Wednesday, 12 June 2013
International Conference on Rwanda to be held in Brighton in the UK
International Conference on Rwanda to be held in Brighton in the UK
International Conference on Rwanda to be held in Brighton in the UK
RWANDA: NI GUTE UMUTURAGE YAKWITWARA IGIHE LETA YANANIWE KWUBAHIRIZA INSHINGANO ZAYO
NI GUTE UMUTURAGE YAKWITWARA IGIHE LETA YANANIWE KWUBAHIRIZA INSHINGANO ZAYO
Rwandan knowledge based-economy illusion
Rwandan knowledge based-economy illusion
http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/28/news/companies/pluggedin_Gunther_Rwanda.fortune/
• 2000 – NICI Plan launched; Rwanda Information Technology Authority (RITA) later becomes the implementing agency, located directly in President Kagame's office;
• 2003 – New NICI Plan driver installed; this is Sam Nkusi, minister of communications supported by Sem Ochuodho as head of RITA – Nkusi is sacked in 2004;
• 2004 – Preparations for building IT infrastructure begin; Greg Wyler buys Rwandatel with the goal of using it as a backbone to create Africa's fastest broadband connections, including the infrastructure on the top of Mt Kalisimbi – Greg Wyler is sacked in 2007 when he tries to team up with 'the father of telecommunications in Africa' Miko Rwayitare;
• 2004 – New NICI Plan driver installed; this is Albert Butare, the new minister in charge of communications – RITA's Ochuodho sacked in 2006;
• 2006 – Rwanda's IT Park for creating IT entrepreneurs, start-ups, IT-bases services and products is established at Telecom House supervised by RITA and Minister in-charge of communications;
• 2006 – President Paul Kagame begins his global campaign to drum support for his transformation agenda towards knowledge-based economy – wins first award for best head of state in Africa in support of ICT – again in 2007 and after; many awards follow;
• 2007 – New NICI Plan driver installed as Minister Butare is purged of the communications portfolio for 'poor performance' – Romain Murenzi becomes the Minister of IT in Office of the President and David Kanamugire as his Permanent Secretary; Nkubito Bakuramutsa becomes head of RITA;
• 2007 – Rwandatel, after being re-nationalized after the Greg Wyler disaster, is now sold to the Libyans. The determining fact is not IT but to make more cash for building IT infrastructure;
• 2007 – Korea Telcom begins to build a 2,300 kilometer fiber-optic cable and Kigali Wireless Broadband;
• 2009 – New NICI Plan driver installed; Romain Murenzi crashes out and resigns – Ignace Gatare becomes the Minister of IT in Office of the President, with David Kanamugire his PS;
• 2009 – RITA scrapped as a free standing agency; it is incorporated into the Rwanda Development Board – Nkubito Bakuramutsa sacked and replaced by Patrick Nyirishema;
• 2011 – The Kagame government announces that it is looking for a private operator to manage the completed IT infrastructure worthy over US$100million;
• 2011 – Rwandatel collapses and is liquidated to pay back debts worth US$89 million;
• 2012 – Rwandatel's masks are purchased by Airtel;
• 2012 – The post of Minister in the Office of the President in-charge of IT is scrapped – Ignace Gatare reduced from minister to Director General of Science and Technology Commission; strangely, IT is at the same time transferred to Ministry of Youth, and Information, Communication and Technology headed by Minister Jean Philbert Nsengimana;
• 2013 – Remains of Rwandatel , namely its copper wire and fibre as well as customer base are purchased by Liquid Telcom, whose representative in Rwanda is no other than Sam Nkusi;
• 2013 – RDB announces that the ICT Park at Telecom House "was really a small level pilot" and that the real ICT city will soon be built at the Kigali Special Economic Zone.
What sort of export software, systems, or outsourced work then is presently being performed in Rwanda after 13 years of implementing President Kagame's NICI Plan? How many IT entrepreneurs or start-ups have emerged and distinguished themselves in the domestic or foreign markets? Zero! Zilch! Nothing beyond your routine sim-card selling and internet-surfing services led by RPF's own MTN Rwanda which continues to thrive, while Rwandatel was sold, re-owned and sold again to provide funds for implementing the juvenile NICI Plan.
Now folks, if you wish to cry for your country, read what the current Rwandan officials in charge of IT are telling you with regards to where the 13 years of NICI Plan have taken Rwanda.http://www.rdb.rw/rdb/ict.html
What you read on the RDB website confirms one's worst fears of who is running Rwanda.
• "Information and Communication Technology is a central engine to driving Rwanda's transformation to a knowledge based economy";
• Rwanda is "acknowledged by allocating a budget to ICT – as a percentage of its GDP – that is at par with OECD countries."
• "Rwanda continues to be one of the fastest growing African countries in ICT;"
• Rwanda's ICT Competitive advantage includes "cheap labor compared to other countries in the Region", "low levels of corruption – Zero tolerance" and "strong & visionary leadership;"
• Total IT infrastructure investment so far is "US$ 150million."
Where in the world did you ever hear of a seven-year IT pilot project "which would give us an idea of how an ICT city would be"? The arrogant infant abusing our intelligence by feeding us such trash is not aware that great IT companies started in garages, including Amazon, Apple, and Hewlett-Packard. Somebody tell this would-be public servant that it is the brainpower and innovation, stupid – not space!http://www.retireat21.com/blog/10-companies-started-garages
-“The root cause of the Rwandan tragedy of 1994 is the long and past historical ethnic dominance of one minority ethnic group to the other majority ethnic group. Ignoring this reality is giving a black cheque for the Rwandan people’s future and deepening resentment, hostility and hatred between the two groups.”
-« Ce dont j’ai le plus peur, c’est des gens qui croient que, du jour au lendemain, on peut prendre une société, lui tordre le cou et en faire une autre ».
-“The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.”
-“I have loved justice and hated iniquity: therefore I die in exile.”
-“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”
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