July 2016 - KICTANet

Fwd: [TIER] Call for Demos/Posters – 2016 Africa Summit on Women and Girls in Technology
by Brian Munyao Longwe 21 Jul '16

21 Jul '16

*Call for Presentations* Submission deadline: July 25, 2016 Showcase your work at the 2016 Africa Summit on Women and Girls in Technology, taking place September 13-14th in Accra, Ghana. The summit is a great opportunity to join leading African women in technology and ICT policy to debate solutions and contribute to the policy processes that will bridge the digital gender gap in Africa. We are looking to feature women-led initiatives that address at least one of the summit’s focus areas: *affordable broadband, women's rights online, digital education and skills,* and *digital entrepreneurship.* You may propose a presentation in the format of a lightning talk, demo, or poster. Apply now! <http://a4ai.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=140b64295484059aa7f2d5fc9&id=…> *LIGHTNING TALK* Short talk or video vignette highlighting fresh and thought-provoking ideas, ongoing projects, research, or personal stories that address the realities of African women and girls in technology. Show us your passion; the floor is yours for four minutes! *DEMO* Interactive demo of new technologies and online platforms designed by and/or for women, providing an opportunity for participants to get to know you and your creative innovations. Demos should be hands-on and allow participants to try it out! *POSTER* Participate in a gallery presentation of technology research and projects designed by and/or for African women and girls. Be creative—your poster may include infographics, photographs, and other methods of presentation. To prepare the best application, learn more about the summit <http://a4ai.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=140b64295484059aa7f2d5fc9&id=…> and view detailed call for presentations <http://a4ai.us3.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=140b64295484059aa7f2d5fc9&id…> (PDFs). Any one individual or organization may submit up to three proposals. Girl-led initiatives are highly encouraged. Complete the application today <http://a4ai.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=140b64295484059aa7f2d5fc9&id=…> or pass along this opportunity to your networks! <http://a4ai.us3.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=140b64295484059aa7f2d5fc9&id…> Share <http://a4ai.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=140b64295484059aa7f2d5fc9&id=…> <http://a4ai.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=140b64295484059aa7f2d5fc9&id=…> Tweet <http://a4ai.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=140b64295484059aa7f2d5fc9&id=…> <http://us3.forward-to-friend2.com/forward?u=140b64295484059aa7f2d5fc9&id=1e…> Forward <http://us3.forward-to-friend2.com/forward?u=140b64295484059aa7f2d5fc9&id=1e…> *Organizing Partners* CC BY, 2015 World Wide Web Foundation. Alliance for Affordable Internet 1110 Vermont Ave NW, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20005 Add us to your address book <http://a4ai.us3.list-manage1.com/vcard?u=140b64295484059aa7f2d5fc9&id=d532f…> Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences <http://a4ai.us3.list-manage.com/profile?u=140b64295484059aa7f2d5fc9&id=d532…> or unsubscribe from this list <http://a4ai.us3.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=140b64295484059aa7f2d5fc9&id=…> .

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Fwd: Lions Den Kenya seeking to indentify local entrepreneuers
by Ali Hussein 20 Jul '16

