Submitted by Bankole Olubamise on 10 December, 2010 - 08:48
The world information society space is shrinking in developing world and exploding in the developed world. We have said many times that the key to unlocking development in our developing world is to use technology, especially information technology to explode growth, transform socio-economic space, train the young, prepare human capital and engender development. The truth of the matter is the the world is speedily moving along, whilst we are busy fiddling, like Nero whilst Rome burned!!!
Since the World Summit on Information Society, Geneva 2003 and Tunis 2005, many societies have designed and are desinging new technologies to take their societies into the world of the 21st century where technology drives development. One new development is the dawn of the ubiquitous society.
According to T.-G. Kim in Korea Times July 28, 2006, a Ubiquitous society or city ”is a futuristic urban area in which citizens are provided access to high-speed networks that transmit information of/to people or objects at any time and at any place…”. Jack Turner described a ubiquitous society is this graphic detail ”heading home, your new broadband cell phone connects to a number of your appliances. It ensures your bath will be run by the time you get home, and tells the fridge to have those beers cooled to just above freezing. The fridge, in a panic over there being less than a glassful of milk for breakfast, orders a bottle from the online supermarket, and next contacts your wife, who calls to say you forgot the milk again and "will never change." Then comes a voice message giving you the quickest route home, downloaded from the network and based on weather and traffic conditions. This may all sound like it's straight out of a science fiction movie, but what is being called the "new Internet" is right around the corner, and Japan, as usual, is leading the way.”
Japan leaped into the information society between 2000 and 2005. “The first e-Japan policy was launched in 2001 by Prime Minister Mori, who many would probably remember for his political gaffes rather than for his prowess in IT policy. The government first adopted a Basic IT Law and established the IT Strategic Headquarters. Soon after, it introduced the e-Japan Priority Policy Program, which had the lofty goal of creating an Internet society in which all information is digitized and universally available via a low-cost and convenient open network. The goal was to propel Japan to the forefront of IT within five years.” Of course, by 2005, Japan launched her Ubiquitous society project at the Tunis meeting. Now Nigeria can simply learn from this model. We have a Vision 202020 document now and a National e-Strategy Plan built on twelve pillars (of economic sectors)-Nigeria has this often repeated maxim that the private sector will drive developed( I personally don’t agree) and am sure it will cascade down (the wrong way round to do a policy, if you ask me), now each local government and state administration including city or town councils must be asked to develop their own vision202020 and e-strategy, this is the only way to begin a ubiquitous society.
If Japan can spend only five years to launch their information society, then Nigeria can. Why Japan? Because of the similarities. Japan is a multi-religious society, with a Language that few people outside Japan actually understand. Forget about their long history of technological development, when it comes to ICT4D, only two things matter, funds and ideas- just pay for the Human capital that will transform your ideas into reality and pay them to train you to master your destiny.
The ubiquitous society connects everyone and everything, where anyone, anytime and anywhere can benefit from the use of terminals and networks without even being aware of the existence of the network. The necessary steps to progress from e- to u- are to "unplug" conventional devices by making them wireless and portable, and to "plug" other appliances onto the network by inserting connection devices.
RFID; VoIP, and IPv6.
Radio frequency identification (RFID) is a technology that uses devices attached to objects for transmitting data to a receiver. These devices can be pieces of hardware as large as a paperback book for attachment to ocean containers, or as small as a tiny device inserted into a package label. Just this morning I woke up fantasizing, what if we insert a chip in every bag of fertilizer, and set up a tracking system that makes sure they get to the farmer rather the current highly corrupt system, where the government pays huge amount for imported fertilizers and they get stolen and exported to other countries by unscrupulous government officials! Just thinking, what if? A uNigeria is possible and potentially practicable, we only need thinkers and focused implementers in the corridors of Aso Rock to get things going, would somebody please wake up?
