Monsieur Adiel,<div><br></div><div>The most costly aspect in such scenario is not the $$ but the hrs ... Especially the hrs(time) needed from the people who have real, solid knowledge and experience to bring...<div><br></div>
<div>Chicken and egg?</div><div><br></div><div>$$$ for hrs?</div><div><br></div><div>Sorry, I do not have an answer...</div><div><br></div><div>Nnenna is being very gracious (God bless her), where are the others who have "headspace" to offer?<span></span><br>
<br>On Tuesday, May 28, 2013, Mawaki Chango wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Great point, Adiel! A wiki sounds a feasible solution... I suspect the maintenance (with updated information) might prove more of a challenge than the initial launch. Anyway, this would start with a good design effort in order to be able to cover all foreseeable pertinent data entries. I leave others also to react to the idea and share their experiences, especially those who may have been involved in similar efforts.</div>
<div> </div><div>mc </div></div><div><br><br><div>On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 7:53 PM, Adiel Akplogan <span dir="ltr"><<a>adiel@afrinic.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>Hello All,<div><br></div><div>Good to engage Regional bodies and all to do the data collection and dissemination work with certain scope. But I'm asking myself what (resource) does it take for this group to setup a small DB and wiki to start collecting just the data as suggested by Nenna to start with? Can this community join effort in start building a simple repository like that for its own usage? How much $$ do we really need? Just wondering … </div>
<span><font color="#888888"><div><br></div></font></span><div><span><font color="#888888">- a.<br></font></span><div><div><div><div>On 2013-05-28, at 16:51 PM, Poncelet Ileleji <<a>pileleji@ymca.gm</a>> wrote:</div>
<br></div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Hello Colleagues,<br><br></div>Personally I think we should start using the regional bodies, like ECOWAS, the East African Commission etc, for such kind of documentation that is really required, all these regional outfits should be able to have a focal policy unit focusing ICT and their regional ICT ecosystem to do this, then a body like NEPAD can be able to gather such information and validate it for all.<br>
<br></div>I know their is a long way to go but we can start somewhere, but its the way forward I think<br><br></div><div>Regards<br><br>Poncelet<br></div></div><div><br><br><div>On 28 May 2013 11:36, Nnenna Nwakanma <span dir="ltr"><<a>nnenna75@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>+1.<br><br></div>The research and strenous "academic" work, though, does not seem to be in line with what those organisations "especially in Africa" do.<br>
</div>I have read 2-3 pagers but I may be wrong.<br>
<br>On another note, ITU is more of a member-country kind of engagement still. Which basically gives little or no influence to these other "sector members"<br><br></div>But whichever way, anybody can document and disseminate such documentation. We MUST begin somewhere..<br>
<br></div><div>Best<span><font color="#888888"><br><br></font></span></div><span><font color="#888888">Nnenna<br></font></span></div><div><div><div>
<br><br><div>On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Dandjinou Pierre <span dir="ltr"><<a>pdandjinou@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Mawaki,<br><br></div>You said it all ! collecting the information and documenting those relevant events as the ones Nnenna alludes to should be the focus. But this calls for resources (human and financial resources). The way some parts of the world do this is through regional organizations such as the European commission who commissioned (!!) appropriate studies and white papers. <br>
<br>Our challenge here is how to get the Africa Union commission and other RECs interested.<br><br></div> Pierre<br></div><div><div><br><br><div>On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Mawaki Chango <span dir="ltr"><<a>kichango@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid"><div dir="ltr"><div>All,</div><div> </div><div>There is a lot to be done in Africa. So one might think it is even more crucial here to bring in all segments of the society which can help improve our understanding and practice. I totally agree that academia should be invited in what we do at all levels. It doesn't matter how much you slice this, you can't avoid education, training, research without a serious loss. As recently as last year I was doing a survey in an African country and one of my respondents working in a public research agency told me once she asked to consult a document (which was not a government classified document but has to do with some development issues in one sector of activity) at another government agency, then after asking what exactly she was looking for her collea</div>
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