September 2012 - KICTANet

Fraud & Rusk Management + Mobile Banking & Cyber Security
by Matunda Nyanchama 20 Sep '12

20 Sep '12

For those who can make it to Dar, TZ in November. Click here. Or see attachment. Kkindly cascade. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matunda Nyanchama, PhD, CISSP; mnyanchama(a)aganoconsulting.com Agano Consulting Inc.; www.aganoconsulting.com; Twitter: nmatunda; Skype: okiambe ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Be prepared for ICT security failures & know how to respond when they happen! Call: +1-888-587-1150 or info(a)aganoconsulting.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The best revenge is massive success" - Frank Sinatra----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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SharePoint Saturday Nairobi - Sept 15, 2012
by S.M. Muraya 19 Sep '12

19 Sep '12

Quite impressed, many topics shared yesterday at SharePoint Saturday, Cape Town.... http://www.sharepointsaturday.org/capetown/Pages/meetings.aspx ... are being shared in Nairobi this coming Saturday, September 15, 2012. http://sharepointsaturday.org/nairobi/Pages/meetings.aspx This even though South Africa is way ahead of us in deploying "transparency" technologies. http://www.capetown.gov.za/EN/ENVIRONMENTALRESOURCEMANAGEMENT/PROJECTS/Page… http://www.tourism.gov.za/AboutNDT/Branches1/Administration/News/Pages/page… http://www.durban.gov.za/Online_Tools/Pages/default.aspx http://www.topsharepoint.com/durban-2010-fifa-world-cup

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Microsoft: New PCs preinstalled with malware found in China
by Gideon 19 Sep '12

19 Sep '12

Listers, How many people are actually using legitimate software and how have you identified your vendors ?, "*Brand-new laptop and desktop computers sold in China contain preinstalled malicious software, which has infected millions of computers around the world, according to an investigation by Microsoft<http://www.microsoft.com>revealed recently *." However, there is an interesting method used by organizations to deal with malicious traffic called "SinkHoling" Microsoft is using DNS (Domain Name System) software from Nominum that will allow legitimate traffic to subdomains of 3322.org but halt traffic to the 70,000 hosted websites that are harmful, a process known as "sinkholing." Further Read here; http://cw.com.hk/news/microsoft-new-pcs-preinstalled-malware-found-china?pa… Gideon Rop.

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Orange TKL - Request for assistance
by Odhiambo Washington 18 Sep '12

18 Sep '12

Hello listers, Does someone here know someone who knows someone at Orange TKL who can help me out? I am waiting for connectivity to some remote place in the wilderness of Nanyuki for 1 month now. The cause? Access Kenya Projects Team is waiting for clearance from to access an Orange Kenya mast in Nanyuki - which is where my radios need to be mounted. My understanding is that Access Kenya is leasing mast space from Orange Kenya's facility in Nanyuki town. However, waiting for 1 month to get approval to access the mast doesn't sound quite right, but that is what I am told it is. Seriously, I believe the sharing of the mast is a commercial venture between the two providers. There must be a way to shorten the bureaucratic tape at Orange Kenya. I am waiting for service and I so hope someone knows someone, honestly. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler.

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The State Of Internet Access In Our Schools & Kenya’s Global Ranking In A Hyper-Connected World
by Ali Hussein 18 Sep '12

18 Sep '12

Listers Last week I visited a school run by an NGO called New Dawn Kenya www.newdawnkenya.com. The school is in an informal settlement in the affluent Runda residential area. The appetite for education and knowledge among the students was a thing of beauty to see. These are extremely disadvantaged young people with an insatiable thirst for knowledge. What struck home for me was that the majority of them had never accessed information on the Internet. This issue is an emotional one for me. As a hyper-connected Kenyan I have always taken for granted access to the Internet for the last few years. Over the last few years Internet usage and penetration levels have increased phenomenally. Read on: http://alyhussein.com/2012/09/the-state-of-internet-access-in-our-schools-k… Ali Hussein +254 773/713 601113 Sent from my iPad

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African Development Bank supports DEMO Africa 2012
by Brian Munyao Longwe 18 Sep '12

