[UgaBYTES] Mobile Revolution Can Benefit Youth

[namulondo sylvia]

u have made my day'.
Sylvia Namulondo
Women Coordinator WEH Desk
Hunger Free World-UGANDA
P.O. Box 31067 Kampala
Plot 35 Kampala Road
4th Floor G.P.O Building
256-77-644-082


--- On Sun, 17/1/10, namulondo sylvia <chivia4 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> From: namulondo sylvia <chivia4 at yahoo.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [UgaBYTES] Mobile Revolution Can Benefit Youth
> To: ugabytes at lists.ugabytes.org
> Date: Sunday, 17 January, 2010, 21:42
> NAYE sLA DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN TO
> ME/  IT HASD BEEN BENQ
> Sylvia Namulondo
> Women Coordinator WEH Desk
> Hunger Free World-UGANDA
> P.O. Box 31067 Kampala
> Plot 35 Kampala Road
> 4th Floor G.P.O Building
> 256-77-644-082
> 
> 
> --- On Tue, 5/1/10, Ndaula Sulah <ndaulasula at ugabytes.org>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: Ndaula Sulah <ndaulasula at ugabytes.org>
> > Subject: Re: [UgaBYTES] Mobile Revolution Can Benefit
> Youth
> > To: ugabytes at lists.ugabytes.org,
> kentel at list.kenyatelecentres.org,
> "ciresearchers" <ciresearchers at vancouvercommunity.net>
> > Date: Tuesday, 5 January, 2010, 10:17
> > Hey Sandra,
> > 
> > I have been following mobile technology with love -
> but not
> > at all as an
> > expert but rather as a learner. When new ICTs (I mean
> > computers and
> > internet)  first came to Africa, many researchers
> and
> > practitioners linked
> > them to the "African Drum": the drum of community
> service,
> > the drum of
> > death, the drum of harvest... and the socialization
> culture
> > of Africans at
> > village level - at least in social development. That
> is why
> > public access
> > centres were bound to succeed and that many
> organizations
> > used the drum as
> > their symbol at a time e.g. Drum Beat to emphasis the
> place
> > of ICTs in
> > social cultural roots of the continent. But not in
> > practice.
> > 
> > Picking pieces together, the technology had to sheer
> on the
> > socio-cultural
> > and economic norms of the continent. The continent is
> > largely oral: messages
> > that are spoken fly x6 faster than those that are
> written.
> > You may remember
> > a common saying "if you want to rob an African write
> and if
> > you want to fail
> > speak". With this analysis, it was not surprising
> that
> > later, after many had
> > thought that new public access centres would replace
> > radios, researchers and
> > pac practitioners thought it fiting to incorporate
> > community radio within
> > the PAC model to create CMCs. UNESCO and IDRC have
> been
> > central here. The
> > intervention came in later, asserted more impact and
> > empowerment. It was the
> > perfect awaited recipe to push sustainability of
> > telecentres to a new
> > meaning. These with commercial hung, were out to
> establish
> > radios for profit
> > in Africa - in uganda 212 FM radios have been
> established -
> > all successful.
> > 
> > Reflecting on what I am say, I not sure am speaking.
> But
> > when mobile
> > telephony came in with 100% oral focus, allowing
> people to
> > speak their own
> > luganda, kiswahili, and the millions of dialects there
> may
> > be in Africa, wow
> > the adaption and adoption has been un measurable. The
> > simplistic talk has
> > again grown that mobile technology will replace PAC
> which
> > were thought to
> > replace radio and libraries ealier on. How
> interesting! But
> > most of you have
> > already seen how oral ICTs have intermarried to
> create
> > bigger impacts than
> > either of them could. Look at the democratization of
> FM
> > radios through
> > mobile technology - a typical example, isn't it?
> > 
> > I have been wondering, how the siblings of present
> > relationships between
> > mobile phony platforms and other communication and
> > development sectors will
> > look like in future. Will content be an issue? Who
> will own
> > the voices and
> > trascation through the platform? How will the
> remittance
> > systems be handled
> > as most service begin to be delivered through the
> Mobile
> > phone system? Is
> > there any anticipated takeove and major revolution say
> in
> > the banks will
> > operate, etc.? ....
> > 
> > Best Regards,
> > ---
> > Sulah
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 1:49 AM, Sandra Nassali <snassali at ugabytes.org>wrote:
> > 
> > > The explosion of mobile telephony in the
> just-ended
> > decade shattered the
> > > myth that Africans are slow to take up
> technology.
> > >
> > > The mobile distribution, though still low by
> global
> > standards, is one of
> > > the
> > > fastest growing in the world and proves one
> other
> > thing - that technologies
> > > which address practical problems will always be
> > readily embraced.
> > >  Besides the difficult-to-compute millions of
> > shillings that the technology
> > > has contributed to the economy, at a personal
> level,
> > it has revolutionised
> > > how Africans communicate, transact business and
> even
> > exchange money.
> > >
> > > The biggest segment of the community to benefit
> from
> > this technology are
> > > the
> > > youth, who have opened myriads of retail
> > mobile-related businesses, from
> > > the
> > > sale of sets, accessories, repairs, programming
> and
> > many others.
> > >
> > > The momentum has only started and an even higher
> pace
> > is expected in coming
> > > years. And this is where young people can benefit
> by
> > developing real-life
> > > solutions to build around the technology.
> > >
> > > There is no doubt that a convergence of sorts
> will
> > happen around the mobile
> > > phone in coming years, and the biggest winners
> will be
> > companies and
> > > individuals who today provide tomorrow's
> solutions.
> > >
> > > Largely, young people have shunned traditional
> > engagements such as
> > > agriculture for not being trendy, but this time,
> with
> > cash available from
> > > the Youth Development Funds, there is no reason
> why
> > they should not invest
> > > in the business.
> > >
> > > We are optimistic that this time round,
> government
> > regulatory authorities
> > > will not stand in the way of innovations, and
> that it
> > will provide the
> > > right
> > > policy framework in good time. It must also seek
> ways
> > to thwart the
> > > manipulations of traditional corporate cartels.
> > > --
> > > Sandra Nassali
> > > Community Facilitator
> > > UgaBYTES Initiative (www.ugabytes.org)
> > > Telecentre.org 
> > (www.telecentrecommunity.ning.com)
> > > Plot 2218 Ggaba Road,
> > > 2nd Floor Kangave House
> > > P.O. Box 6081 K'la
> > > Email  snassali at ugabytes.org
> > > chat    (skype)- n.sandra.
> > > Tel      +256-414-370163
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> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
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> > UgaBYTES Initiative
> > Tel: +256414370163
> > Mob: +256712314969
> > Skype: sulah.ndaula
> > Yahoo: ndaulasula
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