May 2012 - KICTANet

For Literary Types
by Matunda Nyanchama 12 May '12

12 May '12

This may not be the most apt place for literary works but I am sure in our midst there are many interested in what some Kenyans are writing about. Nsemia Inc. Publishers has recently released two titles. Coincidentally, both focus on matters of gender and our society and written largely from personal author experiences. Here are the two links. Shifting Sands by Moraa Gitaa - ISBN: 978-1-926906-04-1 Female Circumcision among the Abagusii of Kenya by Daniel Mokaya ISBN: 978-1-926906-10-2 Many thanks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Re: [kictanet] The role of Media in political developement
by Matunda Nyanchama 12 May '12

12 May '12

This is a timely topic that needs deeper discussion and more insightful examination than can happen on a mailing list. It almost requires a conference of its own to address the many facets of media and its role in society such as informing, educating, provoking thought, challenging society when necessary, etc. Investigative journalism has been the basis of revolutionary changes in some societies. We need more of this in Kenya. Media, however, cannot be divorced from the society in which it operates. We hear of hints of how some media personalities are in the pockets of "money bags" (yes on the take) with the latter assured of being headline subjects regardless of whether what they do is significant or not. Rumours abound of stories get killed, stymied or "pumped up" once money is thrown into the works. Back in the 1990s Kenneth Matiba, in one of his rumbling press conferences, attacked the very same media he was addressing. It is said he fingered even the person that was exacting bribes from him in return for favourable coverage. Like other areas in our society, media is ethics challenged. Most professions in the country face the same; we need a social rebirth to entrench professionalism in service of the country. Yet, we must NOT condemn all media. Like in all other professions and society strata, there are a lot of good people struggling to do the right thing through and through. However, as a friend once remarked while we were stuck in a Nairobi traffic jam: if one is in an environment where everyone (majority sounds better) is breaking the rules, those that follow the rules suffer. Have a good weekend. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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The role of Media in political developement
by Barrack Otieno 12 May '12

12 May '12

Listers, Having watched a couple of programmes focusing on current political happenings i am left wondering on the role of the media, are some of this media houses engaged in political activism or are they educating the masses?. Why cant media houses be more innovative and focus on debates such as what we had on this list (Ndemo for president). This populist debates centered around opinions are a recipe for chaos. One just needs to look at what happened in Sabatia to know what can happen when this opinion contests are not handled well. We need to evaluate the possible impact of some of this opinion based discussions, they may shore up profits for media houses but divide the country. -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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Fwd: Journalism Innovation Fund Offers $1m for African Projects
by Phares Kariuki 12 May '12