18 Sep '12

Apologies for cross-posting Excited about this! http://www.demo-africa.com/news/african-development-bank-supports-demo-afri… [image: logo] *Brian Munyao Longwe* | Mobile: 254715964281 http://mashilingi.blogspot.com <http://www.facebook.com/brianmunyao> Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/brianmunyao> <http://www.twitter.com/blongwe> Twitter <http://www.twitter.com/blongwe> <http://ke.linkedin.com/pub/brian-munyao-longwe/0/32/254> LinkedIn<http://ke.linkedin.com/pub/brian-munyao-longwe/0/32/254> Contact me: [image: Skype] blongwe Want a signature like mine? <http://r1.wisestamp.com/r/landing?promo=16&dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wisestamp.…> Click here.<http://r1.wisestamp.com/r/landing?promo=16&dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wisestamp.…>

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Top brains to entice global investors
by Grace Githaiga 18 Sep '12

18 Sep '12

IN SUMMARYDemo Africa director Harry Hare said the event, the first to be held in Africa, presents a good chance for local innovators to move their businesses to the next level.Over the last five years, innovators at DEMO US have received about Sh297 billion in business capital.Microsoft, which is sponsoring the event together with Nokia and other multinationals, said that the partnership is one of the best activities they have done because it will help accelerate success of entrepreneurs and start-ups in Africa. http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Top+brains+to+entice+global+investors…

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$1M African News Innovation Challenge Narrowed to 40 Finalists
by Phares Kariuki 18 Sep '12

