Connected Kenya Summit 2014 Conference Guide

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Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of ICT..................................................................................................7

Principal Secretary, Ministry of ICT................................................................................................8

Board Chair, The ICT Authority.....................................................................................................10

CEO, The ICT Authority..................................................................................................................12

SAP Managing Director.................................................................................................................14

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The Vision 2030 ICT Innovation Awards........................................................................................40

Profiles: Government Speakers....................................................................................................58

Profiles: Private Sector Panellists................................................................................................77

Profiles: Moderators.....................................................................................................................95

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he Connected Kenya Summit is the brainchild of the ICT Authority in consultation with ICT industry layers and key government decision makers. It was first held in 2009 and has now become an annual event. Its aim is to establish a platform for collaboration, capacity building and knowledge sharing between government and the ICT sector with a view of linking and hastening implementation of government IT projects to world-class standards. The Summit has enabled its participants to develop unique insights that allow them to successfully respond and design their engagement in Kenya’s vibrant ICT sector. Projects such as Kenya Open Data Initiative, Huduma Citizen’s Portal and the development of a national Information Security Policy were informed or refined from discussions and panels held at Connected Kenya. Connected Kenya Summit 2014: Breaking Barriers The 6th edition of Connected Kenya Summit will explore and highlight key barriers to adoption and implementation of ICT in counties, among crucial citizen demographics and within government. Understanding and articulating the barriers to successful implementation of ICT projects will allow key players in the industry to explore solutions to mitigate these challenges. The Summit’s specific objectives are: 1. To create awareness for senior government officials to enable them to effectively support the implementation of ICT projects in public sector 2. To increase the understanding on factors that limit Kenya’s full ICT transformation and gain insight on how to mitigate obstacles and increase ICT’s impact on service delivery 3. To provide a platform for meaningful networking that will result in fruitful relationships that contribute to the development of Kenya into a middle income economy.

Sponsors and Partners Local and multinational organisations with an interest in the Kenya ICT sectors have co-sponsored the event. Other than sponsorships, the partners have brought to-

gether thought-leaders who will facilitate conversations about the topics to be covered during the Summit.

Programme Connected Kenya Summit 2014 will have increased interactivity as we have introduced breakout sessions in the programme. There will also be presentations and panel discussions as done in the previous Summits and more Fireside Chats as introduced last year. All these will ensure that all delegates share opinions, insight and suggestions towards identifying breakthrough solutions for public sector and industry. This year’s Connected Kenya Summit also comprises of: The Waziri Cup Golf Challenge for the early arrivals to relax and network. The Vision 2030 ICT Innovation Awards Ceremony to recognise and celebrate Kenyan entrepreneurs that have launched new ICT products and services that meet Kenya’s blueprint vision to build a vibrant middle income economy by the year 2030 The Exhibitions, showcasing the best products and services from our partners as well as providing a platform for delegates to see and interact with some of Kenya’s most exciting tech start-ups at the Innovation Lounge The Gala Dinner sponsored by the Summit’s Platinum Sponsor, SAP, to network and unwind after the three days of insightful discussions

Delegate Profile The Connected Kenya Summit 2014 brings together leading ICT industry thinkers and players from the private sector, senior government decision makers, and senior county officials. This year, the Summit also has attendees from beyond borders including Uganda and Nigeria.

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he Connected Kenya Summit 2014 will explore and highlight key barriers to adoption and implementation of ICT in the country. Topics at the conference are designed to lead discussions towards offering solutions and therefore growing the industry.

For a corporate leader these are turbulent times. However, the test in leadership will come in on how prepared they are to wade through this gloomy projections and turn them into solutions that simplify the life of the everyday person.

1) Digital Leadership in the Country 2) National ICT Masterplan 2017 3) Critical National Projects 4) Cashless Payments 5) County ICT Roadmaps 6) Information Security and Cyber Threats

Digital leaders must have a new set of skills to assist them in dealing with the evolving landscape caused by a range of challenges. In Kenya we must ask ourselves the following questions: How do we run and execute national projects successfully? 2) How do we unlock the potential of our young people through technology? 3) How do we go about creating institutional knowledge? 4) How do we grow our local businesses to world-class standards? And finally; 5) How do we predict and tap into the future?

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2) Government Priorities: National ICT Master Plan 2017

1) Setting the path on Digital Leadership

The Master Plan is developed in recognition of the fact that ICT has a critical role in driving the economic, social and political development of Kenya as espoused in Vision 2030. It is a roadmap to a knowledge economy and society that will lead to real socio-economic growth.

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It is the era of disruptive technologies and rapid change. According to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) “Outlook on the Global Agenda 2014” ranks the top ten forthcoming trends as the following: Rising societal tensions in the Middle East and North Africa, Widening income disparities, Persistent structural unemployment, Intensifying cyber threats, Inaction on climate change, The diminishing confidence in economic policies, A lack of values in leadership, The expanding middle class in Asia, The growing importance of megacities and The rapid spread of misinformation online.

The Plan is not designed in isolation, but rather is derived from multiple stakeholder consultations; review of documents from both private and public institutions; review of Master Plans from other countries; and comparison and benchmarking various development indices with other developed and developing countries.

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In order to build and harness the efforts in transforming Kenya into a digitized economy, the Master Plan serves as the template on which counties, government organs and the private sector must align their ICT programs.

To fully enjoy the benefits of digital payments modern electronic payments must reach all sections of society. In addition the revealed gaps in uptake of digitized payments including infrastructural, technological and behavioural must be significantly reduced and plugged.

3) Identifying Critical National Projects Understanding the consequences of government policies, programs and strategies is crucial in the socio-economic development of a country. This refers to the effects on a community’s value system; and how communities live, relate to one another, organize to meet their needs and generally cope as members of society. Socio-economic impact determines the extent and level of investment to make improvements on existing programs or create new ones. It also serves as a learning point for best case practice and model to be emulated in other government programs geared towards quality and efficient service to the citizenry.

4) Impact of Cashless Payment Solutions on Service Delivery Cashless payment solutions have great positive social impact, lowering the cost of transactions to expand access to, and uptake of digitally-based financial tools and services. A study on Digitising Government payments, found out that a third of government payments were cash-based providing a high opportunity of leakage. The study done by Accenture Development Partnership in March last year, drew parallels between digitised payments and efficiency in the public sector. Digitizing payments also presents an opportunity for the country to realize significant financial rewards, boosting growth, increasing revenues and lowering incidences of fraud.

5) Status of County ICT Roadmaps In line with the central government’s directive to digitize public services, counties are in the process of developing and implementing their County ICT Plans. Counties need to invest in innovative technologies to enhance delivery of critical services like health, education and water, as well as foster healthy interactions between county leadership and citizens.

6) Cyber Threats and Information Security As Kenya matures into an information society the nation faces an increasingly evolving cyber threat landscape. Nation states, criminal organizations, and hacktivists from all over the world exploit ICT vulnerabilities in Kenya. A policy is required to look into growing e-commerce ventures, as we work towards securing our online transactions. In response to these threats, and in direct support of the national priorities, Kenya’s ICT Ministry developed a National Cybersecurity Strategy to be implemented in conjunction and partnership with the private sector, academia, and other non-government entities. The Strategy defines Kenya’s ongoing commitment to support national priorities that encourage ICT growth and aggressive protection of critical information infrastructure.

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n line with our vision, ‘To enable Government services everywhere, all the time,’ the Ministry of ICT continues to augment the gains and significant strides made in the ICT sector. We believe that we are still on track to make Kenya an ICT hub for the region through ICT-led growth in line with Vision 2030. Over the last few years we have implemented several digital programmes and initiatives aimed at upgrading the Government’s service delivery and transparency to the Kenyan people. This includes the Integrated Financial Information Management System (IFMIS), Huduma Centers; Digitization of Civil Registration Database; Public Key Infrastructure; and the launch of the Broadband Strategy.

Dr. Fred Matiang’i, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of ICT

In order to harness the gains from these programmes the Ministry is focusing on several policy documents including the ICT Master Plan, the National Cyber secuirty Strategy and the National Spectrum Policy. These documents are currently undergoing stakeholder consultations. This year’s Summit has been structured in order to catalyze discussions, efforts and initiatives aimed at ensuring that government has coherent engagement and partnership with private sector and the citizenry. We believe this can be achieved when government and private sector are able to constructively and regularly connect on a common purpose to identify interventions on ICT delivery. For this purpose we intend to launch the Connected Kenya Caucus made up of 15 or so members drawn from the private and public sector. The Summit will also be a platform to encourage and promote the ICT sector as a viable and excellent financial, skill and training investment. The Kenyan ICT success stories will be highlighted to show the achieved and potential growth in the sector. One of the key achievements from last year Summit, is the formation of the ICT Authority which centralised the running of ICT in the country. The authority is intended to provide coordination, standardisation and ensure efficient ICT project delivery in the country. I am optimistic that the institution will create cohesion in the industry. In the true fashion of this year theme, ‘Breaking the Barriers,’ we have invited our colleagues from the region. We expect East African Ministers to be in attendance and they will give input to the regional approach in tackling ICT matters across the countries. Locally, attendees will be drawn also from the County Governments, which will be a summation of the County ICT Summits held last year. At the conference we expect to launch the Revised National ICT Masterplan 2017 as well as an authoritative report that will guide our policy formulation based on the prevailing discussions.

I wish to commend you all for making time to attend this year Summit.

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Principal Secretary, Secretary MoICT

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he Kenya Vision 2030 makes extensive references to the general contribution of the ICT Sector in order to achieve middle income status, rapid industrialization and a high quality of life for all citizens.

As the ICT Ministry, we are leading from the front by digitizing our operations. The Ministry has started with a major initiative to have all its operations on digital platform as a way of improving efficiency, transparency and accountability. This initiative aims at cutting down on huge expenditures derived from procurement. In implementing the Ministry’s ICT Policy, focus is directed to the need to promote quality of service and responsiveness to customer needs, the Kenyan citizen. This year’s Connected Kenya Summit will be guided by a White Paper presented at the beginning of the Summit, with a view to steer high level and refined policy discourse on strengthening existing policies or addressing the areas with gaps. Mr. Joseph Tiampati, Principal Secretary, Ministry of ICT

The Ministry will ensure the delivery of identified ICT projects through the ICT Authority and guide their conclusion through the Caucus. We will also have the inclusion of youth, women and physically-challenged owned enterprises in line with the government agenda to uplift them. This is based on our implementation of the government’s Access to Government Procurement Opportunities (AGPO) policy of reserving 30 percent of a public entity’s procurement to micro and small enterprises owned by the youth, women and the disadvantaged. The greater mechanics of the implementation of the outcomes from Connected Kenya Summit 2014 will fall on the newly formed ICT Authority. We will also facilitate collaboration with other government organs, private sector and academia for increased efficiency in the delivery of ICT projects.

I am looking forward to all of us creating valuable partnerships at the Summit.

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he Kenya ICT Authority came into being in August 2013 after the State consolidated the Kenya ICT Board, Directorate of E-Government and the Government Information and Technology Services. The new agency will have enhanced efficiency, eliminate the overlap that led to duplication of activities and wastage of government resources. As the recently appointed ICT Authority Board, we are passionate about our mandate to advise the government on sector development; ICT projects implementation and investment; and efficiency and effectiveness in service delivery. This is because we are firmly convinced of the crucial role that ICT plays in driving the economic, social and political development of Kenya as espoused in Vision 2030.

Hon Edwin Yinda, Chair, ICT Authority

Our objective is to create cohesion in the industry. We will standardize, systemize and supervise e-Government communication services. We are working to ensure that all government ICT projects align to the revised National ICT Master Plan 2017. We expect to harmonise ICT budgets in line with the priorities of the time. Our immediate future plans include meeting the targets set in the National ICT and Broadband Master Plans, key among them being improvement of the delivery of government services electronically. Ultimately, we aim at growing entrepreneurs and creating jobs for Kenyans. Our mandate though, can only be achieved if we cultivate strong links with government organs, private sector and academia. That is why Connected Kenya Summit occupies an excellent space for these interactions. The discussions at this year Connected will be important as far as realising our goals are concerned.

I welcome you all to tune in.

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he Connected Kenya Summit has become a signature event in ICT. The event now in its 6th year has managed to bring together in an annual conference top executives in both the private and public sector. Its growth has been meteoric. From a summit of 60 attendees in 2009 to over 400 attendees in 2013, the conference has become the biggest event on ICT not only in Kenya but across the region. As usual, each year we add on a little flavour. This year’s edition has ICT Ministers from other countries in the region in attendance growing it further from a national event to a regional one.

Victor Kyalo, Ag.CEO, ICT Authority

The theme, ‘Breaking the Barriers’ is quite befitting and was inspired by the World Economic Forum agenda for 2014. It is a build up from last year’s theme, ‘County Citizen. Served.’ It calls on the need to reflect on the gains and the unique barriers and challenges that the ICT industry in Kenya faces such as capacity, funding, procurement and planning with a view to going beyond what we have set up in our strategic plans. The discussions will seek to identify the dead ends and pitfalls in ICT development agenda for the country and articulate solutions to make progress not only in the IT projects, but also on the National Strategic Projects. This year, the Summit will put a spotlight on the country digital transformation agenda. We will explore the journey to a cashless society, role of National Development Plans both nationally and county wise, identify priority projects and look in to ways of utilising the current infrastructure. We will also delve into the area of Information Security as we examine the Draft National Cyber Security Strategy. Another worthy topic will be on the role of data and analytics in better handling our challenges in the public sector as well as how best to work with the Private sector. On behalf of the ICT Authority, I welcome you all to share in this knowledge.

Karibuni Sana.

