January 2013 - KICTANet

Government Websites down - again?
by Walubengo J 10 Jan '13

10 Jan '13

Sorry @Paul K, @Ndemo and @Kate Gitau to pick on you early in the year, but it looks like I cannot reach most of the government site (www.xxx.go.ke) I quick ping to the following fails: http://www.ict.go.ke/ (ICT Board site down) or http://www.information.go.ke/ (Ministry of Info and communication site down). Rumour has it that it has something to do with the TEAMs cable undergoing scheduled maintenance. Pliz ?!!??... But thank heavens our Money minting machine below has somehow managed to stay up :-) http://www.kra.go.ke/ (Kenya Revenue up) even though its parent ministry is down :-( http://www.treasury.go.ke/ (Ministry of FInance down) Ok, could someone remind me why we are the best ICT destination in East Africa and the future mother of Silicon Savannah/Konza CIty when we cannot design redundancy within our government networks? We have guys on this list who can design redundancy for free - me included. But since it is election time, why cant my good friend Dr. Ndemo just put up an international tender for this work :-) and then I can apply from which Island was it again? -Cayman Island or something? walu.

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Why PCK remains relevant
by robert yawe 10 Jan '13

10 Jan '13

Hi, I believe the following video speaks for itself http://youtu.be/u2ZHMYHhYHY 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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Bill Gates mentions MPESA
by Gideon 09 Jan '13

09 Jan '13

Mpesa is one of the greatest innovations from Africa and more especially Kenya. We need to encourage more innovations that can practically be i mplemented and consumed by everyone across the divide. Enabling tech-innovations that transcend social class and culture. Gideon Rop, DotConnetcAfrica On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 12:00 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 > 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: Government Websites down - again? (Dennis Kioko) > 2. Re: Pulling together to ensure a successful 2013 election > (Baiju Shah) > 3. Bill Gates mentions MPESA (robert yawe) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2013 15:12:59 +0300 > From: Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi(a)gmail.com> > To: Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Government Websites down - again? > Message-ID: > < > CADfbAQTqdZc6sP-Fw6UDdc39B4rmed5nNaq0F-T1-g+ZD-8vJw(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Treasury should still be hosting a number of govt ministry websites as the > budget for the same is issued within treasury. >

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Bill Gates mentions MPESA
by robert yawe 09 Jan '13

09 Jan '13

http://www.humanipo.com/news/3120/Bill-Gates-compares-M-Pesa-model-to-Micro… Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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Pulling together to ensure a successful 2013 election
by Alice Munyua 08 Jan '13

08 Jan '13

A view from Citizen pathway attached. Best Alice

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Fw: [eThinkTankTz] Fwd: IBM Reseach Lab Kenya is Hiring [2 Attachments]
by Walubengo J 06 Jan '13

06 Jan '13

Funny, I had to harvest this hiring request from a Tanzanian list..wonder why it was not floated here as well - unless the IBM positions were strictly reserved for our Ndugu in TZ. walu. ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Amos Nungu <amnungu(a)kth.se> To: ettz <ethinktanktz(a)yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, January 4, 2013 5:21 PM Subject: [eThinkTankTz] Fwd: IBM Reseach Lab Kenya is Hiring [2 Attachments] [Attachment(s) from Amos Nungu included below] Sorry for cross posting. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: IBM Reseach Lab Kenya is Hiring Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 10:52:20 +0200 From: Anne Onsarigo <ONSARIGO(a)ke.ibm.com> To: jc2977(a)nyu.edu Good day Jay, I would like to introduce myself, I got your email from Diana Gruverman and I would like to request you to please connect me to anyone who would be interested in the opportunity below: We are seeking research scientists to join us in our recently announced IBM Research – Africa lab in Nairobi, Kenya (the first IBM Research lab dedicated to a whole continent). The lab will be located on the campus of the Catholic University in the Karen-Langata area in Nairobi. To help us achieve our goal of becoming a world-class research organization that will deliver innovations relevant to the African continent,we are looking for candidates who have an outstanding human computer interaction background and research scientists who will help us to realize our smarter planet agenda in Africa. We need Africans with the right skill who are willing to come back to the continent and make an impact. Attached, please see the job profiles of the people we are looking to hire. Your help to publicize these roles for us will be highly appreciated... Kind Regards ________________________________ Anne Onsarigo The Atrium Graduate Recruitment Manager Chaka Road, IBM East Africa Kenya Phone: +254-20325-44241 Mobile: +254-722-540-958 e-mail: onsarigo(a)ke.ibm.com ________________________________ __._,_.___Attachment(s) from Amos Nungu 2 of 2 File(s) Research Staff Member_HCI_Visualization.docx Research Staff Member_SmarterPlanet.docx Reply via web post Reply to sender Reply to group Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity: * New Members 2 Visit Your Group Anyone who would like to join eThinkTankTz is welcome to do so by sending a blank email to: eThinkTankTz-subscribe(a)yahoogroups.com Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use • Send us Feedback . __,_._,___

