November 2010 - KICTANet

Digital to Analog Conversion
by robert yawe 19 Jun '15

19 Jun '15

Hi, When the migration from analog to digital was initially raised fear was put into the public on how there would be no option but to throw away our analog TV sets and replace them with Digital. Now that digital transmission is finally here we need to look at how to make the migration as painless as possible while at the same time we do not disenfranchise any citizens. It has been mentioned that there are over 1 million TV sets in Kenya today, that means 1 million digital to analog converters will be required over the next 2-3 years. I believe this is a great opportunity for us to go into the electronic assembly business, I would like to propose that we 1st increase duty on converters from the current 35% to 250% so as to discourage the importation of the converters. Then exempt from duty and vat all assembly stations, test equipment and components for anyone who sets up a converter assembly plant, with a 3 year tax holiday. If you setup the plant more than 200 kilometers from Nairobi or Mombasa you receive an addition 2 years tax holiday. I believe this will sort out the issue of substandard converters and will also provide an opportunity for us to develop our electronic devices assembly skills. If you make a net profit of 1,000/- there is a clean 875,000,000/- to be made, close to what the government is spending on purchase of the Malili farm. This is assuming a standard device, there is still a market for those who want high end devices with recording, tuners, USB ports, etc which would mean that the returns could be much higher than projected above. So will we move away from juts being importers and retailers or do we have what it takes to do some value add? Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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Re: [kictanet] KCSE Performance
by Jotham Kilimo Mwale 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

Hi Akich, I found the list you are asking for from The Standard online home page. I have attached the document. Regards, Jotham --- On Thu, 3/4/10, Akich Kwach <kwach(a)archway-productions.com> wrote: From: Akich Kwach <kwach(a)archway-productions.com> Subject: Re: [kictanet] KCSE Performance To: jokilimo(a)yahoo.com Cc: "alewela" <alewela(a)ict.go.ke>, "ke users" <ke-internetusers(a)bdix.net>, "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: Thursday, March 4, 2010, 1:01 AM _filtered #yiv689680575 { font-family:Wingdings;} _filtered #yiv689680575 { font-family:Cambria Math;} _filtered #yiv689680575 { font-family:Calibri;} _filtered #yiv689680575 {margin:70.85pt 70.85pt 70.85pt 70.85pt;} #yiv689680575 P.MsoNormal { MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;FONT-FAMILY:"serif";FONT-SIZE:12pt;} #yiv689680575 LI.MsoNormal { MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;FONT-FAMILY:"serif";FONT-SIZE:12pt;} #yiv689680575 DIV.MsoNormal { MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;FONT-FAMILY:"serif";FONT-SIZE:12pt;} #yiv689680575 A:link { COLOR:blue;TEXT-DECORATION:underline;} #yiv689680575 SPAN.MsoHyperlink { COLOR:blue;TEXT-DECORATION:underline;} #yiv689680575 A:visited { COLOR:purple;TEXT-DECORATION:underline;} #yiv689680575 SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { COLOR:purple;TEXT-DECORATION:underline;} #yiv689680575 SPAN.EmailStyle17 { FONT-FAMILY:"sans-serif";COLOR:#1f497d;} #yiv689680575 .MsoChpDefault { FONT-SIZE:10pt;} #yiv689680575 DIV.Section1 { } #yiv689680575 OL { MARGIN-BOTTOM:0in;} #yiv689680575 UL { MARGIN-BOTTOM:0in;} Many thanks Barnabas for sharing this valuable information. Would you be having the list of top 100 candidates national and provincial categories with names of schools in which the candidates sat for their KCSE exams? If you do, kindly share it. The way the list is published in the media only gives incomplete information. Would you imagine if they announced the names of the winners during the Olympic Games and then they only play the national anthem without mentioning the countries they represent, (in our case the Index numbers represent schools). In the case of Olympic games, one has to go through the catalogue and find out which country is represented by such a flag; similarly, in the case of KCSE relults, those few who knows index numbers for various schools. I am of the view citizens should never be denied information they deserve. All in all your Ministry (MoE) and the KNEC has made good progress by incorporating ICT tools while releasing results. This has greatly saved parents and candidates the costs of running to schools, (some of them miles away) for their results. May God bless this nation to keep moving in the right direction at competitive speed. Akich Kwach ----- Original Message ----- From: Barnabas K. Sang To: kwach(a)archway-productions.com Cc: alewela ; ke users ; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 9:26 AM Subject: Re: [kictanet] KCSE Performance Thought would be of interest to you. Kind regards B. K. Sang _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: kwach(a)archway-productions.com Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/kwach%40archway-produc… -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: jokilimo(a)yahoo.com Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jokilimo%40yahoo.com