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ne cannot open a newspaper or magazine these days without reading about how the world is changing at a pace never before imagined. One of the areas in which the implications of consumerisation is increasingly evident is the way in which most Western world cities are being forced to interact with their citizens. In most parts of the Western world, no longer does the average citizen simply blindly accept a ‘dictatorial’ relationship with the city he/she inhabits; indeed, people are demanding a more personal engagement model with their cities whereby their voices are heard on matters related to the metropolises they inhabit. Yes, the average citizen still has to abide by the rules of land, but he/she is also becoming more and more assertive about having a voice in matters relating to their places of residence. As Africa becomes increasingly urbanized with thousands of people flocking to all major hubs - where the urban population was about 36% in 2010, it is projected to increase to 50% and 60% by 2030 and 2050 respectively - and the continent’s rapidly growing middle-class is insisting upon more of a say. It is up to cities to relook their models of engagement with their citizens and their urban planning methodologies and efficiencies.

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Managing Director -SAP Eastern Africa,

Andrew Waititu is the Managing Director for SAP in Eastern Africa, born and raised in Kenya, he developed an interest for Information Technology while attending a part time basic IT course during his gap year, he went on to form a career out of it graduating from the University of Liverpool with a Masters in Computer Science. Andrew has been involved in the Middle East and African ICT sector for over 18 years in various capacities in IBM, Microsoft and now SAP. Passionate about technology, Andrew believes that technology based intellectual property will form one of the major pillars in drawing Africa into the 21st Century, breaking away from the shackles of low value exports from the continent.

Global market leader in enterprise application software, SAP has a strong and rapidly growing global presence in helping urban governments tackle the increasing complexity of this urbanisation boom —SAP’s Urban Matters solution portfolio is empowering SAP to deepen its understanding of varied urban issues that are both business and technology-related and thereby broaden its focus on matters most pertinent to cities, municipalities and state governments. Armed with knowledge gathered by working with such organisations across the globe, SAP recognises that many African governments today need help in dealing with the unprecedented rapid pace of urbanisation and its myriad of accompanying complexity. In some cases, the inability to master these complex issues has led to huge gaps in the smooth running of cities. Sap’s Urban Matters programme is specifically geared to automate many of the ordinarily time-consuming tasks (like delivering real time information to city officials mobile devices) thereby freeing up governments to focus on matters that truly add value to the citizen: improving the quality of their lives and creating well run cities and urban settlements that meet the specific needs of their inhabitants. In this drive for smarter economies, the need for sustainable growth as well as the power of connected citizens, the SAP Urban Matters solution is helping urban govern-

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ments deliver better run cities. The solution focuses on five key pillars: 1.Good governance 2.User empowerment 3.Community engagement 4.Service innovation 5.Urban resilience “When talking about the kind of solutions needed by our cities, we must remember that one size certainly does not fit all,” he continued.” This is especially true when one considers the range of different African cities; each is unique and has its own set of opportunities and challenges. Trying to be the best city possible, while remaining competitive, is a complex and constant challenge for all municipalities. That is why the SAP Urban Matters provides tailored solutions that enable cities to thrive, innovate, and transform, all the while improving the lives of the citizens.” Many cities in sub Saharan Africa are challenged by safety, security, and unemployment issues due to the presence of informal settlements, thus affecting the GDP growth of the economy. However, cities in India and China not plagued by such problems show extremely good growth. Citizen related issues clearly take their toll when not effectively addressed. Many cities in Asia and Latin America are changing for the positive faster than cities in

North America and Europe, initiating a migration of highly skilled people to those regions, helping growth in the economy. In Africa, experience has shown SAP that effective city governance is hugely improved if a collaborative model is employed whereby municipalities transparently collaborate with citizens, including those living in informal settlements. Following such a model, African municipalities can differentiate themselves by demonstrating responsiveness and a real willingness to co-innovate with their citizens. This will, in turn, encourage citizens to be accountable and cooperative when they see the city’s willingness to work on solving problems together in an efficient manner. What role does technology play in all this? In order to address the challenges of urbanisation faced by a number of African cities, governments must re-examine their previous problem solving models. Harnessing technology best-practices gleaned from experience all over the globe is crucial to success. SAP has helped many of the world’s leading cities solve a number of fundamental issues and it is encouraging to see Africa starting to embrace this approach and adopt innovative technologies to become smarter and more efficient.”

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Outlook on the National / County / Regional Agenda 2014 and the place for digital leadership Speakers Dr. Fred Matiang’i Cabinet Secretary Ministry of ICT Edwin Yinda, Chairman ICT Authority Victor Kyalo, Ag. CEO, ICT Authority Andrew Waititu, GM East Africa, SAP

Format: Presentation Moderator: Andrew Lewela- Project Manager, Business Process Outsourcing/IT Enabled Services (BPO/ITES), ICT Authority

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n a fast changing world the only constant is change. Global, continental, regional and national forces in the political, economic, social and technological arena are constantly shaping and reshaping our lives, communities and institutions.

Clarity in definition and identification of the operating landscape and associated challenges assists in the cultivation of new skills to provide adequate leadership styles and behaviour, in the bid to adapt effectively to new changes and evolving challenges. The new world leaders have to learn to embrace newness whilst maintaining stability; and encourage innovation whilst maintaining focus on the end goals.

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Launch of the National ICT Master Plan; Setting the ICT Development Agenda for the Next 5 Years Speakers Mr.Joseph Tiampati, Principal Secretary Ministry of ICT Mark Walker Program Director, IDC-Kenya ICT Landscape Prof. Timothy Waema, Chair National ICT Master Plan Task Force

Format: Presentation Moderator:Victor Kyalo, Ag.CEO, ICT Authority

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he National ICT Master Plan sets the agenda for the Kenyan ICT sector and its contribution towards significant ICT-led economic growth in line with Vision 2030. The Master Plan details the roles of both the private and public sectors to avoid wasteful overlap and competition.

With the Master Plan the government, private sector and international investors can now make prudent decisions and investments in the ICT sector. All stakeholders will act purposefully to secure Kenya’s prosperity towards transitioning Kenya into a knowledge economy. The launch will be preceded by the presentation of a White Paper that gives a picture of the ICT environment in Kenya to appreciate the sector’s history and future trends. The White Paper will provide a baseline for the importance of the National ICT Master Plan as well as provide the basis for the discussions and deliberations to be held throughout the Summit.

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Measuring the Effect of Strategic National Projects on the Kenyan Economy Speakers Dr. Fred Matiang’i, Cabinet Secretary Ministry of ICT Xavier Villegas, Chief Business Market Officer, Orange Pedro Tembe, SAP

Format: Presentation Moderator: Muriuki Mureithi, Summit Strategies

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ational Projects are only as good as the impact they have on the economy and the communities they are implemented in. The socio-economic impact of development projects is measured through their effect on demographics, efficiency of public service, provision of employment opportunities and increase in income levels. Public perception and cultural changes also determine the impact of the project. The Cabinet Secretaries in the Ministries of Devolution and Planning, ICT, Industrialization, Transport and Infrastructure, and Health, will discuss the consequences of specific policy actions: - including programs and new policies - specific government actions - such as projects - Implemented by the Government.

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The East African Ministers’ Panel: Building Integrated ICT Infrastructure Speakers Dr. Fred Matiang’i, Cabinet Secretary Ministry of ICT Kenya Hon. John Nasasira Minister for ICT Uganda Hon Jean Philbert Nsengimana Ministry of Youth and ICT Rwanda Mr. Byron Clatterbuck,CCO, SEACOM Mr. Ben Roberts, Ag. CEO, Liquid Telecom Kenya

Format: Panel Discussion Moderator: Victor Kyalo, Ag. CEO, ICTA

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ntegrating ICT infrastructure is definite factor in reducing the cost of doing business across various sectors. Easier and less costly access to the fibre infrastructure drives the adoption of connectivity services as well as investments in IT services.

During the Transform Africa Forum held in Kigali, Rwanda last year, a Regional Inter-Ministerial Committee was formed to look into matters of Integrated Shares Services across the region. The Committee is expected to look into areas of ICT Infrastructure, capacity and innovation across the region. This is an effort to bring down costs of ICT infrastructure, increase reach at the grassroots and tackle inter-border tariffs. The panel will discuss these key components in integrating ICT infrastructure with a view aligning ICT interventions in East Africa and agreement on sharing certain frameworks as the regional members. The panellist will also share and invite deliberation on best case practices on how to build and leverage on IT infrastructure capabilities for smooth delivery of service

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Winning Collaborations; Providing Value to the Citizen through Public Private Partnerships Speakers Eng. Stanley Kamau Director PPP Unit, Treasury Gurhan Kalelioglu, Oracle Harry Mwangi, ICTA John Kamau, Jamii Telecommunications Ltd.

Format: Breakout Session Moderator: Victor Kyalo, Ag CEO, ICT Authority

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uilding value partnerships between government and the private sector provides an environment for effective, efficient models to meet the nation’s needs. Public Private Partnerships create added value through synergies between public authorities and private sector companies, in particular, through the integration and cross transfer of public and private sector skills, knowledge and expertise. The case studies presented will showcase winning collaborations in the ICT sector comprising of the government and private sector in delivering effective and efficient service to the citizens.

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Kenya National Broadband Strategy Speakers Francis Wangusi, Director General, CAK Eng. Meshack Kidenda, Director General, (KeNHA) Eng. Joseph Nkadayo Director General, (KURA) Mr. Kunle Awosika, Country Manager, Microsoft Corporation Kenya Mr. Nigel Bruin, Director, Business Consulting, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.

Format: Breakout Session Moderator: John Walubengo, Dean,Faculty of Computing and IT, Multimedia University

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s rapid access to the Internet and its wealth of content becomes essential in a digital world, broadband is seen as basic infrastructure towards improving the social and economic lives of citizens. Broadband connectivity is essential in achieving meaningful growth economic growth and transforming Kenya into a knowledge economy.

The panel will base the discussion on the National Broadband Strategy which outlines a clear roadmap towards the realisation of a connected and knowledge-based economy. Beginning with a review of what has been done in broadband implementation the discussants will present what remains to be done in deploying infrastructure quickly and effectively. There is need to have common standards and better coordination especially as efforts move towards deeper access into the counties.

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Listening to the Citizen: Social Media, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud (SMAC) Speakers Marvin Tumbo, Social Media Consultant Frank Maina, CEO, Sponge Sherif Hamza, Applications Sales Director, Oracle James Wainaina, Business Analyst Expert, SAP

Format: Breakout Session Moderator: Al Kags, CEO, Goode Group

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s the world becomes more hyper-connected and automated, analytics and predictive algorithms become essential in anticipating and responding to changes. Social media, mobile, analytics and cloud technologies (SMAC) in one integrated stack enables their combined effect in responsive decision making and roll out of products and services driven by demand. The panellists will discuss the design and adoption of SMAC technology to guide rational arguments and decisions in designing and executing products and services. In addition they will examine the role a SMAC strategy can assist the government in aptly planning its initiatives and projects for effective service delivery to the citizenry.

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Liquid Telecom Profile

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Liquid Telecom is the leading independent data, voice and IP provider in Eastern, Southern and Central Africa. Liquid Telecom has built an award-winning Pan-African fibre network covering 17,000km of the continent’s Africa’s fastest growing economies, where no fixed network has existed before. We supply fibre optic, satellite and international carrier services to mobile networks, ISPs and businesses of all sizes, as well as communication solutions for individuals. We assist our customers in simplifying their communications supply chain by reducing the number of operators they use. Consequently we provide reliable, high-speed, cost-effective voice and data services and payment solutions to Africa’s largest mobile network operators, ISPs, financial institutions and businesses across Africa and beyond.

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County ICT Roadmaps Speakers Alexander Kubo Mwangeka, Taita Taveta County Beryl Mutekhele, Bungoma County Barnabas Sang, Uasin Gishu County Rukia Ahmed Sheikh, Wajir County

Format: Presentation Moderator: Dr. Katherine Getao, ICT Secretary, Ministry of ICT

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he County ICT Master Plans are in line with the central government’s directive to digitize public services and are guided by the National ICT Master Plan. The County Plans will enable them build ICT infrastructure by addressing such essential issues as capacity, personnel, funding and public private sector partnerships to accelerate adoption of ICT in the counties. County Governments will present their ICT Plans based on overarching priority areas for the 47 counties. The harmonised plans will allow the private sector to identify areas of interest and invest in modern technologies at the county level.

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he Vision 2030 ICT Innovation Awards recognise Kenyan companies and oragnisations that have developed ICT solutions that drive economic growth and social development, in line with Kenya’s blueprint vision to build a vibrant middle income economy by the year 2030.

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Imagineering Education and Healthcare Speakers Prof. Jacob Kaimenyi, CS, Ministry of Education Mr. David N. Warui, HR Director, Ministry of Health Prof. Michael Chege, Policy Advisor UNDP Mr. Louis Otieno, Director, Microsoft 4Africa Mr. Benson Karanja, Lead, Public Sector Business, Dimension Data

Format: Panel Discussion Moderator: Larry Madowo, Journalist, NTV

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ducation and health are key social areas of interest in the growth of the Kenyan economy. ICT leads to improved student learning and better teaching methods. On the other hand, efficient, accessible, and cost-effective eHealth and health information technologies help to improve health outcomes and prevent diseases. The future sustainability of education and health systems depends on how well the government anticipates and responds to efficiency and quality. Bold action is required, as well as willingness to test innovative service delivery approaches. The panellists will articulate Kenya’s progress towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals in health and education. In projecting the future of these two sectors, the panel will illustrate the need for technologies for improved health and building the human capital and the technology utilized by the government so far.

