April 2013 - KICTANet

Re: [kictanet] Posta Kenya closes 56 outlets
by Paul Roy Owino 22 Apr '13

22 Apr '13

Worked on Botswana Post and I concur its a success story in the continent. Think we got weak leadership at Posta Kenya. Sent from my Windows Phone ------------------------------ From: Brian Munyao Longwe Sent: 4/22/2013 10:09 AM To: Paul Roy Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Posta Kenya closes 56 outlets Whata travesty and a lost opportunity. Two years ago I spent time working on a project to help Botswana Posts introduce their own mobile money product as a service. They had already (as part of their strategic plan) established partnership with Govt to handle payment of social grants (pensions, social security, welfare etc).... There are many other ways of being sustainable. Best regards, Brian On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 5:06 AM, Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> wrote: > Listers > > Hidden among the statistics released by CCK is the state of Posta Kenya. > > > http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Postal-Kenya-closes-56-ou… > > Yet despite the dire straits the state corporation seems to be in it still > could reinvent itself. Posta is in dire need of re-inventing itself ala > Deutsche Post which reverse took-over DHL and benefited from its logistics > and savvy managerial skills. Is the semi-privatization of Posta Kenya > imminent? Is it the only thing that can save it? Should the > Government/Posta seriously look at this option? I dare say we must move > poste haste (pun intended) or be confined to the fate of the US Postal > Service which seems incapable of getting out of its morose state. > > The article below Wikipedia gives a good background to the Deutsche Post > story. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Post > > > Ali Hussein > CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd > Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd > > +254 713 601113 > > "The future belongs to him who knows how to wait." - Russian Proverb > > 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/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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Impact of the Internet in Africa: The Dalberg Report
by Gideon 22 Apr '13

22 Apr '13

The Dalberg Report : An Interesting report for policy makers http://www.impactoftheinternet.com/ The Internet is a tremendous, undisputed force for economic growth and social change. This report intends to help policymakers capture the potential of the Internet for social and economic development - to help them understand how their constituencies already use the Internet, where the opportunities lie, what future potential for social impact the Internet offers, and what their countries need to get there. Based on a survey of more than 1300 businesses, including nearly 1000 SMEs and extensive interviews with experts across Ghana, Kenya, Senegal and Nigeria this report arms policymakers with data on the social and economic benefits of broadband and Internet. It also uses extensive secondary research and qualitative and quantitative analysis to support policymakers in harnessing the Internet’s potential. Finally, it provides actionable recommendations across policy portfolios. Gideon Rop,

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Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA)
by ICT Researcher 21 Apr '13

21 Apr '13

Talk Begins of Online ‘Blackout’ in CISPA Protest Posted 2013-04-19 18:08:42 (NEW YORK) -- No sooner had the House of Representatives passed the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), on Thursday, than word began spreading of an online protest. Some are suggesting the protest take the form of a “blackout” – going offline for 24 hours, displaying censorship bars over content or posting statements of opposition to Internet censorship — similar to last year’s opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA). Supporters on Twitter have begun tweeting the hashtag #CISPABlackout to promote the proposed April 22 “blackout.” Though proponents see the bill as a strong measure to fight cyber threats and better protect citizens, organizations like the American Civil Liberties Union, The Internet Defense League and the Electronic Frontier Foundation oppose CISPA because of the jurisdiction it would provide for the federal government to procure personal information shared with private-sector entities such as Google or Facebook. ( Read more at: http://kticradio.com/news/business/?more=33414201 )

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Kenya’s ICANN Rep Dents Africa Union Relationship, Foreign Affairs to Intervene
by Grace Githaiga 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

Last week, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) held its meeting in Beijing. These meetings are held in every region, and discuss emerging technical and policy issues relating to the internet. ICANN has several bodies but one of the key one and probably the most controversial is the Government Advisory Committee. Controversial because private sector, internet manager types feel that governments have nothing to do with internet management while governments feel they should be at the center of it because of public policy concerns. For a long time, ICANN has worked hard to show that its international and that there are many other governments involved in decision making and it is not only the US. Well, the US has the “Kiwi” share, and we all know how that goes. http://www.wanjiku.co.ke/2013/04/kenyas-icann-rep-botches-up-africa-union-r…

