July 2011 - KICTANet

Khan; solution to teacher shortage
by robert yawe 13 Jul '11

13 Jul '11

Hi, We need to get this issue out and in the classroom, listen to Khan explain his site and get an appreciation of how we can level the education gap by using technology. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM95HHI4gLk&feature=player_embedded 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] Open Data - Where does it sit?
by robert yawe 13 Jul '11

13 Jul '11

Hi Paul, The government data centre is at tender stage as we think which indicates that we shall not be bringing the data home for at least 3 years. Does't this indicate a failure in the KICT Board that we do not have a data centre of international standards? I noted someone indicate that hosting is being done in the US because there is better hosting facilities a situation that was the responsibility of the board to remedy. Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 ________________________________ From: paul kukubo <paulkukubo(a)ict.go.ke> To: robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> Cc: pkukubo(a)ict.go.ke; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Mon, 11 July, 2011 14:04:30 Subject: Re: [kictanet] Open Data - Where does it sit? Robert Right now the website sits on the platform at Socrata, who are hosting the visualization platform. This will be migrated to the government data centre as soon as the hosting resources are in place. Because the data is open, any user can download and deploy the data as they wish, as long as there is reference to the opendata source. may regards. On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 12:01 PM, robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > >C:\>tracert opendata.go.ke > > >Tracing route to opendata.go.ke [216.227.229.160] >over a maximum of 30 hops: > > > 1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.2 > 2 5 ms 4 ms 4 ms 41.139.207.241 > 3 4 ms 9 ms 15 ms 41-139-255-93.safaricombusiness.co.ke [41.139.25 >5.93] > 4 4 ms 4 ms 4 ms 41-139-255-94.safaricombusiness.co.ke [41.139.25 >5.94] > 5 5 ms 5 ms 4 ms 41-139-255-49.safaricombusiness.co.ke [41.139.25 >5.49] > 6 5 ms 4 ms 4 ms 196.201.222.33 > 7 93 ms 93 ms 98 ms if-4-2-2.core1.MLV-Mumbai.as6453.net [209.58.105 >.25] > 8 314 ms 295 ms 294 ms if-8-1-0-0.tcore1.MLV-Mumbai.as6453.net [180.87. >38.17] > 9 297 ms 298 ms 297 ms if-2-2.tcore2.MLV-Mumbai.as6453.net [180.87.38.2 >] > 10 289 ms 289 ms 289 ms if-6-2.tcore1.L78-London.as6453.net [80.231.130. >5] > 11 293 ms 296 ms 300 ms if-7-2.tcore2.NJY-Newark.as6453.net [80.231.130. >54] > 12 298 ms 295 ms 304 ms if-9-0-0-1108.core3.NTO-NewYork.as6453.net [66.1 >98.111.50] > 13 296 ms 288 ms 288 ms cr2-pos-0-8-0-3.nyr.savvis.net [208.173.129.29] > > > 14 351 ms 350 ms 349 ms cr1-pos-0-3-1-1.Seattle.savvis.net >[204.70.200.6 >] > 15 * 387 ms * hr2.se2-pos-9-0-0.se2.savvis.net [208.172.81.222 >] > 16 342 ms 343 ms 342 ms 209.67.77.62 > 17 * * * Request timed out. > 18 * * * Request timed out. > 19 * * * Request timed out. > 20 * * * Request timed out. > 21 * * * Request timed out. > 22 * * * Request timed out. > 23 * * * Request timed out. > 24 * * * Request timed out. > 25 * * * Request timed out. > 26 * * * Request timed out. > 27 * * * Request timed out. > 28 * * * Request timed out. > 29 * * * Request timed out. > 30 * * * Request timed out. > > >Trace complete. Robert Yawe >KAY System Technologies Ltd >Phoenix House, 6th Floor >P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 >Kenya > > >Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 > > > > > ________________________________ From: Paul Kukubo <pkukubo(a)ict.go.ke> >To: robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk >Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >Sent: Thu, 7 July, 2011 18:48:50 >Subject: [kictanet] Government to Launch Open Data July 8th @KICC > > >Listers > > > > >The Government of Kenya, through the Ministry of Information of Communications >will launch a new Government Open Data Portal on July 8, 2011 at the KICC that >will, for the first time, make several large government datasets available to >the general public in an easy to search and view format. > > >The launch will be presided over by HE President Mwai Kibaki . > > >Program commences at 9.30 tomorrow. > > >The web portal will allow citizens and the private sector to search and display >national and county level data in graphs and maps and allow for easy comparison >and analysis between datasets. > >For web and software developers, the portal will avail data in useable formats >like cvs, Excel and will even include APIs for each dataset. > >The portal will be one of the first and largest government data portals in >sub-Saharan Africa. With this launch, Kenya will become a leader among >developing countries in the adoption of open data - a movement that is gathering >momentum globally. > >What is open data? >Public information and searchable information are two different things. Much >public data is already available by law but it's often not usable because it is >in a format that is not easy to find, use and re-use. Published PDF files do not >constitute "open data" and are not helpful to large-scale users. > >To be open, data must be: > * easily found through search engines (meta-tagged) > * available in machine readable formats (CSV, XML, APIs not PDF) > * accessible by third party tools/applications (interoperable) > * allow others to use and re-use for non-commercial and commercial use (e.g >Creative Commons Licences) >Open Data not only increases transparency and accountability but also promotes >greater efficiency and effectiveness in the delivery of public services by >allowing users to easily consume and interpret data > >This is therefore to invite you to the launch. You can register at the door on >your arrival. > > > >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 > > >_______________________________________________ >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/pkukubo%40ict.go.ke > >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. > -- 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] [Skunkworks] Kenya Open Data Initiative
by Dennis Kioko 13 Jul '11

