March 2017 - KICTANet

Press Statement on Competition Study
by Alwala, Rachel 14 Mar '17

14 Mar '17

Dear listers, For clarity, Please see the statement from CA on the Competition Study. Regards Rachel

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Fellowship Opportunity on information controls
by Mose Karanja 14 Mar '17

14 Mar '17

Hello listers. The Open Technology Fund is sending out its last call for applications (deadline on 19 March 2017). Fellows get to choose between 3, 6 or 12 months of research on information controls (topics like censorship, surveillance, repressive laws and narrative manipulation). For more on timelines, previous work by fellows and stipends, please visit https://www.opentech.fund/requests/icfp <https://www.opentech.fund/requests/icfp> CIPIT, based at Strathmore Law School, is a host organization, among many others across the globe. -Moses

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Regulator seems to have made up its mind
by Sidney Ochieng 14 Mar '17

14 Mar '17

Telecoms regulator CA says will not implement proposal to break up Safaricom http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/corporate/539550-3849288-83vahdz/index.h… I thought that we would have some input on this but I guess not. Meanwhile has anyone other than a few special few even read this report? I'm feeling very left out of this process and its extremely frustrating.

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Re: [kictanet] Fwd: [AfrICANN-discuss] Call for Public Comment on the Draft 2016 African Domain Name System Market Study
by ceo 11 Mar '17

11 Mar '17

Boss! I can see we are number 2! Regards, AbdallaOn Mar 11, 2017 9:36 PM, Bobs via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > >> From: Yaovi Atohoun <yaovi.atohoun(a)icann.org> >> Date: March 11, 2017 at 11:05:15 AM GMT+3 >> To: AfrICANN Community List <africann(a)afrinic.net> >> Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Call for Public Comment on the Draft 2016 African Domain Name System Market Study >> Reply-To: AfrICANN Community List <africann(a)afrinic.net> >> > ENGLISH: Please read more at https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-03-11-en . The draft report will be presented on March 13, 2017 at 12h45 UTC > > Adobe Connect https://participate.icann.org/cph58-hallc13 > English Audio (Low Bitrate) http://stream.icann.org:8000/cph58-hallc13-en-lo.m3u > English Audio http://stream.icann.org:8000/cph58-hallc13-en.m3u > > > > FRANCAIS: C’est un appel à commentaires https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-03-11-en . Il y aura l’interprétation en Français lors de la présentation de ce rapport le lundi 13 Mars de 12h45 a 14h UTC > > Adobe Connect https://participate.icann.org/cph58-hallc13 > French Audio (Low Bitrate) http://stream.icann.org:8000/cph58-hallc13-fr-lo.m3u Le lundi 13 mars de 12h45 à 14hUTC > French Audio http://stream.icann.org:8000/cph58-hallc13-fr.m3u Le lundi 13 mars de 12h45 à 14hUTC > > > > Thanks/Merci > > -- > > Yaovi Atohoun > > Stakeholder Engagement & Operations Manager – Africa > > Tel. +229 66015649/ 97891228 / 65209067 > > www.icann.org

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Fwd: [AfrICANN-discuss] Call for Public Comment on the Draft 2016 African Domain Name System Market Study
by Bobs 11 Mar '17

