November 2011 - KICTANet

Orange Kenya plans triple-play offer in 2012
by McTim 03 Nov '11

03 Nov '11

http://www.telecompaper.com/news/orange-kenya-plans-triple-play-offer-in-20… -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel

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FoI Bill
by Edith Adera 02 Nov '11

02 Nov '11

Did you know that....a meeting has been convened by CIC on Draft Access to Information Bill and the Data Protection Bill on the 4th November 2011? ________________ Edith Ofwona Adera Senior Program Specialist Climate Change & Water Program International Development Research Centre | Centre de recherches pour le développement international Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa Tel: +254202713160 | Fax/Téléc: +254202711063 | Skype: edithadera eadera(a)idrc.or.ke | www.idrc.ca | www.crdi.ca ________________________________________

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Internet service Providers: policy and regulations
by Kerubo Ombati 02 Nov '11

02 Nov '11

Hi Listers, Do we have any regulations, policies or directives, governing the conduct of ISP'S?Whether existing or in the pipeline. Regards, Kerubo

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A Crisis can create innovation. Don't waste it.
by Paul Kukubo 02 Nov '11

02 Nov '11

Great example simple ideas. Applicable here. >From Huffingtonpost.com New York: In the wake of the confiscation of gasoline generators by the NYPD, the people of Occupy Wall Street have turned to a new source of power. Within 48 hours of losing their electricity, members of the Sustainability Working Group drove to Occupy Boston to collaborate on the design of bicycle-powered generators. The bikes charge batteries that can run for 100 hours, powering the lighting, cell phones, and laptops of protestors. But there is a downside to charging each battery. "It can take up to two hours of uninterrupted pedaling to reach 12.5 volts," said Ben Tevelow, an electrician from Brooklyn. He decided to join the project and put his skills to use when he heard about it in General Assembly. Isabelle Garbani, an artist who came to donate socks and other comfort items for the protest, pedaled tirelessly for 20 minutes before she was relieved by another participant. The Sustainability Working Group, which includes members from MIT Media Lab, Pedal Power, and Time's Up!, has already received donations of bicycles and other basic parts. They are currently seeking funding from the Finance Working Group and the general public in order to buy expensive electrical equipment that will allow them to build more generators. These will be placed around Liberty Square for the groups that need them the most: three bikes will go to the Media tent, to power all the communication around the protest, and others will go to Legal, Press, Finance, and the Library. Across the park, a projection screen rises above the Library, depicting scenes from classic horror films. The protestors, who have been occupying the park for over a month, are preparing for a Halloween movie night. The projectionist fusses with her equipment, blissfully unaware of the team toiling to power the camp just steps away. "We need this too," she says. -- 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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Online TV and Radio in Kenya
by Edith Adera 02 Nov '11

02 Nov '11

Bwana Ndemo, While we are on your Presidential bid, could you tell us why Kenyan TV and radio stations cannot be watched/listen to online consistently!! I've been very frustrated while on travel or when I want to follow breaking news on the go. It just doesn't work....most of the links are offline! (camera offline etc etc) What is wrong? And what needs to be done differently? Media houses on the list may also want to tell us what's happening? Edith

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Africa-assets.com: African digital content and new Kenyan ICT venture
by Andrea Bohnstedt 02 Nov '11

02 Nov '11

Hey listers, This is in shameless (and also quite excited) self promotion: After mighty dragon-fighting battles, my business partner Rachel Keeler and I are finally ready to go live with our new website: www.africa-assets.com. All about African private equity and venture capital. We hope to make this the main online space for news, analysis, interviews, features etc on private equity in the continent. So far, we've had a very encouraging response, and will be the co-authors and co-publishers of Deloitte's next 2011 East Africa Private Equity Confidence Survey - out in early January. It has by default plenty of African (digital) content, and it's a new Kenyan ICT venture, so I thought I could bug this list with it :) We're also very keen to do more coverage on ICT and telco related private equity/venture capital news, too, so any suggestions and updates would be appreciated. Please keep checking back regularly as there'll be lots more new content. And feel free to email me back (maybe directly rather than to the whole list) with feedback, comments, suggestions - and if you want to be on our mailing list. Have a lovely day, Andrea -- Andrea Bohnstedt <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/andreabohnstedt> Publisher +254 720 960 322 www.africa-assets.com www.ratio-magazine.com Find/post East Africa careers<http://www.ratio-magazine.com/careers/index.php> Find/post conferences, workshops, trainings, other business events<http://www.ratio-magazine.com/businessevents/index.php>

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3772 Kenya Gazette supplement no. 130
by Grace Githaiga 02 Nov '11