18 Sep '12

* We have roughly 6 Kenyan teams... 40 Finalists Emerge in $1 Million African News Innovation Challenge Forty (40) pioneering digital journalism projects have been shortlisted as finalists in the inaugural $1 million African News Innovation Challenge (ANIC). The initiative is the largest fund for digital journalism experimentation in Africa, and is designed to spur solutions to the business, distribution and workplace challenges that face the media industry. In all, 513 applicants were carefully screened by a technical review panel that evaluated which projects have the best potential for strengthening and transforming African news media. Projects were also assessed for their potential to be replicated by media elsewhere in Africa, or to be scaled up across the continent, to create wide and sustained impact. “We are thrilled with the broad range of innovation and ideas among the finalists,” says ANIC manager, Justin Arenstein<http://www.icfj.org/about/profiles/justin-arenstein>. Arenstein is a Knight International Journalism Fellow<http://www.icfj.org/our-work/knight>, who leads the initiative as part of a wider digital innovation program with Africa’s largest association of media owners and operators, the African Media Initiative <http://www.africanmediainitiative.org/> (AMI). “The teams with the strongest links to newsrooms and technology partners had an advantage, as did those that could already point to some proofs-of-concept.” Short-listed finalists include proposals to improve data-driven investigative journalism and the security of journalists or their sources, as well as improve audience engagement, mobile news distribution, data visualization, new revenue models and workflow systems. “The finalists are also all projects that haven’t lost sight of the core focus for the initiative: quality journalism,” says Arenstein. “There is a danger in any innovation program that we get blinded by gadgets and hype. The technical review panel therefore focused on projects that demonstrated a keen commitment to journalism itself.” Finalists will attend a TechCamp in Zanzibar, in partnership with the Tech@State program. ,There they will have the opportunity to refine and defend their proposals in consultation with some of the world’s leading media technology strategists, including experts from the U.K. Guardian’s data team, Mozilla’s OpenNews initiative, Google, previous Knight News Challenge winners, and the World Association of Newspapers. A separate jury of international media strategists, technology innovators, and funding experts will evaluate the revised project plans and will select an estimated 20 winners. They will be announced at the continent’s largest annual gathering of media executives, the African Media Leaders Forum (AMLF), in Dakar, Senegal, on November 10. Winners will receive cash grants ranging from $12,500 to $100,000, as well as additional technology and business development support. They will also have access to a dedicated AMI CivicTech code lab, for technical advice, start-up support and one-on-one mentoring from the world’s top media experts. ANIC’s founding partners include Omidyar Network <http://www.omidyar.com/>, Google <http://www.google.com/>, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation<http://www.gatesfoundation.org/>, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation<http://www.knightfoundation.org/>, the U.S. State Department <http://www.state.gov/>, the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) <http://www.kas.de/wf/en/> and the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) <http://www.wan-ifra.org/>. Applicants were encouraged to enter their submissions in the “open” public category, so that they could receive public comments and reviews. The technical review panel and the international jury give preference to applications in this category. A “closed” category was provided for projects with proprietary trade or technology secrets. We put an asterisk next to the closed entries. The finalists, in alphabetical order, are: 1.) actNOW<http://africannewschallenge.tumblr.com/post/26919239666/actnow-an-app-to-al…> A proposed mobile application that empowers audiences to act on investigative reportage, by petitioning government or corporations, in response to televised, radio, or print exposes. 2.) AdBooker * A streamlined workflow management system for generating quotations, managing artwork production, and placing advertising in print media, while also serving as a staff / personnel management tool. 3.) AfricaCheck<http://africannewschallenge.tumblr.com/post/26823095918/africacheck-non-par…> A proposed pan-African, non-partisan and crowdsourced fact-checking website that systematically verifies claims made in media reports. 4.) AfriCartoons<http://africannewschallenge.tumblr.com/post/26931343616/africartoons-com-cr…> A proposed pan-African syndication portal for editorial / news cartoons and news infographics, as well as other editorial illustrations. 5.) africanDRONE<http://africannewschallenge.tumblr.com/post/26930491381/africandrone-journa…> A proposed network of three journalistic ‘eye in the sky’ drone teams at TV stations in east, west, and southern Africa. 6.) AfricanSpending<http://africannewschallenge.tumblr.com/post/26778973618/africanspending-imp…> An African data portal, supported by an intensive fellowship programme, that improves watchdog journalism by “mapping the money” through aggregation, analysis and visualisation of government budgets from across the continent. 