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Campaigns could cost Sh36 billion
by S.M. Muraya 06 Jan '13

06 Jan '13

After voter bribery, how do we detect the coming "devolved" theft of funds? It may take a while for county websites to in be in place factoring our procurement system locks out talent. Campaigns could cost Sh36 billion http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000074352

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Internet Governance Outlook 2013: "Cold Internet War" or "Peaceful Internet Coexistence"?
by Alice Munyua 05 Jan '13

05 Jan '13

http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130103_internet_governance_outlook_2013/ Best Alice

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Understanding the African digital consumer
by Ali Hussein 05 Jan '13

05 Jan '13

Listers In the wake of discussions on the future of Internet Governance, Digital Migrations across the continent this research piece by McKinsey & Co couldn't have been more relevant.. The research shows for example that Kenya's Internet costs are generally 80% lower than other African countries. By Ade Sun-Basorum, Lohini Moodley, Suraj Moraje and Marie Nielsen Urban Africans are increasingly sophisticated when it comes to using the Internet, but there is a lot more value out there for telecoms providers to capture. Here’s how. Urban Africans have embraced the Internet, driven by the need to connect with friends and family and the increasing affordability of Internet-capable phones. One indication that consumers have gone online in a meaningful way is that over half access the Internet at least once a month (see Exhibit 1 in PDF). McKinsey & Company’s Africa Consumer Insights Center survey of 15,000 individuals from 19 cities in 12 countries across Africa reveals that this embrace of all things Internet comes despite low incomes and limited infrastructure. The survey focused on the largest African cities because they generate disproportionately large amounts of Internet traffic. These cities account for over 80 million consumers (15 percent of the respective countries’ national populations) and nearly 25 percent of their countries’ national consumption (USD 350 billion). Of the 25 percent of consumers who access the Internet daily, the majority does so via mobile phones (see Exhibit 2 in PDF). The survey reveals that 54 percent of consumers have either smartphones or other types of Internet-capable mobile handsets, although percentages vary widely from country to country. In Kenya, for example, 95 percent of those surveyed had such devices. Social networking is the number one online activity, followed by email and music videos. To date, online commercial activities such as shopping, banking and travel have low penetration levels in Africa: Only 10 to 13 percent pursue online shopping, for example, and even fewer go online to bank or book travel arrangements. To read the rest of this research, download “Understanding the African digital consumer,” (PDF–414 KB) http://csi.mckinsey.com/Home/Knowledge_by_region/Europe_Africa_Middle_East/… Ali Hussein CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd +254 773/713 601113 "The future belongs to him who knows how to wait." - Russian Proverb Sent from my iPad

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Internet Milestone: 30th Anniversary of ARPANET transition to TCP/IP
by Michuki Mwangi 01 Jan '13

01 Jan '13

New Year's Day Marks 30th Anniversary of Major Milestone for Global Internet 1 January 2013 -- Thirty years ago today on 1 January 1983, the ARPANET, a direct predecessor of today's Internet, implemented the TCP/IP protocol in a transition that required all connected computers to convert to the protocol simultaneously. The open TCP/IP protocol is now a foundational technology for the networks around the world that make up the global Internet and interconnect billions of devices. The transition, which was carefully planned over several years before it actually took place, is documented in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) RFC 801 authored by Jon Postel. Throughout its history, the Internet has continued to evolve. Today, deploying IPv6, the latest generation of the IP protocol, is critical to ensuring the Internet's continued growth and to connect the billions of people not yet online. Thousands of major Internet service providers (ISPs), home networking equipment manufacturers, and web companies around the world are coming together to permanently enable IPv6 for their products and services through efforts such as World IPv6 Launch organized by the Internet Society. For more information about the Internet Society's work to facilitate the open development of standards, protocols, and administration, and to ensure a robust, secure technical infrastructure, see the Internet Technology Matters blog and the Deploy360 Programme. For further details about the Internet's history and development, see the "Brief History of the Internet".

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