September 2006 - KICTANet

Vacancies - September 20th, 2006
by alice＠apc.org 21 Sep '06

21 Sep '06

15. Rugmark Foundation USA COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST - Washington, DC, United States The incumbent will be part of a three-person team that will launch and execute a national consumer awareness campaign. The goal of the campaign is to increase the market-share of Rugmark-certified rugs to 15% in the next 10 years, thus eliminating illegal child labour in the carpet industries of India, Nepal and Pakistan. S/he must have 3 to 5 years of communications and marketing experience in a socially responsible business environment. http://www.comminit.com/vacancy2829.html Contact HBrykarz(a)GlobalRecruitment.net 16. Mango Tree EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - Kampala, Uganda The successful applicant will develop the direction and strategy of the company with a 3 to 4 year outlook and design a fiscal strategy to ensure the sustainability of the business. S/he must have BA or BS degree, the ability to plan strategically and globally, and a minimum of 2 years working/volunteering in a developing country, preferably within Africa. http://www.comminit.com/vacancy2842.html Contact mangotreeug(a)yahoo.com 17. Human Rights Law Network PROGRAMME OFFICER- REFUGEE RIGHTS - New Delhi, India The post holder will be responsible for facilitating naturalisation applications of mandate refugees and conducting refugee certificate renewal interviews of mandate refugees. S/he must have a graduate degree in social work, an understanding and interest in Human Rights and 1-2 years experience in working in the issue of human rights, preferably refugee rights. http://www.comminit.com/vacancy2843.html Contact rri.delhi(a)hrln.org and resume(a)hrln.org 18. Center for Health & Gender Equality COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATE - E-CAMPAIGNS & WEBSITE MANAGER - Takoma Park, MD, United States The incumbent will broaden and strengthen the organisation's presence online, in the media and among constituencies and will manage the growing website content, on-line communications, and campaign activities. S/he must have 2-3 years of related work experience with the demonstrated ability to maintain website content/design and develop creative ideas to use web-based vehicles. http://www.comminit.com/vacancy2844.html Contact careers(a)genderhealth.org 19. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development PROGRAMME COORDINATOR-PAKISTAN - Islamabad, Pakistan The successful applicant will provide technical expertise, facilitation and coordination and management support for assigned programme activities in Pakistan. S/he must have a Post Graduate academic background or equivalent experience in areas such a natural resource management or social sciences with expertise in agriculture and rural development. http://www.comminit.com/vacancy2856.html Contact personnel(a)icimod.org 20. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations PROGRAMME OFFICER ROTTERDAM CONVENTION SECRETARIAT - Rome, Italy The post holder will provide technical support in the analysis, development and implementation of activities in support of the Rotterdam Convention. S/he must have 5 years of relevant experience in the development and implementation of programmes/projects relevant to chemicals management including pesticides. http://www.comminit.com/vacancy2845.html Contact VA-113-06-PRJ-AGPP(a)fao.org 21. ACDI/VOCA MONITORING & EVALUATION DIRECTOR - Kirkuk & Erbil, Iraq The incumbent will play key role in the programmatic and managerial aspects of a community-based programme which fosters direct citizen participation in the rehabilitation of their communities to address local needs. S/he must have experience with communications in developing countries, particularly in the Middle East. http://www.comminit.com/vacancy2840.html Contact: please see individual post page for details 22. The Pluralism Fund EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - Washington, DC or New York City, NY, United States The successful applicant will play a critical role in advancing the organisation's mission and shaping a new and vital institution. S/he must have strong organisation-building and representational skills and 7 years or organisational management experience. http://www.comminit.com/vacancy2848.html Contact PluralismFundED(a)aol.com 23. Peace Initiatives Institute EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - Colorado, United States The post holder will be responsible for financial and administrative functions, fundraising on national and international levels and collaborative development of media-driven educational peace building programmes. S/he must have experience with collaborative leadership of teams and projects in non-profit or for-profit sectors. http://www.comminit.com/vacancy2849.html Contact Mccayjd(a)aol.com PULSE Poll http://www.comminit.com/pulse.html Do you agree or disagree? The Communication and Media for Development Manifesto helps to make arguments that will strengthen my work. [For context, please see http://www.comminit.com/drum_beat_363.html] VOTE & Comment - http://www.comminit.com/pulse.html *** 24. University of Southern California PROGRAM DIRECTOR: HOLLYWOOD, HEALTH & SOCIETY PROGRAM - Los Angeles, CA, United States The incumbent will assist in the development, management and coordinating activities of the Hollywood, Health & Society programme. S/he must have at least 5 years of experience in a health care, academic, media or communication organisation as well as knowledge of cancer prevention, screening, treatment and research. http://www.comminit.com/vacancy2835.html Contact: please see individual post page for details 25. Kurdish Human Rights Project RESOURCES & COMMUNICATIONS CO-ORDINATOR - London, United Kingdom The successful candidate will coordinate the organisation's communications, which includes managing the output of print and e-publications and maintaining and developing a resource centre. S/he must have a minimum of 2 years experience of project coordination. http://www.comminit.com/vacancy2850.html Contact khrp(a)khrp.org 26. The South African Institute for International Affairs SENIOR RESEARCHER: APRM & GOVERNANCE PROGRAMME - Johannesburg, South Africa The post holder will be expected to conduct research, facilitate workshops and training sessions, and develop networks with civil society groups and research institutions in Africa. S/he must have strong writing and networking skills. Application deadline is September 25. http://www.comminit.com/vacancy2852.html Contact govenderp(a)saiia.wits.ac.za 27. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development COORDINATOR-REGIONAL RANGELANDS PROGRAMME - Kathmandu, Nepal The successful candidate will coordinate the planning, implementation and monitoring of the organisation's project that promotes an inclusive and holistic management regime of the Hindu Kush - Himalayan Region. S/he must have a PhD or Post Graduate in range management, range science, pasture management or related subject. http://www.comminit.com/vacancy2857.html Contact personnel(a)icimod.org 28. African Network for Strategic Communication in Health & Development EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - Kampala, Uganda The post holder will head the organisation's Secretariat, and will be answerable to a Board of Directors drawn from countries across Africa. S/he will provide leadership, advocate for strategic communication as critical to effectiveness of health and development programming and strengthen the credibility and visibility of the organisation. http://www.comminit.com/vacancy2841.html Contact africomnet(a)gmail.com