7.) BudgIT<http://africannewschallenge.tumblr.com/post/26930410682/budgit-news-in-inte…> An infographic service that produces financial literacy materials for newsrooms using both static and interactive graphical explanations of State budgets and other public finances. 8.) BloggingGhana<http://africannewschallenge.tumblr.com/post/26929459444/the-local-content-m…> A centralised aggregator and syndication market for Ghanaian blogs, to showcase the best local writers / content producers for republication in legacy media. 9.) Code4Ghana<http://africannewschallenge.tumblr.com/post/26931191253/code4ghana> A fellowship programme to strengthen media’s watchdog powers by embedding coders into public interest newsrooms to kickstart data-driven journalism, by harnessing newly available open government data and by sensitising Ghana’s tech tech community to media’s needs. 10.) Citizen Desk<http://africannewschallenge.tumblr.com/post/26909089944/citizen-desk> A validation toolkit, to help news organisations run mobile-optimised platforms for aggregating, verifying, publishing and rewarding citizen journalism. 11.) Circle <http://africannewschallenge.tumblr.com/post/26903556215/circle> Circle provides newsrooms with a toolkit for creating citizen / audience organised ‘circles’ of advocacy groups or stakeholders around news events or issues. 12.) CorruptionNET<http://africannewschallenge.tumblr.com/post/26823985235/corruptionnet-crowd…> A ‘5w&H’-driven journalistic template system for crowdsourced / citizen-based corruption reporting projects, in partnership with Africa’s largest social mobile network (MXit), to help newsrooms solicit verifiable and actionable information, while still protecting the identity of the source. 13.) Churnalism for Africa<http://africannewschallenge.tumblr.com/post/26903673395/version-of-churnali…> Extend the UK-based churnalism.com to work with African news sources, press releases and Wikipedia to help combat plagiarism and ‘churning’ of press releases in African media. 14.) ConvergeCMS<http://africannewschallenge.tumblr.com/post/26822904522/convergecms-a-cross…> An open source and data-optimised, cross-platform workflow management and publishing system to help streamline and professionalise African newsrooms. 15.) CheckDesk<http://africannewschallenge.tumblr.com/post/26896085998/checkdesk-a-digital…> An ‘open news’ diary, content editing and fact-checking platform to allow audiences into the newsrooms, to help shape media content through collaborative co-creation of news. 16.) DataDesk<http://africannewschallenge.tumblr.com/post/26825106095/datadesk-a-helpdesk…> A ScraperWiki outpost and helpdesk in Cape Town’s HacksHackers chapter to provide free data mining and coding assistance to investigative, data, and other digital journalism pioneers. 17.) DataWrapper<http://africannewschallenge.tumblr.com/post/26827482702/datawrapper-free-op…> A partnership with African newsrooms to implement the new open source DataWrapper visualization tool, to help newsrooms publish interactive infographics as quickly as possible with minimal technical skills. 18.) End-to-End <http://africannewschallenge.tumblr.com/post/26926831406/end-to-end-traceabi…> An investigative demonstration of “supply chain” mapping and social network analysis, into the cocoa industry, using the SourceMap platform to help show newsrooms how to present complex investigative stories in an interactive yet simple way. 19.) FlashCast * A platform using smart, location-aware LED displays to transmit local news, with audience ‘conversation’ responses around current events, to passengers in public transit / taxis. 20.) Green Hornet<http://africannewschallenge.tumblr.com/post/26910449994/green-hornet-tools-…> A user-friendly plug-and-play toolkit for African journalists to protect whistleblowers, and sources in collaboration with the Tor Project and Al Jazeera. 21.) ImpimpiTagz * A cross-platform citizen reporter app that allows citizens to report the abuse of public facilities or trust by government officials and elected politicians. 22.) INVSTG8.NET Microcollaboration for journalists<http://africannewschallenge.tumblr.com/post/26923910504/invstg8-net-microco…> A community-driven platform to enable journalists to surmount structural barriers to news-gathering, through micro-collaboration, by linking them to data and information via social tools/technologies. 23.) LandQuest<http://africannewschallenge.tumblr.com/post/26898893922/landquest> A toolkit of interoperable resources for data extraction / data scraping to help newsrooms find, collect and then structure information into datasets for journalistic analysis, with the prototype pilot project creating an online, open, and location-driven database of Kenyan land ownership. 24.) ListeningPost<http://africannewschallenge.tumblr.com/post/26903287121/listeningpost-actio…> Africa’s proposed first social-media driven newsroom that produces actionable intel from citizen reporters, by establishing a Storyful listening post and a ScoopShot-type citizen reporter app calibrated for poorer communities. 25.) MicroScope<http://africannewschallenge.tumblr.com/post/26922506818/digital-platform-fo…> A transnational platform for team-based collaboration by data-driven investigative journalists from a coalition of legacy media to track toxic and fake medicines being dumped and sold in African countries, through information sharing, data wrangling, and shared reporting. 