13 Jul '11

I find the idea of a government owned data centre quite tricky,given government's track record in running businesses. Should they be involved past the policy level? On 13 July 2011 09:47, Boniface <mboteb(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I get your point gentle men. I particularly like the idea of having a > government owned data center (Preferably in Konza) to guide the rest of us > who are skeptics. The 'old rich' ok, senior citizens can even setup backup > centers and new centers for cloud computing. I think I will approach one > senior citizen but am still skeptical. > > /Bonz > > > > On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Gregory Okoth <gregory.okoth(a)gmail.com>wrote: > >> Nice thoughts ... but alas!!! not even a Kenyan flag or the national >> colors somewhere to make it have a Kenyan look? :-( >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 9:14 AM, Michuki Mwangi <michuki.mwangi(a)gmail.com >> > wrote: >> >>> Morning Peter, >>> >>> On 7/12/11 7:36 AM, Peter Karunyu wrote: >>> > I think I get your point now; invest in the infrastructure now instead >>> > of the amazon quick fix. >>> > >>> >>> Spot on. >>> >>> >>> > I thought the govt already had some sort of data center? >>> > >>> >>> Last time i heard the datacenter(s) were under construction. I dont know >>> if they were completed though threads on similar discussion on Kictanet >>> list seem to indicate that they are. >>> >>> Well i hope to see in the near future a tender to build, run and operate >>> a Govt cloud based system. That would be a good start. >>> >>> However, in addition to the Govt DC's we need to see more facilities >>> built. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Michuki. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Skunkworks mailing list >>> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >>> http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >>> ------------ >>> Skunkworks Rules >>> http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 >>> ------------ >>> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Greg >> -------- >> Life is not a rehearsal, you only live once! >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Skunkworks mailing list >> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >> http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >> ------------ >> Skunkworks Rules >> http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 >> ------------ >> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > ------------ > Skunkworks Rules > http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 > ------------ > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > -- with Regards: blog.denniskioko.com <http://www.denniskioko.com/>

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Examples Open Data in New York
by Paul Kukubo 13 Jul '11