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Case Studies on Information Systems Security Implications for Kenya and Africa Speakers Evans Kahuthu, Project Manager ICT Authority Tyrus Muya, Consultant Laura Mburu, Head of Public Sector, Orange

Format: Breakout Session Moderator: Mbugua Njihia, CEO, Symbiotic Media Consortium

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s the number of mobile users, digital applications and data networks increase, so do the opportunities for exploitation cyber criminals continue to grow in sophistication and determination. Cyber crime takes the form of government and corporate espionage and terrorism through internal and external system breaches. Network outages, hacks, computer viruses and other threats range from mild inconvenience to life-threatening. With the growing volume and sophistication of cyber attacks, ongoing attention is required to protect sensitive business and personal information, as well as safeguard national security. The National Cybersecurity Strategy is an ongoing commitment to support national priorities by encouraging ICT growth and aggressive protection of critical information infrastructure increasingly threatened by criminal organisations and hacktivists. Based on the Strategy, the panel will discuss Kenya’s ability to deal with the evolving challenge of cyber insecurity. Best Case Practices from around the world will be utilized as learning points from which the country can learn from.

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Reinventing Government Planning Through Analysis of Past and Present Trends Speakers Prof. Michael Chege, Policy Advisor UNDP Dr. Peter Kimuu, Ministry of Health Mr. Dan Kwach, General Manager, East Africa Data Centre Liquid Telecom Mr. James Wainaina, Business Analytics Expert,SAP

Format: Breakout Session Moderator: Muchemi Wambugu, Director, Information Technology Advisory, PricewaterhouseCoopers Kenya Ltd

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he modern digitized world provides high amounts of digital information and data sets that with good search and analytics tools are a good opportunity to improve the effectiveness of government in development planning and delivery. Data analytics enable preventive action and allow for incorporation of citizens into every aspect of governance and increasing overall efficiency. Through analytics, the government can assess performance measurement, identification and pre-empting problems; and personalise service delivery. The panel will provide insights on how citizen feedback from online forums and social media can be synthesised into solutions to guide the government’s policy making, problem solving and resource allocation in its service delivery to Kenyans.

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Case Studies on Smart Use of ICT for Modern and Efficient Value Chains Speakers Francis Meja Director General National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) H.E. Jonathan Mueke, Deputy Governor, Nairobi County Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg, AWARD Paul Kukubo, CEO, East Africa Exchange

Format: Breakout Session Moderator: Mwende Gatabaki, Africa Development Bank

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fficiency is determined by the capacity to connect better and respond faster. Technology builds in abilities that allow organizations and government to operate at optimal capacity. Particularly, inefficiencies in the industrial value chains are caused by such issues as fragmentation of the technological outlook and application of different business models and standards. Smart use of ICT on value chains promotes the integration and efficiency of value chains. Case studies will be presented on value chains and networks that serve as examples of programs that have used technology to create efficiencies in systems, process and delivery.

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Programme Details

Connected Kenya Summit - An annual event hosted by The ICT Authority

Cashless Payments Speakers Stephen Mwaura Head, National Payments System Central Bank of Kenya Habil Olaka CEO Kenya Bankers Association Dr. Enock Kinara Post Master General Postal Corporation Henk Brons, Oracle

Format: Breakout Session Moderator: AL Kags, CEO,Goode Group.

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inancial access and inclusivity provides an opportunity for government to implement digitized payments. Handling and managing cash payments is insecure, costly and inefficient. Digitized payments provide the chance for improvements in transparency, security, corruption and potential cost savings for both government and intermediaries. The panellists will discuss the examples of and progress in the early adoption digitized payments in government, and guide the deliberations on how to address the challenges faced in deploying digitizsd payments on a greater scale in Kenya.

Programme Details Breaking The Barriers Diani 2014

Building Champions; Learning from the Runners Speakers Brother Colm O’Connell

Format: Keynote Address

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ll over the world, Kenya is known for producing premier athletics. The athletics sector has been cultivated and shaped over the decades to one deserving of great respect not only in Kenya but also beyond borders.

The speakers will draw the lessons garnered over the years to provide a learning template that the ICT sector can use for its growth in a highly evolving global industry.

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The Vision 2030 ICT Innovation Awards Connected Kenya Summit - An annual event hosted by The ICT Authority

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he Vision 2030 ICT Innovation Awards seek to recognise and celebrate Kenyans, who have developed ICT solutions that drive economic growth and social development. The Awards are designed to highlight innovations steering development in line with Kenya’s blueprint vision to build a vibrant middle income economy by the year 2030. The awards cover two of the three key pillars of Vision 2030—Economic and Social pillars. Since inauguration in 2011 at the third edition of the Connected Kenya Summit, the Awards have recognised close to 40 new ICT products and solutions. The Awards not only promote solutions that provide service delivery to the citizenry, but also recognise and celebrate start-ups and innovators that are essential in growing the ICT sector. Companies and organisations officially registered in Kenya and offering a product or service that addresses at least one of the Vision 2030 social economic pillars are eligible to participate. Other considerations for eligibility include a product or service that has the citizenry as the end user and has been in complete and full use for at least six months.

A team of independent judges representing the ICT private sector, academia, public sector and civil society is convened to review each complete entry against the set criteria. The judging panel has considered market impact, functionality and unique utilisation of ICT as the key criteria for winning entries. The Awards have been sponsored by such companies as Accenture Development Partnerships, Safaricom and Google East Africa.

Innovation Awards Awards Categories Agriculture Business Process Outsourcing/Off-shoring Education and Training Environmental Management Financial Services Gender,Youth and Vulnerable Groups Health Care Delivery

Housing and Urbanization Manufacturing Social Equity and Poverty Reduction Tourism Water and Sanitation Wholesale and Retail Trade County Government

Winners of 2013 Company

Winner Category

Olivine Technology (overall winner)

Wholesale and Retail Trade

Digital Divide Data Kenya Ltd

Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)

Web Tribe

Financial services

Digital Divide Data Kenya Ltd

Education and Training

Iridium Interactive Limited

Health care delivery

Duma Works

Social equity and poverty reduction

Technobrain BPO/ITES

Gender, Youth and Vulnerable groups

Kenyabuzz Limited

Tourism

Youth Agro-Environmental Initiative

Agriculture

Kisasa Technologies

County Focus

Web Tribe

Runner-Up

Previous Awards

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Winners of 2012 Company

Winner Category

MamaMikes.Com (overall winner)

Wholesale and Retail Trade

Green Dreams TECH

Agriculture

Digital Divide Data Kenya

Business Process Outsourcing/Offshoring

Kuza Biashara

Education and Training

Digital Horizons

Financial Services

Michezo Afrika

Gender, Youth and Vulnerable Groups

Medisoft East Africa

Health Care Delivery

ALIN

Social Equity and Poverty Reduction

Winners of 2011 Company

Winner Category

International Livestock Research Institute (overall winners)

Agriculture

uzanunua.com

Business Process Outsourcing/Offshoring

Mbetsa Innovations

Manufacturing

Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi

Health Care Delivery

Websimba

Tourism

Ushahidi

Education and Training

Horizon Contact Centres

Business Process Outsourcing/Offshoring

Mobikash Afrika

Financial Services

Space Kenya Networks

Gender, Youth and Vulnerable Groups

Virtual Essence

Education and Training

Anniversary Lab

Housing and Urbanisation

Impact of the Vision 2030 ICT Innovation Awards to Winning Organisations

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he profiles of the 2013 Award Winners illustrate the extent to which the recognition has assisted them in the i work. Among the key areas of impact cited were brand presence and growth as the market responded to such recognition and subsequent growth in customer base. Some of the companies have had recognition on a global level, attracting customers from other countries in the content and having their products acknowledged in international circles that were not accessible prior to the award. The companies also highlighted increased credibility rating on their products and businesses as whole, leading to the opening up of certain networks, both in government and in the private sector that has assisted in their continued growth.

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IBM Profile

Connected Kenya Summit - An annual event hosted by The ICT Authority

IBM in Kenya IBM has been helping clients drive transformation through technology for over 100 years now. With operations in over 170 countries, IBM is one of the world’s largest provides of information technology (hardware, software and services) and business-to-business solutions. In Africa, IBM is committed to partnering with governments, private sector companies, universities and communities to help drive transformation across the continent with high-value solutions and cross-industry capabilities covering healthcare, transportation, and banking, amongst others. While IBM is already firmly established in Northern and Southern Africa, it has continuously invested in creating more presence in new cities and countries to expand its presence across Africa, with more than 20 locations at the moment. Africa is not just a substantial market for IBM products and services, but perhaps the most significant market for us worldwide as it continues to grow and become an important source of employment talent. IBM has been present in Kenya for the last 60 years when it signed its first client. By 1959, the company had set up an East Africa office to serve customers in Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda and Zanzibar, as well as Ethiopia and Sudan.

Over the years, IBM’s business has undergone massive transformation with the providing a comprehensive array of hardware and a full suite of software products, as well as a growing footprint in specialized technology consultancy. Kenya is currently the East African operations headquarters for IBM,overlooking eight other countries: Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda,Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan and Djibouti. Kenya gives IBM the geographical ability to meet the growing needs of clients in dynamic Eastern Africa, as well as the central and western regions of Africa. In 2012, IBM also announced that Kenya would be the home for it’s first Research Lab facility in Africa, signalling it’s continuing investment in the innovation ecosystem in the country and deepening access to the knowledge required to push Kenya’s technology use into it’s next phase of growth.

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Olivine Technology

Connected Kenya Summit - An annual event hosted by The ICT Authority

Award: Overall Winner, Wholesale and Retail Trade (2013)

Joseph Karanja, Co-founder and BDM

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SiM® is a software solution that networks multiple sites seamlessly, such as headquarters with its warehouses, outlets, field sales agents, and customers, and assists in the management of the sales orders cycle, customer relationship management (CRM) and accounting.

pability- in the world. The ASiM® product range is thus currently able to provide functionality to suite any business size. Additionally, ASiM’s (CRM) functionality has incorporated cutting edge features, including: a loyalty program, mobile phone survey, authentication and rating, and customer coverage mapping.

Unlike ASiM®, existing solutions in the market do not address the MSME segment’s unique requirements, which include extreme low-cost, user-friendliness, robustness, and a mobile phone platform. ASiM® has assisted businesses in automating their business processes leading to improved productivity and efficiency; enhanced transparency and accountability; and increased competitive advantage due to better administrative capacity. In addition, as the MSMEs have implemented the practice of keeping electronic records, the costs for auditing and accounting have decreased. As a consequence these businesses have improved their creditworthiness and rated better when applying for business loans in the bank.

The Award has provided Olivine Technology with tremendous credibility and visibility boost in the local and international market. This has given the business access to more prospective customers and partners. Olivine Technology has been able to form strategic partnerships with key stakeholders in the industry, particularly with SAP dealers and agribusinesses.

Since emerging as the Wholesale and Retail Trade and Overall Winner of the Innovation Awards 2013, ASiM® has evolved dramatically. In addition to its integration with QuickBooks, the leading accounting solution for small businesses, ASIM® integrates with SAP Business One and SAP All in One, the leading Enterprise Resource Planning solutions (ERPs) for medium and large businesses, respectively. Moreover, its mobile platform now provides the first SAP-integrated android mobile phone solution with offline ca-

“Based on the 2014 quarter 1 sales, we expect our annual revenues to grow by 300% as compared to the same period last year. This is primarily due to the tremendous visibility and credibility that the Innovation Award has afforded us.”

Additionally, the Award has also attracted the attention of international financiers, particularly angel investors. Olivine Technology intends to leverage on these international networks and expertise in the industry to scale-up and to participate in the export market.

Mark Mwaura, Managing Director, Olivine Technology.

Digital Divide Data Kenya Ltd

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Award: Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Education and Training (2012, 2013)

Amolo Ng’weno, MD Digital Divide Data

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igital Divide Data Kenya Ltd (DDD) is a Business Process Outsourcing company that offers digitisation services through a model known as Impact Sourcing. Impact Sourcing is a strategy of harnessing the internet to bring low cost data management jobs to remote and impoverished communities. DDD does this by employing youth from disadvantaged backgrounds. DDD also gives these young people scholarships to pursue higher education in a bid to break the cycle of poverty in their families. DDD also offers employment to disadvantaged or vulnerable groups such as those hard of hearing through a partnership with Deaf Aid. DDD’s model and services address two main issues namely; creation of jobs especially to the disadvantaged or vulnerable groups; and exploiting the potential of the huge BPO market in Africa for profitability and to grow the Kenyan economy. DDD was the first to launch a local e-book in Kenya, e-Kitabu. Other key successes include employment of over 200 youth, over 75% of who are from poor backgrounds or vulnerable groups; service provision to a range of local and international organizations such as The World Bank and The Kenya Bureau of Statistics.

Winning the BPO and Education and Training Awards last year has raised the image of DDD to current and potential clients. As a consequence, there has been an increase in clients necessitating the need for fast expansion in order to scale up the company’s operations. DDD now employs over 400 youth. The staff members have also become motivated to work harder and smarter, in order to provide highly efficient and quality service in a bid to live up to the recognition as the best BPO in the country. With the Awards, DDD has increased its customer base both locally and internationally.

“We have included the fact that we are an award winner in our marketing collateral including the website and other online platforms. It shows our (potential) clients that we have created a niche in BPO and they can trust us to deliver. This has worked well in g rowing our client base both locally and internationally.”

Alex Masika, Business Development Manager, Digital Divide Data

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DUMA Works

Connected Kenya Summit - An annual event hosted by The ICT Authority

Award: Social Equity and Poverty Reduction (2013)

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UMA is an SMS-based, social job matching service designed for short-term labour. DUMA provides employees with SMS alerts about jobs they qualify for nearby, and employers with the top matches for their job opening to save the time and energy of sifting through CVs.

oping sector-specific tests that job seekers can complete via SMS and receive immediate feedback about their careers. The company has also been working on making the DUMA product more robust by upgrading its website, changing to short code and a more reliable SMS gateway, and improving security measures.

