The first thing that needs pointing out is the promotion of ICT is not an event but a process that needs an efficiently working system. Collaboration of private sector, Customers (users of the technology), research institutions and governments is very essential for communication of success stories and failures of innovations. The more people we have using the technology, the more advertisement we have…therefore for us to have more people using the technology they must be aware of its availability and application, conversant with the technology for example computer literacy. For example in Kenya the government is helping in Ensuring ICT innovations adoption, ADAPTATION and application especially in rural areas by introducing digital villages through entrepreneurs approach which ensures sustainability of the projects. These centers provide the services and also enlighten the people on the availability and application of the same. New innovations need to be well publicized so as ensure that people are aware and can come up with ways of incorporating them into their activities.

The fact that we want to measure the impact means that we are in agreement there is an impact. But when it come to measuring, I think it will be dependent on several factors for example the ICT tools being used, scale, socio economic status of the people among others. Some of the tools are used simultaneously and rarely do they work in isolation which complicates the process of measuring the impact. But one thing is for sure, ICT is here with us and it’s here to stay whether we measure the impact or not. The only thing that matters is the end user approval, if they like it they will adopt it whether it has scientific backing or not. A good example is the case of SRI where research was only done recently years after the method had widespread application by farmers.