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Kenya's position at ICANN embarrasses the African Union
by Rebecca Wanjiku 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

Just in case you follow matters at ICANN, here is the update http://www.wanjiku.co.ke/2013/04/kenyas-icann-rep-botches-up-africa-union-r… Tel. 254 720 318 925 blog: wanjiku.co.ke

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WHO NEEDS THE ITU WHEN WE HAVE THE GAC (Governmental Advisory Committee at ICANN) & KENYA'S SHENANIGANS AT ICANN 46
by Ali Hussein 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

Listers For those who followed the goings on at ICANN 46 in Beijing there seems to be a concerted effort from Governments worldwide to endanger the freedoms we have enjoyed on the internet. See GAC communique attached. While I applaud the GAC for having reached consensus to object to two applications, one of them dot Connect Africa, my personal opinion is that the same (in my opinion) retrogressive elements who derailed WCIT12 are at play again with some GAC members trying to introduce/recommend to ICANN a complete redesign of the underlying policies for approving new top level domains. To quote from the article below (see link) *'The GAC has interpreted the task of providing advice on public policy as a mandate to start from scratch and revisit every policy issue related to the use of domain names that has been debated since 1999. Six years of work by the Generic Names Supporting Organization, which is supposed to develop policy, has been ignored.' * http://www.internetgovernance.org/2013/04/11/who-needs-the-itu-when-you-hav… I understand though that various ICANN constituents requested that the GAC advice on safeguards be put under public comment and I think this will be a good thing in protecting the multistakeholder model of policy making at ICANN. But all the same, what should we make of this? Is the Multi-Stakeholder model under attack? As it was in Kenya during deliberations towards WCIT12 in Dubai? And what is Kenya's position on the safeguards? Can the new Kenya GAC Rep please enlighten us? Talking of the Kenya GAC Rep, we understand there have been some very embarrassing situations where he contradicted the Kenya Government Stand on the African Union Commission (AUC) .Africa gTLD application. He is purported to have supported a competing application from DotConnectAfrica (DCA) against the AUC application which is supported by African countries including Kenya. See attached letter from our former Minister of Information, Mr. S. Poghisio. By the way, how is the Kenya GAC Rep appointed? We had Alice Munyua and Michael Katundu and then now it seems there is Sammy Buruchara who was recently appointed to apparently replace Alice Munyua, whose term was ending after the Beijing meeting having been the vice chair of the GAC. This is a terrible mess that points us as amateurs without an inkling of where our heads are at.. The link below paints a sorry picture of a country at odds with itself. The gist of the matter is this:- http://tandaabiashara.com/icann-gac-ignores-kenya-advice-on-dotconnectafric… Who should we believe? Michael Katundu and Sammy Buruchara or the former minister of information who attended the African Union Ministerial summit in Abuja and other summits which clearly mandated AUC to initiate the process to acquire the dot AFrica TLD. The Minister had following these summits sent a clear message to ICANN regarding Kenya's support for the AUC application for .Africa (see letter attached) and there is also our former President who attended the African Union Heads of State summit that yet again mandated the African Union Commission to pursue and implement an Africa TLD. Listers, I invite you to make your own conclusions based on the evidence and documentation attached and linked to this posting. The link below is telling:- http://tandaabiashara.com/icann-gac-ignores-kenya-advice-on-dotconnectafric… Note that on this link DCA also claims to have an endorsement letter from the same minister. What a mess! [image: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/images/cleardot.gif]I make a personal appeal to Dr. Ndemo to right this situation quickly as we risk the good name of our country. This is serious as it paints the country in very bad light in the international community and needs to be put to a stop. Should Kenya's Representative be going against government positions? Were they briefed regarding the government position on the AUC dot Africa application? Lastly listers this also begs a question that has been burning me for a while:- Who is responsible for Policy Formulation in the ICT Space? Is the CCK or the Wider Government through the Ministry of Infocom? It is important that we interrogate this issue since we are seeing a slow creep of CCK Apparatchik in policy processes and engagement as opposed to regulation, enforcement and enablement. If this is the case then it needs to be very clearly mandated through new law. Or am I missing something? I stand corrected though if I am wrong in my assumptions. We are leader in Africa in this space and we must act the part. We shouldn't be seen to stumble and look like fumbling teenagers when it comes to our engagement in international fora. The Kenyan Private Sector, Non-Profits and Government must be seen to move in tandem like a well-oiled machine. We should strive to avoid another disaster like WCIT12 and now our GAC involvement in ICANN 46, Beijing. *Ali Hussein* *CEO, 3mice interactive media ltd* *Partner, Telemedia Africa Ltd * Tel: +254713601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim<http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> Blog: www.alyhussein.com Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with.