Traditional job-networking sites are not accessible to the informal sector. Because DUMA uses mobile phone, it is able to easily reach out to job seekers in the informal sector. In addition, DUMA’s software accounts for many facets of hiring not captured by other services including social network, ratings, location, skills, salary, and more. The software also includes a career map for users based on their job history.

DUMA’s main area of concentration is marketing its product in order to build more awareness through a viral social network effect. Toward this end the Award has lent the business more credibility and consequently opened doors to important networks within the government and the ICT community. Such connections have assisted DUMA in refining its product through such ways as collaborations with Strathmore University to build content for the sector-specific quizzes.

DUMA promotes informal sector workers by automatically converting users’ profiles into a professional CV. The platform also keeps a record of the workers’ past job, thus allowing short-term workers to build credibility, which they can leverage on to advance their careers. Within the first six months of operations DUMA recruited more than 2,000 users, made more than 1,000 job matches and established a presence in five major cities in Kenya. After winning the Social Equity and Poverty Reduction Award, DUMA has expanded from a recruiting platform to a career building platform. This involves helping job seekers discover the next steps in their career by devel-

“So far, the Award has opened up important network in the ICT community. We are hoping to further leverage the Award in the coming year by connecting with Google and the ICT Authority to further open up channels for our business.”

Christine Blauvelt, Co-Founder: DUMA Works

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Iridium Interactive Ltd

Connected Kenya Summit - An annual event hosted by The ICT Authority

Award: Health Care Delivery (2013)

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IBU is a Hybrid Solution designed to work with Android devices and Cloud based infrastructure, in all places including remote locations where there is no electricity and mobile signals. It empowers the Health Facility staff to collect patient information on Android tablets and seamlessly integrate the same with the National Health Information System (DHIS/2). This provides real time data on patients, treatment and outcome, drug availability, lab inventory and payments done. In less than four months of national roll out across Kenya, TIBU had already captured electronic medical records of 75% of the TB patients. It had also reimbursed over Ksh. 28 Million, more than 146,000 mobile payment transactions. TIBU is the only Comprehensive Program Management System for Disease tracking and Health Information System available globally offering seamless integration from facility level to the National Health Information System. Since last year, among many other milestones, TIBU has scaled up data collection for more Tuberculosis patients and has been rolled out to other diseases such as Leprosy and Asthma. New modules have also been added, like the Lab Management System and Supervision, and the Control and Command Centre. The Health Care Delivery Award has provided TIBU with global acknowledgement and recognition as a World Class Innovation and a global benchmark. This has pre-

sented an opportunity to present TIBU at global events such as the Get Health Summit hosted by John Hopkins and UN and the 44th Union World Conference on Lung Conference in France. Key partners within the Division of Leprosy, Tuberculosis and Lung Disease were invited by CDC to create Data Model around TIBU which is a Global Reference for Standards. TIBU has also received exposure in the World Health Organization Global Tuberculosis Report, Voice of America and the East African Public Health Network (EAPHLN). The Award is also stamp of credibility giving reassurance on the system’s abilities, the quality of data collected and the expected impact. The Award has also opened doors to strategic partnerships with such companies as IBM Research for Africa. Other African countries have expressed interest in developing similar systems in their respective National TB programs. These include Tanzania, Nigeria, Liberia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Ethiopia and Zambia.

“We are humbled to have received the award and will continue to dedicate it to TB, Leprosy, Asthma, Malaria & HIV/AIDS patients by developing customized innovative Program Surveillance and Management Products for each of them”

Sriram Bharatam CEO and Founder, Iridium Interactive Limited

KenyaBuzz Ltd

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Award: Tourism (2013)

Damaris Agweyu,MD KenyaBuzz

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enyaBuzz, Kenya’s biggest events and lifestyle listing site, developed a phone application targeted towards people who want to know about and actively participate in the rapidly growing social scene in Kenya. Aptly named, ‘KenyaBuzz Raha’ with the slogan ‘fun at your fingertips’, the app gives its users the ability to: search events; movie listings; restaurants; and other fun pastimes. The search is filtered by city, area, date, or type of event. The app provides a positive impact on the Kenyan social scene where previously it was difficult to get accurate and up to date information on the go. KenyaBuzz RAHA is best placed to address the growing need for people who are looking for something fun to do during their leisure time in Kenya. The Tourism Award has assisted KenyaBuzz in its marketing efforts. The public gives respect to a product that has won an award from a recognized company such as Google. As such the app has had a steady increase in number of new downloads every month.

The title has been used in some of the company’s digital media platforms including social media sites, the e-newsletter, newspaper and the website. There are plans to officially launch the KenyaBuzz RAHA product in May 2014 with a clear strategy on how to leverage on the Award

“As the initial challenge when applying for the Innovation Awards had been on how to get the word out about the app, this recognition has helped us to steadily grow the number of people who know about KenyaBuzz RAHA and subsequently download it.”

Damaris Agweyu, Managing Director, KenyaBuzz

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Kisasa Technologies

Connected Kenya Summit - An annual event hosted by The ICT Authority

Award: County Focus (2013)

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ilimo-Online is a product by Kisasa Technologies, a start-up in Kenya, that focuses on providing reliable and usable IT solutions to the farmers and the management in agricultural cooperative societies in the rural areas. The software uses web and SMS technology to provide a means of relaying information and enhancing quality service delivery to the farmers. Kilimo-Online has two major subsystems, namely, Administrative Subsystem and SMS Processing Subsystem. The administrative subsystem is web based and functions as statistical recorder and analyser of the various farmers and factories/collection centres; and management of the member register among other functionalities. On the other hand the SMS processing subsystem is a script that communicates to farmers on details regarding production, farm advice, news, debt and payments. Kilimo-Online automates the service given to farmers and digitizes the cooperative society’s data. In this way man-made errors and manipulations are reduced in weighing produce and lending to farmers. Communication to the farmers is also faster and more efficient. Winning the County Focus Award has provided an opportunity for tremendous growth for Kilimo Online. The product has broadened its scope by adding new features to further assist the small scale growers and cooperative societies in farm management. The Award has also opened doors to new customers and projects.

Adoption of software in rural areas, where Kilimo-Online operates, tends to be slow. However the credibility derived from winning a government endorsed Award has made it easier to sell the product to coffee and dairy cooperative societies. Kilimo-Online is now serving approximately 20,000 farmers in Kikuyu, Murang’a, Kangundo and Gatanga. Kisasa Technologies intends to continue using the Award as a selling point in its bid to venture into more counties in Kenya and in future, the East African region. With this upward growth, the company also intends to attract funding organizations which will assist in subsidizing the cost of the product and attract more coffee and dairy co-operative societies.

“The Award has acted as a platform for advertisement and branding Kisasa Technologies. It has expedited the process of adoption of Kilimo-Online as the farmers are convinced that the product can deliver value. “

Simon Mbatia, Software Developer, Kisasa Technologies

UNDP Profile

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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) partners with Government, NGOs CSOs, private sector and people at all levels of society to help build nations that can withstand crisis, drive and sustain growth that improves the quality of life for all. Our focus is helping countries build and share solutions to achieve Poverty Reduction and the Millennium Development Goals, Democratic Governance, Crisis Prevention and Recovery, Environment and Energy for sustainable development. In all our activities, we encourage the protection of human rights, capacity development and the empowerment of women. The urgent need to address poverty around the world and the opportunity provided by the MDGs have made them the rallying call of a global partnership and embracing of innovation, science and technology as key drivers in shaping the future we want. UNDP appreciates that opportunities for the present generation lies in the field of Innovation, science and technology. Because technology has the ability to change society for the better by creating job opportunities and helping the world develop and in a sustainable way.

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Techno Brain BPO/ITES

Connected Kenya Summit - An annual event hosted by The ICT Authority

Award: Gender, Youth and Vulnerable Groups (2013)

Kamore Onesmus BDM Techno Brain

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-Secured Solutions is an innovative innovative Helpline Case Management System, to help NGOs and various organizations to provide better and efficient citizen centric services by addressing issues like children & women abuse, gender based violence, disaster management and chronic ailments. The Solution is currently supporting and tracking cases of all categories and provides real time data to help lines, NGO’s, donor Organization which helps to see the real impact of running these help-lines. M-Secured Solutions is a product of Techno Brain BPO / ITES, the business process outsourcing and IT enabled services division of Africa’s leading IT Solutions & IT Training services provider Techno Brain Group. The Gender, Youth and Vulnerable Groups Award has provided Techno Brain with and ampler opportunity to market and create awareness about the product in the market. The Award has given the business a high level of standing with specific reference to the M-Secure Solution. Prospective customers and buyers view the product as value for money.

Due to the Award and the resulting recognition, Techno Brain has deployed the solution to other countries in Africa including Namibia and Uganda to support help-lines assisting women and children. The intention is to have M-Secured Solution used in many more African countries.

“We will continue to use the Award to showcase the credibility of the M-Secured Solution. We will also use the Award as a platform to launch the product to other socio economic solutions that we are involved in including market inclusive BPO, Impact Sourcing, Education and Health Delivery categories.”

Lakshman Manickam, Director, Techno Brain BPO ITES Ltd

Web Tribe

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Award: Financial Services (2013)

Danson Muchemi, CEO Web Tribe

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amboPay helps organizations collect revenue efficiently online and through mobile phones. service also provides organizations with a platform to make outgoing payment to mobile wallets or bank accounts. JamboPay is the only e-payments services provider in East Africa that supports multiple mobile money channels on revenue collection and disbursements. As East Africa is an early adopter of mobile money, numerous services by multiple providers exist.JamboPay consolidates them into one service and adapts the service for e-commerce and over the counter payments. As such JamboPay customers are able to accept local and international payments both on-line and over the counter. Many small and large enterprises have increased their revenue collection by offering their services and products online after deploying the use of JamboPay in their processes. JamboPay is a product of Web Tribe Ltd, a software development and Consultancy Company specializing in payment systems, Management systems, Card based systems and systems integrations.

Web Tribe has used the Financial Services Award to leverage more brand recognition for JamboPay. Creating brand awareness for JamboPay had been a challenge with the business, having to heavily rely on free news features. Subsequently, the Award created great mileage in building the JamboPay brand and presence in the market. The Award has made it possible to grow the customer base for JamboPay. Web Tribe has also grown as a consequence of the Award with the business expanding its suite of products to include such services as e-government revenue collection services and multichannel disbursements.

“We have gained significantly from the Innovation Award. We plan to communicate more about the award to our clients, partners and potential clients to leverage on the goodwill created by the Award to continue growing our business.”

Danson Muchemi, Chief Executive Officer at Web Tribe Ltd

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Techno Brain Profile

Connected Kenya Summit - An annual event hosted by The ICT Authority

Information Technology Redefined by an African IT Company IT deployment demands constant change – latest technology, reliable operations, high availability and an increased need for a strong, reliable and trusted partner who is committed to deliver beyond normal ICT solutions and services. That’s where Techno Brain’s “Total ICT solutions” make IT happen. With our vast domain knowledge, intellectual capital and passion we make IT a reality. We make IT business centric for you.

tween neighboring countries, enhancing financial transparency, monitoring drug trafficking, streamlining billing process of airport authorities & help them in increasing their revenue growth and ensuring an environment free of child abuse or violence.

Techno Brain, a CMMI Level 3 and Africa’s leading software solutions development company with operations spread across Africa, Asia, USA, UK and Middle East is committed to deliver high quality, cost effective, off the shelf ICT Solutions, Education & Training and BPO / IT Enabled Services to NGOs, Government and Private organizations globally.

-Passport Issuance and Border Control System for Immigration Departments

QUICK FACTS ABOUT TECHNO BRAIN: 1.Company History – Founded in 1997 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

MAJOR PROJECTS EXECUTED FOR PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS:

-Pre-arrival Assessment Report Generation System for Customs Departments -Tier II Financial Management System for Local Governments -Import / Export Commodity Database Valuation System for Revenue Authorities

2.Corporate Headquarter – Nairobi, Kenya

-AFIS based Criminal Tracking System for Police Departments

3.Business Units – IT Solutions, IT Education & Training, BPO / ITES

-Business Registration System for Registrar General Departments

4.Geographical Presence – 21 Countries Worldwide (16 in Africa)

-Monitoring and Evaluation System for Capital Budgeting Departments

5.Employee Strength – 1400 Worldwide (1200 in Africa), 23 Nationalities

Techno Brain understands ground realties, and local scenarios, and offers tailor made solutions and local support service to clients. Our distinct value proposition and service culture, coupled with our track record of successful service delivery, have enabled us to build enduring relationships with our customers.

