May 2011 - KICTANet

Dirty IPs
by robert yawe 13 May '11

13 May '11

Hi, This post has nothing to do with the sewer laid fibre cable but IPs that are treated as being sources of spam. My ISP has issues with their IP ranges more because of having a wide open smtp server, what recourse do I have with them when they do not resolve the issue? 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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Fwd: Voice charges to fall further with revised rates
by Eng. Wainaina Mungai 13 May '11

13 May '11

Something for the *real* "consumer" to celebrate ;-) .... --------------- By MARK OKUTTAH 27 April, 2011 Safaricom and Telkom Kenya have lost their bid to stop the reduction of mobile telephony interconnection charges in June, setting the stage for a further fall in calling rates. Interconnection charge —which operators pay rival networks for handling their calls—is set to drop from Sh2.21 per minute to Sh1.44 in July and Sh1.25 in July 2012, giving the operators room to further reduce their per minute voice charges. In February, Telkom Kenya and Safaricom asked the government to put on hold for two years the annual reduction of interconnection charges that started in 2006, arguing that it would intensify the ongoing price war and hurt the operators’ profits, jeopardise job security and slow new investments in the local telecom arena. This prompted the Prime Minister’s office to form a task force that will determine whether to hold off revising the charges or let the revisal run as earlier set by the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK). The taskforce returned a verdict that charges should run their course. “*Nothing has changed and mobile termination rates were done through consultation and they shall remain as such,*” said Charles Njoroge, Director-General, CCK. He added that the downward fall in the connection charges does imply that calling rates will fall adding that tariffs are mainly influenced by market forces. The government’s verdict is a blow to Telkom Kenya—the operators of the Orange network—and Safaricom who, unlike their rivals Airtel and Essar, have criticised the free fall in airtime prices, made possible by the fall in interconnection charges. The charges dropped to Sh2.21 in July from Sh4.42 in July 2009, giving Airtel room to set off a vicious price war in Kenya’s voice market that has seen tariffs fall by more than 50 per cent since August, cutting subscribers’ monthly budget for airtime by half. The interconnection charge has come down from Sh6.28 in July 2007 to Sh2.21 last July and was set to drop to Sh1.44 this year and Sh0.99 in 2013. The reduction of the interconnection fee was informed by the need to reduce the cost of calls across networks, which had remained as high as Sh25 in 2007, compared to Sh12 for calls within the same network. This made it difficult for the small operators to gain market share from Safaricom, whose stake was about 83 per cent and who effectively used the high cross-network charges to win subscribers and discourage subscribers from switching networks. ..... http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate+News/Voice+charges+to+fall+fur…

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Kenya ICT Board Tandaa Talk live stream
by Paul Kukubo 12 May '11

12 May '11

Listers for those who are interested, the 7th Tandaa Tech Talk taking place today at the Ihub, Nairobi and can be streamed live. Subject "Social Media beyond Facebook". Follow tandaa tech talk sponsored by @CapitalfmKenya<http://twitter.com/CapitalfmKenya>through live stream on the following link http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/tv/tandaa #Tandaa<http://twitter.com/#%21/search?q=%23Tandaa> Follow on twitter @tandaaKENYA and #tandaa or #tandaakenya Tandaa is the Kenya ICT Board initiative on the promotion of local digital content. www.tandaa.co.ke 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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Kenya ICT Board hands over Pasha cheque
by Paul Kukubo ICT Board 12 May '11

