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Is MPESA down?
by Keith Andere 08 Dec '18

08 Dec '18

Listers, Is anyone else experiencing challenges with Mpesa? Regards, Keith.

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Redundancy Key for Digital Utility Platforms
by Mbugua Njihia 08 Dec '18

08 Dec '18

Market “dominance” is often only frowned upon by parties that do not currently enjoy the said status. However this status carries with it inherent responsibility, especially so if a product or service has acquired utility status, with an enviable number of daily active consumers - http://www.mbuguanjihia.com/tech/redundancy-key-for-digital-utility-platfor… *Regards,* Mbugua Njihia ᐧ

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National Dialogues on Tech Assisted Violence Against Women
by Liz Orembo 08 Dec '18

08 Dec '18

Morning listers, KICTANet and Article 19 will hold a workshop on 11th Dec at Radison Blu on the subject theme. We have a few slots for those interested/working on policy aspect of digital satefy. Please find a concept note attached with more details. If interested, please send an OFFLIST message to cheryl(a)article19.org, and cc mwaragichanga(a)kictanet.or.ke Asanteni.

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Child marriage on facebook
by evelyne wanjiku 04 Dec '18

04 Dec '18

Hi listers, Im following a debate on cnn about this south sudanese 'baby bride' who was auctioned on fb. It brings me back to this question, who should regulate facebook? Some argue fb is too big to regulate all the things that happen on their platform. Who should police fb? Is it us? We have power to shut down our pages if we dont agree with what goes on in their...but we don't. Why? Is it facebook? Do they care about being responsible especially in Africa? Is it government? And just how far can the government reach? Or should we just relax and face the beginning of the end by having an attitude of anything goes as long we have internet. Nice day everyone. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

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Re: [kictanet] Job Description for Digital Programme Officer Kenya
by Ephraim Percy Kenyanito 04 Dec '18

04 Dec '18

Dear All, Please find here the link for a Job Description for the position of Digital Programme Officer Kenya: https://article.peoplehr.net/Pages/JobBoard/Opening.aspx?v=c4cfaac1-c884-49… Please share widely with your networks. -- Best Regards, Ephraim Percy Kenyanito Team Digital *ARTICLE 19 EASTERN AFRICA * *DEFENDING FREEDOM **OF EXPRESSION AND INFORMATION* W _https://www.article19.org/regional-office/eastern-africa/ _Tw @article19eafric Fa _facebook.com/article19org <http://facebook.com/article19org> _PGP Fingerprint: B0FA394AF73DEB7AA1FDC7360CFED26DE6BA8DC1

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Is Kenya's Online Marketplace Coming Soon?: Do I have to pay sales tax for items purchased
by WANGARI KABIRU 29 Nov '18

29 Nov '18

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Safaricom 'Stealing' From Mpesa Users Who Buy Airtime For Subscribers With Okoa Jahazi Debt -
by WANGARI KABIRU 28 Nov '18

28 Nov '18

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Telkom asks for a review of rivalry
by Ali Hussein 26 Nov '18

26 Nov '18

Listers Here we go again. Whilst I have issues with some practices of Safaricom PLC, I’m an avowed defender of a judicial mix of regulatory oversight and free market principles. A number of issues demanded by Telcos and other players are already in motion. 1. Access to Agents. That’s already happening in a big way. Safaricom PLC doesn’t have a monopoly on this anymore, and I’m not sure they ever had. 2. Mobile Money Interoperability is now a reality. Time will tell how this works out. 3. Number portability has been with us for years now. So I ask, what else do these players want? https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6472694728822439936 Ali Hussein Principal AHK & Associates +254 0713 601113 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

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Data Security
by Peter Wakaba 21 Nov '18

21 Nov '18

Dear Lister, Apologies for cross posting. I am looking for someone who can articulate internet and data security issues in Swahili? Please reach out. -- *Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up, It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up, it knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn't matter whether you are a gazelle or a lion. When the sun comes up, you better start running. - In "The World is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman.*

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Data Privacy Thoughts/Challenges
by S.M. Muraya 21 Nov '18

21 Nov '18

While the EU focuses more on regulation, the USA is much better in growing businesses. Maybe we can learn from US reservations (not just EU regulations :) http://fortune.com/2018/10/23/california-data-privacy-law-gdpr/ California’s New Data Privacy Law Could Begin a Regulatory Disaster By DANNY ALLAN | October 23, 2018 When the European Union adopted the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in 2016, many in the technology industry saw it as just the first of many such data privacy laws to come. They were right. And, as a result, we may be on the brink of a convoluted regulatory disaster. In June, California became the first U.S. state to pass its own data privacy law, the California Consumer Privacy Act. When it goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2020, the act will provide the state’s 40 million residents with rights similar to those granted to European citizens through the GDPR. The hastily approved act gives all California residents the right to see what personal information is being collected by businesses and to request that this data be deleted. They will also be able to discover whether organizations are selling their information to third parties, such as advertisers, and to request those organizations stop doing so. It will be the most comprehensive data privacy law in the country. That said, while the GDPR was criticized for being too ambiguous, it looks downright hyper-specific in comparison to the California law. For example, thanks to some loose categorization of businesses to which the act applies, it has the potential to include not just organizations that sell individuals’ data for financial gain, but also websites that collect IP addresses from millions of unique visitors per day. In 2017 alone, over 1.9 billion files were leaked through security breaches. After the California Consumer Privacy Act comes into force, organizations mishandling data could be fined up to $7,500 for each violation. The financial impact to businesses could be enormous—and that doesn’t even take into account the soft costs associated with loss of customer and employee confidence and damage to brand reputation. Data privacy regulation in America is about to become seriously confusing. Since the GDPR came into effect, only some states have expanded their data protection regulations to include breach notification requirements. And state laws governing data breaches vary significantly: Texas imposes civil fines of up to $50,000 per violation, while Georgia imposes no penalty at all. It’s likely that other states will soon pass their own data privacy legislation. Just over half the public (51%) thinks technology companies should be regulated more than they are now, according to a June 2018 report from the Pew Research Center. As security breaches and privacy concerns continue to make headlines, public awareness of and demand for stronger data protection practices are likely to increase. If each state takes on a local approach to data privacy, America will become a patchwork quilt of regulation, making it an extremely challenging place to do business. Imagine having to ensure that datasets with personal information on millions of people comply not just with the GDPR, but also with 50 different and sometimes contradictory policies? As people move from one state to another, presumably the rules regulating their data would also change. How can organizations possibly keep track? This is the stuff CIO nightmares are made of. What we need is common set of rules for everyone, ideally similar to the GDPR’s, which U.S. organizations doing business in the EU are already following. This would minimize the regulatory burden while also providing U.S. citizens with substantial control over their personal information. A discussion draft of a new proposed House law, the Data Acquisition and Technology Accountability and Security Act, would create federal standards for breach notification that would preempt state laws. However, the bill is too focused on notifying customers of data theft, failing to provide them with the more comprehensive rights they need to adequately control their personal data. It will need to be strengthened significantly to meet the privacy demands of U.S. citizens. In any case, Washington needs to act soon. Otherwise, the U.S. may end up with a regulatory scheme that makes GDPR compliance look like a walk in the park. Danny Allan is the vice president of product strategy at Veeam.

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