6.Quality Process – First company to become SEI CMMI Level 3 in the Sub-Saharan Africa 7.Success Story – 70 Solutions, 11 Products with own IP and Executed 300+ Projects Techno Brain’s public sector solutions, to name a few, are helping countries in earning more revenues and saving millions of dollars by identifying outliers, ensuring national security by prohibiting illegal tress passing be-

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Youth Agro Environmental Initiative Connected Kenya Summit - An annual event hosted by The ICT Authority

Award: Agriculture (2013)

Kamore Onesmus BDM Techno Brain

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outh Agro Environmental Initiative through its blog, yagrein.blogspot.com, seeks to build capacity and expertise in agribusiness and other business enterprises related to the agriculture value chain. The blog contains specific information on farming in Kenya including agricultural and livestock production as well as post harvest processing. The blog has grown to become a leading source of information on farming and agricultural practices in Kenya. In addition to the blog, Youth Agro Environmental Initiative also offers a question-and-answer service via email and social media. These services are mainly targeted at young people with an interest in agriculture but with no farming skills. M-Secured Solutions is a product of Techno Brain BPO / ITES, the business process outsourcing and IT enabled services division of Africa’s leading IT Solutions & IT Training services provider Techno Brain Group. With these services more young people have become increasing involved in agribusiness, applying diversified modern farming technologies in their practice. Winning the Agriculture Awards has given the Youth Agro Environmental Initiative higher standing with investors and financing institutions and has led to funding of the organization. With this funding, the organization has ra-

tionalised some of its processes. The team has harnessed the information previously shared on email or social media to individual farmers into 10 crop-specific eManuals which are sold to the farmers. This gives the farmers a personal reference point and frees the team to concentrate on innovating and dealing with other emerging issues. It also provides revenue for the organization. The Award has also provided Youth Agro Environmental Initiative to interact with key stakeholders in youth and agriculture including the farmers, media, Government agencies and NGOs. This has continued to grow the organization\s profile in the community and in the market.

“The Award has given us high level of credibility with stakeholders. We hope to continue leveraging the Award to attract gainful partnerships with organizations that work in the area of youth and agriculture.”

Grace Wanene, Chairperson and Co-Founder, Youth Agro-Environment Initiative

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The call for entries for the 2014 Vision 2030 Awards was made on 18 March 2014. Over 200 were received. The winners of this year’s Vision 2030 Innovation Awards will be recognised and honoured with a special tribute event during the 6th Connected Kenya Summit on 16th April, 2014.

IBM + UNDP Innovation Awards – 2014 Panel of Judges This year’s panel of judges was drawn from the ICT private sector, academia, public sector and civil society to review each complete entry against the set criteria. The set criteria looked at market impact, functionality and unique utilisation of ICT of the presented product or service.

Veronica Nguti works with the Institute of Economic Affairs as a consultant under the Futures Programme. Her work involves using scenarios planning in development and policy work. She has been involved in selection and management of various innovative projects, the most recent being the identification and fundraising for Ubuni Studio (Fab Lab) as the innovation of choice for Nairobi City under the Rockefeller’s Informal Cities Dialogue Project. Nguti has also worked in several other non-governmental organisations, mainly with adolescents and youth in institutions of higher learning and urban slums. Nguti is currently pursuing her Master’s in Public Administration from the University of Nairobi. She is also trained in political leadership, branding, strategic planning, ethics in leadership, gender and leadership, policy making in Kenya, poverty alleviation, resource mobilisation and result based management in Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting and Learning.

Barnabas Sang is the County Executive in charge of the ICT and E-Government Department in the County Government of Uasin Gishu. He is also a member of technical team working on ICT Strategy formulation for effective leverage of ICT tools in Counties. Sang previously worked as Chief Information Officer of the Ministry of Education between 2004 and May 2010. He was appointed the Manager for the National ICT Innovation and Integration Centre (NI3C), Kenya, a Facility mandated with testing and vetting of educational solutions proposed by partners for use in education sector. With programming experience from 1995, he has steered the development of Key Government Automation initiatives in Kenya. Sang has a number of educational accolades including: Masters in Science (Information Technology) from Strathmore University (2011); Masters in Philosophy (GIS and Remote Sensing) from Moi University (2003); and a Graduate Diploma, Leadership on ICT and Knowledge Society, Dublin City University (2013).

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2014 Panel of Judges

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Cory Wiegert is the Director of Product Management for Software Group – Africa at IBM. He is responsible for definition of the software solutions for the African markets, and ensuring the growth of the IBM software business. He focuses on market assessment, solution definition, business partner ecosystem development and go-to market strategy. Wiegert has over 20 years of experience in delivering enterprise software solutions. Prior to joining IBM, Mr. Wiegert was the Vice President of Product Management at Sterling Commerce; and at Siebel Systems overseeing the design and implementation of Sales Force Automation, Call Centre, integration technology and Analytic solutions. Prior to Siebel, Wiegert was with Gupta where he held roles in technical support, application design, and led consultative implementations for Gupta’s top customers. Daniel Obam is a Communications Radio Technology Expert. He has worked in various positions in Radio and TV broadcasting engineering project management in public and private organisations. He has experience in the management of commercial and public radio TV stations; and in the deployment, management and technical operations of satellite ground infrastructure. Obam is actively involved in the development of the digital broadcasting plan for Kenya and accordingly served as expert and the deputy leader of Kenyan delegation to the Regional Radio Communication Conferences which developed the GE-06 Digital Broadcasting Plan. Obam holds an MSc Engineering Management from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA and a BSc (Hons) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Nairobi. He is also holds a Certificate in Project Management and Appraisal, Arthur D. Little Management Education Institution, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Paul Ohaga is a Partner at Fanisi Capital, a venture capital and private equity firm investing in high growth SME’s across East Africa. He has a strong background in investment banking and private equity. He previously worked with PwC and the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development. He was worked across several countries around Africa. Ohaga holds an MBA in Finance and a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nairobi.

Anabel Siongok, Head of ICT, UNDP Kenya Anabel Siongok is currently the Head of ICT of UNDP Kenya responsible for the management of ICT for UNDP Kenya and its Affiliated Agencies. She has over 17 years’ experience in the ICT Industry in various capacities in the United Nations System (UNDP and UNEP), ICT Specialist under the UNDP E-Governance project based at the then Ministry of Planning and National Development and in the Private Sector. Siongok holds a Master’s Degree in Information Systems and a Bachelor’s Degree in Management Information Systems. She is a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and a Member of the Project Management Institute (PMI).

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r. Fred Okeng’o Matiang’i is the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of ICT in the Government of Kenya.

Before his appointment, Matiang’i was the Centre for International Development, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, the State University of New York SUNY/CID Liaison in East Africa. He formerly served as Chief of Party for Kenya’s Parliamentary Strengthening Program. Matiang’i held research and program implementation positions in various civil society organizations in Kenya and conducted research and training for the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, the parliaments of Ethiopia, Uganda, and the East African Legislative Assembly. He has also been a columnist for the Daily Nation, Kenya’s leading newspaper, and has consulted extensively with USAID, the Canadian Development Agency (CIDA), the World Bank, and Transparency International.

Dr. Fred Matiang’i, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of ICT

He has taught at Egerton University and the University of Nairobi. Matiang’i holds a Ph.D. in Communication and Comparative Literature from the University of Nairobi, an M.A. in English from the University of Nairobi, and a B.A. in Education from Kenyatta University. He speaks Swahili, English, and has a working knowledge of French.

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on. John Nasasira, Minister for ICT in Uganda .This year Connected Kenya Summit is going regional. Early confirmation are from Hon John Nasasira, the Minister for ICT in Uganda.

Prior to his appointment as the ICT Minister in 2013, Hon Nasasira served as the Minister for Works and Transportation. He has served in several ministries in the Ugandan Cabinet since 1989 to date including Minister of State for Works; Minister of State for Works, Transportation and Communications; Minister of State for Agriculture; Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries; and Minister of Works, Housing and Communications later named the Ministry of Works and Transportation. He has been the Member of Parliament for Kazo County, Kiruhura District for over 2 decades. Hon. Nasasira holds a degree of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (Bsc.Civ.Eng) from the University of Nairobi.

Hon. John Nasasira, Minister for ICT in Uganda

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ean Philbert Nsengimana is the Minister for Youth and ICT in the Government of Rwanda

Before his appointment Nsengimana worked for Voxiva Inc. as a Country Director for two years. In that position he built and led teams that delivered award winning mobile health solutions, TRACnet and mUbuzima, which won the Technology in Government Award (TIGA) in 2007 for best e-Health solution in Africa. He also managed the implementation of eSoko, a mobile-based Market information system serving more than 2,500,000 farmers in real time market information in Rwanda. The solution won the Intego Award (2010) in Rwanda and the TIGA Award 2011 for best e-Agriculture solution in Africa..

Hon Jean Philbert Nsengimana, Minister, Ministry of Youth and ICT, Rwanda

Nsengimana also worked at Development Gateway Foundation as a Regional Coordinator for Africa between 2006 and 2008, where he coordinated the Foundations’ Aid Management (AMP), e-Procurement, and Country Gateways programs in 15 African Countries. Prior to that he worked as a Director at Rwanda Development Gateway between 2003 and 2007 and pioneered and managed the organisation that built the National Portal and deployed web presence for dozens of public institutions in Rwanda. Nsengimana holds a Global Masters in Business Administration (Major: Information Technology Management) from S P Jain School of Global Management Dubai-Singapore; and a Master of Information and Communication Technology (Major: Software Engineering) from the National University of Rwanda.

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imothy M. Waema is an Associate Professor in the School of Computing and Informatics in the University of Nairobi. He lectures and does research in a variety of areas in Information Systems.

Prof. Waema has a wealth of experience in university management and is currently serving as a member of the Mombasa Polytechnic University Council. He has a wide experience in consultancy in many areas of ICT and management, including strategic planning at both corporate and ICT levels, telecommunications, information systems assessment, ICT systems development and implementation, project management, change management, results-based management, and ICTs and national socio-economic development.

Prof. Timothy Waema, Chair-National ICT Master Plan Task Force

His research interests are in information systems strategy, social issues in information systems development and implementation, ICT for national socio-economic development (ICT4D), software engineering and management of change. Prof. Waema is the Lead Researcher in Kenya for the Research ICT Africa (RIA!) network and the Team Leader in an ICT research awards project for M.Sc. and Ph.D. students from universities in Eastern and Southern Africa countries. He is also the Research Director of the Local Governance and ICTs Research Network for Africa (LOG-IN Africa), a pan-African network of researchers and research institutions from nine African countries focusing on local e-governance. Further, he is the University of Nairobi Research Leader in a bridging the global digital divide project in collaboration with 5 leading UK Universities and sponsored by the British Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.

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stablished in 1999 as Kenya’s premier telecommunications provider, Telkom Kenya provides integrated telecommunications solutions with a wide and growing range of voice and data services as well as network facilities. Telkom Kenya has shareholding in both the East African Marine System (TEAMs) and the Eastern Africa Submarine System (EaSSy) and has more than 4,400 terrestrial fibre infrastructure that run across the country. The company therefore has the largest footprint within Kenya and has further interconnected to the wider Eastern Africa region thus enabling more people to connect, create and achieve. Moreover, the commissioning of France Telecom’s Lower Indian Ocean Network II (LION II) has bolstered the company’s infrastructure capacity. The company also has a broad business portfolio offered under the brand name Orange Business Services and continues to be a major provider within the country and region for wholesale traffic i.e. carrier to carrier, enabled by its vast fibre optic infrastructure. The company also provides products and solutions, meeting the expectations of the mass market customer through direct and indirect channels acquisitions, airtime provision, quality

customer experience and brand visibility. Telkom Kenya became a part of one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators, the Orange Group (formerly France Telecom Group), in 2008, following the Group’s purchase of a majority stake from the Government of Kenya. This partnership saw the launch of the Orange brand in Kenya, complete with a new approach to serving customers; placing people at the centre of it all, by making our services straightforward, simple and more enriching, while maintaining a sustainable and responsible business model that could be adapted to the requirements of a fast-paced and changing eco-system.

Our Countrywide Footprint We have a country-wide presence in 6 major regions: Nairobi, Coast, Central, Central Rift Valley, North Rift Valley and Western.

Our headquarters are in Nairobi.

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on Edwin Ochieng Yinda is the Chairman of the Board of the ICT Authority. The ICT Authority is a State Corporation under the Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) mandated to foster the development of ICTs in Kenya. Yinda is a businessman by profession and is the current Chairman and Executive Director at Supply Linkages Limited. He is also a Director at Cent Savvy Investments Ltd, serves as a Trustee for Wema Centre and sits on the Board of St. Andrew’s School, Turi. Since 1996, Yinda has served as a Board Director in a number of organizations including Kenya Pipeline Company and Venus Tea Brokers Ltd. Before that he was the Managing Director for Span Freight Shipping Limited-one of the leading shipping agencies in Kenya in 1989 to 1995. He worked for various shipping companies in senior management positions between 1976 and 1988.

Hon Edwin Ochieng Yinda, Chairman, Board of the ICT Authority

He was a Member of the 10th Kenyan Parliament until 2013. Hon. Yinda holds a Diploma in Port and Shipping Administration from the University of Wales, United Kingdom.

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efore his appointment to head the ICT Authority, Victor Kyalo served as the Acting CEO of the Authority and earlier on as the Program Manager in charge of World Bank, Kenya Transparency and Communications Infrastructure Project (KTCIP) at the former Kenya ICT Board. He was a long term faculty member of the University of Nairobi where he was instrumental in the development of communication network courses as well as in the setting up of communication labs in the faculty. Kyalo was also involved in a number of communication networks including working in the pioneering processes of Internet in Kenya (ARCC & Kenyaweb). He has participated in several Government of Kenya ICT projects as an ICT infrastructure consultant in the telecommunication and education sectors.

Victor Kyalo, Ag CEO, ICT Authority

Kyalo’s focus is on the deployment of communication technologies and services targeted at providing effective delivery mechanisms and processes in learning and teaching. Apart from systems design and implementation, his key interests are in the selection, measurements, and management of technology solutions, aiming at enabling an enterprise to optimize the return on its investment. Kyalo holds a BSc (Hons.) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Nairobi.

He is a Philips International Institute Fellow.

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vans Kahuthu is an Information Security Specialist with over 10 years’ experience in the IT industry.He works as an Independent Contractor with the ICT Authority in the area of Information Security. In this capacity, he has spearheaded the development of the National Cybersecurity Master Plan and Strategy and the establishment of the National Public Key Infrastructure.

