May 2013 - KICTANet

Kenya’s One Laptop Per Child Marketplace Center
by Walubengo J 23 May '13

23 May '13

Funny, this topic refused to go away. Anyone from Bungoma who can collaborate this beautiful pics @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/smallsolutionsbigideas with an even better write up below? ~~~~~~ In the Bungoma district, up in the hills one OLPC Kenya project has opened a marketplace center bringing their One Laptop Per Child XO programs to any child who comes. On weekends this center has been servicing 50 – 100 children since last January. For children to really become proficient in using technology for learning, school classroom allotted hours don’t fill the hunger that children have to master the technology. For these students who are able to come to their local marketplace center, hours spent on weekends accelerate learning and engagement. Children come at 9 o’clock in the morning don’t want to leave. There are not enough laptops for all children to have one to themselves. These children are good at collaborating. Now they are proficient enough to create Scratch animations, use Turtle Art, and Paint effectively and research issues on the internet. The leaders of the program are continuing to engage children in community concerns, using the laptop to interview, video, photograph and document local attitudes towards issues such as farming, HIV/AIDs, and trash disposal. This team led by Fred Juma Wakasiaka and Bonaventure Masika was started in 2009 building a program with a small number of XO laptops. Three years later they have a strong program with 6 – 8 trained teachers working in classrooms at three schools during the week, at the markeplace on the weekends. The access to the internet at the marketplace was helpful during last fall’s teacher strike, as students were able to download archived exams to prepare for their examinations. the center. walu.

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Internet Governance issues come out in the open in Kenya as Telkom Kenya & Google Clash
by Ali Hussein 23 May '13

23 May '13

Listers This is of interest to all those who intend to start or are in the business of creating and owning content online. This story which appears in the business daily highlights the pitfalls we face when business models start eroding and companies look for life lines without fully understanding what is disrupting their business models. This particular issue of telcos demanding that content providers like Google, Facebook and Ma3Racer pay them for access was a major bone of contention during WCIT12. So what you think? Should we all pay the Telcos for the right to allow them to give their customers access to their content online? If this succeeds what is to stop Telkom Kenya or any other Telco to demand that if I want my little blog to be accessed by their customers I need to pay them access charges? http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Telkom-and-Google-clash-o… This is one of the reasons that Kenya didn't sign WCIT12. It is now interesting that the same argument is being raised by Telkom Kenya. 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

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PCK fights back
by robert yawe 23 May '13

23 May '13

Hi, I was at the Homes Expo at the KICC that started today and it was encouraging to see PCK with a stand encouraging people to take up mail boxes. Before any of you utopians start raising issues about door to door delivery should tell me whether they informed all their friends and relatives when they last moved house Later in the day I was at one of the large ICT distributors offices and was again pleasantly surprised to find a PCK van collecting parcels for delivery to various parts of the country, they seem to have replaced Securicor who for a long time was their preferred courier. Seems the new PMG is out to proof me wrong about his appreciation of the pivotal role that parcels and mail play in the survival of PCK. 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] Presidential security to be outsourced
by otieno.barrack＠gmail.com 23 May '13

23 May '13

Bobby, We should ask the new ICT Secretary to explain if indeed this is true or Dr. Ndemo Sent from my BlackBerry® -----Original Message----- From: otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 06:11:43 To: robert yawe<robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> Reply-To: otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Presidential security to be outsourced Really? Sent from my BlackBerry® -----Original Message----- From: robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> Sender: "kictanet" <kictanet-bounces+otieno.barrack=gmail.com(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke>Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 06:49:31 To: <otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com> Reply-To: robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: [kictanet] Presidential security to be outsourced _______________________________________________ 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.

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Presidential security to be outsourced
by robert yawe 23 May '13

23 May '13

Hi All, Sorry for the misleading subject of this post but the situation is the same with the issue below, why would the government decide to outsource its courier services to a private enterprise when it owns its own courier service PCK? This is a clear indication that all we got is a change of guard not thought. Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696e

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Re: [kictanet] Is CCK's move to renege on a promise to award a 3rd digital signal distributor license justified?
by Baiju Shah 22 May '13