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BIG DISH SELECTED AS THIRD REGIONAL CARRIER BY AfrISPA
by Eric Osiakwan 19 Sep '06

19 Sep '06

19th September, 2006 Press Release For Immediate Release (Contact; Eric M.K Osiakwan =96 eric(a)afrispa.org, +233.244.386792) BIG DISH SELECTED AS THIRD REGIONAL CARRIER BY AfrISPA Big Dish have also been selected by the African ISP association, AfrISPA, i= n response to its Request for Service for data transport between the different ISP members of= local Internet Exchange Points. Big Dish Ltd, a new satellite provider incorporated in Mau= ritius has joined the two earlier bidders that successfully met the Request For Service (RFS)= criteria to provide an African Regional Internet Traffic solution. The peering point design can= be extended to allow additional Internet Exchanges to join the network with ease at any ti= me in the future.? ? AfrISPA wants to establish true inter-country connectivity within the Afric= an continent, to remove the current dependence upon overseas carriers and to promote the est= ablishment and growth of African regional data carriers. The establishment of a networ= k of Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) within Africa would also result in reduced costs, im= proved speeds and the improvement of the Internet backbone within Africa as a whole.? ? Big Dish has implemented a project that will revolutionise Internet access = in Africa by breaking the current paradigm of Interconnection charges. This is achieved= by buying substantial amounts of bandwidth where it is inexpensive, and delivering it= via a leased Teleport and bulk space segment. This yields the capacity to deliver bandw= idth via 5 satellites to any corner of Africa, using VSATs and proprietary modem= s. This project can help ISPs in the African market who are currently struggli= ng with high interconnection charges. Simultaneously, the Big Dish network can bec= ome a regional transit and interconnection provider. The project is being used = to easily realize the dream of establishing a Pan African Virtual Internet Exchange (PAVIX) by se= lling transit at each IXP and offering interconnection between all African IXPs. According to Matthew Rudd who is the CEO of Big Dish, =93Big Dish can lever= age its inexpensive bandwidth, burst capabilities and thousands of square feet of r= ack space into a Point to Multipoint configuration. We can connect every national IXP to ea= ch other, and thus exceed the requirements of the original RFS.=94 About AfrISPA? and Big Dish AfrISPA is a continental association of ISP associations. AfrISPA=92s objec= tives include promoting the development of key Internet infrastructure on the African con= tinent. Contact details: - Brian Longwe, General Manager, AfrISPA, Brian(a)pure-id.co= m, +254.733.518.744 - Big Dish Ltd, a new satellite provider incorporated in Mauritius, has imple= mented a project that will revolutionise Internet access in Africa by breaking the= current paradigm of Interconnection charges. Contact details: - Matthew Rudd, CEO, Big Dish Ltd, Mauritius, bigdish@bush= net.net +254.733.625.340 -- Eric M.K Osiakwan Executive Secretary AfrISPA (www.afrispa.org) Tel: + 233.21.258800 Fax: + 233.21.258811 Cell: + 233.244.386792 Handle: eosiakwan Snail Mail: Pmb 208, Accra-North Office: BusyInternet - 42 Ring Road Central, Accra-North Blog: http://afrispa.skybuilders.com/users/Eric/blog.html Slang: "Tomorrow Now" --

