February 2012 - KICTANet

KNEC website goes tits up again
by Kivuva 29 Feb '12

29 Feb '12

Year in, year out, we cannot offer our candidates a platform to effectively search their results. http://www.knec.ac.ke http://www.knec-results.ac.ke/ This must be a very basic function. -- ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva For Business Development Transworld Computer Channels Cel: 0722402248 twitter.com/lordmwesh www.transworldAfrica.com | Fluent in computing kenya.or.ke | The Kenya we know

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A series of ICT learning events at World Bank on February 29 and March 1, 2012 - participation in Washington
by Harry Hare 29 Feb '12

29 Feb '12

For those still willing to learn, some interesting events at the World Bank and you can participate via a webcast. Today they have a session on m-Money and the title is quite interesting - How to Assess m-Money Opportunities and Why you can't Replicate Kenya's MP. This will be at 12.30 Washington time. See the webcast links for the different events below. Kindest Regards Harry Hare Director African eDevelopment Resource Centre PO Box 49475 00100 Nairobi, Kenya Tel +254 20 4041646 Cel +254 725 650044 From: <edevelopment(a)worldbank.org> Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 02:43:23 +0400 To: <edevelopment(a)worldbank.org> Subject: A series of ICT learning events at World Bank on February 29 and March 1, 2012 - participation in Washington We would like to emphasize that we very much welcome participation of World Bank staff and external audience in person in Washington D.C. You can register for participation in Washington D.C. by sending an email to edevelopment(a)worldbank.org (please mention the session you would like to participate in). If you are World Bank staff, please register through LMS by clicking the link under the respective session at http://go.worldbank.org/G4NMZDO350. * * * ICT Learning Days will include a series of learning events focusing on different aspects of using ICT for development in various sectors and regions, including universal broadband service in rural Saudi Arabia; mobile applications for agricultural and rural development; mobile money; ICT procurement; transformational potential of ICT for opening development; and the role of eID within e-government strategies. When: February 29 and March 1 Venue in Washington: World Bank J Building, Room J B1-080, 701 18th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006 Live webcast: http://streaming7.worldbank.org/vvflash/extlive3 (Flash) mms://wbmswebcast1.worldbank.org/external-3 (Windows Media - PC) http://wbmswebcast5.worldbank.org:1935/live/myStream3/playlist.m3u8 (Apple - Mac) rtsp://wbmswebcast5.worldbank.org:1935/live/myStream3 (Blackberry) Submit your comments and questions via our Chat Room (via Adobe Connect) @ https://worldbankva.adobeconnect.com/ict Social Media Hashtag: #OpenDTA Web: http://go.worldbank.org/G4NMZDO350 You can register for participation in Washington D.C. by sending an email to edevelopment(a)worldbank.org (please mention the session you would like to participate in). If you are World Bank staff, please register through LMS by clicking the link under the respective session at http://go.worldbank.org/G4NMZDO350. No registration is needed to watch live webcast. Detailed description: February 29, 08:00 - 09:30 am Washington time Universal Broadband Service in Rural Saudi Arabia: Innovations by USF & Operators Close the Access Gap Saudi Arabia had the leading mobile and computer penetration in the Gulf region, while quality of service and Internet penetration were low. The focus of its universal service and access program was placed on improving service quality and providing universal broadband. With complementary regulatory measures, such as favourable frequencies, the program offers interesting lessons. Moderator: Doyle Gallegos, Lead ICT Policy Specialist, World Bank Speaker: Andrew Dymond, Managing Director of Intelecon February 29, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Washington time Mobile Applications for Agricultural and Rural Development Focus on a recent study which describes global research on mobile applications addressing rural development issues. 92 applications were categorized and analyzed and country case studies document leading applications in Kenya, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. The study describes various business models in the context of the mobile ecosystem in developing countries, and lessons are drawn for measures to support development of a viable mobile application ecosystem. Moderator: Tim Kelly, Sr. ICT Policy Specialist, World Bank Speaker: Steve Esselaar, Sr. Consultant, Intelecon February 29, 12:30 - 14:00 Washington time Mobile Money: How to Assess m-Money Opportunities and Why you can't Replicate Kenya's MP The Four Country Mobile Money Study was commissioned by the IFC and it was designed to increase the understanding of mobile money and to help address key issues such as scaling up and replicability. The study looks at the ecosystem requirements and the business models used by mobile network operators, banks, and others in four developing countriesBrazil, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. It compares these countries with Kenya and Japan, which have successfully developed mobile money operations, and with the United States. Speaker: Sonja Oestmann, Universal Access, Policy and Broadband Specialist February 29, 14:30 - 16:00 Washington time A Pan-African Perspective Towards ICT Sustainability in Africa Creating and supporting a Pan-African community of competent, internationally certified IT professionals focused on developing the IT tools for African Agriculture, Business, Education, Health Care, Government and general Social needs. Session Lead: Samia Melhem, Sr. Operations Officer, ICT Sector Unit, World Bank Speakers: Amadou Daffe, CEO, Coders4Africa Kwame Andah, Director of Marketing Communication, Coders4Africa Ibrahim Cisse, Director of Technology, Coders4Africa Ellwood Kerkeslager, CEO Information Futures March 1, 08:00 - 09:30am Washington time How Could Computing and Low cost internet devices make global e-commerce viable for SMEs in developing countries Cloud Computing Moderator: Samia Melhem, Sr. Operations Officer, ICT Sector Unit, World Bank Speaker: Gurcharan Singh, Sr. Procurement Specialist, World Bank March 1, 10:00 - 12:00 Open, smart and Inclusive Development: Can ICT Transform Development? ICT is diffusing rapidly across the globe, yet its revolutionary potential for development is at a very early stage of realization. Hanna explores this potential in terms of advancing a vision of open, smart and inclusive development. He draws on the experience of some pioneering countries to illustrate their paths and practices and to draw lessons for our client countries. Moderator: Samia Melhem, Senior Operations Officer, ICT Sector Unit, World Bank Speakers: Nagy Hanna, Sr. Fellow, Centre for Policy on Emerging Technologies Soren Gigler, Senior Governance Specialist, World Bank Institute March 1, 12:30 - 14:00 Open Government: From Data to Information How do Governments need to manage their information assets in an increasingly open world? How can Governments, Citizens and International Organizations best use and re-use this information? The BBL will encourage broad thinking on how the full spectrum of public information assets, from data and statistics to archives and records, can be associated and be made more useful for providing evidence, making decisions, and reporting results. The Session will include a demonstration of an innovative mock up which provides a mashup of the World Bank's Open Data, current project data and archival records in a contextual and meaningful way. Moderator: Arleen Cannata Seed, IMTLA Speaker: Tariq Khokhar of the World Bank Open Data Initiatve, Anne Thurston of the International Records Management Trust, and others (TBC) March 1, 14:30 - 16:00 Role of eID within the eGovernment Strategy Case will be set forth for how eID in Government, when it is well implemented, can result in greater efficiency, transparency and cost effectiveness. Moderator: Samia Melhem, Senior Operations Officer, World Bank Speaker: Frank Leyman, Belgian Rep. in eGovernment High Level Group of European Commission Discussant: Mariana Dahan, Consultant, ICT Policy Unit, World Bank