26.) moJO - keeping media honest by monitoring online journalism<http://africannewschallenge.tumblr.com/post/26898415019/mojo-keeping-media-…> A plug-and-play toolkit of analytical software tools for African journalism observatories to keep the media honest and help improve media professionalism. 27.) Mekooa: feel the pulse of your local community from miles away<http://africannewschallenge.tumblr.com/post/26625094138/mekooa-feel-the-pul…> A platform for creating personalised news from subscribers’ home regions, for migrant workers or Africans in the diaspora, keeping them informed about important events and issues back home. 28.) Mapping Africa’s Wealth * An investigative toolkit for media in African countries with little open data, showing media how to mine offshore data troves for locally relevant information, as well as tools for transforming offline information into actionable digital data, using a transnational investigation into Africa’s extractive industries by a network of newsrooms and technology partners as the proof-of-concept showcase. 29.) mWallet<http://africannewschallenge.tumblr.com/post/26551792398/using-mbanking-and-…> An integrated IVR and mWallet system to provide community radio stations with new revenue streams from social listings, announcements, and audio ‘classified’ advertising. 30.) Newsbooks Africa<http://africannewschallenge.tumblr.com/post/26896009530/newsbooks-africa> A streamlined workflow management platform to help journalists and media organisations write, collaborate, publish and sell print and digital books based on reportage. The system will be piloted at a number of African media partners. 31.) newsAPI<http://africannewschallenge.tumblr.com/post/26841620976/newsapi-a-developer…> An API (Application Programming Interface) that will give 3rd party developers licensed access to editorial and other content at Uganda’s largest media house to help create new ways to share and monetize news. 32.) openAFRICA<http://africannewschallenge.tumblr.com/post/26922477022/openafrica-a-semant…> A digital document and knowledge management toolkit for African freedom-of-information organisations and investigative journalists, using a pan-African semantic document repository, to improve insight into and analysis of public knowledge. 33.) ODADI - liberating public data to strengthen African watchdog media<http://africannewschallenge.tumblr.com/post/26903258532/code4democracy-libe…> An incubator for watchdog journalism in South Africa that embeds data wranglers and coders into newsrooms, with support from an external development team, for improving evidence-based reportage and investigative journalism. 34.) OurHealth<http://africannewschallenge.tumblr.com/post/26220694015/ourhealth-mobile-mo…> A mobile-optimised citizen reporting tool for soliciting reports at specific venues, with the prototype project deployed at hospitals and clinics in 52 districts in South Africa for patients, nurses / doctors, and news correspondents to report on service standards and related issues. 35.) Oxpeckers<http://africannewschallenge.tumblr.com/post/26825112012/oxpeckers-rooting-o…> A “newsroom stack” of interoperable social network analysis, source document management, and other digital analysis and data management tools for investigative newsrooms, with the prototype toolkit piloted in an environmental “CSI team” at Africa’s leading investigative newspaper. 36.) StarLive<http://africannewschallenge.tumblr.com/post/26686049870/starlive-giving-cit…> A real-time web and mobile channel for ordinary citizens to participate and ask questions, via connected reporters, at press conferences and public meetings. 37.) Sauti ya Mtaa: Geo-located Citizen News<http://africannewschallenge.tumblr.com/post/26909075939/sauti-ya-mtaa-geo-l…> A location-driven publication platform that uses geo-fencing for hyperlocal news, commentary, video and data, to allow communities to share news. 38.) TruthGauge - Keeping ‘em Honest!<http://africannewschallenge.tumblr.com/post/26896836277/truthguage-org-keep…> A platform for the media to rate the accuracy of claims made by politicians, so as to keep the electorate well-informed and the politicians honest. 39.) Wikipedia Mobile <http://africannewschallenge.tumblr.com/post/26220072540/wikipedia-mobile-in…> A campaign to boost, by hundreds of millions, the number of Africans reading Wikipedia in 37 African languages on mobile devices. 40.) QuestionBox<http://africannewschallenge.tumblr.com/post/26917994719/community-empowerme…> A public booth and audio notice board system for deep rural villages, with mobiles in them, to allow citizen activists and community radio to inform communities about social projects and collect and broadcast feedback. CONTACTS: Contact: Justin Arenstein, ANIC Fund Manager Telephone: +27.82.374.0812, justinarenstein(a)gmail.com Contact: Sonja Matanovic, ICFJ Communications Director Telephone: +1.202.349.7624, smatanovic(a)icfj.org Contact: Roukaya Kasenally, AMI Communications Director Telephone: +254.20.269.4000, rkasenally(a)africanmediainitiative.org THE PARTNERS: About ICFJ The International Center for Journalists is a non-profit organization that advances quality journalism worldwide. Its programmes include the Knight International Journalism Fellowships, and 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. *-- Phares Kariuki | *Digital Projects* | *African Media Initiative *|*T*: +254 734 810 802 | * E*: pkariuki(a)africanmediainitiative.org | *Skype*: kariukiphares | *W*: http://www.africanmediainitiative.org/ |