What are the benefits of ubiquity? A u-city relies on ubiquitous technologies, e.g. RFID, VoiP, IPv6, Broadband and other latest technologies. Data and information sharing within the city becomes easy, e-Democracy may become a kind of integrative form of democracy that helps to integrate different forms and mechanisms of democratic governance, thus contributing to our ability to cope with the requirements of network society. U-Democracy becomes easy and citizens can reach their representatives and monitor their contributions to national development, instead of the fat cat system that we currently have in place. Intelligence is built into buildings, streets etc. We can have such innovations like : u-Community development, u-Community networks, u-Participation forum, u-Feedback channels, u-Polling and u-consultation, u-Neighbourhood councils, u-Channel to public officials, u-Public service portal, u-Citizen juries, etc.
Examples of u-cities, - San Francisco, Philadelphia, Mountain View, California, - Oulu, Tampere, Stockholm, Taipei, Seoul, Singapore, Osaka, Hong Kong etc. Why not Abuja, Lagos and Ipetu-Ijesa?
Bankole Olubamise, a ICT4D expert lives in Abuja, Nigeria and can be reached thru: bolubamise@yahoo.com
Comments
An excellent article, Bankole! Thanks for sharing. There is indeed much food for
thought here.
Have a great weekend
Ian Bentley
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From: bolubamise <***@***.***>
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Sent: Fri, December 10, 2010 7:48:12 AM
Subject: [connect] A Ubuquitous Nigerian Society? By Bankole Olubamise.
A Ubuquitous Nigerian Society? By Bankole Olubamise.
The world information society space is shrinking in developing world and
exloding in the developed world. We have said many times that the key to
unlocking development in our developing world is to use technology, especially
information technology to explode growth, transform socio-economic space, train
the yound, prepare human capital and engender development. The truth of the
matter is the the world is speedily moving along, whilst we are busy fidlling,
like Nero whilst Rome burned!!!
Since the World Summit on Information Society, Geneva 2003 and Tunis 2005, many
societies have designed and are desinging new technologies to take their
societies into the world of the 21st century where technology drives
development. One new development is the dawn of the ubiquitous society.
According to T.-G. Kim in Korea Times July 28, 2006, a Ubiquitous society or
city ”is a futuristic urban area in which citizens are provided access to
high-speed networks that transmit information of/to people or objects at any
time and at any place…”. Jack Turner described a ubiquitous society is this
graphic detail ”heading home, your new broadband cell phone connects to a
number of your appliances. It ensures your bath will be run by the time you get
home, and tells the fridge to have those beers cooled to just above freezing.
The fridge, in a panic over there being less than a glassful of milk for
breakfast, orders a bottle from the online supermarket, and next contacts your
wife, who calls to say you forgot the milk again and "will never change." Then
comes a voice message giving you the quickest route home, downloaded from the
network and based on weather and traffic conditions. This may all sound like
it's straight out of a science fiction movie, but what is being called the "new
Internet" is right around the corner, and Japan, as usual, is leading the way.”
Japan leaped into the information society between 2000 and 2005. “The first
e-Japan policy was launched in 2001 by Prime Minister Mori, who many would
probably remember for his political gaffes rather than for his prowess in IT
policy. The government first adopted a Basic IT Law and established the IT
Strategic Headquarters. Soon after, it introduced the e-Japan Priority Policy
Program, which had the lofty goal of creating an Internet society in which all
information is digitized and universally available via a low-cost and convenient
open network. The goal was to propel Japan to the forefront of IT within five
years.” Of course, by 2005, Japan launched her Ubiquitous society project at the
Tunis meeting. Now Nigeria can simply learn from this model. We have a Vision
202020 document now and a National e-Strategy Plan built on twelve pillars (of
economic sectors)-Nigeria has this often repeated maxim that the private sector
will drive developed( I personally don’t agree) and am sure it will cascade down
(the wrong way round to do a policy, if you ask me), now each local government
and state administration including city or town councils must be asked to
develop their own vision202020 and e-strategy, this is the only way to begin a
ubiquitous society.