12 May '11

Listers Kenya Information & Communications Technology Board Teleposta Towers, 12th Floor, Kenyatta Ave P.O.Box 27150 - 00100 Nairobi, KENYA Tel: +254 20 2089061/2211960 | Fax: 254-20-2211962 Email: info(a)ict.go.ke | web: www.ict.go.ke Press Release: Successful Loan Applicants Selected Date: Wednesday 11th May 2011 Kenya ICT Board is today giving Family Bank a cheque of USD 1.3 Million to start the first round of lending out the revolving fund. A total of 37 applicants have been approved. For this first round, the 37 applicants represent 37 constituencies and 24 counties across Kenya. Family Bank received 689 applications out of a total of 800 inquiries made. The 37 approved applicants have demonstrated various business ideas within their proposed Pasha centres ranging from; youth training, e-library services, website development, government services facilitation, teacher training, KCPE and KCSE online registrations, software development to name a few. The revolving fund will be disbursed as a loan by Family Bank, repayable over a three (3) year periodwith a 3 months grace period, but will have a flexible repayment period and below-market rate of interest – to a maximum of 10.5%. The loan applicant will be required to finance at least 10% of the business while the revolving fund will finance a maximum of 90% of the investment. The breakdown of the successful applicants is as follows: •Less than Kshs 1 M, 13 applicants •Between Kshs 1 and less than 2M, 16 applicants •From Kshs 2M – 3 M 8 applicants The objective of these loans is to enable prospective entrepreneurs to obtain access to credit which might not be available to them via existing micro–credit systems. The Pasha project falls under the Kenya ICT Board’s digital inclusion pillar which aims to increase access to ICTs by citizens across Kenya. It complements the other Kenya ICT Board agenda to stimulate job and wealth creation in ICT through entrepreneurship and is in line with Kenya’s Vision 2030. The List below shows the 37 successful applicants who will start off the Pasha centres in different constituencies. Note that the Kenya ICT Board plans to open 210 pasha centres countrywide; one per constituency. APPLICANT NAME COUNTY CONSTITUENCY Zacheaus Adukeyi Kubasu BUSIA Butula Edwin Odembo BUSIA Funyula Symphrose Ouma SIAYA Alego Alice Bosibori Onsarigo/Jude Chrispo Kikuyu/John Kieti Makila MAKUENI Makueni Alex Mwiti Kungutia/Enos Opati Ongute/Lawerence Wambugu Kemoche MERU Igembe Charles Gicira Warukira EMBU Manyatta Ayub Samba VIHIGA Vihiga Lucy Wanjiku Kinyanjui KIAMBU Kabete Benard Muriuki Mucheke/Jane Wanja Ndwiga NAIROBI Makadara Samuel Karanja Ngugi Muranga Kigumo Qassim Mukoya Kupuoni KAKAMEGA Matungu Nzambu Nasson Mwathe/Immaculate Nthambi Mutuku KAJIADO Kajiado Wilbert Cheruiyot / Eric Chirchir of San Systems Technologies BOMET Bomet Jared Odoyo Kwaga/Christine Akinyi Ochola MIGORI Migori David Kipkemboi Tuikong NANDI Emgwen Cuthbert Mcharo Idawo TAITA TAVETA Wundanyi Kipkorir Aly Azad Rana/Mohammed Halim Rana KISUMU Kisumu Town West Directors of NGO KISUMU Nyando Millicent Achieng Agoro Otieno Nyakach Elijah Kitati Mwaniki GARISSA Ijara jeremiah wando mbugua/geoffrey thuo gaitheru KIAMBU Limuru Philip Kimeu Mulovi/John Musau Kimeu MACHAKOS Mbooni Abel Koome Gitura MERU Central Imenti Douglas Kabii Munyua MERU North Imenti Paul Onyango Owino KILIFI Kaloleni Walad Ahmed Walad/Salma Said Mohamed KILIFI Malindi Eric Wesonga Simiyu MOMBASA Likoni Philip Muguro Ngugi MURANG'A Maragua Joseph Kirite NYANDARUA Kinangop Oscar Gwehona Gidei/Reuben Kipchirchir Sirma BARINGO Baringo Central Nelson Kiprono Siongok KERICHO Belgut Geoffrey Gitau Kamau/Veronica Muringi Gitau KIAMBU Juja Kinoti Marete George MERU Nithi Peter Gichohi Gitau LAIKIPIA Laikipia West Pharis Migwi Baaru NYANDARUA Ol Kalou Paul Karanja Kamami KIAMBU Gatundu North Robert Okoth Okwany/Frank Otieno Owiti HOMA BAY Rangwe For more information contact Email digitalvillages(a)ict.go.ke www.ict.go.ke The Kenya ICT Board is a State Corporation under the State Corporations Act 446 Sent from my iPad 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 personal blog: www.paulkukubo.co.ke personal twitter: @pkukubo

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Re: [kictanet] Vodafone Group Owns Yu
by Mark Mwangi 12 May '11