22 May '13

Listers, Here is my 2 pence worth. If we have three networks then this could provide choice to the viewers on which network to buy customer premises equipment inorder to receive the signal. Do we have quality content available accept for DSTV, is there any alternative available? Best Regards Baiju in terms of the content offering Baiju Shah Managing Partner|Telemedia Africa Ltd Suite 12|Chaka Court | Argwings Kodek Road, P.O. Box 14556-00100, Nairobi, Kenya. T: +254 737 751409 | M: +254 787332247 E: baiju(a)tele2media.com On 22 May 2013, at 22:05, 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: Is CCK's move to renege on a promise to award a 3rd > digital signal distributor license justified? > (ngethe.kariuki2007(a)yahoo.co.uk) > 2. Re: Is CCK's move to renege on a promise to award a 3rd > digital signal distributor license justified? (Mark Mwangi) > 3. Re: Is CCK's move to renege on a promise to award a 3rd > digital signal distributor license justified? (Sean Moroney) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 15:58:49 +0000 > From: ngethe.kariuki2007(a)yahoo.co.uk > To: "stephen Mutoro" <smutoro(a)yahoo.com> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Is CCK's move to renege on a promise to award > a 3rd digital signal distributor license justified? > Message-ID: > <1497983642-1369238328-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1417766909-(a)b14.c1.bise7.blackberry> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" > > Listers, > In my view, digital migration is "Free to air". A consumer should therefore not be required to join any subscription service in order to migrate. > > John Kariuki > Sent from my BlackBerry? > > -----Original Message----- > From: stephen Mutoro <smutoro(a)yahoo.com> > Sender: "kictanet" > <kictanet-bounces+ngethe.kariuki2007=yahoo.co.uk(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 08:32:52 > To: <ngethe.kariuki2007(a)yahoo.co.uk> > Reply-To: stephen Mutoro <smutoro(a)yahoo.com> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Is CCK's move to renege on a promise to award a > 3rd digital signal distributor license justified? > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ngethe.kariuki2007%40… > > 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. > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 19:47:57 +0300 > From: Mark Mwangi <mwangy(a)gmail.com> > To: ngethe.kariuki2007(a)yahoo.co.uk > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Is CCK's move to renege on a promise to award > a 3rd digital signal distributor license justified? > Message-ID: > <CAH5fjciNQaZTKDf-9RsxGiMxTotLnsNkjSFimfdM1BzkidS2PA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Let us not try and make this a regulatory or policy issue what with > theorizing the pros and cons. Incumbent broadcasters are about to be stuck > with millions worth of obsolete equipment and a cartel that will be > worthless soon enough. it is this investment that they are fighting to > maintain a stranglehold on the industry. > > Its a commercial issue plain and simple. I would be amused if the CCK was > to hold its ground and find other stations to fill the incumbents shoes. > Nobody is indispensable. > > > On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 6:58 PM, <ngethe.kariuki2007(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > >> Listers, >> In my view, digital migration is "Free to air". A consumer should >> therefore not be required to join any subscription service in order to >> migrate. >> >> John Kariuki >> Sent from my BlackBerry? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: stephen Mutoro <smutoro(a)yahoo.com> >> Sender: "kictanet" >> <kictanet-bounces+ngethe.kariuki2007=yahoo.co.uk(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >> Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 08:32:52 >> To: <ngethe.kariuki2007(a)yahoo.co.uk> >> Reply-To: stephen Mutoro <smutoro(a)yahoo.com> >> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Is CCK's move to renege on a promise to award a >> 3rd digital signal distributor license justified? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/ngethe.kariuki2007%40… >> >> 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/mwangy%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. > > > > -- > Regards, > > Mark Mwangi > > markmwangi.me.ke >

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Laptops for Naked Kids
by Sam Gichuru 22 May '13

22 May '13

Interesting articles on the Laptop debate, Curious to hear your thoughts on this. http://techmoran.com/2013/05/22/kenya-government-to-burn-sh50-billion-on-la… -- Warm Regards, ------------------------ Sam Gichuru twitter: | @samgichuru <http://twitter.com/samgichuru> Blog: | www.samgichuru.com Facebook: | Sam.gichuru <http://www.facebook.com/sam.gichuru> Skype: Sam.gichuru Cellphone: | +254-722-730565 Co-founder/ Director /Nailab Incubation Location: | Nairobi Website: | www.nailab.co.ke twitter: | @thenailab

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Internet Governance Forum 2013 Website and Venue
by Barrack Otieno 22 May '13

22 May '13

Hi All The IGF2013 website is up and the url is www.igf2013.or.id . Venue for the IGF 2013 is the Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center - BNDCC ( <http://baliconventioncenter.com> baliconventioncenter.com) A list of hotels is also available. -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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Should students be given laptops or e-readers?
by Grace Githaiga 22 May '13

22 May '13

Retailing for about Sh4,200 a piece, the Kindle 4 e-reader can carry thousands of books, lasts up to two weeks on a single charge and is relatively easy to use. The 2G/3G model costs Sh10,900. http://www.nation.co.ke/Tech/Should-students-be-given-laptops-or-e-readers/…

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Would sorting out physical addressing lead to exponential growth in Nairobi?
by Andy G 21 May '13

21 May '13

So Nairobi is the most advanced city in East and Central Africa.... So JP Morgan has just been granted a licence to setup a rep office in Nairobi.... So most of the iNGO's and corporates have set up in Nairobi.... So Nairobi is the pioneer in alternative payment systems aka mPesa.... But does the lack of a physical addressing system stifle the potential in Nairobi? CCN previously tried address most buildings in town, but no one ever quotes the "22 Kimathi Street" when corresponding. A majority of tech startups in Kenya today are web based, with mobile technology (payment systems) providing an overwhelming support system. A friend once quoted as saying 95% of his online payments were on mobile money. We have lots of tech companies that have tried building solutions to make it easier for Nairobi's consumers.... from ordering food online, to shopping, to casual labour, to ticketing... name it. But the achilles heel always remains addressing. Where do i as a tech startup owner send your goods to in Buruburu once you have bought? Or if i have a party and order for drinks online, how does someone deliver in some flats named "Pearl apartments" deep in langata on a nodescript dirt road? Would perhaps naming of streets and physical addressing help solve lots of issues in Nairobi as well as create many mid level startups and thus jobs that we are so desperately seeking?

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