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The State Of Internet Access In Our Schools & Kenya? Global Ranking In A Hyper-Connected World
by Gideon 18 Sep '12

18 Sep '12

Ali +1 On bringing about this : Indeed "*What is sad about this phenomenally encouraging story is that it seems that this growth hasn’t penetrated to the less advantaged population in Kenya. It is a state of affairs that cannot be allowed to continue for much longer if we are to achieve our vision of becoming a middle class economy country by 2030 according to Vision 2030*." I believe that we have many resources and a portion of the huge bandwidth that Kenya enjoys now ought to be offloaded to such projects that open a new conduit of information to the thirsty minds otherwise Vision 2030 will arrive too soon and we wouldn't have bridged such gaps. Gideon Rop. On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 6:02 AM, <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 > https://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: Top brains to entice global investors (Brian Munyao Longwe) > 2. The State Of Internet Access In Our Schools & Kenya?s Global > Ranking In A Hyper-Connected World (Ali Hussein) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 20:43:08 +0300 > From: Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe(a)gmail.com> > To: Agosta Liko <agostal(a)gmail.com> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Top brains to entice global investors > Message-ID: > < > CAHSdPfaAfz4N_uMJHoEMR80wYkZc62QCSWMuos9gau-zUEyM6Q(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > Hi Agosta, > > Francis, Liko and Ali > > DEMO is a launch pad for new technologies and startups, its not a > competition. The only competitive aspect of DEMO is to get to the DEMO > Stage. In the last four months we have engaged with innovators from > across the continent with the objective of taking their innovation from > just that to real > business, that is sustainable and that will take them to the next level. > Different innovators need/require different inputs to take them to the next > level, some need capitalization others are looking for go to market > opportunities, publicity while other are just looking for strategic > partnerships. So it not correct to assume that very > startup is looking for investment in money terms. > > What DEMO provides is the push for a product launch. For a startup to > launch at DEMO > you must have a new, innovative product that solves a real problem. This > partly answers Francis' question. DEMO does not look at innovation for > innovation's sake, there has > to be a real problem that innovation is solving and a business model to > boot. > > Ability to scale is also a big consideration given that investors will be > putting money > and expect a return on their investment. On investors, our work on this > space has shown us that there is mis-match of > expectations. Local developers and innovators are looking for investors > from Silicon Valley, while investors in Sillicon > Valley have no visibility of the local investment opportunity. To this we > have been engaging local investors through the > DEMO Africa Roundtable Workshops and the interest can only be described as > amazing. This is a group that has in the > past been ignored yet they have the capacity to invest and take most of the > startups to the next level, but only if the engagement makes sense to them. > > Who are the investors? We are engaging different players ? both local and > international. At the Nairobi Investor Meeting which we had investors who > are managing funds in excess of $11m and have invested in companies like > Cellulant, Software Technologies and Kencall; in Nigeria end of > this week we have a plethora of investors who are very active in the tech > space and ditto for South Africa at the Demo Investors roundtable which > happens there in a couple of weeks. > > We are engaging all these investors aswell as those who are stilltied up > with legacy investments (property) so that we can give the startups with > the highest potential of > success that extra push to succeed. > > Hope you will be there to see Afric's best! > > cell: +254715964281 > On Sep 17, 2012 4:24 PM, "Agosta Liko" <agostal(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Spoke to Harry about this > > > > who are the investors ? > > > > which are their investments ? > > > > Thanks > > > > On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> wrote: > > > >> +1 Francis. > >> > >> Infact my understanding is that Demo Africa is just that. This isn't > >> about judging for competition's sake. The 'judges' are investors and > >> companies looking for new products and services that already have > traction > >> or have a huge potential for traction. > >> > >> The last few years have been good for awareness and we have gained a > >> reputation as an innovation hub. However the pipeline now needs to move > >> towards actualizing these ideas into viable, bankable business models. > >> > >> Demo Africa seeks to fill part of the gap. > >> > >> Harry/Brian, hope I haven't put my foot in my mouth... > >> > >> Ali Hussein > >> > >> On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Francis Hook <francis.hook(a)gmail.com > >wrote: > >> > >>> I am keen to know to what extent innovators will leverage OSS as they > >>> make their pitches. > >>> > >>> I hope we will not see technology for technology's sake kind of > >>> innovations. We've seen some very sexy ideas develop over the years > >>> but they do not really solve real problems or are very hard to > >>> monetise. > >>> > >>> It would also be nice if we could hear of experiences of local > >>> developers/innovators in terms of getting funding for their start ups, > >>> how their ideas get an audience (and what reactions they get) etc. I > >>> gather there is a degree of wariness when it comes to showcasing ideas > >>> and the fear that players with big pockets will take it and run with > >>> it (because they can afford to) or shoot it down because it could > >>> disrupt existing business models (e.g. cross network shared mobile > >>> money platforms...). > >>> > >>> We've also heard that techies are just that - and have bright ideas > >>> but are not good sales people or any good in biz devt. To what > >>> extent does DEMO address this issue? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On 17 September 2012 00:47, Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > IN SUMMARY > >>> > > >>> > Demo Africa director Harry Hare said the event, the first to be held > in > >>> > Africa, presents a good chance for local innovators to move their > >>> businesses > >>> > to the next level. > >>> > Over the last five years, innovators at DEMO US have received about > >>> Sh297 > >>> > billion in business capital. > >>> > Microsoft, which is sponsoring the event together with Nokia and > other > >>> > multinationals, said that the partnership is one of the best > >>> activities they > >>> > have done because it will help accelerate success of entrepreneurs > and > >>> > start-ups in Africa. > >>> > > >>> > http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Top+brains+to+entice+global+investors… > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > _______________________________________________ > >>> > kictanet mailing list > >>> > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > >>> > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > >>> > > >>> > Unsubscribe or change your options at > >>> > > >>> > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/francis.hook%40gmail.… > >>> > > >>> > 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. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Francis Hook > >>> +254 733 504561 > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> kictanet mailing list > >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > >>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > >>> > >>> Unsubscribe or change your options at > >>> > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/info%40alyhussein.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. > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> > >> *Ali Hussein* > >> > >> > >> > >> Twitter: @AliHKassim > >> > >> Skype: abu-jomo > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> kictanet mailing list > >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > >> > >> Unsubscribe or change your options at > >> > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/agostal%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. > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > kictanet mailing list > > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > > > Unsubscribe or change your options at > > > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/blongwe%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. > > >

