June 2011 - KICTANet

ICANN Approves Historic Change to Internet's Domain Name System Board Votes to Launch New Generic Top-Level Domains
by alice＠apc.org 20 Jun '11

20 Jun '11

ICANN Approves Historic Change to Internet's Domain Name System Board Votes to Launch New Generic Top-Level Domains Singapore | ICANN's Board of Directors has approved a plan to usher in one of the biggest changes ever to the Internet's Domain Name System. The Board vote was 13 approving, 1 opposed, and 2 abstaining. During a special meeting, the Board approved a plan to dramatically increase the number of Internet domain name endings -- called generic top-level domains (gTLDs) -- from the current 22, which includes such familiar domains as .com, .org and .net. "ICANN has opened the Internet's naming system to unleash the global human imagination. Today's decision respects the rights of groups to create new Top Level Domains in any language or script. We hope this allows the domain name system to better serve all of mankind," said Rod Beckstrom, President and Chief Executive Officer of ICANN. New gTLDs will change the way people find information on the Internet and how businesses plan and structure their online presence. Internet address names will be able to end with almost any word in any language, offering organizations around the world the opportunity to market their brand, products, community or cause in new and innovative ways. "Today's decision will usher in a new Internet age," said Peter Dengate Thrush, Chairman of ICANN's Board of Directors. "We have provided a platform for the next generation of creativity and inspiration." The decision to proceed with the gTLD program follows many years of discussion, debate and deliberation with the Internet community, business groups and governments. The Applicant Guidebook, a rulebook explaining how to apply for a new gTLD, went through seven significant revisions to incorporate more than 1,000 comments from the public. Strong efforts were made to address the concerns of all interested parties, and to ensure that the security, stability and resiliency of the Internet are not compromised. ICANN will soon begin a global campaign to tell the world about this dramatic change in Internet names and to raise awareness of the opportunities afforded by new gTLDs. Applications for new gTLDs will be accepted from 12 January 2012 to 12 April 2012.

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the future of infrastructure sharing?
by McTim 18 Jun '11

18 Jun '11

This could work in KE I think! http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110615_world_first_merger_of_a_telco_and_a_… -- 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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Re: [kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 49, Issue 84
by Angela Nganga- Mumo 18 Jun '11

18 Jun '11

Sent from my 4g iPhone powered by Orange On Jun 18, 2011, at 12:01 PM, "kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke" <kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Send kictanet mailing list submissions to > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > You can reach the person managing the list at > kictanet-owner(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of kictanet digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. mHealth for Develompent - Study (Andrea Bohnstedt) > 2. Re: mHealth for Develompent - Study (Andrea Bohnstedt) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:50:39 +0300 > From: Andrea Bohnstedt <andrea.bohnstedt(a)ratio-magazine.com> > To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Cc: Brooke Partridge <brooke.partridge(a)vitalwaveconsulting.com>, > KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: [kictanet] mHealth for Develompent - Study > Message-ID: <BANLkTink6pGSL3QLAz4kCVuoEDsVyJ6+ng(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > Hey all, > > I've spoken to Brooke Partridge of VitalWave Consulting (copied) and it > turns out that the study is available for download from their website: > > The report can be downloaded from > http://www.vitalwaveconsulting.com/insights/articles/mHealth.htm. On this > page, there is also a link to download a summary slide deck of the report > and an audio presentation of the findings. > > > > In case it?s of interest, other reports are also available on our (soon to > be updated) website: > http://www.vitalwaveconsulting.com/insights/articles-presentations.htm. > > Any questions, get in touch with Brooke! > > Happy weekend everyone, > Andrea > > > > > -- > 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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On "hitting it big" with innovation
by Matunda Nyanchama 18 Jun '11

18 Jun '11

Listers may be interested Malcom Gladwell's two books The Outliers and Tipping Point on the above subject with the former focusing on events in society and hard word; the latter on the power individuals and the 'little things' they do shape the world. Message from the former: Hard work is critical to success, however, successful people were often lucky to be in the right place at the right time; plus you must sweat: 10,000 hours of skills development appears to be the rule of the thumb. Unless of course you are in Kenya where (in some cases) public budgets are siphoned away even before the money arrives! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matunda Nyanchama, PhD, CISSP; mnyanchama(a)aganoconsulting.com Agano Consulting Inc.; www.aganoconsulting.com; Twitter: nmatunda; Skype: okiambe ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Be prepared to face ICT Security failures & know how to respond when they happen! Call: +1-888-587-1150 or info(a)aganoconsulting.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk I have a workstation…" - Anonymous ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail, including attachments, may be privileged and may contain confidential or proprietary information intended only for the addressee(s). Any other distribution, copying, use, or disclosure is unauthorized and strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and permanently delete the message, including any attachments, without making a copy. Thank you.

