October 2016 - KICTANet

Telkom Kenya cries foul over social media’s free ride on its - Corporate News
by Ali Hussein 07 Oct '16

07 Oct '16

Listers This is getting abit tiring..Telcos complaining social media platforms are getting a free ride on their infrastructure. http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Telkom-Kenya-cries-foul-o… What are your thoughts? Should Telcos charge companies like Google and Facebook for access to their networks? What would be next? A small fee for every website? #NetNeutrality Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad

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FW: [Skunkworks] ICT for development convening
by Alex Watila 06 Oct '16

06 Oct '16

Dear Listers, May be relevant to some of you. Regards, Alex From: Lavenda Watila via skunkworks [mailto:skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke] Sent: Thursday, October 6, 2016 10:14 AM To: Skunkworks Mailing List <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Subject: [Skunkworks] ICT for development convening Target Audience ICT professionals from NON PROFIT organisations 6th October 2016 Dear Participant, RE:INVITATION TO THE INAUGURAL ICT-FOR-DEVELOPMENTCONVENING ON OCTOBER, 13TH 2016 AT PRIDE INN HOTEL –WESTLANDS ROAD. Microsoft Kenya, TechSoup Kenya and Kenya Community Development Foundation (KCDF) cordially invite you to an ICT-4-Development convening on Thursday 13th October 2016 at the Pride Inn Hotel along, Westlands Road starting from 8.30AM – 4.00PM. Technology has a huge impact on how organisations achieve their goals across all sectors. The transformative potential of technology has become a key cornerstone in improving the efficiency and effectiveness of non-profits in their quest to address sustainable development programmes. The reality of embracing the true potential of technology is however made more challenging by the ever-changing environment that Non-profits operate in. This forces the Non-Profit sector to innovate and create progressive partnerships with private sector organisations as well as amongst themeselves to enhance their adoption and utilisation of ICT to increase the impact of their development programmes hence the objective of this convening. This convening aims to bring together over 200 IT professionals and Monitoring & Impact Assessment practitioners from the non-profit sector to come together and explore as well as share their experience in using ICT in improving their efficiency and effectiveness in their core mandates. The convening will also bring together critical ICT service providers to showcase some of the products that the Non Profit Sector can utilise in their operations while offering them at highly discounted prices. The convening will take the form of participatory plenary sessions as well as breakout sessions with a focus on experiential and practical applications and trends of ICT solutions as highlighted in the programme annexed with this invitation. Kindly confirm your attendance by 8th October 2016 through Lavenda Watila at <mailto:Lavenda.Watila@kcdf.or.ke> Lavenda.Watila(a)kcdf.or.ke or through Tel 0722 927559. We look forward to having you participate in the convening. On behalf of the partner organisations Janet Mawiyoo Executive Director Kenya Community Development Foundation regards Lavenda Watila

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Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa/ The Future of Tv
by Mildred Achoch 05 Oct '16

05 Oct '16

Hi all, Many of the sentiments expressed in the articles below were discussed at the recently concluded Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa organized by CIPESA "Why the Future of TV isn't TV" https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-future-tv-isnt-tom-goodwin?trk=eml-b2_co… "Content Marketing the Future of Journalism?" https://mediavidi.com/content_marketing_future_journalism/?utm_content=buff… And here's a link about how increasingly, consumers (like me) are getting their news from social media. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/09/30/more-and-more… Regards, Mildred Achoch. Check out the Rock 'n' roll film festival, Kenya TV Channel! http://kenyarockfilmfestivaljournal.blogspot.com

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Fwd: [i-network] Japanese Higher Education
by Barrack Otieno 05 Oct '16

05 Oct '16

Dear Listers, This is for your information and attention. Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Fred Bbaale <bbaale(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2016 05:48:07 GMT Subject: [i-network] Japanese Higher Education To: I-Network Uganda <i-network(a)dgroups.org> Hi List, I just though some members on this list would benefit from this. http://education-japan.org/africa/index.html <http://education-japan.org/africa/index.html> Our brothers in Rwanda are fully utilizing this. I would also recommend https://www.kic.ac.jp/en/ <https://www.kic.ac.jp/en/> . Regards Fred Bbaale __________ MAILING LIST RULES - http://www.i-network.or.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=189… WEEKLY DISCUSSION ROUNDUPS - http://www.i-network.or.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=19… QUARTERLY eNEWSLETTERS - http://www.i-network.or.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=34&… WEBSITE - www.i-network.or.ug TWITTER - http://twitter.com/inetwork FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/inetwork.ug The I-Network Dgroup is a platform for ICT Knowledge Sharing --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit [web site]( http://dgroups.org/iicd/i-network/ ) Click [here]( mailto:leave.i-network@dgroups.org ) to unsubscribe The email is intended only for the recipients. The owners of the Dgroups cannot be held responsible for the contents of the email message. -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Free AgriGIS Workshop
by Muchiri Nyaggah 04 Oct '16

