April 2014 - KICTANet

Corporate Affairs Manager - East Africa - 731895 - @ Intel
by Muriuki Mureithi 19 Apr '14

19 Apr '14

check out at http://jobs.intel.com/job/Nairobi-Corporate-Affairs-Manager-East-Africa-Job… cheers Muriuki Mureithi

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ICANN 51 in Los Angeles: Fellowship application round open on April 18, 2014 - Début des inscriptions pour les demandes de bourse
by Grace Githaiga 19 Apr '14

19 Apr '14

The 51st ICANN meeting in Los Angeles will be held 12-16 October 2014 Application Round opens: 18 April 2014 Application Round closes: 30 May 2014 Selected Fellows announced: 18 July 2014More information at http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-18apr14-en.htm ICANN Felloship terms and conditions http://www.icann.org/en/about/participate/fellowships/terms-conditions Thanks

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Fwd: ICTD 2015: Call for Papers and Notes
by Ephraim Percy Kenyanito 18 Apr '14

18 Apr '14

Might be of Interest to some of us. -- Best Regards, *Ephraim Percy Kenyanito* *Twitter:* https://twitter.com/ekenyanito ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: ICTD 2015 Secretariat <secretariat(a)ictd2015.org> Date: 17 April 2014 09:49 Subject: ICTD 2015: Call for Papers and Notes To: Cc: program(a)ictd2015.org, notes(a)ictd2015.org The Seventh International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD2015), to be hosted at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore from May 15-18, 2015, cordially invites you to submit Full Papers and Notes. Held in cooperation with ACM SIGCHI and ACM SIGCAS, ICTD2015 will provide an international forum for scholarly researchers to explore the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in social, political, and economic development. The ICTD conferences have been taking place approximately every 18 months since 2006. General Topics Over the past several decades, as radio and television have been joined by computers, the Internet, and mobile devices, information and communication technologies (ICTs) have become more pervasive, more accessible, and more relevant in the lives of people around the world. Virtually no sphere of human activity remains apart from ICTs, from markets to health care, education to governance, family life to artistic expression. Diverse groups across the world interact with, are affected by, and can shape the design of these technologies. The ICTD conference is a place to understand these interactions, and to examine, critique, and refine the persistent, pervasive hope that ICTs can be enlisted by individuals and communities in the service of human development. There are multidisciplinary challenges associated with the engineering, application and adoption of ICTs in developing regions and/or for development, with implications for design, policy, and practice. For the purposes of this conference, the term “ICT” comprises electronic technologies for information processing and communication, as well as systems, interventions, and platforms that are built on such technologies. “Development” includes, but is not restricted to, poverty alleviation, education, agriculture, healthcare, general communication, gender equality, governance, infrastructure, environment and sustainable livelihoods. The conference program will reflect the multidisciplinary nature of ICTD research, with anticipated contributions from fields including anthropology, computer science, communication, design, economics, electrical engineering, geography, human-computer interaction, information science, information systems, political science, public health, and sociology. Full Papers An ICTD Full Paper, which is up to 10 pages in the ACM two-column format (including references, figures and tables), must make a new research contribution and provide complete and substantial support for its results and conclusions. Accepted papers typically represent a major advance for the field of ICTD. Full Papers will be evaluated via double-blind peer review by a multidisciplinary panel of at least three readers, one of whom will come from outside the paper’s disciplinary domain in order to ensure broad readability. Accepted Full Papers will be presented as oral presentations at the conference. Full Papers will be evaluated according to their novel research contribution, methodological soundness, theoretical framing and reference to related work, quality of analysis, and quality of writing and presentation. Manuscripts considering novel designs, new technologies, project assessments, policy analyses, impact studies, theoretical contributions, social issues around ICT and development, and so forth will be considered. Well-analyzed negative results from which generalizable conclusions can be drawn are also sought. Authors are encouraged (but not required) to address the diversity of approaches in ICTD research by providing context, implications, and actionable guidance to researchers and practitioners beyond the authors’ primary domains. This paper provides further suggestions on what makes good ICTD research. Full Papers typically present mature work whereas Notes (see below) are used for presenting preliminary research that is still work-in-progress. Plans are being made to have all accepted Full Papers appear in the electronic conference proceedings and archived in the ACM Digital Library. A subset of the Full Papers will also appear in a special issue of the Information Technologies & International Development journal. New in 2015, authors of each accepted Full Paper will be invited to submit a one-page policy brief, which aims to make their research accessible and relevant to practitioners in a succinct form. We expect to have authors receive feedback from experienced ICTD practitioners for improving their briefs, and to include their briefs in a separate proceedings. Notes With a shorter 4-page limit, Notes are intended to introduce work-in-progress that may be published later in a journal, as well as to document shorter project write-ups. An ICTD Note is likely to have a more focused and succinct research contribution to the ICTD field than Full Papers. For example, Notes on novel ICTD systems may not cover the entire design of the system but may instead go into depth in specific areas (e.g., how the system was evaluated with real users or how the formative work to create the system was conducted). Notes are also not expected to include a discussion of related work that is as broad and complete as that of a submission to the Full Papers venue. Accepted Notes will be presented as poster presentations at the conference. Notes will be evaluated by at least two multidisciplinary reviewers, but not in a double-blind fashion and will be assessed according to their research contribution, methodological soundness, quality of analysis, and quality of writing, and presentation. Manuscripts considering novel designs, new technologies, project assessments, policy analyses, impact studies, theoretical contributions, social issues around ICT and development, and so forth will be considered. However Notes need not necessarily be as comprehensive, novel, or generalizable as Full Papers. Plans are being made to have all accepted Notes be made available in the ACM Digital Library. Important dates Aug 1, 2014: Submission site open for Full Papers and Notes Oct 13, 2014: Deadline for submission of Full Papers Dec 7, 2014: Notification of acceptances for Full Papers Dec 21, 2014: Deadline for submission of Notes Jan 31, 2015: Notification of acceptances for Notes Mar 2, 2015: Camera-ready Full Papers and Notes due All submission are due 11:59 pm UTC. Submission guidelines Only original, unpublished, research papers in English will be considered. Full Papers and Notes must use the ACM templates (LaTex and Word), and must be no longer than 10 pages and 4 pages respectively. (The main text, figures, tables, footnotes, references, etc. must fit within these page limits.) Additional material may be included in an Appendix, but the text within the page limits must read as a standalone work. Submissions longer than the page limits, not in the template format, not related to the conference themes, and/or not meeting a minimum bar of academic research writing will be rejected without full review. A website will be made available on August 1, 2014 for authors to submit their Full Papers and Notes by the respective deadlines. For each accepted Full Paper and Note, at least one of the authors will be required to register and present it at ICTD2015. If not, the submission will not be published in the final proceedings. For Full Papers, see the ACMs copyright policies and options http://www.acm.org/publications/policies/ copyright_policy/. Copyright for Notes will be retained by the authors. Submitted Full Papers and Notes must not include names or other information that would identify the authors. Note that since the Full Paper and Notes submission review cycles will be sequential; it will be possible to revise, shorten, and resubmit elements of promising but non-selected Full Papers in time for reconsideration in the separate Notes review round. For more information see ictd2015.org, and for queries, contact secretariat(a)ictd2015.org General Conference Chair Arul Chib, Nanyang Technological University Program Committee Chairs Matthew Kam, American Institutes for Research Jenna Burrell, University of California, Berkeley Notes Chairs Sirajul Islam, Örebro University, Sweden Mahfuz Ashraf, University of Dhaka