Evans Kahuthu, Project Manager, ICT Authority

From 2001 until June 2009, he worked as the Web and Application Development coordinator at the California State University, San Bernardino where he was in charge of over 150 websites and database applications. Security and accessibility of these applications was his core job function. In addition, Kahuthu was a member of the IT team that was tasked with Security Awareness and Training at the California State University. This team was the author of the Web Security Policies for the California State University. Between September 2006 and December 2008, he was a part time Lecturer at the California State University, San Bernardino College of Business and Public Administration where he taught database security and e-commerce.. Kahuthu is a Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP) and a member of International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC) 2, and the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP).

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rancis W. Wangusi has been the Director-General of the Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) since August 2012 and has over 20 years experience in the ICT sector.

Before his appointment, he served in the same position in an acting capacity for a year. He is the immediate former Director in charge of Broadcasting. In that position, he coordinated the Digital Secretariat responsible for the implementation of decisions by the National Committee on the transition from analogue to digital broadcasting in Kenya. He had earlier served as the Director in charge of Licensing, Compliance and Standards (LCS) and before that he was an Assistant Director. Prior to joining CCK in 2000, Wangusi worked in various capacities at the defunct Kenya Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (KP&TC). He has also worked as a Senior Lecturer at the former Kenya College for Communications Technology (KCCT – now Multimedia University College). Francis Wangusi, Director General, CAK

Wangusi has played a pivotal role in a number of key projects, most notably as the Head of the Implementing Team for the development of regulations and related instruments. He is also a member of the Commission charged with the preparation of the Kenya/Italy bilateral agreement on the utilisation of the National San Marco Space Centre and operationalisation of the National Space Secretariat. Wangusi holds a Master of Space Science (Satellite Communications) from the International Space University, France, and a Bachelor of Technology (Telecoms Engineering) from University of Rome, Italy. He also holds a Chartered Engineering Certificate from the Engineering Council, United Kingdom.

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ng. Meshack. O. Kidenda MBS, HSC is the Director General of Kenya National Highways Authority, a body responsible for management, development, rehabilitation and maintenance of national roads in Kenya. He has over 24 years experience in the Roads Sector. Kidenda has a B.Sc. degree in Civil Engineering from University of Nairobi and a M.Sc. in Traffic Engineering from University of Birmingham UK. He is a Registered Engineer, a member of the Institution of Engineers in Kenya and a Registered Consulting Engineer.

Eng. Meshack Kidenda, Director General KENHA

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r. Enock Kinara is the Post Master General at the Postal Corporation of Kenya.

Kinara has over 15 years of senior management experience in business and public service and has consulted for, among others, the African Development Bank. Kinara holds a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Business Administration from Washington International University; Master of Business Administration (MBA) Major in Marketing from Almeda University; Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of POONA; and a Diploma in Personnel Management and Industrial relations from the Central Institute of Management. He has authored two books and published several Research Papers.

Dr. Enock Kinara, Post Master General, Postal Corporation of Kenya

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on. Beryl Namalwa Mutekhele is the County Executive Member for Education, Science and ICT in Bungoma County.

Prior to her appointment she was a Part Time Lecturer in Project Planning and Management at the University of Nairobi and a Mathematics Lecturer at Kibabii Diploma Teachers College and Matili Technical Institute of Science And Technology from 2009 to June 2012. Before that, Mutekhele was in school management and a teacher in various secondary schools. Mutekhele has worked on a United Nations (UN) women’s project as a facilitator in women and governance and was involved in the midterm evaluation for Action Aid International in East Pokot. She has done research on the adoption of ICT in the teaching/learning process in tertiary institutions and she is currently preparing a research paper on the same. Beryl Mutekhele, County Executive, Bungoma County

Mutekhele holds a Masters degree in Project Planning and Management from the University of Nairobi and a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Egerton University. She authored the first Physics workbooks for forms one to four and sat on the panel that reviewed the 8-4-4 Physics Syllabus for the first time in 1990.

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arnabas Sang is currently in charge of the ICT and E-Government Department in the County Government of Uasin Gishu and a member of technical team working on ICT Strategy formulation for effective leverage of ICT tools in Counties. Prior to this, Sang worked as Chief Information Officer of the Ministry of Education between 2004 and May 2010. He was appointed the Manager for the National ICT Innovation and Integration Centre (NI3C), Kenya, a Facility mandated with testing and vetting of educational solutions proposed by partners for use in education sector. With programming experience from 1995, he has steered the development of Key Government Automation initiatives in Kenya. He was awarded the Technology in Government Award (TIGA) in 2007, for the Automation work in Secondary Schools in Kenya.

Barnabas Sang, Executive, ICT and E-Government, County Government of Uasin Gishu

Sang has a number of educational accolades including: Masters in Science (Information Technology) from Strathmore University (2011); Masters in Philosophy (GIS and Remote Sensing) from Moi University (2003); Graduate Diploma, Leadership on ICT and Knowledge Society, Dublin City University (2013); Post Graduate Certificate, IT Project Management from the University of Wales, UK (2010); B. Tech. Ed, Moi University (2000); Diploma, Computer Studies from Strathmore College (1996); and Certifications in PRINCE2 Practitioners, MCSE, MCITP

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tephen Mwaura is the Head, National Payments System at the Central Bank of Kenya.

Mwaura has been involved in the management of key public sector institutions including the Government of Kenya, The Central Bank of Kenya and the Kenya Institute for Public Sector Research and Analysis. With a career in banking spanning over 20 years, he has acquired a wide range of skills in Auditing especially computerised data processing systems, policy analysis, review of procedures in all aspects of bank operations viz. He also has experience in systems of control, human resources, credit administration, deposit mobilisation and marketing, investments, foreign exchange, planning and budgeting.

Stephen Mwaura, Head, National Payments System, Central Bank of Kenya

Within the Central Bank, Mwaura has been selected in various committees including those involved with legal and regulatory framework reforms. He has been in the review teams of the Internal Loans Act, the Electronic Funds Transfer Bill and the committee on Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Control of Terrorist Financing (CFT).He has also been a member of the Technical Committee working on the country’s Electronic Transactions Bill. Before joining the Kenyan public sector, Mwaura was employed by Harmonia Bankcorp as Senior Auditor in charge of Electronic Data Processing, New Jersey, USA before joining the Central Bank of Kenya Mwaura trained in local and overseas institutions, obtaining multi-skills in finance engineering and law. He is currently pursuing a master of Laws degree (LLM) in the faculty of law at the University of Nairobi.

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overnment Rukia Ahmed is the Executive Committee Member for ICT & E-Government at Wajir County Government.

Ahmed worked for seven years as Community Development worker particularly in social work, disability and in the ICT sector. She is a Founding Member of Northern Nomadic Disabled Persons’ Organization and Annalena Trust Foundation. She is also a member of the Youth Advisory Panel to UNFPA and a former Board Member of Universal Service Advisory Council and National Council for Persons with Disabilities. Ahmed has also worked in several research projects and worked particularly with rural communities and vulnerable groups including persons with disabilities, refugees and sex workers.

Rukia Ahmed, Executive Committee Member for ICT & E-Government, Wajir County

Ahmed holds a Masters Degree in Sociology and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Sociology. She also has a Certificate in Management Certificate and a Diploma in Computer Application.

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ng. Stanley K. Kamau has been the Director/Head of Public Private Partnership (PPP) Unit, Ministry of Finance since February 2010. He has a wealth of experience in funding, development and management of infrastructure facilities and services as well as institutional reforms in the public sector. Kamau is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Sociology at the University of Nairobi and has a B.Sc Degree in Civil Engineering (Upper Second Class Honors) from the University of Nairobi. Kamau is a registered engineer with Engineers Registration Board of Kenya and a member of the Institution of Engineers of Kenya.

Eng. Stanley Kamau, Director, PPP Unit.

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arry Mwangi is the Project Manager, Public Sector Shared Services at the ICT Authority. As part of his role, Mwangi is responsible for the development and delivery of Shared Services initiatives both in the Central Government and County Governments. The majority of these initiatives begin at idea and concept stage and it is his responsibility to shape these ideas into projects; and secure buy-in from the client organization and stakeholders. He is currently leading numerous initiatives such as Integrated Finance Management Information System, Transport Integrated Management System, Government Digital Payments, National Addressing System and Nairobi County Automation among others.

Harry Mwangi, Project Manager – Public Sector Shared Services, ICT Authority

Mwangi has close to 20 years of experience in the delivery of major projects across three continents for Government Agencies and Blue Chip organizations such as The Royal Bank of Scotland, GlaxoSmithKline, and ATI Allvac. Some of the projects he has driven include London Transport Prestige Project (PPP), Sales and Support Systems (OSS) for Three as well as the Automation of Telkom Kenya. Mwangi has an MSc Decision Sciences from the University of Hertfordshire and a BSc Hon Information Systems from the same institution.

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rancis Meja, Director General of the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA)

Francis Meja was appointed the Director General of the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) in February 2014. Prior to this appointment, Meja was the Registrar of Motor Vehicles. Meja commands a wealth of knowledge and expertise on road transport and transport logistics. He is a holder of an MBA in Strategic Management from the University of Nairobi and BA Economics and Public Administration from the University of Marathwada in India.

Francis Meja, Director General, National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA)

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onathan Mueke, Deputy Governor, Nairobi County athan Mueke, Deputy Governor, Nairobi County.

He has previously worked in technical and managerial positions, including IT Systems developer, IT Systems administrator, Information technology manager and directorships at local and foreign establishments, such as K-Mart Corporation (USA), Daimler Chrysler Corporation (USA), Spartan Developers Ltd (Kenya), and many others. He has a Masters in Global IT and Entrepreneurship and an undergraduate degree in Computer Science.

Jonathan Mueke, Deputy Governor, Nairobi County

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Jamii Telecommunications Limited Connected Kenya Summit - An annual event hosted by The ICT Authority

Jamii Telecommunications Limited (JTL) is a Kenyan Company specializing in data transport using fibre. JTL provides carrier of carriers and end to end enterprise services. JTL offers data communications services to Telecommunications operators, Corporate, Enterprises, Media Houses, Government and NGO’s in East Africa using terrestrial fibre optic cable, satellite and broadband wireless networks (Wimax). JTL is duly licensed by the Communication Commission of Kenya as a Telecommunications Network Operator under the Unified Licensing Framework and holds four licenses: NFP, ASP, IG and CSP. JTL under the NFP licence owns and operates an extensive fibre network comprising of Undersea cable (TEAMS, WIOCC); Metro Network covering major towns in Kenya; National Network linking all the metros and neighbouring countries; and Fibre To The Home (FTTH) JTL offers data communications services to Telecommunications operators, Corporate organizations, Enterprises, Media Houses, Government and NGO’s in East Africa using terrestrial fiber optic cable, satellite and broadband wireless networks (Wimax). All services are managed from Network Operation Centres (NOC) that are manned 24/7 by highly skilled support engineers.

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ndrew Waititu has been involved in the Middle East and African ICT sector for over 18 years in various capacities in IBM, Microsoft and now SAP.He developed an interest for Information Technology while attending a part time basic IT course during his gap year and went on to form a career out of it. Passionate about technology, Waititu believes that technology based intellectual property will form one of the major pillars in drawing Africa into the 21st Century, breaking away from the shackles of low value exports from the continent. He graduated from the University of Liverpool with a Masters in Computer Science.

Andrew Waititu, Managing Director, SAP-Eastern Africa

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ark Walker currently leads the Vertical Market and Insights research and consulting practice at IDC MEA. In his position at IDC, Walker is responsible for leading consulting, research, and analyses of technology markets across the Middle East, Africa, and Turkey, along with analysis of the larger politico-socio-economic environment in which these markets exist. As a large proportion of research conducted by IDC MEA is of a primary nature, he is able to acquire first-hand experience of the various technology markets in the region. His current focus includes the government, financial, and energy sectors.

Mark Walker, Program Director, IDC-Kenya

Walker has over 25 years of experience in the information technology and telecommunications industry. Prior to his current role, he spent two years with Microsoft Gulf, where he was responsible for competitive strategy development and implementation. He spent 13 years in various research, analysis, consulting, and management roles with IDC in South Africa and Dubai, where he was the director of business development for IDC Middle East and Africa responsible for marketing and sales leadership across the region. Prior to that, Walker led IDC’s Southern African IT and Banking Research group, where his focus was on market strategy development and competitive market analysis in the infrastructure and services arenas for multinational technology vendors and banking and financial organisations. Before that he worked on the sales and marketing management aspects of the technology industry in South Africa after holding technical and managerial roles in the hospital informatics and nuclear imaging industry. Walker acquired a Diploma in Telecommunications Engineering in the Air Force in 1987, a BA in communications and sociology at the University of South Africa in 1997, and a MAP (cum laude) from the University of the Witwatersrand in 1998. He completed an IMM Certificate (first class) in Marketing Management at Damelin College in 1996. He is a member of the Institute of Directors (South Africa).

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The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) is the regulatory authority for the communications sector in Kenya. Established in 1999 by the Kenya Communications Act, 1998, CCK’s is mandated to regulate the telecommunications, e-commerce, broadcasting, postal/courier services as well as managing the country’s numbering and frequency spectrum resources. The Commission is also responsible for protecting the rights of consumers managing competition within the sector. CCK also issues technology based telecommunications licences under the Unified Licensing Framework (ULF) licences.

