Kah Walla: Time is Now |
Innovation has brought us a lot of what we take for granted in daily life in the 21st century. Computers,cell phones, Ipods, the Internet. Companies like Google and Apple that are leaders in their respective fields have one thing in common, a very horizontal command structure and the ability to turn around on a dime in the twinkle of an eye.
Current US president Barack Obama ran a presidential campaign structured in a similar manner. Decentralized, disciplined and able to react to events even as they occur. Information flows too fast and in a world of 24-hour news cycles, deficiencies in management stick out like a sore thumb.
Kah Walla's campaign for president of Cameroon has all the characteristics of a winner along the lines of Google and Apple in the corporate world or Barack Obama in politics.
Those in her campaign are youths, well versed with the use of computers and the Internet and can quickly rally or mobilize using Facebook, Skype or SMS to coordinate campaign activities.
This is in stark contrast to the regime's CPDM. It is still very old school and leaves a lot to be desired. Less than 20 government ministries have websites and when they do, they are often outdated by more than a year.
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Television is a thing of the past and few people sit for hours to be spoon-fed by the government run CRTV. The private stations in Cameroon have more interesting programming and have taken a larger slice of th audience.
The presidential election in Cameroon in 2011 will be a big test for the role of high-tech in the Third World as a tool to mobilizing people to a cause - in the case at hand, specifically to push Biya to his cherished Switzerland!
Kah Walla 2011!