20 Jul '16

Listers FYI Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 / 0770906375 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 Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Ninel Musson <nmusson(a)africanleadershipnetwork.com> >> Date: 19 July 2016 at 17:04:24 EAT >> To: undisclosed-recipients:; >> Subject: Lions Den Kenya seeking to indentify local entrepreneuers >> Hello, >> >> Lions Den Kenya will launch this August and aim to identifying innovative, exciting, and promising businesses, designs, products or ideas in Kenya. Do you know of any great entrepreneurial ventures that should participate in this local version of the show? If you do, please encourage them to apply! Winners will not only receive investment in their business ideas, but also mentorship, access to influential networks, and other forms of support. >> >> The show is a spin-off of the popular Dragons’ Den/Shark Tank programme in the United States, and will feature prominent and successful African business leaders as the judges and mentors (‘Lions’). To apply, please visit bankika.co.ke/lionsden/join and submit the attached form by no later than July 24th. >> >> In each episode of the show, exciting new ideas are presented and the panelists grill the contestants on the appeal of the product or business idea and the viability of their business plans and projections. Lions battle each other as well as the contestants to determine who gets what. The rewards for the competitors are substantial – a sizeable investment in their company and a leading East African entrepreneur as a partner in their business. >> >> In parts of the world, some of the companies that the Lions’ Den have invested in have gone onto become million dollar enterprises. The Lions themselves help build successful businesses and profit from their strategic investments. In addition the show has an intrinsic educational value. New business ideas are analyzed and dissected. The panelists interrogate the competitors and determine whether their ideas make sound business sense. This forms the basis on whether they decide to invest in a venture. For more information visit bankika.co.ke/lionsden. >> >> If you any questions please feel free to reach out! >> >> Best, >> >> Ninel Musson >> Director >> African Leadership Network Foundation >> >> Office: +2711 568 1595 >> Mobile SA: +2782 535 6387 >> Mobile MUR: +230 597 16684 >> Skype: ninel.musson >> >> nmusson(a)africanleadershipnetwork.com >> www.africanleadershipnetwork.com >> Facebook ▪ Twitter ▪ LinkedIn

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Games Beat 2016
by Wangari Kabiru 19 Jul '16

19 Jul '16

https://temp.venturebeat.com/profile/web/index.cfm?PKwebID=0x243397d2&varPa… Anyone know where we have similar game event/activities in KE or East Africa? Blessed day. Regards/Wangari

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PhD Program Survey
by Mercy Njue 19 Jul '16

19 Jul '16

Dear Listers, Africa Nazarene University Business School, would like to find out from you, about the Viability of the PhD program from External stakeholders. To do this, kindly fill out the survey(Link below). For any clarifications feel free to email the dean Dr. Rose Karimi(rkarimi(a)anu.ac.ke). Link to Survey, click here <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd2NQeEKvvql5y9BrJ29DA15jRzEhY2J59…>. Feel free to share the link with your networks. R egards, Mercy *"* What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God. - Eleanor Powell

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Re: [kictanet] ICTAK strikes back...
by DigitalTVAfrica 19 Jul '16

19 Jul '16

I stand up to be counted as one opposed to the form and substance of the gatekeeper bill. It fails in both process and proposals. On 19 Jul 2016 10:46, "DigitalTVAfrica" <wainaina(a)digitaltvafrica.com> wrote: > The attempt to shift our decade-long engagement on ICT policy and > rulemaking from multistakeholder consultation and consensus to > unjustifiable confrontation and litigation is a threat to the development > of ICT in Kenya. > > Wainaina Mungai > > > On Tuesday, July 19, 2016, Tony White via kictanet < > kictanet(a)gw.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> Walu, at least you have the courage to draw this to our attention. >> >> ...an attempt to defend the indefensible! >> >> Interestingly, there is no law requiring the registration of ICT >> 'practitioners' in the UK or USA. In the UK, there are several laws >> which touch upon the ICT sector: >> >> Computer Misuse Act 1990 >> Consumer Protection Act 1987 >> Data Protection Act 1998 >> Disability Discrimination Act 1995 >> EC Directives on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) >> Freedom of Information Act 2002 >> Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 >> Copyright, Designs and Patent Act 1988 >> Protection of the Environment (Environmental Information Regulations 2005) >> Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 >> The Telecommunications Regulations 2000 (Lawful Business Practice) >> (Interception of Communications) >> >> None of the above target 'practitioners', or requires them to pay >> 'license' fees. >> >> Cheers, >> Tony >> >> >> On 19/07/2016, Walubengo J via kictanet <kictanet(a)gw.kictanet.or.ke> >> wrote: >> > John Walubengo’s recent blog post targeted ICTAK unfairly and raises >> > critical issues of authenticity and factual worth.The article needs to >> be >> > understood in the context of the ICT Practitioners Bill 2016, that >> ICTAK has >> > petitioned Parliament to consider.NJENGA: ICT Practitioners Bill is >> timely >> > and advances excellence >> > >> > >> > | >> > | >> > | >> > | | | >> > >> > | >> > >> > | >> > | >> > | | >> > NJENGA: ICT Practitioners Bill is timely and advances excellence >> > Shadowy forces riding on social media perpetuate the lie that a >> university >> > degree is mandatory for recognition. | | >> > >> > | >> > >> > | >> > >> > >> > >> > walu. >> > >> > From: Grace Githaiga via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >> > To: jwalu(a)yahoo.com >> > Cc: Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com> >> > Sent: Monday, July 11, 2016 8:42 PM >> > Subject: [kictanet] ICTAK can’t speak for Kenya’s entire ICT sector >> > >> > It >> is not >> > clear who coined the phrase "Be careful what you wish for; you might >> just >> > get it". That, however, may be what has just happened.Two years ago, I >> > blogged about the need to have the ICT sector organised under one >> legally >> > recognised umbrella >> > body. >> http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/walubengo/-/2274560/3290310/-/khfyd… >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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/jwalu%40yahoo.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. >> > >> > >> >> >> -- >> Tony White >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)gw.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/wainaina%40digitaltva… >> >> 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. > > > > -- > Watch African TV live online and learn about Digital Television policy, > regulation and technology in Africa on issues relating to Consumers, > Content and Coverage. > >