12 May '11

Ok I understand now. Thanks for clearing that up. On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Michael Joseph <JMichael(a)safaricom.co.ke>wrote: > The information is not correct. Vodafone Essar is owned jointly by Vodafone > and Essar. Essar on it's own is the owner of Essar Kenya > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 11 May 2011, at 10:15, "Mark Mwangi" <mwangy(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > At Michael and the rest please have a look at > <http://www.yu.co.ke/company-profile>http://www.yu.co.ke/company-profileand > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodafone_Essar> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodafone_Essar to me it is clear that > Vodafone now owns the Indian Essar operation which is the parent company of > Yu Kenya. Local shareholding information is scanty. > > On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 7:59 AM, Dennis Kioko < <dmbuvi(a)gmail.com> > dmbuvi(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Yu is owned by Essar . Essar had a partnership with Vodafone in India >> which I don't think extended to other countries. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke>kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> <http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet> >> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at >> <http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/mwangy%40gmail.com> >> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/mwangy%40gmail.com >> >> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform >> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and >> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT >> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. >> >> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors >> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, >> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do >> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >> > > > > -- > Regards, > > Mark Mwangi > > <http://mwangy.posterous.com>http://mwangy.posterous.com > > Skype : mark.mwangy > > > > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > Unsubscribe or change your options at > <http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/mjoseph%40safaricom.co…> > http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/mjoseph%40safaricom.co… > > > The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for > people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and > regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT > sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. > > KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors > online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, > share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do > not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. > > ------------------------------ > *Note:* > All emails sent from Safaricom Limited are subject to Safaricom’s Email > Terms & Conditions. Please click here<http://www.safaricom.co.ke/Emailtermsandconditions>to read the policy. > ------------------------------ > * * > -- Regards, Mark Mwangi http://mwangy.posterous.com Skype : mark.mwangy

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Re: [kictanet] www.KIE.go.ke
by S.Murigi Muraya 12 May '11

12 May '11

Early learning & primary education syllabus / curriculum. -----Original Message----- From: Cleophas Barmasai <cbarmasai(a)gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, 12 May 2011 08:44 To: S.Murigi Muraya <murigi.muraya(a)gmail.com> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] www.KIE.go.ke Were you looking for www.kie.ac.ke? On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 6:25 PM, S.Murigi Muraya <murigi.muraya(a)gmail.com> wrote: Need some information @ www.KIE.go.ke but it seems to be down. Does anyone know when can it be expected back up? . _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/cbarmasai%40gmail.com The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. -- Sincerely, Cleophas Barmasai "For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, a [The entire original message is not included]

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www.KIE.go.ke
by S.Murigi Muraya 12 May '11

12 May '11

Need some information @ www.KIE.go.ke but it seems to be down. Does anyone know when can it be expected back up? .

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Re: [kictanet] Attachment for 06.05.2011 Press release
by Alice Munyua 11 May '11

11 May '11

Thank you Ken. David this can go to the website as well, after we have corrected the contact details at the bottom of the release. Alice > Hi, > > Please find attached the very first Press Release sent out on the 6^th > May 2011, after a Press Briefing on the IGF Forum. > > Regards, > > Khweza Consulting Ltd. >

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AfricaConnect project signed
by Tiwonge Bandar 11 May '11