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Youth & ICT
by Wainaina Mungai 19 Sep '06

19 Sep '06

Attached is a copy of: 1. Presentation made at the ICT Session of the YES Kenya 2006 summit last week. A full report on the campaign is available on http://projects.takingitglobal.org/wsisyouthkenya 2. The "Kenya Youth Declaration on the Implementation of the National ICT Policy" that should serve as a guide as we ensure youth issues are taken up in the work of organisations such as KICTANet, the YES Fund. Feel free to circulate to other organisations as a reference document. SUGGESTION: The above documents should be useful for PowerUp campaign; lobbying on the ICT Bill and resulting project implementation by private sector, civil society and Ministries (ICT, Youth Affaris; Education etc). Regards, --- Wainaina Mungai http://www.madeinkenya.org SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

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Re: [Kictanet] Fw: Taking a break
by Wainaina Mungai 18 Sep '06

18 Sep '06

Get well soon, Nyaki. --- Wainaina Mungai http://www.madeinkenya.org SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. > -------Original Message------- > From: alice(a)apc.org > Subject: [Kictanet] Fw: Taking a break > Sent: 15 Sep '06 15:06 > > Dear all > > This is to inform you that Catherine Nyaki is taking a health break from > active engagement with KICTAnet activities until further notice. This is an > order from her doctor in Nairobi. > > Nyaki, take care and all the best > > warm regards > alice > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nyaki Adeya" <n_awino(a)hotmail.com> > To: <alice(a)apc.org> > Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 1:03 PM > Subject: Taking a break > > > > Alice, > > > > Due to health reasons I have been forced to go on a go-slow. Therefore I > > will not be able to give my all to KICTANet Activities. I can still help > > you on an advisory level until I am given a clean bill of health. Thank > > you for all the support. > > > > Nyaki > > > > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)kictanet.or.ke > http://kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > Please unsubscribe or change your options at http://kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/wainaina%40madeinkenya.org >

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KICTANet Planning Meeting Minutes
by Judy kimiti 15 Sep '06

15 Sep '06

Dear All, Please find attached the minutes for the KICTANet Planning Meeting that took place on 7th September 2006. Thank you Yours Sincerly Judy Kimiti KICTANet Secretariate --------------------------------- All New Yahoo! Mail Tired of Vi@gr@! come-ons? Let our SpamGuard protect you.

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RE: [Kictanet] African BPO & Call Centre Conference Tuesday 26th September 2006 Panari Hotel, Nairobi
by cliff＠acwsp.com 15 Sep '06

15 Sep '06

Alice, I hope you are doing fine. I would like to ask whether there are any opportunities for some kind of sponsorship to participate in the conference. Thanks and kind regards, Wycliff > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [Kictanet] African BPO & Call Centre Conference Tuesday 26th > September 2006 Panari Hotel, Nairobi > From: alice(a)apc.org > Date: Thu, September 14, 2006 9:43 am > To: Wycliff Ochieng <cliff(a)acwsp.com> > > The first African BPO & Call Centre Conference will be held in Nairobi. > Organized by AITEC Africa, it will provide a forum for international > investors and outsourcing companies to meet local operators and potential > business partners. Please visit http://www.ictpark.com/main/BPO.htm for a > program of events. > > This will be a two-day conference whose main theme is "Business Process > Outsourcing - Employment Creation for the New Millennium". Leading > international experts will be speaking at the conference, as well as > conducting workshops, a master class and an executive breakfast briefing. > The event will include a specialized exhibition on products and services > for the BPO & call centre industry. > > > Date: Start: Tuesday 26th September 2006 > Ends: Wednesday 27th September 2006 > > Time: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm (both days) > > Venue: Panari Hotel, Nairobi > > Cost: KShs. 21,460/- per person (special rate) > > > ICTPark.com invites you to attend the conference at a special rate of > KShs. 21,460/- per person, which is a 50% discounted rate for all those > who will join through ICTPark.com. Kindly email or call the undersigned > on 444 9277 or 444 7655 to make reservations for this conference. > > With Regards, > > Louise Mungai > Program Officer > _____________________________ > > ICTPark.com - Idea Factory Limited, > The Office Park, > Riverside Drive, > PO Box 12 - 00606 Sarit Centre, > Nairobi, Kenya. > Tel: 444 9277 / 7655 > Fax: 444 9210 > > > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)kictanet.or.ke > http://kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > Please unsubscribe or change your options at http://kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/cliff%40acwsp.com

