CISCO Summit Day 1 - Nomhie Canca
December 09, 2007 by Chris | permalink
Nomhie Canca. Chief Executive of South Africa's Blue IQ Company. UNLEASHING THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE.
educated in the US, but went back to SA to found many of the women's empowerment movement. she is now working for Blue IQ which is an agency of the government. its mandate is governed by the Gauteng province to find a sustainable relationship between the government and private sector. all of her projects must find their own legs over time. her economic impact is measured and a win-win solution is the goal of all projects. one of these is the provision of broadband to the greatest range of citizens as possible. this is called B-link:
1. digital inclusion - broadband access for everyone
2. social/global inclusion - incubate the region for national replication
3. service delivery - provide more efficient govt and social services
4. economic development - having an impact
health issues dominate the requirements of the citizens and the areas that they expect gov't to help. they are going to do not only the broadband network, but also the last mile AND, most importantly, the last inch.
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=250108&area=/insight/insight__economy__business/
http://www.theinnovationhub.com/profiles.cfm
http://www.theinnovationhub.com/NewsBits/vol3no9/news03.cfm