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en Roberts became CTO at Liquid Telecom Group in 2006, joining from the Econet group. He has been responsible for the network and product strategy with Liquid’s fibre network expansion. With over 12 years’ experience of VoIP technologies and 13 years of satellite data networks, in a design operations and support role capacity, Roberts is more than equipped to be in charge of Liquid Telecom’s technology. He initially worked as an Electronics Development Engineer and moved in to the Telecoms Industry in 1996. He has previously worked for Ericsson developing satellite data distribution networks and at Clarent Corporation on voice over IP networks. Roberts graduated from Bristol University with a BSc in Physics.

Ben Roberts – Acting MD, Liquid Telecom Kenya and Group CTO

He has travelled extensively throughout Africa visiting our deployments, but has recently stayed in Kenya as Acting CEO of Liquid Telecom Kenya. He enjoys skiing and other outdoor sports.

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enson Karanja has 20 years experience in the NGO, Private Sector, International Civil Service and Consulting business.

His passion is in accelerating service delivery to citizens, by encouraging the adoption of efficient,transparent and sustainable models. He is credited with the incubation, design and financing of the first government intelligent building in Uganda, the initial optimization of GCCN in Kenya, and project management in the United Nations. Karanja holds a degree in Management and Business Administration.

Benson Karanja, Lead, Public Sector Business, Dimension Data

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yron J. Clatterbuck is responsible for driving revenue growth for the SEACOM’s African and global service provider customers and key partners.

Clatterbuck has more than 15 years experience managing and developing telecommunication businesses with revenue in the hundreds of millions of dollars. His career in the telecommunications industry has seen him drive large acquisitions, investment projects, and manage global sales and marketing for a range of leading global telecoms operators, including BT, Level 3 Communications, REACH Network Services and Tata Communications. Clatterbuck holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Hong Kong and is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.

Byron J. Clatterbuck, Chief Commercial Officer at SEACOM

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n his current position Dan Kwach has the responsibility of managing the largest and first Tier III Data Centre in Kenya. His role is to ensure no disruption of critical enterprise systems by supporting, managing and maintaining physical data centre infrastructure. This includes data centre growth and capacity planning, disaster recovery analysis and planning, infrastructure component maintenance and life-cycle replacement. He has been successful in managing the Data Centre as Phase 1 capacity was sold out within the first 5 months of its operation. Prior to this, Kwach worked in various capacities within the Liquid Telecom Group starting off as a Network Operations Control Engineer before taking lead of the Operations and Maintenance Department. It was through interaction with various Telecom vendors that he earned a new role as the Second Line Support Manager. Kwach later took over as the project management of KDN’s Data Centre, a task he managed well before he was challenged to become the East Africa Data Centre Manager.

Dan Kwach, General Manager of East Africa Data Centre

The mix of experience in product management and Technical skill to run Data Centre’s has earned him the ability to spearhead Liquid Telecom’s Data Centre strategy on a commercial front with guarantees to meet customer expectations and shareholders goals. Kwach has an undergraduate degree in IT with various professional certifications in the field of ICT.

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rank Maina is the founder of a media agency, Frank Maina Communications, and has also partnered with Sponge Group, the largest mobile marketing agency in the UK, to launch its operations in East Africa. He has been in marketing practice for over 16 years. Before joining Sponge, Maina was a founder of Saracen Media which he left in 2011. He started his career in banking and then joined the ad agency business. He served as media planner, manager and director at Universal McCann, Mediaedge and Media Initiative. In these roles he managed media investments for clients across Eastern Africa. He served as CEO in media agency, PHD.

Frank Maina, CEO, Sponge East Africa

Maina has served in several industry roles and currently serves as the Founding Co-Chair of the Mobile Marketing Association as well as Vice Chair of the Technical Committee of the Kenya Research Foundation, the body that oversees advertising research in Kenya. He has also served as the editor of the marketing journal, Marketing Africa, and ran a 4 year column in the magazine along 2 weekly ones in the Daily Nation and The Star. Maina is a regular trainer on digital and social media with the Chartered Institute of Marketing.

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ilbert Saggia, as Country Director, is responsible for Oracle Office and Operations in Kenya; accountable for supporting the achievement of all business and functional objectives within the country. His role involves shaping and leading Oracle’s Vision, Strategy and Execution in Kenya; ensuring enhancement of value to the customers and partners; creating an ecosystem that drives growth in both private and public sector, and to facilitate with urgency the role information management plays in the growth of Kenya’s GDP.

Gilbert Saggia, Country Director, ORACLE Kenya

Multi-disciplined and widely read, Saggia has spent over 15 years in the ICT Industry in various capacities both in technical and sales leadership. Before joining Oracle, he was the Regional Manager for Cisco Systems responsible for the East African operation, where he had been since 2007. Prior to that, Saggia was based in Belgium as a Sales Solutions Manager with Siemens working for a wide region covering Middle East and Africa, specifically Carrier Networks business. Previous to this expatriate role, he was the Business Development Manager at Siemens Kenya and leader of ICT Business under Siemens Business Services for East Africa. Saggia holds an MBA Certification from Tulane University USA and a degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Nairobi. He also has other strategic leadership and business qualifications. He is a member of various regional and international ICT forums, and writes in regional periodicals and books especially “ICT in Healthcare.”

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ürhan Kalelioglu is the Vice President of Oracle in charge of Turkey, Central Asia, Kenya, Nigeria, West & East Africa Region.

Prior to his current position, he was the Country Leader at Oracle Turkey since 2008 and a Regional Manager in Ankara before that. Kalelioglu has 21 years of IT industry experience including his positions at NCR Turkey, NCR Dayton, NCR San Diego, Digital Ankara and Oracle. He has a degree in Business Administrations from Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. He is fluent in English and French

Gürhan Kalelioglu, Vice President, Central Asia, Turkey, Kenya, Nigeria, West & East Africa Region

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abil Olaka has been the Chief Executive Officer of the Kenya Bankers Association since October 2010. He is responsible for the strategic direction of the Association under guidance from the Governing Council, the governing body of the Association. Previously, Olaka was the Director of Operations of the East African Development Bank (EADB), member of senior management team in charge of the credit operations of the Bank. He held other positions at EADB before that, including the Resident Manager of the EADB in Kenya in charge of the Bank’s operations in Kenya for 3 years; Manager in charge of the Risk Management and Control Unit (RMCU) for 2 years; and the Chief Internal Auditor. Olaka holds a First Class Honours BSc degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Nairobi and an MBA in Finance from the Manchester Business School in the UK.

Habil Olaka-CEO Kenya Bankers Association

He is a member of the Institute of the CPA of Kenya and the CFA Institute, and an alumnus of the Strathmore School of Accountancy.

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s an experienced architect, Henk Brons has been the Enterprise Architect for two years. He has gained a lot of experience in the combination of Oracle Applications and a diversity of acquired new products from an architectural perspective. He plays a role in the integration of the different Oracle products and is a participant of the Development Workshops of Fusion Applications. Brons has an in-depth knowledge of the Oracle Finance products and knows the connections and relations with cost accounting, project accounting and the financial related CRM modules. He has also contributed to the knowledge and skills in the changing of legal regulations in the finance area. Besides his financial knowledge, Brons also has experience in developing the architectural outlines and business benefits of a structured solution creation process in several industries, with a main focus on Central Government, Banking and Telco’s.

Henk Brons, Enterprise Architect, The Netherlands

He is knowledgeable in IAS/IFRS, Sarbanes-Oxley and internal controls. He also played a role in defining the requirements of the latest eBS version, R12.

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ohn Kamau has over 10 years’ experience in planning and commercialization of Telecommunications Infrastructure. He has been at the helm of JTL since its inception in 2005 and has overseen its transition from a Satellite International Gateway Operator to the largest Fibre Operator in Kenya. Besides technology, Kamau has a passion for Sustainable Water and Energy for small communities. He holds a BSc. Electrical and Electronics from the University of Nairobi.

John Kamau, General Manager, Jamii Telecommunications Limited

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unle Awosika is focused on steering Microsoft Corporation, Kenya to the next phase of expansion through commercial and government engagements while building and growing a high performing team.

His career at Microsoft Corporation spans over 14 years in several senior and key sales and business development roles, including running the telecommunications sector across West East Central Africa (WECA).

Kunle Awosika, Country Manager, Microsoft Corporation, Kenya

Prior to his appointment in Kenya in 2013, Kunle worked as Director, Enterprise & Public Sector Business for (Anglophone) Africa, contributing to the business expansion within the growth region of West Africa. He sits as part of the ICT Committee for the Ondo City Vision 2015 and recently appointed on the board of AMCHAM ICT committee in Kenya. Some of his key achievements in Nigeria include working with government divisions responsible for the implementation of the Government Wide Messaging & Collaboration Platform (GWMC) to foster a uniform messaging & communication platform across government entities. He was also responsible for driving business in the enterprise market. Prior to joining Microsoft, Kunle worked within the sales and marketing division for the downstream arm of Exxon-Mobil; and before that a local IT company - Solix Technologies. Kunle holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of Keele, U.K. and a B. Sc. in Business Administration from the University of Lagos (Nigeria).

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aura is responsible for the management of the public sector portfolio with a specialty on new business and account development as well as collaborative negotiation. She is a seasoned salesperson with extensive experience within the Telecommunications sector, having worked in this field for about ten years. Laura holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Telecommunications and Information Technology from the Kenyatta University. She is currently pursuing a Masters Degree in International Business Management from the University of Liverpool.

Laura Mburu, Head of Public Sector, Orange Telkom

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uawei is a leading global ICT solutions provider. Through our dedication to customer-centric innovation and strong partnerships, we have established end-to-end capabilities and strengths across the carrier networks, enterprise, consumer, and cloud computing fields. We are committed to creating maximum value for telecom carriers, enterprises and consumers by providing competitive ICT solutions and services. Our products and solutions have been deployed in over 140 countries, serving more than one third of the world’s population. A locally registered company, Huawei has been in Kenya for over 15 years, as a regional office for the Eastern & Southern Africa Region. Over 60 percent of Huawei Employees are locals creating more than 500 jobs both directly and indirectly. Our East Africa training center was established in Kenya through which more than 2700 people from Africa have been trained. Under the company’s procurement policy, Huawei purchases 100% locally. Based on Huawei’s equipments and solution, Kenyans enjoy various quality and affordable services, including 3G, Mobile Broadband (MBB), Value Added Service (VAS), Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) and ADSL through NGN, CDMA, GSMA, and UMTS. Huawei has brought into Kenya innovative and affordable devices such as the IDEOS-first affordable smartphone, E5-first Mobile, media pad tablets, Ascend Y100/Y200/Y300,Ascend P1 and most recently ascend P6- the world’s slimmest smartphone.

Dingpeng (Dean) Yu CEO Huawei Technologies Kenya Co.Ltd

Huawei has spent over KES 160 Million in CSR initiatives that include but not limited to Telecom Seed for the Future with Universities, HANA Lab with Strathmore University, Slum code, Safaricom Marathon, Beacon of Hope, Rhino Charge, Kenya Red Cross Society, SOYA, Nairobi Women’s GVRC, DMI Walk, Mater Heart Run, Shelter Children’s Rehabilitation Center, Computer for Schools among other initiatives.

For more information visit: www.huawei.com Dean has held a number of senior management positions in Huawei Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office. He served as the Director of Huawei Optical Network Product Line and Director of Huawei Telkom (South Africa) Business Group. He rose through the ranks to become the Vice CEO of Huawei South Africa Office before his recent appointment as CEO of Huawei Kenya. He has more than 12 years working experience in the telecommunication industry.

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ouis Otieno is a Director with Microsoft 4Afrika - a strategic initiative by Microsoft Corporation focused on supporting Africa’s development towards global competitiveness.

He is passionate about ICT4D as demonstrated by his current focus on “TV White Spaces” - which enables high-speed, low-cost broadband access into the un-served rural Africa. He also played a lead role in the localization of Microsoft Office & Windows into Kiswahili – a first for an African language. Until his appointment to Microsoft 4Afrika in 2012, Otieno was the General Manager responsible for the East and Southern Africa (ESA) business. In that capacity, he realized a 100-fold growth in revenues. Before that he held other roles including Director for Enterprise Sales in Microsoft WECA region, Director for Business Operations & Marketing and Country Manager-Kenya.

Louis Otieno – Corporate Affairs Director, 4 Afrika Initiative; Microsoft Corporation

Before joining Microsoft, Louis was a developer and rose to become the Vice President, Information Systems at EEC Financial Services Inc, a firm based in New York & New Jersey, USA. Louis also sits on Kenya’s Vision 2030 Delivery Board and is a director at Enablis East Africa and the American Chamber of Commerce in Kenya. He has been an advisor to the Presidential Investors Round tables in Uganda, Tanzania & Mozambique. He holds a BSc. (Honors) in Computer Science from Mercy College, NY and an MBA from Long Island University.

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arvin Tumbo founded Socialight Media Ltd. in December 2009 and the company has become one of the leading Digital Media Solutions providers in Kenya with active projects in half a dozen countries in

He is a thought leader and practitioner in Social Business Strategy Formulation and Implementation, Digital Media Policy Development, Monitoring and Analysis, Training, Online Reputation Management and Platforms Development. Tumbo has been a speaker, facilitator, and trainer on Digital Media in Kenya, Uganda, Botswana, Nigeria and South Africa for leading companies and conferences. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics and Sociology from Egerton University, Kenya and is a graduate of the CFA Institute.

Marvin Tumbo, CEO, Socialight

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rof. Michael Chege is a distinguished scholar in African Development Studies.