11 May '11

*Africa-Europe research collaboration to be transformed by EC-funded research infrastructure* *Boost for African research as European Commission injects €14.75M into regional research and education connectivity* * * *Gaborone, Botswana, and Cambridge, UK, 11 May 2011:* DANTE, the international research network operator, and the European Commission’s EuropeAid Cooperation Office today announce the signature of a €14.75M contract for support to a sub-Saharan African intra-regional research networking infrastructure which is already interconnected to the pan-European research network, GÉANT. Eighty percent of the project’s funding will come from the European Commission’s EuropeAid Co-operation Office, and the remainder will be contributed by the African partners in the project. The contract represents a significant injection of capital to develop research networking infrastructure across sub-Saharan Africa and with Europe. The initiative will dramatically accelerate the development of the Information Society in Africa, providing advanced data communications infrastructure and enabling African researchers to collaborate more easily in advanced international research projects. Within the framework of the Africa Caribbean Pacific Islands (ACP) programme, the AfricaConnect project will establish a high-capacity Internet network for research and education in Southern and Eastern Africa to provide the region with a gateway to global research collaboration, the objective of which is to overcome the current limitations of international research collaboration within sub-Saharan Africa and towards Europe, and to foster research and education collaboration and advancement within and between these regions. The project will be strongly collaborative, so whilst DANTE will coordinate AfricaConnect, they will be partnered by DANTE’s regional counterpart organisations in Africa – UbuntuNet Alliance covering Eastern and Southern Africa, and WACREN covering Western and Central Africa – as well as the Association of African Universities; existing National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) in Africa (DRC, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia); and several European NRENs (Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal and the UK). All will work to ensure that the project benefits all of sub-Saharan Africa. “We are delighted to see this project underway,” said Cathrin Stöver, DANTE’s International Relations Manager. “DANTE has a strong history of supporting regional connectivity including actions in South America and Asia, and we will build on this experience to support African research and education networks as together they transform the research environment in Africa. DANTE always puts the emphasis on partnership in this kind of activity, and we are therefore excited to be working with such a strong group of partners on a project of this importance.” Eng. Dr Francis Tusubira, CEO of the UbuntuNet Alliance agrees: “For the Alliance, this support is invaluable, since our challenges run from the macro-challenge of establishing regional connectivity in a geographical area that could contain the whole of Europe several times over, to the comparative micro-challenge of ensuring that each NREN has the human capacity to set up and operate their national network. Achievement of the impossible is our mantra, and we appreciate the support of the European Commission in this respect - their funding makes the achievement of the impossible a whole lot easier!” DANTE will soon announce an international tender for the connectivity and equipment required for the AfricaConnect project. The infrastructure is expected to be operational by early 2012. The AfricaConnect project is expected to last for four years, after which time the African Project Partners of AfricaConnect will ensure the sustainability of the intra-regional African research network and its direct connection to GÉANT. *About DANTE* DANTE is a non-profit organisation, coordinator of large-scale projects co-funded by the European Commission, and working in partnership with European National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) to plan, build and operate advanced networks for research and education. Established in 1993, DANTE has been fundamental to the success of pan-European research and education networking. DANTE has built and operates GÉANT, which provides the data communications infrastructure essential to the success of many research projects in Europe. DANTE is involved in worldwide initiatives to interconnect countries in the other regions to one another and to GÉANT. DANTE currently manages projects focussed on the Mediterranean, Asia-Pacific and central Asia regions through the EUMEDCONNECT, TEIN and CAREN projects respectively. For more information, visit www.dante.net. *About the UbuntuNet Alliance* UbuntuNet Alliance is, at both the conceptual and implementation levels, a commitment and movement by member NRENs to unlocking Africa’s intellectual potential by ensuring that African Researchers and Educators achieve equity with the rest of the world in terms of ease and cost of access to the global information Infrastructure as well as opportunities for research collaboration . The UbuntuNet Alliance was established in 2005 and registered in 2006 as a not-for-profit regional association of NRENs in Eastern and Southern Africa and currently has 13 members. In January 2009, UbuntuNet Alliance established a 1Gb/s IP interconnection with the GEANT network in London. This connection has recently been upgraded as fibre has become available, prices drop and demands from NRENs increase, The upgrade includes a 10Gb/s IP connection to GEANT and a new 10-Gbps link for dedicated point-to-point connectivity, making Sub-Saharan Africa the first world region outside North America to gain dedicated circuit capacity with Europe. Therefore, the AfricaConnect project builds on a proven relationship between Europe and sub Sahara Africa. For more information visit www.ubuntunet.net -- Tiwonge Msulira Banda, Mobile: +26 59 99 34 07 40 Alt Email: tiwonge(a)banda.name Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. Habakkuk 3:17-18 (KJV) -- Tiwonge Msulira Banda, Mobile: +26 59 99 34 07 40 Alt Email: tiwonge(a)banda.name Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. Habakkuk 3:17-18 (KJV)

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Vodafone Group Owns Yu
by Mark Mwangi 11 May '11

11 May '11

What is the wisdom in allowing one global conglomerate to control<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodafone_Essar>two supposedly independent telecom companies. Let us not kid ourselves by saying they are competing independently. they both serve the interests of their master. What is the CCk's position on this? -- Regards, Mark Mwangi http://mwangy.posterous.com

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