11 Mar '17

> From: Yaovi Atohoun <yaovi.atohoun(a)icann.org> > Date: March 11, 2017 at 11:05:15 AM GMT+3 > To: AfrICANN Community List <africann(a)afrinic.net> > Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Call for Public Comment on the Draft 2016 African Domain Name System Market Study > Reply-To: AfrICANN Community List <africann(a)afrinic.net> > > ENGLISH: Please read more at https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-03-11-en . The draft report will be presented on March 13, 2017 at 12h45 UTC > Adobe Connect https://participate.icann.org/cph58-hallc13 > English Audio (Low Bitrate) http://stream.icann.org:8000/cph58-hallc13-en-lo.m3u > English Audio http://stream.icann.org:8000/cph58-hallc13-en.m3u > > FRANCAIS: C’est un appel à commentaires https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-03-11-en . Il y aura l’interprétation en Français lors de la présentation de ce rapport le lundi 13 Mars de 12h45 a 14h UTC > Adobe Connect https://participate.icann.org/cph58-hallc13 > French Audio (Low Bitrate) http://stream.icann.org:8000/cph58-hallc13-fr-lo.m3u Le lundi 13 mars de 12h45 à 14hUTC > French Audio http://stream.icann.org:8000/cph58-hallc13-fr.m3u Le lundi 13 mars de 12h45 à 14hUTC > > Thanks/Merci > -- > Yaovi Atohoun > Stakeholder Engagement & Operations Manager – Africa > Tel. +229 66015649/ 97891228 / 65209067 > www.icann.org

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Fwd: [AfrICANN-discuss] Internet Society "Youth and the Internet" Survey and Community Forum
by Barrack Otieno 10 Mar '17

10 Mar '17

Dear Listers, This is for your information and attention. Best Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Victor Ndonnang <ndonnang(a)isoc.org> Date: Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 7:22 PM Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Internet Society "Youth and the Internet" Survey and Community Forum To: AfrICANN Community List <africann(a)afrinic.net> Dear all, The Internet Society is holding a community Forum on Youth and the Internet on 16 March 2017 at 16:00 UTC to discuss how young people (ages 13-25) feel about the Internet including challenges and opportunities. I would like to invite young people on this list to complete our below “3 questions” Youth and the Internet Survey. For those who are less young, please share it with your respective youth communities. Here are the links to the survey: English: http://bit.ly/2mQ0k4k Français: http://bit.ly/2mlYBGp español: http://bit.ly/2n6vXr1 Português: http://bit.ly/2mGgIbf Thank you. Wishing you a great weekend. Best regards, Victor. --- Victor Ndonnang Chapter Development Manager, Africa & Middle East. Internet Society The Internet is for Everyone! http://www.internetsociety.org/ Skype ID: Ndonnang _______________________________________________ AfrICANN mailing list AfrICANN(a)afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/africann -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Re: [kictanet] [isoc_ke] All things Safaricom
by Erick Mwangi 09 Mar '17

09 Mar '17

Listers, This article reminds me when I attended an event sometime back where Vodafone were trying to launch M-pesa in SA and the CEO said "M-pesa would only work where FS is not developed and a government willing to look the other way" Well here is a report that raises an issue what most of use have always thought re AML. https://qz.com/924977/us-state-dept-thinks-africas-leading-mobile-money-pla… E Njoroge Mwangi Technology| FINTECH | Big Data Cell +44 7539372742 Skype: Erick.mwangi On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 12:34 PM, Ali Hussein via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Grace > > I think Zuckerberg put it well when he said (albeit almost seven years > ago) that people really don't expect privacy anymore.. > > https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2010/jan/11/facebook-privacy > > I'm afraid that bird already flew the coop long time ago... > > The million dollar question now is how do we take our privacy > back..wittingly in unwittingly we gave it away long time ago.. > > *Ali Hussein* > *Principal* > *Hussein & Associates* > +254 0713 601113 <+254%20713%20601113> > > Twitter: @AliHKassim > > Skype: abu-jomo > > LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim > > "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a > habit." ~ Aristotle > > > Sent from my iPad > > On 7 Mar 2017, at 1:40 PM, Grace B via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > Is no one worried about one company being too present in many aspects of > our Internet experience? If Facebook wifi becomes a big success, shall we > be in the same dominance debates we are in at the moment? > > On 7 Mar 2017 12:59 a.m., "Ali Hussein via isoc" <isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke> > wrote: > >> Alex >> >> No, that's Free Basics. Which is a different product. >> >> https://info.internet.org/en/story/free-basics-from-internet-org/ >> >> *Ali Hussein* >> *Principal* >> *Hussein & Associates* >> +254 0713 601113 <+254%20713%20601113> >> >> Twitter: @AliHKassim >> >> Skype: abu-jomo >> >> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim >> >> "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a >> habit." ~ Aristotle >> >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On 7 Mar 2017, at 7:54 AM, alex watila via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >> my understanding was that the connectivity provided is only to access >> Facebook >> >> On 7 Mar 2017 07:29, Ali Hussein via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >> Listers >> >> The other day someone posted this story on the list. Here's more details >> on this:- >> >> Surf Internet partners with Facebook to offer affordable Internet >> <http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/corporate/Facebook-takes-on-telcos-with-…> >> >> Here's an interesting way for Facebook to spread the love.. >> >> Regards >> >> *Ali Hussein* >> >> *Principal* >> >> *Hussein & Associates* >> >> >> >> Tel: +254 713 601113 >> >> Twitter: @AliHKassim >> >> Skype: abu-jomo >> >> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim >> <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> >> >> >> 13th Floor , Delta Towers, Oracle Wing, >> >> Chiromo Road, Westlands, >> >> Nairobi, Kenya. >> >> 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. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >> ailman/options/kictanet/info%40campusciti.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. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> isoc mailing list >> isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/isoc >> > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet > Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ > > Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ > mailman/options/kictanet/info%40campusciti.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 > Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet > Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ > > Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ > mailman/options/kictanet/erick.mwangi%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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Re: [kictanet] Ring of bank hackers busted - Daily Nation
by Mark Kipyegon 09 Mar '17