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Re: [kictanet] [ISOC_KE] The State Of Internet Access In Our Schools & Kenya’s Global Ranking In A Hyper-Connected World
by Barrack Otieno 18 Sep '12

18 Sep '12

Thanks Ouya and Ali, sounds very exciting i am sure Martin and colleagues will be getting in touch with you it is a great public course at the end of the day we have to ensure that the Internet is for everyone, indeed we can do something as Ali proposes. On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 9:49 AM, Ouya Obunga <ouya.bill(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Barrack, Hussein, > > I'm currently undertaking a similar consultancy carried out by USAID through > ACE (Accelerating 21st Century Education) and TEPD (Teacher Education and > Professional Development) whereby teachers were trained on use computers and > internet such that when they teach, they just use laptops with no papers. > Additionally, these schools were given laptops that have all subjects > content in softcopy from KIE (the software is called Tafakari) plus internet > connection that teachers and students can research on and learn the most > updated content. > > The project is in pilot stage in Garissa, Mombasa and Nyeri. I can be > resourceful in the event that you want to carry out a baseline survey on the > same due to my interactions with these schools. In fact, one of the key > pillars of establishing computer system in schools was access to affordable > internet connection since the use of Modems is proving to be very expensive > for most of the schools. > > Best regards, > > Ouya Obunga > 0720 438 527 > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 9:21 AM, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Hi Ali, >> >> It is good you raise this issue, the same arose during our monthly >> Internet Society Chapter meeting last weekend and the Chapter decided >> to conduct a baseline survey whose findings we shall share with the >> community in due course, you raise very salient issues that members >> pointed out. >> >> Best Regards >> >> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 5:55 AM, Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> wrote: >> > Listers >> > >> > Last week I visited a school run by an NGO called New Dawn Kenya >> > www.newdawnkenya.com. The school is in an informal settlement in the >> > affluent Runda residential area. The appetite for education and >> > knowledge >> > among the students was a thing of beauty to see. These are extremely >> > disadvantaged young people with an insatiable thirst for knowledge. >> > >> > What struck home for me was that the majority of them had never accessed >> > information on the Internet. This issue is an emotional one for me. As a >> > hyper-connected Kenyan I have always taken for granted access to the >> > Internet for the last few years. Over the last few years Internet usage >> > and >> > penetration levels have increased phenomenally. >> > >> > Read on: >> > >> > >> > http://alyhussein.com/2012/09/the-state-of-internet-access-in-our-schools-k… >> > >> > >> > Ali Hussein >> > >> > +254 773/713 601113 >> > >> > Sent from my iPad >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > kictanet mailing list >> > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> > >> > Unsubscribe or change your options at >> > >> > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/otieno.barrack%40gmai… >> > >> > 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 >> +254721325277 >> +254-20-2498789 >> Skype: barrack.otieno >> http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/ >> _______________________________________________ >> isoc mailing list >> isoc(a)orion.my.co.ke >> http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/isoc > > > > > -- > Ouya Obunga > Lead Software Architect > Skooli Labs East Africa > 2nd Floor, Mageso Chambers, > Moi Avenue, Nairobi > +254 (20) 3572650, 0720 438 527 > ouya(a)skooli.co.ke > -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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