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Consultancies - ICT Policy Analysis: Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
by Lillian Nalwoga 17 Apr '14

17 Apr '14

Afternoon All, The Collaboration on International ICT Policy in East and Southern Africa (CIPESA, www.cipesa.org) is seeking Consultants to study how current Information and Communications Technologies (ICT)-related policies and practices affect democratic governance in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. For further details on the scope, requirements and how to apply, please visit http://ict4dem.dsv.su.se/wp-content/files/Call_for_Proposals_-_Policy_Analy… For any inquiries, email programmes(a)cipesa.org Thanks and regards, Lillian

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An interetesting perspective from Africa on the changing face of Internet Governance
by Mwendwa Kivuva 16 Apr '14

16 Apr '14

This is an interetesting perspective from Africa on the changing face of Internet Governance Spotlight on African Contributions to Internet Governance Discussions Part 1: NetMundial 1:55pm | 14 April 2014 | by Ephraim Percy Kenyanito, The internet affects every individual in this world whether directly or indirectly. For example, a medical professional somewhere in Goma, Congo might access the internet to read and post reviews to current medication available and this might have an impact on the kind of medication that he/she recommends to the patient, whether the patient has access to affordable internet or not. Since the internet affects everyone, Africans citizens who are aware of internet governance discussions, expect African stakeholders to engage in these discussions. Read more: https://www.accessnow.org/blog/2014/04/14/spotlight-on-african-contribution… -- ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya twitter.com/lordmwesh

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Re: [kictanet] Role of Governments in Internet governance
by Barrack Otieno 16 Apr '14