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Elections tallying remains digital in Venezuelan elections
by robert yawe 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

Hi, Venezuelans went to the polls on 14th and by the morning of the 15th April they knew who their new president is, hope this can be what happens in 2017. The winner got 50.7% of the votes cast, does that number look familiar? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22149202 http://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/7177 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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Laptops promise feasible if revenue collection goes digital
by Grace Githaiga 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

N SUMMARYPS says adopting electronic methods will seal existing loopholes so that all the cash goes to the TreasuryNdemo says converting to digital payments will lead to revenue going up by about 60pc http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Laptops-promise-feasible-if-revenue-c…

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A home for KICTANET
by robert yawe 17 Apr '13

17 Apr '13

Hi, Please find attached the details on the Kenya ICT Federation, I believe this is the answer to our getting a real platform. The organisation is going through a revival and there is a ready opportunity to take over control. 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] kictanet Digest, Vol 71, Issue 79
by Michael Bullut 17 Apr '13

17 Apr '13

*@Ory:* If the model is also adopted here in Kenya, I see a lot more people (youth included) taking up agriculture as a source of livelihood... On 11 April 2013 17:32, <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: kictanet Digest, Vol 71, Issue 78 (Ory Okolloh) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:30:36 +0200 > From: Ory Okolloh <ookolloh(a)gmail.com> > To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 71, Issue 78 > Message-ID: > <CABWH-6q7qHjQP_eoxVTVZ2kkkyMzR3PPDApM9SCYDV8= > n36qow(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Meanwhile away from the "Silicon Savannah" noise, guys are quietly building > regional IT businesses and doing big things e.g. Cellulant has > impressed me< > https://twitter.com/bytebandit/status/322237172604354561/photo/1> > . > > > On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 4:14 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. Innovationville: Where all the good money making African > > start ups go to die (Andrea Bohnstedt) > > 2. Re: Innovationville: Where all the good money making African > > start ups go to die (Ali Hussein) > > 3. Re: Innovationville: Where all the good money making African > > start ups go to die (Agosta Liko) > > 4. Re: Fwd: Laptops for 2014 class 1 entrants (robert yawe) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:29:34 +0300 > > From: Andrea Bohnstedt <andrea.bohnstedt(a)ratio-magazine.com> > > To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > > Subject: [kictanet] Innovationville: Where all the good money making > > African start ups go to die > > Message-ID: > > < > > CAFaobUCR1g4kz3Cre3FpCAf4B6qf5RmOAZGtKx5EmufLXg2zFg(a)mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > Fun read: > > > > > > > http://ventureburn.com/2013/04/innovationville-where-all-good-money-making-… > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:57:21 +0300 > > From: Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> > > To: Andrea Bohnstedt <andrea.bohnstedt(a)ratio-magazine.com> > > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Innovationville: Where all the good money > > making African start ups go to die > > Message-ID: <2E4A336C-BAE2-4C64-95BE-AEFD260C20D7(a)hussein.me.ke> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > Interesting read Andrea. And of course Africa is no different from most > > start up environments..there is the hype and then there is the > > business..both feed on each other.. > > > > Thanks for sharing. > > > > 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 > > > > On Apr 11, 2013, at 3:29 PM, Andrea Bohnstedt < > > andrea.bohnstedt(a)ratio-magazine.com> wrote: > > > > > Fun read: > > > > > > > > > http://ventureburn.com/2013/04/innovationville-where-all-good-money-making-… > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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. > >

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