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ICTAK can’t speak for Kenya’s entire ICT sector
by Grace Githaiga 19 Jul '16

19 Jul '16

It is not clear who coined the phrase "Be careful what you wish for; you might just get it". That, however, may be what has just happened.Two years ago, I blogged about the need to have the ICT sector organised under one legally recognised umbrella body.http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/walubengo/-/2274560/3290310/-/khfydez/-/index.html

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Shedding light on the dark web
by Wangari Kabiru 18 Jul '16

18 Jul '16

Blessed Furahi Day! Read on the two sides of the "coin". Be blessed. Regards/Wangari ==== Shedding light on the dark web The drug trade is moving from the street to online cryptomarkets....... Online drug markets are part of the “dark web”: sites only accessible through browsers such as Tor, which route communications via several computers and layers of encryption, making them almost impossible for law enforcement to track. Buyers and sellers make contact using e-mail providers such as Sigaint, a secure dark-web service, and encryption software such as Pretty Good Privacy (PGP). They settle up in bitcoin, a digital currency that can be exchanged for the old-fashioned sort and that offers near-anonymity during a deal. Almost all sales are via “cryptomarkets”: dark websites that act as shop-fronts. These provide an escrow service, holding payments until customers agree to the bitcoin being released. Feedback systems like those on legitimate sites such as Amazon and eBay allow buyers to rate their purchases and to leave comments, helping other customers to choose a trustworthy supplier. The administrators take a 5-10% cut of each sale and set broad policy (for example, whether to allow the sale of guns). They pay moderators in bitcoin to run customer forums and handle complaints......

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Overview of Blockchain
by Elizabeth Rossiello 18 Jul '16

18 Jul '16

Hello All Here is a great overview of the different parts of the Global Financial Sector and how they are investing, experimenting, rejecting or obsessing over all things "blockchain." Good neutral view with pros, cons, costs and hurdles. Keep warm! Elizabeth -- Elizabeth Rossiello CEO and Co-Founder *BitPESA* Nigeria: +234 909 345 4135 Kenya: +254 710 891 851 Skype: erossiello

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5 FINTECH COMPANIES SHAPING THE FUTURE OF MONEY!!
by Wangari Kabiru 18 Jul '16