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Need for BPO sector re-alignment?
by Edwin Onchari 03 Feb '11

03 Feb '11

Dear Listers and passionate BPO industry practitioners, In recent constructive discussions on the state of the BPO sector in Kenya, and how this will impact the contribution to realizing our Vision 2030 goals, one thing clearly emerged. As a country, we have a fragmented strategy of creating a sustainable industry. I strongly feel that we need to a have a joint communiqué (re-aligning of strategies) from the following and any other agency that has/should have BPO as part of its TORs: 1. Kenya ICT Board (The line ministry and supporting agencies such as CCK) 2. KenInvest 3. OPM- BPO/ITES working group 4. Brand Kenya 5. Vision 2030 secretariat 6. The Kenya BPO Society and by membership extension; KEPSA 7. Any other auxiliary industry/government agencies It is imperative that we have a unified, well thought through, strategy for the sector if we were to achieve much. This call is in the back-drop of many industry start-ups and auxiliary service providers, either shutting shop altogether, or suspending BPO departments in their operations (over 40 start-ups have shut down in the last 4 years with a potential loss of 5000 direct jobs). What are your thoughts? Kind regards, Edwin Being on par in terms of price and quality only gets you into the game.Service wins the game. TONY ALESSANDRA

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Tenders for ICT Board assignments
by Paul Kukubo ICT Board 03 Feb '11

03 Feb '11

Listers Please be aware that the Kenya ICT Board issued expressions if interest as published in yesterday's daily newspapers 1. Expressions of interest for the development of a Kenya ICT incubator. This is a project under the BPO/ITES development program to provide a seed-bed of Kenyan IT firms. 2. Expressions of interest, issued by the Ministry of Information for the Kenya ICT Board. We shall be looking for reputable firms to express interest in providing international country positioning of Kenya Outsourcing. Details on Kenya ICT Board website www.ict.go.ke and click on the link for tenders. Regards Paul Kukubo CEO Kenya ICT Board Sent from my iPad

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Re: [kictanet] Yawe for Post Master General
by Jane Kagiri 07 Dec '10

07 Dec '10

Hi Robert, Thank you for a very well outlined vision. How I wish the appointing authority would give you an opportunity. Meanwhile,I choose to strongly disagree with Bwana PS in regard to the legacy issues he raised. Yawe's vision is comprised of income generating ideas e.g.Renting out banking hall space, Advertising, Selling airtime etc,very minimal resources are required and if anything the organisation would be assured of immediate returns.From the vision I also see numerous job opportunities being created through Ecomerce and the eventual door delivery of mail. Listers, I draw inspiration from how Hon Michuki transformed the public transport sector. He used the same staff his predecessors had used,no retraining,no retrenchment or work force overhaul;just a man who decided to bring sanity on the roads and sanity he brought. Similarly,it also took one man,same task force,same conditions,to undo all what had been done by Hon Michuki at Ministry of Transport. Again Hon Michuki moved to Min of Enviroment,we could have heard excuses of how much resources were needed to clean Nairobi river........................again the river got cleaned. Personally I believe its all dependent on the person at the top. Under our current situation I dont expect Yawe to immediately replace Maj Gen Hussein Ali but the least I would have expected is in the meantime Yawe be introduced to the Post Master General to share on how some of his ideas can be implemented as we wait for the resource and legacy issues to get resolved. Jane Kagiri kagirijane(a)yahoo.com Its impossible to build a tribute of success on a foundation of excuses.