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Unscrupulous domain registrars or . . .
by robert yawe 29 Feb '12

29 Feb '12

Hi, I visited site called WebHostKenya.com to search for the availability of the domain name wingu.co.ke and hopefully be able to register it, the domain name not available so I searched for an alternative wingu.ne.ke When I made the initial search the domain name was available just to check again a few minutes later and it had been taken up, the concerning issue is that the registrar in question is the one who holds the wingu.co.ke domain name. Is this my over active conspiracy mind at work or is it possible that the registrar can view my search and then register the domain so as to force me to pay him more later? 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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Looking back at Konza
by Dennis Kioko 28 Feb '12

28 Feb '12

Looking at recent discussions on the list on Konza, one can forget how far the concept has come, and evolved *Kenya build Sh67bn digital city * Written by Kui Kinyanjui 31-August-2007: The governments of Kenya and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have entered into a Sh67 billion partnership to establish East Africa’s first digital city. Athi River town on the outskirts of Nairobi has been earmarked for the project that will be modelled on the successes of Dubai Internet City. The initiative is expected to create new jobs as major corporations set up base and use local resources to conduct their business. Besides, proponents of the project say it will position the country as a regional base for manufacture and development of ICT products. “Kenya has seen an increasing number of foreign ICT companies set up offices in Nairobi that they intend to use as entry points to the regional market,” Dr Bitange Ndemo, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, said. The partnership for the project was formed at the request of the UAE government and has seen the two governments draft a memorandum of understanding that is currently before the Attorney-General. Two Middle Eastern companies have expressed interest in undertaking the project. “There is significant demand. Companies have already approached us looking for incentives or joint partnership opportunities to start operations in Athi River,” said Dr Ndemo. In the last few years, several companies have opened regional bases in the country, including Microsoft, Nokia, HP, Ericcson and Cisco, all of whom have all cited the region’s relevance as the biggest emerging market for ICT products . Athi River —located just 50 kilometres from Nairobi City Centre — is currently a hub for several industries, including cement firms, manufacturing concerns and is home to an export processing zone (EPZ). It’s conversion into a fully fledged ICT city could transform the dusty town into the main industrial base of the country. However, the proposed digital city will face challenges that reflect the wider needs of the country as it increasingly relies on the ICT industry to drive economic growth, which according to a recent African Development Bank report, is expected to reach its highest levels in 20 years driven by the new sector. Those challenges include an acute shortage of trained IT workers and inadequate infrastructure. In response to that need and the development of other ICT driven industries such as the business process outsourcing sector, the government plans to heavily invest in beefing up the country’s infrastructure to increase access to internet-related services. It also aims to increase of technology content in the school curriculum and is currently offering subsidized bandwith to universities to encourage e-learning. Source - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=483232&page=6 -- with Regards: blog.denniskioko.com <http://www.denniskioko.com/>