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SFD Meeting at C&P
by Bill Kagai 15 Sep '06

15 Sep '06

Dear all, Circuits & Packets is organising a get-together of FOSS enthusiasts in Kenya to brainstorm our future and issues that have been raised in various mailing lists. This will be held on Software Freedom Day at C&P BoardRoom - 2.00pm-4.00pm. Kindly confirm your attendance by email to me for logistical purposes. billkagai(a)gmail.com -- -- With Kind Regards, Bildad Kagai MD - Circuits & Packets Communications Ltd Content & Training Partner - JKUAT E-Government Academy Suite B2, Tetu Apartments, State House Avenue P. O. Box 20311 - 00200 Nairobi, Kenya Tel. 254 20 2728332 Fax. 254 20 2726965 Cell. 254 724 226600 URL. www.circuitspackets.co.ke URL. www.JKUATEgovAcademy.ac.ke

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African BPO & Call Centre Conference Tuesday 26th September 2006 Panari Hotel, Nairobi
by alice＠apc.org 14 Sep '06

14 Sep '06

The first African BPO & Call Centre Conference will be held in Nairobi. Organized by AITEC Africa, it will provide a forum for international investors and outsourcing companies to meet local operators and potential business partners. Please visit http://www.ictpark.com/main/BPO.htm for a program of events. This will be a two-day conference whose main theme is "Business Process Outsourcing - Employment Creation for the New Millennium". Leading international experts will be speaking at the conference, as well as conducting workshops, a master class and an executive breakfast briefing. The event will include a specialized exhibition on products and services for the BPO & call centre industry. Date: Start: Tuesday 26th September 2006 Ends: Wednesday 27th September 2006 Time: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm (both days) Venue: Panari Hotel, Nairobi Cost: KShs. 21,460/- per person (special rate) ICTPark.com invites you to attend the conference at a special rate of KShs. 21,460/- per person, which is a 50% discounted rate for all those who will join through ICTPark.com. Kindly email or call the undersigned on 444 9277 or 444 7655 to make reservations for this conference. With Regards, Louise Mungai Program Officer _____________________________ ICTPark.com - Idea Factory Limited, The Office Park, Riverside Drive, PO Box 12 - 00606 Sarit Centre, Nairobi, Kenya. Tel: 444 9277 / 7655 Fax: 444 9210

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An EASSy debt for Africa
by Eric Osiakwan 13 Sep '06