If Japan can spend only five years to launch their information society, then
Nigeria can. Why Japan? Because of the similarities. Japan is a multi-religious
society, with a Language that few people outside Japan actually understand.
Forget about their long history of technological development, when it comes to
ICT4D, only two things matter, funds and ideas- just pay for the Human capital
that will transform your ideas into reality and pay them to train you to master
your destiny.
The ubiquitous society connects everyone and everything, where anyone, anytime
and anywhere can benefit from the use of terminals and networks without even
being aware of the existence of the network. The necessary steps to progress
from e- to u- are to "unplug" conventional devices by making them wireless and
portable, and to "plug" other appliances onto the network by inserting
connection devices.
RFID; VoIP, and IPv6.
Radio frequency identification (RFID) is a technology that uses devices attached
to objects for transmitting data to a receiver. These devices can be pieces of
hardware as large as a paperback book for attachment to ocean containers, or as
small as a tiny device inserted into a package label. Just this morning I woke
up fantasizing, what if we insert a chip in every bag of fertilizer, and set up
a tracking system that makes sure they get to the farmer rather the current
highly corrupt system, where the government pays huge amount for imported
fertilizers and they get stolen and exported to other countries by unscrupulous
government officials! Just thinking, what if? A uNigeria is possible and
potentially practicable, we only need thinkers and focused implementers in the
corridors of Aso Rock to get things going, would somebody please wake up?
What are the benefits of ubiquity? A u-city relies on ubiquitous technologies,
e.g. RFID, VoiP, IPv6, Broadband and other latest technologies. Data and
information sharing within the city becomes easy, e-Democracy may become a kind
of integrative form of democracy that helps to integrate different forms and
mechanisms of democratic governance, thus contributing to our ability to cope
with the requirements of network society. U-Democracy becomes easy and citizens
can reach their representatives and monitor their contributions to national
development, instead of the fat cat system that we currently have in place.
Intelligence is built into buildings, streets etc. We can have such innovations
like : u-Community development, u-Community networks, u-Participation forum,
u-Feedback channels, u-Polling and u-consultation, u-Neighbourhood councils,
u-Channel to public officials, u-Public service portal, u-Citizen juries, etc.
Examples of u-cities, - San Francisco, Philadelphia, Mountain View, California,
- Oulu, Tampere, Stockholm, Taipei, Seoul, Singapore, Osaka, Hong Kong etc. Why
not Abuja, Lagos and Ipetu-Ijesa?
Bankole Olubamise, a ICT4D expert lives in Abuja, Nigeria and can be reached
thru: ***@***.***
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An excellent article, Bankole! Thanks for sharing. There is indeed much food for
thought here.
Have a great weekend
Ian Bentley
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From: bolubamise <***@***.***>
To: Connect <***@***.***>
Sent: Fri, December 10, 2010 7:48:12 AM
Subject: [connect] A Ubuquitous Nigerian Society? By Bankole Olubamise.
A Ubuquitous Nigerian Society? By Bankole Olubamise.
The world information society space is shrinking in developing world and
exloding in the developed world. We have said many times that the key to
unlocking development in our developing world is to use technology, especially
information technology to explode growth, transform socio-economic space, train
the yound, prepare human capital and engender development. The truth of the
matter is the the world is speedily moving along, whilst we are busy fidlling,
like Nero whilst Rome burned!!!
Since the World Summit on Information Society, Geneva 2003 and Tunis 2005, many
societies have designed and are desinging new technologies to take their
societies into the world of the 21st century where technology drives
development. One new development is the dawn of the ubiquitous society.
According to T.-G. Kim in Korea Times July 28, 2006, a Ubiquitous society or
city ”is a futuristic urban area in which citizens are provided access to
high-speed networks that transmit information of/to people or objects at any
time and at any place…”. Jack Turner described a ubiquitous society is this
graphic detail ”heading home, your new broadband cell phone connects to a
number of your appliances. It ensures your bath will be run by the time you get
home, and tells the fridge to have those beers cooled to just above freezing.