16 Apr '14

Dear Colleagues, I would like to share the following request from a colleague, kindly participate: You will recall that the ITU has an on-going consultation on the role of governments in Internet Public policy<http://www.itu.int/en/council/cwg-internet/Pages/consultation-mar2014.aspx>. While not taking away from contributions that may be submitted individually or through other channels, we would like to make a submission from concerned African stakeholders in the same way that we did for NetMundial. If you would like to make a contribution, please fill in the online form available here<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1rJEq9cvQYItvmDK4mcl-c_qdFwtOxbGhJdParRsHJA…>. All responses received will be collated into a joint document which will be shared prior to submission. Please provide your contribution by Thursday April 17th to enable us to meet the ITU deadline of April 26th. -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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Re: [kictanet] Can technology solve terrorist problems in Kenya?
by James Mbugua 15 Apr '14

15 Apr '14

First things first, police don't run immigration departments, civil servants do. Secondly, the way re-registration is supposed to work is that holders of illegal documents are not in the national database. They got their papers at the outposts but have no corresponding documents at the registrar's. No Fathers' IDs, no birth certificate etc. Regards, James -----Original Message----- From: "Mark Mwangi" <mwangy(a)gmail.com> Sent: ‎4/‎15/‎2014 3:21 PM To: "jgmbugua(a)gmail.com" <jgmbugua(a)gmail.com> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Can technology solve terrorist problems in Kenya? The police service is obviously corrupt. This is probably tolerated by the political class because it keeps demands for better salaries and work conditions to the minimum. The avenues of getting money illegally are numerous and have minimal risk so earning a net salary of Ksh 40,000 and making Kshs 200,000 keeps them happy. Also they are malleable to the politics of the day. Having interacted with some on a case before, I can comfortably say they are not incompetent. They can do all that detective work and CSI crap we see on TV if and only if facilitated by the equipment, politics and institutional support. On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 3:06 PM, Andrea Bohnstedt <andrea.bohnstedt(a)ratio-magazine.com> wrote: > The police are, reliably, year after year, voted 'Most corrupt institution' > in the country. I am sure there are a few good apples among them, but > claiming anything else would just be empirically incorrect. > > > On 15 April 2014 14:00, Rad! <conradakunga(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> @Brian >> >> Be offended all you want. The fact of the matter is there is corruption at >> both immigration and the police. >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 1:29 PM, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe(a)gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Conrad, >>> >>> I find it really offensive that you would paint every single police and >>> immigration officer as corrupt. I am sure that in our case (as in any other >>> country) it's a few bad apples. There are many men and women who faithfully >>> serve this country every day and are not what you describe..... >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 12:34 PM, Rad! <conradakunga(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Given it will be the same corrupt police and immigration officers >>>> running this exercise, what will be the point? >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 10:22 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva >>>> <Kivuva(a)transworldafrica.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Government to register all Kenyans afresh in digital database >>>>> >>>>> http://mobile.nation.co.ke/news/Digital-database-for-all-kenyans/-/1950946/… >>>>> >>>>> I've always wondered why it's virtually impossible to get UK or US >>>>> citizenship through the back door, unless you get into a phony >>>>> marriage with a delinquent from those countries. Will setting up a >>>>> biometric database prevent rogue employees at the department of >>>>> registration from getting bribes to register foreigners as Kenyan >>>>> citizens? As far as I can remember, when I applied for the kipande, >>>>> all my 10 digits' prints were taken. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> ______________________ >>>>> Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya >>>>> twitter.com/lordmwesh >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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/conradakunga%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. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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. >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/andrea.bohnstedt%40ra… >> >> >> 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. > > > > > -- > Andrea Bohnstedt > Analyst/Publisher > > www.ratio-magazine.com > www.africa-assets.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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/jgmbugua%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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BBC poll: Kenya, Nigeria topped the poll of countries with Online Freedom
by Gideon 15 Apr '14

15 Apr '14

BBC poll: Web brings more freedom and more surveillance The poll found that more than two-thirds (67%) of those questioned agreed that the internet had brought them greater freedom, with only a quarter disagreeing. At over 75%, it was highest in Nigeria and Kenya - countries which until recently were bedevilled by poor communications infrastructure, and where mobiles and the internet have had a transformative impact, especially in business - as well as in the UK and Australia. http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26824802 Gideon Rop DotConnectAfrica

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by Denis G. Wahome 15 Apr '14

15 Apr '14

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Do Connected Kenya Summits add value to our tech sector?
by Grace Githaiga 14 Apr '14

14 Apr '14

It’s that time of the year again, when all top government, private sector, media, academia and regulatory personalities in the ICT sector troop to Mombasa for the annual ICT Conference dubbed the “Connected Kenya Summit”. http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/walubengo/Do-Connected-Kenya-Summit…

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