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Felix Aron
by Okech 02 Dec '10

02 Dec '10

Dear Alice, Please add Felix O. Aron to the kicktanet discussion list. Felix Aron is a Project Manager at the Business Market department of Telkom Kenya. His email address is odhiambofelix(a)gmail.com. Thanks and best regards, Okech JMMy blog

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Global broadband prices?
by Paul Kukubo 30 Nov '10

30 Nov '10

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/nov/30/broadband-world-map-p… The cheapest place on the planet to get broadband? Where's the best value for money for broadband<http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/broadband>? South Korea? The UK? No - it turns out to be Hong Kong, according to a study by the broadband consultancy Point Topic. The data, which is collected on a quarterly basis by the company, showcases the best deals on offer to consumers around the world. "Consumers in different countries are faced with very different broadband tariffs, dependent on geography, market and network maturity, local competition and various levels and sources of subsidy," said Fiona Vanier, senior analyst at Point Topic. The map<http://www.openheatmap.com/view.html?map=ProprietorVideoedBlockbuster> above shows an adjusted measure of the cost - specifically, the logarithm of the cost, subtracted from the largest value of cost. This means that larger numbers actually match to lower, rather than higher prices: in Hong Kong the provider, HKBN, offers fibre to the home, with a 1Gbps connection, which costs the equivalent of $0.028 per megabit. The next in the top ten are Japan, Romania, Sweden, Latvia, China, Singapore, Russia, Germany and Finland. The UK finally appears at No.24, ahead of the US which is at No.30. In the standalone tariffs that Point Topic tracks, bandwidth can vary from 150kbps (which arguably isn't broadband, though it tends to be the continuous state of the connection rather than the speed that most focus on) up to 1Gbps. Many come with data limits, email addresses or static IPs, and that is before accounting for "special offers". To help comparison, Point Topic analysed the amount a consumer pays for a megabit of bandwidth, and analysed the cost over a year. "Nine of the ten best value tariffs are either pure fibre or hybrid offerings where fibre is a significant part of the local loop. The exception is Germany where Unity Media offer a cable service that is very competitive," said Vanier. "Prices are stabilising in many markets around the world and overall in the last quarter there was an average increase globally. However there are plenty of countries that are still rolling out new networks and ISPs that are announcing new tariffs. Even in relatively mature markets, like Singapore or Italy, there is room for improvement." Faster downstream speeds usually mean a lower price per megabit but the bandwidth has to be used for those savings to be achieved. "Bandwidth will continue to increase as fibre edges closer to the consumer. Higher speeds generally mean better value for the consumer. All that remains is to work out how best to use it," concluded Vanier. [image: Charles Arthur] <http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/charlesarthur>Posted byCharles Arthur <http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/charlesarthur> Tuesday 30 November 201007.17 GMTguardian.co.uk <http://www.guardian.co.uk/> - [image: Print this]<http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/nov/30/broadband-world-map-p…> - <http://www.guardian.co.uk/email/369186645> - <http://www.guardian.co.uk/share/369186645> - <http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?r2PageId=1486890> - <http://www.guardian.co.uk/contactus/369186645> - larger <http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/accessibility> | smaller<http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/accessibility> Technology <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology> - Broadband <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/broadband> More from Technology blog <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog> on Technology - Broadband <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog+broadband> More blogposts <http://www.guardian.co.uk/tone/blog> More news <http://www.guardian.co.uk/tone/news> - Previous<http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/nov/29/technology-links-news…> - Blog home <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog> Paul Kukubo Chief Executive Officer, Kenya ICT Board PO Box 27150 - 00100 Nairobi, Kenya 12th Floor, Teleposta Towers Koinange Street Tel +254 20 2089061, +254 20 2211960 Fax: +254 20 2211962 website: www.ict.go.ke local content project: www.tandaa.co.ke, www.facebook.com/tandaakenya twitter:@tandaaKENYA BPO Project: www. doitinkenya.co.ke Digital Villages Project: www.pasha.co.ke personal contacts _______________ Cell: + 254 717 180001 skype: kukubopaul googletalk: pkukubo personal blog: www.paulkukubo.co.ke personal twitter: @pkukubo ____________________ Vision: Kenya becomes a top ten global ICT hub Mission: To champion and actively enable Kenya to adopt and exploit ICT, through promotion of partnerships, investments and infrastructure growth for socio economic enrichment