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Online registration for the IGF Nairobi meeting is now open
by alice＠apc.org 18 Jun '11

18 Jun '11

(Apologies for cross posting) Please could you pass this information along to your respective stakeholder groups. Will be good if most participants are pre-registered online to make security and budgeing process at UNON easier. very best Alice Munyua ------------ Dear All, Online registration for the Nairobi meeting is now open at : http://intgovforum.org/register/index.php registration will be open until 9 September 2011. The open invitation letter by Under-Secretary-General Mr. Sha on behalf of the Secretary-General has also been posted on the IGF website http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/invitation (the pdf version is available at: http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/2011/SDOC5310.pdf ) Best regards Chengetai UN-IGF Secretariat

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mHealth for Develompent - Study
by Andrea Bohnstedt 17 Jun '11

17 Jun '11

Hey all, I've spoken to Brooke Partridge of VitalWave Consulting (copied) and it turns out that the study is available for download from their website: The report can be downloaded from http://www.vitalwaveconsulting.com/insights/articles/mHealth.htm. On this page, there is also a link to download a summary slide deck of the report and an audio presentation of the findings. In case it’s of interest, other reports are also available on our (soon to be updated) website: http://www.vitalwaveconsulting.com/insights/articles-presentations.htm. Any questions, get in touch with Brooke! Happy weekend everyone, Andrea -- 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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Failure of Kenyan Management?
by Dennis Kioko 17 Jun '11

17 Jun '11

"I stepped down from East Africa Venture Capitals to head Wananchi since our $ 170M investment in Wananchi wasn't going well" - Richard Bell at Pivot 25 "Chief executive officer of KDN, Rikus Matthyser, said the company’s new owners, South African technology firm Altech, employed a number of expatriates to “mentor” the local managers for a period of between nine months and two years which triggered a wave of resignations by the senior managers." - Business Daily on *Senior managers quit as expats take over at KDN<http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate+News/Senior+managers+quit+as+e…> * * * The ISP industry exhibits lots of quality issues with almost everyone agreeing there is no dependable ISP. Most ISPs will point back to their carriers , I was told one carrier had their Kisumu link down for 3 days because the ISP affected was 'not Safaricom'. What ails us? Isn't a nation of 40 million capable of producing a few individuals who can successfully run an ISP? Or is its that Kenyan management have their hands tied by foreign management and investors? -- with Regards: blog.denniskioko.com

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Third annual AITEC Broadcast & Film Africa Conference, Oshwal Centre, 6-7 July 2011
by Sean Moroney 17 Jun '11

17 Jun '11

Dear Colleagues, All Kictanet members are invited to attend this year's Broadcast & Film Africa Conference free of charge. We have lined up a valuable programme to help stimulate new ideas and innovations in the creative content and electronic media fields and we don't want practitioners to miss this educational opportunity. The programme is attached. Please email me on seanm(a)aitecafrica.com if you would like to attend and we will register you as a delegate. Regards, Sean Moroney Chairman AITEC Africa seanm(a)aitecafrica.com UK Tel: +44(0)1480-880774 UK Mobile: +44(0)7973-499224 Skype: <mailto:seanmoroneyseanm@aitecafrica.com> seanmoroney seanm(a)aitecafrica.com <http://www.aitecafrica.comfollow/> www.aitecafrica.com Follow us on twitter: <http://twitter.com/aitecafrica> http://twitter.com/aitecafrica Forthcoming Events: <http://www.aitecafrica.com/event/view/71> Broadcast & Film Africa <http://www.aitecafrica.com/event/view/72> AITEC East Africa ICT Summit <http://www.aitecafrica.com/event/view/73> AITEC Mozambique ICT Congress <http://www.aitecafrica.com/event/view/74> AfriHealth

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mHealth/eHealth
by Andrea Bohnstedt 17 Jun '11

17 Jun '11

Hey all, My column for last Saturday's Star was triggered by the mHealth/eHealth discussion on this list a short while ago - if you fancy having a look, it's here: http://the-star.co.ke/business/andrea-bohnstedt/27754-use-technology-to-boo… Have a good day, Andrea -- 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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Bunge and ICT
by Barrack Otieno 16 Jun '11

16 Jun '11

Listers, Just an observation there is a rather lukewarm participation by Honourable Members on ICT discussions on list and offlist, could it be that they are not interested or are they gathering intelligence? the government on the other hand has really done well, anyway just wondering aloud as i wipe my voters card, it has gathered a lot of dust over the last 5 years. Best Regards -- Barrack O. Otieno Afriregister Ltd (Kenya) www.afrire <http://www.afriregister.com>gister.bi, www.afriregister.com<http://www.afriergister.com> <http://www.afriregister.com>ICANN accredited registrar +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno

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