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Attempt to impose US style copyright maximalism to Africa thwarted
by Brian Munyao Longwe 28 Feb '12

28 Feb '12

I just came across this, and was quite surprised that it hadn't come up on any of the African mailing lists that I subscribe to. The failed "Africa IP Forum" http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120227/02460817885/commerce-department-p… What would be even worse is that the next time the event is organised, it's proponents take brainwashed African representatives to blindly support the proposals. As Africans we must watch these things closely... -- Brian Munyao Longwe e-mail: blongwe(a)gmail.com cell: +254715964281 blog : http://zinjlog.blogspot.com meta-blog: http://mashilingi.blogspot.com "Give us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for, because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything."

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The Sheng Question
by robert yawe 28 Feb '12

28 Feb '12

Hi All, I believe that if we are serious about turning sheng into a formal language then we need a site like http://www.urbandictionary.com/ if we are to harmonise across the country or region. As I keep repeating, annoyingly, I grew up in eastlands (mimi sio mbabi) and one thing I know is that sheng is not homogeneous beyond 100 meters of where you are standing. 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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IT Human Resource Statistics in Kenya
by Edwin Onchari 28 Feb '12

28 Feb '12

Listers, Anyone know where I can get the above info? I would like to know how many people in Kenya are skilled in the various IT fields; level of training, annual graduating numbers; by age. Best Regards, Edwin M Onchari 0773711600 0720755951 eonchari(a)lynxbits.com

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Re: [kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 57, Issue 87
by Gideon 27 Feb '12

27 Feb '12

Based on the current speeds that we are experiencing it just shows we desperately need redundacy and probably proper security to prevent reoccurence, perhaps impose restoration fees to the ship owners. And realy i think on hindsight we ought to also appreciate the fast speeds that we are now accustomed to due to the submarrine cables :-) On Feb 27, 2012 3:25 PM, <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. Re: TEAMS | EASSY Fibre Cables Cut? SEACOM | LION? (robert yawe) > 2. Re: TEAMS | EASSY Fibre Cables Cut? SEACOM | LION? (James Mbugua) > 3. The Sheng Question (robert yawe) > 4. Re: The Sheng Question (James Mbugua) > 5. Re: The Sheng Question (lordmwesh) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:33:55 +0000 (GMT) > From: robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> > To: "bitange(a)jambo.co.ke" <bitange(a)jambo.co.ke> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] TEAMS | EASSY Fibre Cables Cut? SEACOM | LION? > Message-ID: > <1330338835.88461.YahooMailNeo(a)web27808.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi all, > > I thought Teams and EASSY are laid out in a ring topology, my mistake. ?If this the same ship to cut the cable last time? > > Regards > > PS. ?Due to a ship dropping its anchor on the marine cable Konza City will be offline for the next 7 days, we advice all organisations who are dependent on this connection to give their staff time off. > ? > Robert Yawe > KAY System Technologies Ltd > Phoenix House, 6th Floor > P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 > Kenya > > > Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "bitange(a)jambo.co.ke" <bitange(a)jambo.co.ke> > To: robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Sent: Sunday, 26 February 2012, 19:28 > Subject: Re: [kictanet] TEAMS | EASSY Fibre Cables Cut? SEACOM | LION? > > Apparently a ship (we have details) illegally anchored on the channel > through which the cables pass and cut both.? The ports authority have the > undersea route but we do not know how they made such a mistake.? Teams > will be up in 7 days. > > Lion landed in a different location to mitigate against such problems.? I > do not know if Seacom is operational. > > > Ndemo. > > > > > > > What is going on? > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/bitange%40jambo.co.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. > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/robertyawe%40yahoo.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. >

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Airtel new 3.75G dongle.
by Nicholas J Dear 27 Feb '12

27 Feb '12

Has anyone been able to get ahold of one of these? I saw the advert in the Nation but all the shops tell me they haven't received stock yet. N. -- Nicholas J Dear Kenya: +254 714 641 307 UK: +44 207 100 4907

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Re: [kictanet] ICT Big in Kenya, Contributes 24% to GDP (UNCTAD)
by Bitange 27 Feb '12

27 Feb '12

Waudo, This is contribution to GDP growth rate and not GDP of the country. Our expectation is to see ICT contribution to GDP grow from 5% to 25% in the next 5 years if we sustain the current momentum. Ndemo. Sent from Samsung Galaxy Note -------- Original message -------- Subject: [kictanet] ICT Big in Kenya, Contributes 24% to GDP (UNCTAD) From: waudo siganga <emailsignet(a)mailcan.com> To: bitange(a)jambo.co.ke CC: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> null

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