He currently serves as an Advisor on International Development Policy, at the Ministry of Economic Planning and National Development, and as member of the National Economic and Social Council of Kenya, an advisory board to the Cabinet. He has been a Professor at the University of Florida, Gainesville; Director, Centre of African Studies, University of Florida; Visiting Scholar, Centre for International Affairs, Harvard University; Program Officer, Ford Foundation (New York); Senior Lecturer in Government and Research, Institute of Development Studies, University of Nairobi, Kenya; and Visiting professor: Graduate School of International Studies, University of Geneva, Switzerland. Prof. Michael Chege, Policy Advisor, Ministry of Economic Planning and National Development

He holds of a Ph.D (University of California at Berkeley), M.A (University of California at Berkeley) and a B.A (Hons.) degree (University of Nairobi).

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igel Bruin is a Principal Consultant and Director at Huawei’s Singapore Competence Centre that provides business consulting services to clients worldwide. The Singapore Competence Centre provides business, management and technical consulting services and focuses on high-speed fibre access systems, such as fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) together with the services that are deployed over it. Typical clients include telecoms network operators and government regulators. Bruin has 30 years of experience in the telecoms and IT industries, with primary focus on software engineering and product development, and leads a team that provides strategic business consulting. Prior to joining Huawei, Bruin was a business consultant to public and private sector clients and an entrepreneur and co-founder of a wireless broadband ISP. He has been an advocate for high-speed and fibre-based Internet services for the last 10 years.

Nigel Bruin, Director Business Consulting, Singapore Competence Centre, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd

Bruin holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons.) degree from the University of Manchester in England.

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edro Tembe is the SAP Mobility Specialist for SAP Africa. He has years of experience on Enterprise Mobility focusing on mobile security, mobile device management, data synchronisation and mobile middleware. Tembe has been working in the ICT industry for over 8 years in Africa and Europe in various capacities with Deloitte Consulting, CSB-System (Germany) and now SAP. He believes the ubiquity of the mobile telephone has created an opportunity for governments around the world to improve service delivery and enhance governance, as evidenced by how the m-Government is taking hold and helping supplement, expand and innovate services and governance. Pedro holds a Bachelor of Business Systems with Monash University Australia.

Pedro Tembe, Pre-Sales Solutions Specialist – Mobility, SAP Africa

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s Cluster Leader and Sales Director Business Applications for Oracle managing Africa Cluster, Sherif Hamza is responsible for ERP, CRM, HCM, BI, EPM and Cloud across Industries. These include Public Sector Financial Sector Telecom Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Retail & Distribution. He manages the team covering 12 major countries in Africa. He holds a Masters of Business Administration from Universiteit Maastricht and a BSc. in Engineering, Computer and Systems Control from Ain Shams University.

Sherif Hamza, Applications Sales Director, Oracle

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yrus Muya Kamau is the Head of Information Security & Risk at Cellulant Group. Cellulant powers mobile payments across banks, merchants and other financial institutions across 10 African countries. His role is to protect Cellulant’s IT assets, customer transactions, develop policies, frameworks and oversee day to day security operations based on ISO 27001. He also develops threat models which provide trends and insights to various attack vectors. Kamau is one of the founding members of The AfricaHackOn; an IT security outfit which brings together skilled professionals to show case various elements of cyber security. He also was a key consultant in the development of the National Cyber Security Master Plan (NSCMP) working with Booz Allen & Hamilton and the former ICT Board.

Tyrus Muya Kamau, Head of Information Security & Risk, Cellulant Group

Kamau is a columnist on the CIO Magazine providing insight on the trends affecting the country on cyber security. He speaks regularly at various IT security conferences and also does independent research in cyber security especially in GSM, Radio Frequency and Industrial systems. Kamau is also a part time lecturer at Strathmore University’s iLab where he instructs the Masters in Telecommunication, Innovation & Development class on Web security, Wireless & Mobile security.

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r. Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg is the Director at African Women in Agricultural Research and Development AWARD. AWARD is a career-development program that equips top women agricultural scientists across sub-Saharan Africa to accelerate agricultural gains by strengthening their research and leadership skills, through tailored fellowships. Prior to joining AWARD, Kamau-Rutenberg served as Founder and Executive Director of Akili Dada, an award-winning leadership incubator that invests in high-achieving young Kenyan women from under-resourced families, who are passionate about driving change in their communities.

Dr. Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg, Director AWARD

She has received widespread recognition for her work investing in women, including being honoured as a 2012 White House Champion of Change; named one of the 100 Most Influential Africans by New African magazine; recognized as a 2012 Ford Foundation Champion of Democracy; and awarded the2011 Yamashita Prize and the 2010 United Nations Intercultural Innovation Award, among others. Kamau-Rutenberg holds a PhD and a Master’s degree in Political Science from the University of Minnesota, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Politics from Whitman College in Washington, U.S.A.

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eavier joined Telkom Kenya in 2011 from the Orange Group, where he served as the Director for Orange Corporate Sales in the French West Indies. He has more than 20 years experience in the telecoms business market and has also worked for several years in Spain and in the USA as a Solutions Consultant. Xavier holds a Masters degree in Robotics and an Engineering degree from l’Ecole Nationale Superieure d’Ingenieurs, Besancon (France).

Xavier Villegas,Chief Business Market Officer Orange KE

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n her current role, Eunice Kariuki participates in strategy formulation and gives direction on marketing Kenya as an ICT investment destination. She has influence over development of the ICT sector to align with market and investor ICT needs. She also drives promotion of ICT as a tool for improving livelihoods and is instrumental in creating and managing strategic partnerships, conception of sector development initiatives and ICT investor facilitation.

Eunice Mueni Kariuki, Marketing Director, ICT Authority

Notable achievements in this role include supporting local Kenyan Pioneer BPO & IT enabled Services (ITeS) companies during the industry formative years; developing a BPO/ITES strategy with assistance of Mckinsey Consulting; and negotiating and signing strategic partnerships including one with NASSCOM of India, the world’s largest and most successful ICT industry body. She has also influenced numerous marketing and communication programs that have significantly raised Kenya’s profile as Africa’s emerging and premier ICT hub. Kariuki has also contributed towards development of the Konza Technology City master plan. She supports the World Bank funded projects and leads the European Commission, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Rockefeller Foundation research funded projects for the Kenya ICT Board. Prior to joining Kenya ICT Board Kariuki worked for a variety of companies including Microsoft, a Records & Archives Management Systems (RAMS) company, Eastman Kodak and Avro International Aerospace in the UK. Kariuki holds an MBA in Strategic Management from Maastricht School of Management affiliated to ESAMI, a BSc. (Hons) degree in Business Studies from UK, a Higher National Diploma in Business Information Technology (BITech), and Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) Diploma. She has been a member of the CIM since 1998.

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ince August 2013, Dr. Katherine Getao has been assisting with the formation of the newly created ICT Authority – providing strategic planning expertise, transition and change management guidance and leading a team tasked with the responsibility to revamp Government websites and portals.

Dr. Katherine Wanjiru Getao, ICT Secretary, Ministry of Information Communication and Technology

Before that Getao worked as the ICT Secretary in charge of the eGovernment Directorate where she was instrumental in the design phase of the Huduma Kenya Initiative, which has transformed the way citizens access Government services.In 2008, Getao became the project manager in the NEPAD e-Schools Initiative, a priority project of the NEPAD e-Africa Commission. From 2001 to 2007 Getao was the Director of the School of Computing and Informatics at the University of Nairobi. During her tenure the School expanded its undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Computer Science and became the first East African University to graduate doctoral students in Computer Science. Getao is extensively published in journal and conference papers in the areas of Grid Computing and the use of computers in education. She is an Elder of the Burning Spear (EBS) and was elected to the ICT Hall of Fame in Kenya in 2007 for her work in education. Getao holds a Ph.D. in Computing from Lancaster University, U.K; an M.Sc. in Intelligent Knowledge-based Systems from the University of Essex, U.K; and a B.Sc. (Hons) in Combined Sciences (Chemistry and Computer Studies) from Brighton Polytechnic, U.K. She is a Commonwealth Research Fellow (2005).

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arry Madowo is a broadcast journalist, writer, blogger and technology evangelist. He anchors the popular Friday night show #theTrend and NTV Weekend Edition. He speaks to the biggest newsmakers in the country, from presidents and politicians to celebrities and ordinary wananchi and everything in between. Prior to that Madowo worked at CNBC in South Africa and was the first ever non-South African anchor to be based in CNBC Africa’s Johannesburg headquarters where he hosted live market shows Open Exchange, Power Lunch and Closing Bell. He also produced and presented the weekly show Eye on Kenya and hosted numerous CNBC Africa events and awards ceremonies.

Larry Madowo, Journalist

IBefore that Madowo was at NTV Kenya as a Business Anchor and Reporter, launching the critically acclaimed PM Live and hosting the weekly magazine show Money Matters. Madowo moved to NTV from KTN where he started his television career as a Trainee Reporter. While at the station, he launched and anchored Kenya’s first daytime business programme KTN Financial Markets Live as well as KTN Business Today. Madowo pioneered the use of social media on Kenyan television and was responsible for the formation of the KTN Kenya Facebook and Twitter pages before any other media house in the country had a social media presence. He is one of the most recognizable faces in Kenyan media and is regularly called upon to host and moderate high profile events in the country and abroad. He writes a blog at larrymadowo.co.ke and was the first African journalist with a verified Twitter page @LarryMadowo, where he has over 200,000 followers.

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bugua Njihia is an entrepreneur with over 10 years in the web and mobile space, In that time, he has worked with all players in the mobile market ecosystem including individuals, small and medium sized enterprises, NGO’s, mobile network operators and government to deploy solutions on SMS, USSD, voice, web and mobile applications. Apart from founding and being the CEO at Symbiotic Media, a leading mobile value added service provider in East Africa, Njihia is also the Opportunity Scout at Gruppo Potente. Gruppo Potente is a holding company where the focus is on Africa’s high growth verticals: Technology | Telecoms | Media | Healthcare | Hospitality | Agriculture | Knowledge | Real Estate | Energy. He believes that government can run lean and agile, like the many startups he has had the honor of mentoring.

Mbugua Njihia, CEO, Symbiotic Media Consortium

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uchemi Wambugu joined PricewaterhouseCoopers Kenya in 2011, having worked at Deloitte Consulting Ltd in Kenya, and IBM Global Services in California, USA. He is an ICT Management professional with more than 16 years of experience in advising organizations, both private and public, on business-centric ICT solutions. He has extensive experience in global technology implementations, ICT Transformation, Strategy, Operations, governance and Program Management. In his work, Wambugu has advised government and private organizations on how to unlock business value from investments in ICT. He has proven managerial skills in leading and directing highly successful technology teams in the bio-pharmaceutical, technology, educational, financial industries as well as the Public Sector.

Wambugu is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and is a Microsoft Certified Technical Trainer. He holds an Honors degree in Commerce, majoring in Muchemi Wambugu, Director, Informa- Management Information Systems from the University of Manitoba, Cantion Technology Advisory Pricewater- ada, and a Masters degree in Project Management from the University of houseCoopers Kenya Ltd California-Berkeley, USA.

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uriuki Mureithi is among the pioneers in ICT4D. The focus of his consultancy is policy, regulatory and strategy evolution of ICTs in Africa in a 30+ year’s career emanating from consulting engagements with various governmental, non-governmental as well as private sector. Under the auspices of Summit Strategies Ltd, founded 15 years ago, Mureithi has been involved in key projects on regional and national regulatory reform, rural ICT development, market analysis and competitive issues and evaluation. He began consulting in the sector in the mid 90s driven by a passion to help exploit the benefits of ICTs with a special focus on the rural and disadvantaged communities; and development of strategies to empower such communities using ICTs in Africa.

Muriuki Mureithi, Summit Strategies

Mureithi has presented widely in national and international conferences on ICT issues, and also published in international ICT journals and specialized publications. He holds an MBA in Strategic Management, a post Graduate Certificate in Telecommunications Management from Stevens Institute of Technology (NJ) USA, in addition to other courses on ICT and management.

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wende Gatabaki has been seconded by AfDB, and appointed by the President of Kenya, to spearhead the “Presidential Digital Transformation of Government” initiative. She has over 19 years of progressive ICT leadership experience at national, continental and international levels Prior to joining AfDB at the headquarters in Tunisia, Gatabaki was the General Manager ICT at Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA Ltd) for six years since 2004. Between 1997 and 2004 she began an intercontinental journey serving in various ICT capacities at the United Nations in many countries (and continents). She began her inroad into the geeky ICT sector in 1992 at USAID Kenya.

Mwende Gatabaki, Special Adviser ICT, Office of the President, African Development Bank (AfDB), Tunisia

Gatabaki has been recognized for her ICT leadership including the ICT Woman of the Year 2013; Excellence in ICT Utilization at the Kenya@50 ICT awards; and Top Public Sector CIO in Africa 2007 at the Africa ICT Achievers in South Africa. She also propelled her employer then KTDA, to become a CIO Global 100 company, the first African company, and the only one to date to receive a global ICT award. Her passion is leveraging ICT to drive operational efficiency, organizational effectiveness and service delivery excellence.

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racle-logoOracle has been the leader in database software for over three and a half decades and has over the years expanded it expertise to include servers and storage; database and middleware; and cloud applications. We are shifting the complexity from IT, moving it out of the enterprise by engineering hardware and software to work together in the cloud and in the data centre. By eliminating complexity and simplifying IT, Oracle enables its 400,000 customers in more than 145 countries around the world, to accelerate innovation and create added value for their customers. By engineering out the complexity that stifles business innovation, Oracle is engineering in speed, reliability, security, and manageability. The result is best-in-class products throughout an integrated stack of hardware and software, with every layer designed and engineered to work together according to open industry standards. Our complete, open, and integrated solutions offer extreme performance at the lowest cost—all from a single vendor. Integrated, industry-specific solutions are engineered to address complex business processes across a wide range of industries.