13 Sep '06

An EASSy debt for Africa By Eric M.K Osiakwan Visiting Fellow and Scholar, DV Program, Stanford University On the 29th of August 2006, seven (7) Southern and Eastern African countries signed the Inter-Governmental Protocol of the Inter-Government Authority (IGA) of the East and Southern African Submarine System (EASSy) which is the governmental framework through the New Partnership for Africas Development (NEPAD) within which the cable is going to be owned, built and operated. The protocol, which is the outcome of an African led consultative process, mandates that the EASSy cable has an African majority ownership. The current proposal for the cable is a combination of debt and equity financing of 70% against 30% for the total cost of three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000). The question must be asked why do we want to saddle Africa with another debt if the business proposition of the cable is viable? The NEPAD E-Africa Commission, which is facilitating this process with the governments mandate to have an African majority ownership of the cable based on an Open Access structure, must consider my proposal not to accrue debt for this project because much of the money can be raised through equity and stocks on the continent. The EASSy Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) must be owned in a public private partnership with the participation of governments, private sector, educational institutions, network operators, civil society and the consumer. The EASSy SPV should be listed on the various country stock exchanges so that it works within the stock exchange discipline, which allows it stocks to be traded without burdening the company to make huge profits to pay it shareholders. This approach meets the current regulated return on investment clause in the protocol in that the company would not be bent on paying its investors huge profits so would price capacity at cost however the investors can trade their stocks in the company on the stock exchanges to make profit based on the performance of the company. Governments and public institutions must be able to invest public funds, pension funds etc into the EASSy SPV. The stock market would serve as a platform to trade these shares later or an exist strategy to recoup the investment. For the indigenous private enterprises the proposal is to lower the financial uptake for equity from the current one ($1,000,000) to two ($2,000,000) million dollars to between hundreds of thousand of dollars and one million dollars ($1000,000). This must include not only Eastern and Southern Africa private enterprise. Educational institutions who consume a lot bandwidth must also be allowed to invest like the UbuntuNet Alliance which has about three million dollars ($3,000,000) for the purposes of participation in the EASSy SPV. Civil Society and Consumers must be allow to purchase shares or bonds of the EASSy cable on the stock market hence my proposal is for the various governments to guarantee the Initial Public Offering (IPO) of the EASSy SPV in the various country stock exchanges. The trading of stocks of the EASSy SPV on the exchanges would seek to rapidly expand the participation of the African people and create the African ownership, which is the flagship of NEPAD. The process would also generate long-term activities on the exchanges and create a trading post for a critical regional infrastructure company, which would ensure effective and efficient management of the enterprise. This would also have an impact on the stock markets in that trading of an unusual entity would create innovation, ensure that our financial sector is able to re-engineer to scale with development interest and ensure that private interest is at par with development goals to create a win-win situation. The stock market serves as the platform for trading the stocks of the EASSy SPV so that should the company be doing well then the investors can make money by trading their shares; otherwise the stock market is a good exit strategy for those who want to dispose off their shares if the company does do well in their opinion. Why should we saddle Africa with an EASSy debt when the viability of the project can guarantee raising equity for it implementation ensuring that an African led process, is African financed? -- Eric M.K Osiakwan Executive Secretary AfrISPA (www.afrispa.org) Tel: + 233.21.258800 Fax: + 233.21.258811 Cell: + 233.244.386792 Handle: eosiakwan Snail Mail: Pmb 208, Accra-North Office: BusyInternet - 42 Ring Road Central, Accra-North Blog: http://afrispa.skybuilders.com/users/Eric/blog.html Slang: "Tomorrow Now" --

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Fw: [IIEP] Software Freedom Day 2006
by Florence Etta 13 Sep '06

13 Sep '06

FYI sorry for cross posting! FE ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Wayne Mackintosh <wmackintosh(a)COL.ORG> To: ELEARN-OPENSOURCE(a)LST.IIEP-UNESCO.ORG Sent: Saturday, 9 September, 2006 4:44:36 AM Subject: [IIEP] Software Freedom Day 2006 Hi all, No doubt many folk on the list are making preparations for Software Freedom Day on 16 September 2006. I'm working on a small "celebration" of SFD 2006 in relation to FLOSS for education around the Commonwealth. Nothing major - but if anyone in the community would like to add a personal narrative on Wikieducator (http://www.wikieducator.org) - this would be appreciated. As an open community, we also welcome participation from folk outside the Commonwealth. Many projects of the Commonwealth of Learning would simply not be possible without FLOSS technologies and free content. In tribute, and celebration of SFD 2006 around the Commonwealth, I'm collecting a few personal narratives from people like you and me on what free and open source software has meant for your work in education and learning. I looking for personal reflections and anecdotes emphasising that real warm blooded folk are involved in this movement <smile>. I would really appreciate two or three personal paragraphs and possibly an informal photograph on WikiEducator - hope that you can find a gap in your schedule before before 16 September. If you can find the time please create a page linked from http://www.wikieducator.org/SFD_around_the_Commonwealth on WikiEducator - and spread the word among friends to do the same. Much appreciated & chat to you soon. Wayne ____________________________ Wayne Mackintosh Education Specialist, eLearning and ICT Policy Commonwealth of Learning 1055 West Hastings Street, Suite 1200 Vancouver, BC V6E 2E9 Canada www.col.org www.wikieducator.org Tel: +1 604 775 8261 Mobile: +1 604 715 7027 Fax: +1 604 775 8210 email: wmackintosh(a)col.org

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