09 Mar '17

Even with the collusion claimed in the article, the failure of controls that should prevent unauthorised physical and remote access to systems is quite troubling. On 09/03/2017 06:18, kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke wrote: > > Today we get a glimpse of the magnitude of cyber crime in the country. > > Kenya Revenue Authority, several blue-chip banks, a parastatal and a supermarket chain are some of the institutions penetrated by an international cybercrime syndicate that took off with hundreds of millions of shillings ? before they were all seized on Monday and Tuesday. > > Read on:- > > http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Police-bust-ring-of-hackers/1056-3842558-11h7q… > >

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Fwd: [AFRINIC-Announce] Call for Hosting AFRINIC-27 is Open
by Mwendwa Kivuva 09 Mar '17

09 Mar '17

This is a call for proposals for AIS 17 to be held in Nairobi ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "AFRINIC Communication" <comm-announce(a)afrinic.net> Date: Mar 9, 2017 11:19 AM Subject: [AFRINIC-Announce] Call for Hosting AFRINIC-27 is Open To: <announce(a)afrinic.net> Cc: Dear Colleagues, The call for hosting AFRINIC’s 27th Public Policy Meeting, AFRINIC-27, is open. We invite potential organisations to submit a proposal to host this event. The tentative dates for hosting AFRINIC-27 is 25-30 November 2017. Hosting requirements for AFRINIC-27 can be found here at: http://www.afrinic.net/images/CFP_AFRINIC-27.pdf Kindly use the information provided as a guide to prepare Country Host Proposal and Budget. The deadline for submission of Country Host Proposals for AFRINIC-27 is 9 April. For more information or queries on Hosting Requirements for AFRINIC-27, please contact: meeting(a)afrinic.net Best regards, AFRINIC Communications Team _______________________________________________ Announce mailing list Announce(a)afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/announce

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WikiLeaks CIA Leaks
by Ngigi Waithaka 09 Mar '17

09 Mar '17

Hi, Anyone interested in top-notch cyber-war tools and techniques, it doesn't get better than this... https://wikileaks.org/ciav7p1/ As we discuss Internet privacy etc, it's important to know friendly countries have such an arsenal of tools that are or could be used to spy on us. -- *Regards,* *Wait**haka Ngigi* Chief Executive Officer | Alliance Technologies | MCK Nairobi Synod Building T +254 20 525 0750 |Office Mobile: +254 716 201061 | M +254 737 811 000 www.at.co.ke

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