12 May '12

FYI Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: Justin Arenstein <justinarenstein(a)gmail.com> > Date: 12 May 2012 08:13:20 GMT+03:00 > To: hackshackers-nairobi(a)googlegroups.com > Subject: Journalism Innovation Fund Offers $1m for African Projects > Reply-To: hackshackers-nairobi(a)googlegroups.com > > HI everyone, > > I thought that the list might be interested in this opportunity. There is $1m up for grabs, in grants ranging from $12,500 to $100,000 for cool tech ideas to help the media. Shout if anyone needs help connecting with local journalists or dev teams. > > Happy hunting! > > Cheers, > Justin > > For Immediate Release: May 09, 2012 > Contact: Sonja Matanovic, Communications Director > Telephone: 202.349.7624 > > > Call for Entries: $1 Million African News Innovation Challenge > > Africa’s first major contest designed to promote the development of digital media products and innovations is now accepting applications. > > African News Innovation Challenge (ANIC) will provide grants from $12,500 to > $100,000 for the best projects aimed at strengthening and transforming African news media. The contest is modeled on the highly successful Knight News Challenge in the United States. Grantees will also receive technical advice, startup support and one-on-one mentoring from the world’s top media experts. > > Of particular interest are proposals that improve data-based investigative journalism, audience engagement, mobile news distribution, data visualization, new revenue models and workflow systems. > > The African Media Initiative (AMI), Africa’s largest association of media owners and operators, announced the contest last November as part of a pan-African initiative to spur digital experimentation and technology-driven projects and startups. > > “African media have a tremendous opportunity to leapfrog the business disruption faced by media in Europe and the U.S.,” says AMI chief executive Amadou Mahtar Ba. “The growing reach of mobile networks and improving Internet access is beginning to reshape the media landscape in Africa. We believe this competition will help African news organizations stay ahead of the curve.” > > Contest partners include Omidyar Network, Google, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the U.S. State Department, the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) and the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA). > > “Omidyar Network is delighted to be supporting the African News Innovation Challenge,” said Stephen King, partner at Omidyar Network. “Across the continent we are seeing innovative ways in which technology is providing people with greater access to information. This challenge is a great opportunity for journalists, entrepreneurs and technologists to join forces and help enable the African media to hold their leaders to account.” > > Digital strategist Justin Arenstein is managing the initiative as part of his work with AMI and the International Center for Journalists in Washington, D.C. > > HOW TO APPLY: > > Entries must be submitted to the ANIC website by midnight (Central African Time) on July 10, 2012. > > WHO CAN APPLY: > > Proposals may be submitted by news pioneers from anywhere in the world, but entries must have an African media partner who will help develop and test the innovation. Projects that are designed for Africa will stand a better chance of receiving support. > PROJECTS OF GREATEST INTEREST: > > ANIC is seeking new ways to create, discuss and share news and make quality journalism sustainable. This could include new revenue or production models, new ways to gather, produce or distribute news. Ideas that can be scaled up across the continent or replicated elsewhere are of particular interest. Preference will be given to ideas that solve bottlenecks facing Africa’s media. > > THE JUDGING PROCESS > > Winning projects will be selected by an ANIC panel of judges, following public voting and a review by an international jury. > > About ICFJ > The International Center for Journalists is a non-profit organization that advances quality journalism worldwide. Its programs combine the best professional standards with the latest digital innovations. ICFJ believes that independent, vigorous media are crucial in improving the human condition. > > About AMI > The African Media Initiative is the continent’s largest umbrella association of African media owners, senior executives and other industry stakeholders. AMI’s mandate is to serve as a catalyst for strengthening African media by building the tools, knowledge resources and technical capacity for African media to play an effective public interest role in their societies. This mandate includes assisting with the development of professional standards, financial sustainability, technological adaptability and civic engagement. > > About Google Inc. > Google’s innovative search technologies connect millions of people around the world with information every day. Founded in 1998 by Stanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google today is a top Web property in all major global markets. Google's mission in Africa is to make the Internet an integral part of every day life in Africa, by increasing its relevance and usefulness, eliminating access barriers for potential users, and developing products that are meaningful for countries in the region. Google is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia. For more information, visit http://www.google.com/africa, see our Africa Blog, http://google-africa.blogspot.com/ or follow us on Twitter twitter.com/googleafrica > > About Omidyar Network > Omidyar Network is a philanthropic investment firm dedicated to harnessing the power of markets to create opportunity for people to improve their lives. Established in 2004 by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife Pam, the organization invests in and helps scale innovative organizations to catalyze economic and social change. To date, Omidyar Network has committed more than $500 million to for-profit companies and non-profit organizations that foster economic advancement and encourage individual participation across multiple investment areas, including financial inclusion, entrepreneurship, property rights, consumer Internet, mobile and government transparency. To learn more, visit www.omidyar.com. > > >>END<<

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Fw: CISSP Bootcamp - June 11 2012
by Matunda Nyanchama 12 May '12

12 May '12

Friends, The attached information about a planned CISSP Bootcamp in Nairobi; it will be appearing in the press shortly as well as on our websites. Please circulate to friends and organization that may be interested. CISSP remains the premier professional information security certification. The CISSP Bootcamp is a five-day affair starting June 11. The course covers the domains of CISSP with clear focus on information needed to pass the CISSP examination. We will also cover requirements for certification maintenance. It will be held at a venue (to be confirmed) in Nairobi. Domains 1. Security Operations 2. Access Control 3. Cryptography 4. Security Architecture and Design 5. Telecommunications and Network Security 6. Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning 7. Legal, Regulations, Compliance, and Investigations 8. Software Development Security 9. Information Security Governance and Risk Management 10. Physical (Environmental) Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Re: [kictanet] The role of Media in political developement
by Charles Mutsi 11 May '12

11 May '12

Totally. But even as it does so, it will invariably mirror the values, concerns and contradictions of that society. Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android

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Beta Testers Wanted
by Agosta Liko 11 May '12

11 May '12

Hi We need some beta testers for an IPad application we (www.verviant.com) are working on. IIf you are interested, please email me directly and I will advice Thanks

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Kenya ICT Board - In other news
by Kamotho Njenga 11 May '12

11 May '12

You may want to reflect on this scoop from the web http://www.techmtaa.com/2011/06/20/how-kenya-ict-board-kills-the-spirit-of-… Kamotho

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Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
by Collins Areba 11 May '12

11 May '12

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What do you think of Tandaa content grants? (15 marks)
by Grace Githaiga 11 May '12

11 May '12

Quoting Rebecca "For instance, today CCK launched this website, where is it hosted? You have guessed right, not in Kenya, maybe the CCK or the UPDK team could not get Safaricom, AccessKenya, Telkom Kenya or Wananchi group to host it free in their cloud. I am imagining at this rate, all that talk of big cloud content by 2015 is looking very bright. Read on... http://www.wanjiku.co.ke/2012/05/what-do-you-think-of-tandaa-content-grants… Rgds GG BTW, where is Robert Yawe? He been missing in action.

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