The fridge, in a panic over there being less than a glassful of milk for
breakfast, orders a bottle from the online supermarket, and next contacts your
wife, who calls to say you forgot the milk again and "will never change." Then
comes a voice message giving you the quickest route home, downloaded from the
network and based on weather and traffic conditions. This may all sound like
it's straight out of a science fiction movie, but what is being called the "new
Internet" is right around the corner, and Japan, as usual, is leading the way.”
Japan leaped into the information society between 2000 and 2005. “The first
e-Japan policy was launched in 2001 by Prime Minister Mori, who many would
probably remember for his political gaffes rather than for his prowess in IT
policy. The government first adopted a Basic IT Law and established the IT
Strategic Headquarters. Soon after, it introduced the e-Japan Priority Policy
Program, which had the lofty goal of creating an Internet society in which all
information is digitized and universally available via a low-cost and convenient
open network. The goal was to propel Japan to the forefront of IT within five
years.” Of course, by 2005, Japan launched her Ubiquitous society project at the
Tunis meeting. Now Nigeria can simply learn from this model. We have a Vision
202020 document now and a National e-Strategy Plan built on twelve pillars (of
economic sectors)-Nigeria has this often repeated maxim that the private sector
will drive developed( I personally don’t agree) and am sure it will cascade down
(the wrong way round to do a policy, if you ask me), now each local government
and state administration including city or town councils must be asked to
develop their own vision202020 and e-strategy, this is the only way to begin a
ubiquitous society.
If Japan can spend only five years to launch their information society, then
Nigeria can. Why Japan? Because of the similarities. Japan is a multi-religious
society, with a Language that few people outside Japan actually understand.
Forget about their long history of technological development, when it comes to
ICT4D, only two things matter, funds and ideas- just pay for the Human capital
that will transform your ideas into reality and pay them to train you to master
your destiny.
The ubiquitous society connects everyone and everything, where anyone, anytime
and anywhere can benefit from the use of terminals and networks without even
being aware of the existence of the network. The necessary steps to progress
from e- to u- are to "unplug" conventional devices by making them wireless and
portable, and to "plug" other appliances onto the network by inserting
connection devices.
RFID; VoIP, and IPv6.
Radio frequency identification (RFID) is a technology that uses devices attached
to objects for transmitting data to a receiver. These devices can be pieces of
hardware as large as a paperback book for attachment to ocean containers, or as
small as a tiny device inserted into a package label. Just this morning I woke
up fantasizing, what if we insert a chip in every bag of fertilizer, and set up
a tracking system that makes sure they get to the farmer rather the current
highly corrupt system, where the government pays huge amount for imported
fertilizers and they get stolen and exported to other countries by unscrupulous
government officials! Just thinking, what if? A uNigeria is possible and
potentially practicable, we only need thinkers and focused implementers in the
corridors of Aso Rock to get things going, would somebody please wake up?
What are the benefits of ubiquity? A u-city relies on ubiquitous technologies,
e.g. RFID, VoiP, IPv6, Broadband and other latest technologies. Data and
information sharing within the city becomes easy, e-Democracy may become a kind
of integrative form of democracy that helps to integrate different forms and
mechanisms of democratic governance, thus contributing to our ability to cope
with the requirements of network society. U-Democracy becomes easy and citizens
can reach their representatives and monitor their contributions to national
development, instead of the fat cat system that we currently have in place.
Intelligence is built into buildings, streets etc. We can have such innovations
like : u-Community development, u-Community networks, u-Participation forum,
u-Feedback channels, u-Polling and u-consultation, u-Neighbourhood councils,
u-Channel to public officials, u-Public service portal, u-Citizen juries, etc.
Examples of u-cities, - San Francisco, Philadelphia, Mountain View, California,
- Oulu, Tampere, Stockholm, Taipei, Seoul, Singapore, Osaka, Hong Kong etc. Why
not Abuja, Lagos and Ipetu-Ijesa?
Bankole Olubamise, a ICT4D expert lives in Abuja, Nigeria and can be reached
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