the sweatshop
mentality that leads to turnover levels from 60 to 150
percent a year, source( neoIT.). They need worker
stability

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Transparency and Communications
Infrastructure Project (TCIP)

A Government of Kenya project

with the support of the World Bank
TCIP Focus
Focus is to accelerate activities related to:
1. Connectivity: BPO, universities, Connecting Govt,
Digital Village Initiative, SMS service initiatives,
Government Information Portal

3. eGovernment: Land Title, High Court Registrar,

Drivers’ Licence, Wealth Declaration Forms
analysis, Company Registry, Pension
Administration Phase II, initial support to IPRS /
eProcurement at Supply Branch

5. Related activities labeled “Enabling environment”

TCIP Objectives TCIP
Overarching Objectives

Connectivity Transparency
Development Objective -projects Development Objective -projects

KENET E-gov Directorate E-gov Directorate

Implementing Agent Implementing Agent Implementing Agent

Universities & Colleges

Buildings cabling Judiciary
connectivity -High Court registry records

Ministry of Lands
NOC govt connectivity
-land titles digitization

Ministry of Finance
National NOC -Pensions admin

Common Services IP State Law

Platform -Company registry

Capacity Development Ministry of Justice

-Wealth Declaration Forms

Public Procurement/
-supplies branch

Department of Transport
-drivers licence
TCIP Objectives..
TCIP
Overarching Objectives

Connectivity Transparency
Development Objective -projects Development Objective -projects

ICT Board ICT Board

Implementing Agent Implementing Agent

Digital Villages Content Dev

Program Initiatives

BPO Sector
Support
The Digital Villages Project Activities
BPO Support Operational
Mechanics
ICT
Board
Members Selection Members
Approval

Contract Gross invoicing Reports

World Ministry Approved

QOCs
Bank Credit of F & C Vendors bandwidth, net invoicing
Payment
Periodic reports/audit Net invoice payment
Project Components
Procurement & Communication Plans
1. The board’s Communication Strategy is “Continuous flow of
information to and from the Public”

3. General Procurement Notice already published –in

http://www.ict.go.ke, http://www.dgmarket.com

5. Current Procurement Plan will be published –in the same

sites. Updates and revisions will be published accordingly.

7. Specific Procurement Notices for all the project activities will

be published in the local dailies as well as online. A mailing
list to alert all interested companies/individuals is being
setup.
 Thank you.
www.ict.go.ke