02 Nov '11

Listers This may not be related to our discussion on the list but... well you dont want to be caught off guard. Basically the following became effective on 27th October 2011 1. Alco blow 2. Speed cameras 3. Every vehicle has to be equipped with 2 red reflecting warning triangle signs. (Please just go and buy these quick from the street:)) Rgds GG

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Kenyans *are* very active internet users: Twitter warning for Somalis
by Andrea Bohnstedt 02 Nov '11

02 Nov '11

Brilliant: Kenya's military spokesman has warned the residents of 10 towns in Somalia via Twitter that they "will be under attack continuously" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15547512 And yes, I find this difficult, too: 'Maj Chirchir said it was difficult to fit all the information into the 140 characters allowed in a Twitter message' -- Andrea Bohnstedt <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/andreabohnstedt> Publisher +254 720 960 322 www.ratio-magazine.com Find/post East Africa careers<http://www.ratio-magazine.com/careers/index.php> Find/post conferences, workshops, trainings, other business events<http://www.ratio-magazine.com/businessevents/index.php>

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mechanism to inform Kenyan's on the progress to realise vision 2030 goals
by muriuki mureithi 01 Nov '11

01 Nov '11

Hi Listers I beg your indulgence and Kindly request you to respond to the questionnaire below In partnership with Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT), an IBM Corporate Service Team is working with the Kenya Vision 2030 Delivery Secretariat to determine a process to inform Kenyan citizens on the status of the various Vision 2030 flagship projects. As a part of this effort, the Vision 2030 Delivery Secretariat has sponsored a survey for the IBM research team to distribute to Kenya citizens. The purpose of this survey is to: * Understand Kenyan citizens' level of awareness of the Vision 2030 efforts; * Determine the type of information Kenyan citizens would like to learn concerning the Vision 2030 projects; and, * Determine how Kenyan citizens would prefer to receive this information. Below is a link to the survey; it is ten short questions and should take no longer than five minutes to complete: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZVMQMQQ The more responses received will help to ensure that the Vision 2030 efforts are customized to fulfil the needs of Kenyan citizens. We request that this survey is completed by Friday, November 4th. We greatly appreciate your help in this effort. Very best regards Muriuki Mureithi Consultant Member Society of Telecommunications Consultants People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the seas, at the long course of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars, and yet they pass by themselves without wondering - st Augustine cid:image001.jpg@01CBEEFA.ACBDDDB0 Landmark Plaza 13th flr Argwings Kodhek Rd -Opp Nairobi Hospital P O Box 62454 - 00200 Nairobi Kenya tel + 254 20 3673925/2637177 Cell+254 701 016555 <mailto:Info@summitstrategies.co.ke> info(a)summitstrategies.co.ke <http://www.summitstrategies.co.ke/> www.summitstrategies.co.ke Personal Cell +254 722 520090 <mailto:sam@summitstrategies.co.ke> mureithi(a)summitstrategies.co.ke skype; muriukimureithi twitter: @mmureithi

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Final programme for AITEC East Africa ICT Summit, Oshwal Centre, 2-3 November 2011
by Sean Moroney 01 Nov '11

01 Nov '11

Dear Fellow Listers, I wanted to send you the final programme for our ICT Summit which starts tomorrow morning at 9am sharp at the Oshwal Centre. We have some late speaker entrants such as Dr Philip Miller from Carnegie Mellon University in the US who will be speaking on the lead Kenya is taking in software certification. As I have mentioned before, entry is free. If you haven't registered in advance you can do so at the registration desk. And you are welcome to attend whichever sessions are of interest to you. I look forward to seeing you there. Sean PS Video clips on the Summit can be viewed at: http://youtu.be/DlPQ6iO7pi8 http://youtu.be/KIynbK2CX0g http://www.eziki.tv/videos/AITEC-East-Africa-ICT-Summit-2011 Sean Moroney Chairman AITEC Africa seanm(a)aitecafrica.com UK Tel: +44(0)1480-880774 UK Mobile: +44(0)7973-499224 Skype: seanmoroney <mailto:seanmoroneyseanm@aitecafrica.com> seanm(a)aitecafrica.com www.aitecafrica.com <http://www.aitecafrica.comfollow/> Follow us on twitter: http://twitter.com/aitecafrica Forthcoming Events: <http://www.aitecafrica.com/event/view/73> AITEC Mozambique ICT Congress <http://www.aitecafrica.com/event/view/72> AITEC East Africa ICT Summit <http://www.aitecafrica.com/event/view/74> AfriHealth <http://www.aitecafrica.com/event/view/76> Aitec Banking & Mobile Money Comesa InsureAFRICA <http://www.aitecafrica.com/event/view/68> AITEC Banking & Mobile Money West Africa <http://www.aitecafrica.com/event/view/71> Broadcast & Film Africa

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