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Fw: AfriNIC elects a New Representative to the NRO-NC
by Walubengo J 30 Nov '10

30 Nov '10

Jambo, Fiona (of the TESPOK fame) has a clinched new role after being elected at the AfriNIC meeting to sit on the NRO-NC. Forget the acronym because in layman terms, it simply means she will be advising ICANN on things to do with IP numbering...I think that's great and she deserves a round of applause... walu. --- On Tue, 11/30/10, Adiel A. Akplogan <adiel(a)afrinic.net> wrote: From: Adiel A. Akplogan <adiel(a)afrinic.net> Subject: [AfriNIC-rpd] Fwd: [AfriNIC-announce] AfriNIC elects a New Representative to the NRO-NC To: "AfriNIC RPD List" <rpd(a)afrinic.net> Date: Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 2:13 AM Begin forwarded message: > Dear Colleagues, > > We are pleased to announce that at the AfriNIC-13 meeting, Mrs. Fiona > Asonga has been appointed as AfriNIC region's representative in the > NRO-NC for a period of 3 years starting 1 January 2011. > > We would like to congratulate Fiona for her election and wish her full > success in her new mission. > > Kind Regards. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Adiel A. Akplogan Tel. +230 466 66 16 > Chief Executive Officer, AfriNIC Fax: +230 466 67 58 > adiel(a)afrinic.net - www.afrinic.net sip: adiel(a)voip.afrinic.net > > _______________________________________________ > announce mailing list > announce(a)afrinic.net > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/announce _______________________________________________ rpd mailing list rpd(a)afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/rpd

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FW: Recruitment: DOT Kenya Country Director
by muriuki mureithi 30 Nov '10

30 Nov '10

Hi listers This is an interesting position for your consideration cheers Muriuki Mureithi "Do not go where the path may lead, but go instead where there is no path and leave a trail," - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Re: [kictanet] Fw: AfriNIC elects a New Representative to the NRO-NC
by charles nduati 30 Nov '10

30 Nov '10

hi fiona, congratulations you truly make us proud. god does reward hard work I remember march this year how hard you worked to ensure that icann 38 meeting that kenya kenic hosted exeeds the expectations and it did go get them girl charles On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:07 EET waudo siganga wrote: >Congratulations to Fiona! Please go and do all that appertains to >that high appointment. Thanks McTim for filling in the background >behind the acronyms. > >Kind Regards, >Waudo >On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:26 +0300, "McTim" <dogwallah(a)gmail.com> >wrote: > > Hi Walu, > >On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 7:50 AM, Walubengo J <[1]jwalu(a)yahoo.com> >wrote: > > Jambo, > Fiona (of the TESPOK fame) has a clinched new role after being > elected at the AfriNIC meeting to sit on the NRO-NC. Forget the > acronym because in layman terms, it simply means she will be > advising ICANN on things to do with IP numbering > >I think we should take this opportunity to do some capacity >building for folk not familiar with the NRO. >[2]nro.net says: >"Formed by the [3]Regional Internet Registries to formalise their >co-operative efforts, the NRO exists to protect the unallocated >Number Resource pool, to promote and protect the bottom-up policy >development process, and to act as a focal point for Internet >community input into the RIR system." >The NRO-NC is, for all intents and purposes the Address >Supporting Organization within ICANN. They coordinate Global >Policies regarding Internet Numbering resources. More can be >found here: >[4]http://nro.net/about/number-council.html > > ...I think that's great and she deserves a round of applause... > >Indeed, as the Chair of the AfriNIC NomCom, I was very, very >pleased to get her nomination and to see her subsequently >elected. > > -- > Cheers, > McTim > "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it > is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel >_______________________________________________ >kictanet mailing list >kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > >This message was sent to: emailsignet(a)mailcan.com >Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman >/options/kictanet/emailsignet%40mailcan.com > >References > >1. mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com >2. http://nro.net/ >3. http://nro.net/about/internet-registries.html >4. http://nro.net/about/number-council.html

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