04 Oct '16

Colleagues I trust the month of October is off to a great start for you. The following may be of interest to some of you. The University of Nottingham, the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD), the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) and Crops for the Future (CFF) are pleased to announce an AgriGIS Workshop and Think Tank meetings to be held at RCMRD, Nairobi, October 27-28, 2016. The objectives of the workshop are to: Promote the use of Open software, open data and Open science in the agriculture sector in Africa using AgriGIS as an example Share ideas from GRASP research <https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/ngi/research/geospatial-science/projects/grasp…> and build more collaborations Act as a springboard for GODAN capacity development activities The workshop is free to attend. Participants have to make their own travel and accommodation arrangements if coming from outside Nairobi. More details about the workshop and how to RSVP for it can be found here -> http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/grace/events/eventsarticles/agrigis-workshop-an… <http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/grace/events/eventsarticles/agrigis-workshop-an…> Click here to register -> http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/grace/events/agrigis-kenya-registration.aspx <http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/grace/events/agrigis-kenya-registration.aspx> More information on the GODAN Capacity Development Working Group can be found here -> http://www.godan.info/working-groups/capacity-development <http://www.godan.info/working-groups/capacity-development> Kind regards Muchiri @muchiri

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Deep Fried Data [A talk by Pinboard's founder on Internet Archiving and Big Data]
by Brian Muhia 04 Oct '16

04 Oct '16

Are there any projects to enable free, high-speed internet access in our public libraries? What about perpetual internet archival? http://idlewords.com/talks/deep_fried_data.htm -- Software Engineer - Savannah Informatics Ltd.

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Africa ICT Summit to Discuss How IoT will advance Afrca's Develop0ment
by waudo siganga 04 Oct '16

04 Oct '16

http://smartworldngr.com/2016/10/03/aficta-2016-summit-to-discuss-how-iot-w…

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Fwd: Visa TravailsTraveling While African
by waudo siganga 04 Oct '16

04 Oct '16

http://qz.com/790671/african-visa-problems-while-traveling-around-europe-so…

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Fwd: [AfrICANN-discuss] Stewardship of IANA Functions Transitions to Global Internet Community as Contract with U.S. Government Ends
by Barrack Otieno 01 Oct '16

01 Oct '16

Dear Listers, This is for your information and attention. Best Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Yaovi Atohoun <yaovi.atohoun(a)icann.org> Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2016 08:13:44 +0000 Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Stewardship of IANA Functions Transitions to Global Internet Community as Contract with U.S. Government Ends To: AfrICANN Community List <africann(a)afrinic.net> Dear all. Please read more on the subject at https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-10-01-en Thanks - Yaovi Atohoun Stakeholder Engagement and Operations Manager Africa ICANN www.icann.org Mobile : +229 66015649 / 97891228 -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Fwd: [NRO-IANAXFER] Application for injunction by US States against NTIA
by M Vernon 01 Oct '16

01 Oct '16

Listers, FYI. Thanks. Marilyn Vernon Projects Officer US Mobile: +1 424 345 4944 |Office: +256 (0) 414 289 502 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Collaboration on International ICT Policy in East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) Plot 156-158 Mutesa II Road, Ntinda | Kampala, Uganda www.cipesa.org | @cipesaug | www.facebook.com/cipesaug -mv Begin forwarded message: > From: John Curran <jcurran(a)arin.net> > Date: September 30, 2016 at 15:48:18 PDT > To: "ianaxfer(a)nro.net" <ianaxfer(a)nro.net> > Subject: Re: [NRO-IANAXFER] Application for injunction by US States against NTIA > >> On 29 Sep 2016, at 9:29 PM, Craig Ng <craig(a)apnic.net> wrote: >> >> https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/files/epress/Net_Complaint_-_FILED.pdf > > The AG motion for declaratory and injunctive relief was denied, and thus the IANA > Stewardship transition may continue on schedule. The entire Internet community > worked very hard on this effort and deserves praise, but we also should recognize > the amazing efforts of the folks NTIA/Department of Commerce (in defending the > plan developed by this community, even when things become rather challenging.) > > Onward! > /John > > John Curran > President and CEO > ARIN > > > > > _______________________________________________ > ianaxfer mailing list > ianaxfer(a)nro.net > https://www.nro.net/mailman/listinfo/ianaxfer

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