13 Jul '11

Listers Sorry for cross posting. This article appearing on mashable.com online is very interesting in illustrating how open data can be deployed. As Kenya is the first country in Africa to open up it's data, we must seek examples that encourage our entrepreneurs and our policy makers as well. Enjoy.. Local Governments Motivate App Developers With Contests Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at 04:42 PM | Sarah Kessler The past two years, New York City has hosted contests for mobile apps that use city data. Now New York State’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is launching a similar contest of its own. A number of cities, including Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, have made their data publicly available. It makes sense: Apps that improve parking situations or make public transportation easier to navigate benefit the city without sucking its resources. But New York City, and now New York State, are some of the first governments to add a contest to the process in order to incentivize developers to make such apps. To be eligible for “MTA App Quest” and its $15,000 in cash prizes, the biggest requirement is that apps need to use at least one of the MTA’s data sets. The MTA first posted databases online for developer use in January 2010, and 40 or so apps have been created using the data. But many of these, like NYC Way [iTunes link], were entries in New York City’s BigApps contest, which borrowed several MTA databases. For its own contest, the MTA has released six new or updated data sets, including one that shows where platforms, elevators, turnstiles and station agent booths are located inside subway stations. Beyond that, the two contests are pretty similar, despite one being run by the city and the other by the state. The MTA has partnered with the same contest platform that NYC did, ChallengePost. In this case, ChallengePost is putting up the prize money for the contest. Usually, it collects money to run crowdsourcing contests for clients like the World Bank and Michelle Obama. ChallengePost CEO Brandon Kessler says that NYC was the first city to use a contest on his platform for an open data app contest. Now that New York State has also caught on to the publicity method, we wouldn’t be surprised if it’s not the last. More About: BigApps, MTA, new york, public transportation Paul Kukubo CEO Kenya ICT Board Kenya ICT Board Facebook:KenyaICTBoard, tweeter: @TANDAAKenya Personal: Tweeter: @pkukubo FB: www.facebook.com/pkukubo -- 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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visiting digital villages
by warigia bowman 11 Jul '11

11 Jul '11

Dear Listers I am in Nairobi now. The Permanent Secretary has kindly provided me with a list of safaricom digital villages. I would like to go visit them. I am waiting to get more detailed addresses from the ICT Board so I can schedule visits. I wanted to start with Central and Eastern. If anyone wants to come with, I could hire a safari van if people can pitch in a little gas money. Yours, Rigia

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Finance Policy - Tech Startups
by Phares Kariuki 11 Jul '11

11 Jul '11

Hi, Question, for those who have run tech startups, how do you deal with excessive revenue? Given that tech firms many times operate on high margins, let's, for the sake of example, say you have a product that, with an expense book of roughly 1M (Rent + Salaries), and your monthly revenue is 8 M KES. What do you do with the remaining 7M? Some say invest in product development but even then, you will still have quite an amount of change. What happens to that change? Invested in a bank? Or in some form of Fixed Income Securities (Bonds, T-Bills etc). What's the general practice in .ke? -- With Regards, Phares Kariuki | T: +254 720 406 093 | E: pkariuki(a)gmail.com | Twitter: kaboro | Skype: kariukiphares | B: http://www.kaboro.com/ |

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Re: [kictanet] Kenya IGF 2011 Mailing List Discussions Day 7 Principles of Internet Policy Making Part 2
by Barrack Otieno 11 Jul '11

11 Jul '11

Thank you Sam Gatere for your insightfull responses, it is unfortunate that majority of us have resorted to complaining through lists or the media when systems go live, for instance, when opendata.go.ke was launched there are those who questioned whether the data is hosted outside the country and why that decision was taken, i am not sure whom to side with in so far as the issue is concerned because the arguments for and against could all be genuine, my only concern is even as the government embarks on such noble projects which are inline with Vision 2030, are there Frameworks (principles) that will ensure that there is more emphasis on the use of local networks for data interchange to minimise dependence on Foreign carriers which might translate to Capital flight? that there is adequate Capacity to host data (especially government data locally...i would be very uncomfortable to host government data outside our borders whether in a cloud or not :-) just hoping that is not the case, how do we promote our ccTLD, najivunia kuwa .ke? , the question is who should take part and what should be their input? the discussion contninues.. On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Sam Gatere <sam.gatere(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Barrack this is are interesting questions you raise and fairly well > connected to the country's vision 2030 in-terms of communications. > > First I think the Internet is a National Resource and government should be > at the fore in fostering policy making. I say this by virtue of the the fact > that the government has invested heavily in infrastructure development that > will make and is currently making high speed Internet a reality, which in > tern is also helping them achieve better service delivery to the general > public through various initiatives they have already put in place. The > private sector has also participated in this development through > partnerships with government [PPP] or direct investment making them to a > very key stakeholder and the bulk of us the users also have a stake because > we form the market. > > With the Internet becoming more readily available some issues definitely > need some backing through a policy, for example: Child protection, we have > seen how easy it is to access premium rate services via your 3G enabled cell > phone which may provide content that you may not be too comfortable having > your child /children access. Easy Access to websites that may have content > that may not be suitable or online forums where pedophiles may gain access > to young ones. > > Data protection, how safe is our private (digital) information? I need not > delve deeply in this one you can already imagine what damage that would > bring about should such information run in the wrong hands. > > On-line fraud. I'm sure this will be the next frontier for our very > ingenious "MPESA" con's once a real virtual trading environment kicks off > definitely this will be something to contend with. > > As technology progress with numerous innovations in our country it's only a > matter of time when our critical installations will be managed on-line if > there is not policy regarding how this resources would be protected. > > Civil society has a unique role to educate the general public on the need to > have policy that protects them an the resource (Internet) for the benefit of > all players. > > Keeping in mind that the Internet never forgets it's important to train all > those who have access to the Internet to be very careful what the post > on-line or on their social media portals as this information may either > incorrectly represent you or be used against you. > > SammyG > > On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 8:31 PM, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Dear Listers, >> >> >> • Is there a rationale for principles on Internet Policy making, >> how >> should we be involved as a nation? >> • Which roles should the government, civil Society and private >> Sector >> play in developing Internet Policies? >> >> Feel free to continue contributing to previous threads, the floor is open. >> >> -- >> Barrack O. Otieno >> >> ICANN accredited registrar >> +254721325277 >> +254-20-2498789 >> Skype: barrack.otieno >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/sam.gatere%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. > > -- Barrack O. Otieno Afriregister Ltd (Kenya) www.afriregister.bi, www.afriregister.com ICANN accredited registrar +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno

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INVITATION TO 2011 KENYA IGF
by David Wambua 11 Jul '11

11 Jul '11

Dear Listers, The Kenya Network Information Centre (KENIC), the Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) and other participating organisations wish to invite you to the 2011 Kenya IGF to be held at the Panafric hotel in Nairobi on Friday 22nd, July 2010 from 7.00 am to 1:00 pm. The 2011 Kenya IGF is a follow up to the 2010 national IGF and the regional East Africa Internet Governance Forum 2010. The national and the regional forums aim at creating awareness,instituting a consensus building process to develop a common understanding of local IG issues as well as building capacity to enable meaningful participation in global Internet policy, governance and development processes and initiatives. The Kenya IGF will therefore provide Kenyan Internet stakeholders with an opportunity to increase their understanding of Internet governance issues and the links with socio-economic, political and cultural development and strengthen the internet governance community of practice evolving in the East Africa region. As Kenya will be hosting the 2011 global United Nations Internet Governance Forum (UN-IGF) the Kenya and EA forums will support the goals of the UN-IGF and the continued evolution of the open, multi-stakeholder internet. The outcomes of the K-IGF will be submitted and presented at the 2011 East Africa Internet Governance Forum (EA-IGF 2011) to be held in Kigali, Rwanda in August and subsequently to the global Internet Governance Forum (IGF) meeting to be held in Nairobi ,Kenya, from 27-30 September 2011. On behalf of all participating organizations, it is our pleasure to invite you to the Kenya IGF. More information can be found on the National IGF website http://www.eaigf.or.ke/nigfs/kigf.html For planning purposes, kindly send an email to kenya(a)eaigf.or.ke confirming your attendance. Regards, ............................. David I. Wambua dot KE for Every Name in Kenya! -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by KeNIC MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. Kenya Network Information Center (KENIC)

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Kenya IGF 2011 Discussions Day 6 Broadband
by Barrack Otieno 11 Jul '11

11 Jul '11

Dear Listers, • As a nation do we need a comprehensive policy on broadband, if so what should it contain? • Does the current ICT Policy ensure that the country maximizes on the potential of the available broadband? the floor is open, feel free to continue contributing to the previous threads. Best Regards -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno

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Copyright Alert System announcement
by Alice Munyua 08 Jul '11

08 Jul '11

See attached, interesting development in the U.S. on online piracy. Leaders from the movie, television, music and Internet Service provider communities in the U.S. announced a landmark agreement on a common framework for "Copyright Alerts" - a state-of-the art system similar to the credit card fraud alerts - that will educate and notify Internet subscribers when their Internet service accounts are possibly being misused for online content theft. In our view, this is a reasonable and balanced approach that addresses the problem, by providing standards for copyright owners and Internet service providers, while respecting the privacy and rights of our subscribers. best Alice

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