18 Jul '16

Blessed Monday! Elizabeth your broadening brief is enlightening, thank you for it! To that, in the "spirit of cryptogenia" keeping it crypto, I share on "5 FINTECH COMPANIES SHAPING THE FUTURE OF MONEY!!"; http://cointelegraph.com/news/5-fintech-companies-to-shape-the-future-of-mo… One of them even aims to make governments irrelevant (ish).... Kile ambacho chatatanisha ni yakuwa "our savannah is dry" katika mambo haya ilihali tuna wana teknologia chipukizi. There is a blokchain hotbed, it had better be for IGF! Blessed week. Regards/Wangari On Jul 15, 2016 13:53, Tony White via kictanet wrote: > > ...and another interesting read: > > "Ex-Google engineers have spent 2 years secretly trying to solve 'the > hardest problem in banking' ", > applying blockchain technology to core banking systems. > > http://goo.gl/kIkabb > > Cheers, > Tony > > On 15/07/2016, Ali Hussein via kictanet wrote: > > Elizabeth and all > > > > Well put. The detractors of digital currencies always point out National > > Security concerns, terrorism and money laundering as a way to let the world > > know how dangerous they are. What they fail to tell us is that these issues > > will remain whether or not digital currencies remain. And of course there is > > also the possibility that technologies like Blockchains are now being tested > > by regulators to counter/monitor systemic failures/risk in global financial > > systems. > > > > Here's interesting reading on this issue:- > > > > http://www.bna.com/regulators-show-interest-n57982064247/ > > > > Ali Hussein > > Principal > > Hussein & Associates > > +254 0713 601113 / 0770906375 > > > > 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 > > > >> On 15 Jul 2016, at 10:22 AM, Elizabeth Rossiello via kictanet > >> wrote: > >> > >> Greetings all, > >> > >> Yes this does occur with digital currencies -- but how many drugs are sold > >> for cash in Kenya? Around the world? The percentage sold via the "dark > >> web" is infinitesimal. These "dark markets" are also crawling with law > >> enforcement agents, setting meetups and stings just as they would for > >> normal illegal transactions. The use of digital currencies for payment on > >> the dark web is an exciting movie plotline but not any real threat for > >> increasing the amount of drug use. > >> > >> Rather than support scary stories about drugs and terrorism -- which > >> research by banks and law enforcement has continued to prove is not an > >> issue -- let's look at some of the real risk / risk mitigation tactics of > >> digital currencies: > >> > >> RISK 1: retail users who do not know how to use this technology can > >> struggle and lose their money; by either engaging in pyramid schemes, > >> phishing scams, or by even forgetting their password. This is similar to > >> when ATM cards were first distributed, or even mobile money, and there was > >> a lot of education to do about proper password security, responding to > >> mobile money themed text scams, etc. > >> > >> Mitigation Tactic: Require companies using this technology to have > >> customer support, consumer protection policies, and multi-level sign-up or > >> account opening processes to self-select more tech savvy customers > >> > >> RISK 2: companies that "store" or hold wallets of digitial currencies for > >> consumers do not follow appropriate storage and core capital > >> requirements...putting their customer's money at risk. > >> > >> Mitigation Tactic: Just as when the DTM license was introduced in Kenya - > >> any company set up in the country that stores customer funds should have > >> strict deposit-taking requirements, safeguards, etc. > >> > >> Thanks for listening! > >> Elizabeth > >> > >> > >>> On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 12:31 AM, Wangari Kabiru via kictanet > >>> wrote: > >>> Blessed Furahi Day! > >>> > >>> Read on the two sides of the "coin". > >>> > >>> Be blessed. > >>> > >>> Regards/Wangari > >>> > >>> ==== > >>> > >>> Shedding light on the dark web > >>> > >>> The drug trade is moving from the street to online cryptomarkets....... > >>> > >>> Online drug markets are part of the “dark web”: sites only accessible > >>> through browsers such as Tor, which route communications via several > >>> computer

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Website/Service Terms and Conditions
by Tony White 17 Jul '16

17 Jul '16

An interesting article: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/07/nobody-reads-tos-agreements-even… Discusses a study on terms and condtitions: "This brings us to the biggest lie on the Internet, which anecdotally, is known as 'I agree to these terms and conditions,'" Cheers, Tony -- Tony White

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