• Entrepreneurship Essentials
• Business Creation
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• Business Planning
• Marketing and Communications
• Quality and Research
• Record Keeping
• Financing

The firm will review and provide guidance and solutions regarding all the strategies and plans for the digital villages and assist in assessment of grant proposals and Monitoring and Evaluation reporting.

Ever heard of Mobile Monday? If you are a mobile app developer or mobile entrepreneurs - Mondays will soon be your favorite  day of the week. A Kenyan chapter of the global network of mobile developers called Mobile Monday launched on March 11,2010 at the residence of the Ambassador of Finaland.

The Kenya ICT Board has committed to support Mobile Monday by providing and facilitating interactions for the forum to engage the local developer community.

Speaking at the launch, the Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Information and Communication Dr. Bitange Ndemo emphasized on the importance of local content creation and lauded Mobile Monday on its commitment to ensure that Kenyans now have a collaborative avenue for innovation around mobile content.

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The Kenya ICT Board is in the process of requesting for bids for a 'Status of ICT in Kenya' survey. This survey will assist the government and the ICT industry to make informed decisions on all matters pertaining to investment, addressing gaps in the market, strategy formulation and monitoring and evaluation.

Additionally, the data from this report will be crucial in promoting the country as an ICT destination and lobbying for long term support from the donor community and multi-national investors.

Kenya ICT Board undertakes ISO Certification
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The Kenya ICT Board is in the process of identifying and documenting its process as it prepares to implement ISO 9001/2008.

The ISO certification gives the requirements for quality management systems and is now firmly established as the globally implemented standard for providing assurance about the ability to satisfy quality requirements and to enhance customer satisfaction in supplier-customer relationships.

The process is being led by Kenya ICT Board Governance Manager Rose Macharia.

This process will involve all staff and will ensure that once awarded, the service standards at the board are truly world class.

For more information on this project contact Rose Macharia rmacharia@ict.go.ke

One of the objectives of the Kenya ICT Board is to assist the government adopt e-government projects. This is with a view of the government achieving higher levels of efficiency and service to citizens at a lower cost.

The company registry has been identified as an anchor project for the implementation of digitization and automation due to its important role in creating a conducive business environment for commerce and business in Kenya.

The Registry is currently in the process of  digitizing its documents into a newly installed electronic document management systems (EDMS) and business process workflow for the registration of Business Names and Limited Companies.

The final installment consists of scanning of records and procurement of servers. The systems will have a central server hosting all Company Registry information within the Republic of Kenya in electronic format. Ultimately the relevant records will be in a searchable database. The main objective is to enable the Company Registry offices to efficiently handle over 1,000,000 company files and have these files in a searchable records database.

The project will launch in mid-2010 and will be presided over by the Secretary General , Kenya ICT Board CEO and other dignitaries.

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In this section of our newsletter we aim to shed light (chanoka) on some facet of ICT from online social media to BPO, e-commerce to IT procurement -- in just 5 points. This month: what is Twitter?

1. Twitter is a social networking service that allows people to share messages called 'tweets'. Tweets can be no longer than 140 characters, people tweeting on twitter are called tweeps or tweeple.
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2. You can tweet from your phone or use one of many applications available to enhance your twitting experience. Try Tweetdeck for your desktop, twitter gadget for your iGoogle page or gmail and Twitter counter for your blog or website.
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3. Twitter is great for sharing links to website be it your own  blog or website or interesting news and articles. To save on character space (remember you only have 140) 'shrink' your link with one of these easy to use services: bit.ly, tinyurl.com or ow.ly
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4. Create a conversation around a specific topic by hash-tagging a keyword, for example #onlyinkenya is an ongoing topic on things that tweeps feel only happens in kenya. 
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5. What are people saying about your service or your company on twitter? A good reason for you to be on twitter is to connected with your consumer, clients and/or audience. Its true that there are not as many tweeps as facebookers, but it may be worth keeping an eye on twitter. Have a look at how Kenya Airways and Capital FM use twitter.
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The following Tenders have been advertised; qualified candidates are invited to submit proposals:

The Kenya ICT Board has grown to nearly 40 full time staff. Between November 2009 and January 2010, four project mangers joined the team to support delivery of the Kenya ICT Board's project priority areas.

The Project Managers are Martin Kinyua (Digital Inclusion), Kaburo Kobia (Local Digital Content), Andrew Lowela (Business Processing Operations) and Anthony Mugambi (e-Government services and government shared services).

Also joining the team are Rose Macharia as Governance Manager and Solomon Kitheka as Assistant Project Manager.

The Kenya ICT Board management and staff welcome the new additions to the team.

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