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Fwd: Africa: ICANN To Open Istanbul Hub, Covering Africa
by Andrea Bohnstedt 29 Apr '13

29 Apr '13

Apologies if that's been sent round already. Have a great week, Andrea ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: News Release - African Press Organization (APO) <no-reply(a)apo-opa.com> Date: 29 April 2013 13:03 Subject: Africa: ICANN To Open Istanbul Hub, Covering Africa To: "News Release - African Press Organization (APO)" <no-reply(a)apo-opa.com> If you cannot read that message, click here<http://appablog.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/icann-to-open-istanbul-hub-coverin…> .**** ** ** *[image: Icann.jpg]* <http://www.icann.org/>** * * *PRESS RELEASE* * * ****** **** *ICANN To Open Istanbul Hub, Covering Africa* ** * * *Infrastructure, growing technology sector, proximity to Africa, Middle-East and Europe make Istanbul ideal location* * * ****** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** * *** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** ** ** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** *** * **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** ISTANBUL, Turkey,** April 29, 2013/ *-- *Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) President and Chief Executive Officer Fadi Chehadé today announced the organization will open its first hub office in Istanbul, Turkey. **** ** ** Logo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/logos/icann.jpg **** ** ** Photo 1: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/index.php?level=picture&id=455 *(ICANN President and Chief Executive Officer Fadi Chehadé) ***** ** ** Photo 2: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/index.php?level=picture&id=456 *(ICANN President and Chief Executive Officer Fadi Chehadé with Binali Yıldırım, Turkey’s Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs, and Communications)***** ** ** The announcement marks a significant moment in the evolution of ICANN ( http://www.icann.org) as it prepares to spread its operational functions across three global headquarters - Los Angeles (current location), Istanbul and Singapore.**** ** ** “ICANN is becoming increasingly international in terms of our outlook, policies and the makeup of our staff. Now our global hub strategy will take our internationalism to an improved operational level,” said Chehadé. “These hub offices will become part of the core fabric of ICANN.”**** ** ** The Istanbul hub office will be led by David Olive, ICANN’s Vice President for Policy Development. A number of current ICANN staff will relocate to Istanbul over the coming months and local staff also will be hired. **** ** ** “We looked closely at a number of possible global locations,” said Fadi Chehadé. “We chose Istanbul because of the quality of its infrastructure, growing ICT sector, business-friendly environment and its close cultural and geographic proximity to Europe, the Middle-East and Africa.” **** ** ** “ICANN provides efficient and considered management of the Internet’s Domain Name System, and today marks the latest step in the organization’s journey of extending its global influence,” said Binali Yıldırım, Turkey’s Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs, and Communications. “The ICANN European HUB is being established in Istanbul to act as an epicenter that will help shape Internet policy to deliver a more connected community across Europe, Middle East and Africa.”**** ** ** ICANN currently is overseeing the implementation of more than 1,400 new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs), representing one of the biggest changes to the Internet since its inception. The first wave of these domains will come online in the coming months. As a result of this massive expansion of the Domain Name System (DNS), ICANN too is expanding as it continues its mission to ensure a stable, secure and unified global Internet.**** ** ** *Distributed by the African Press Organization on behalf of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).* ** ** ** ** *MEDIA CONTACTS:* * * Brad White, Director of Global Media Affairs**** Washington, DC, USA**** Tel. +1 202 570 7118 **** E: brad.white(a)icann.org**** ** ** Andrew Robertson, Edelman Public Relations **** London, U.K.**** Tel. + 44 7811 341 945 **** E: andrew.Robertson(a)edelman.com **** **** *About ICANN*: ICANN’s mission is to ensure a stable, secure and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet you have to type an address into your computer - a name or a number. That address has to be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN ( http://www.icann.org) coordinates these unique identifiers across the world. Without that coordination we wouldn't have one global Internet. ICANN was formed in 1998. It is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with participants from all over the world dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes competition and develops policy on the Internet’s unique identifiers. ICANN doesn’t control content on the Internet. It cannot stop spam and it doesn’t deal with access to the Internet. But through its coordination role of the Internet’s naming system, it does have an important impact on the expansion and evolution of the Internet. For more information please visit: http://www.icann.org. **** * * *SOURCE * ****** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** * *** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** ** ** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** *** * **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** * *** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** ** ** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** *** * **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** * *** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** ** ** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)****** ** ** Safe Sender Instructions <http://www.apo-opa.org/safe-sender-instructions/>* *** ** ** UNSUBSCRIBE <sec.sg(a)apo-opa.org?subject=UNSUBSCRIBE%20ICANN>**** ** ** ** ** -- Andrea Bohnstedt <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/andreabohnstedt> Publisher www.ratio-magazine.com www.africa-assets.com

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Broadcast, Film & Music Africa, KICC, 26-27 June 2013
by Sean Moroney 28 Apr '13

28 Apr '13

Dear Colleagues, Please diarise the dates for this year's BFMA conference and Expo: 26-27 June at KICC. The programme preview is attached. Attendance is free, but spaces are limited so please register online at www.aitecafrica.com<http://www.aitecafrica.com> Please let me know if you would like to make a presentation in one of the sessions - or participate in a panel discussion. BFMA also includes the Africa Media Business Exchange, with the following opportunities available for content creation start-ups: Ø Participate in an intensive full-day mentoring workshop at GrowthHub the weekend before BFMA to sharpen up your investment proposition and pitch. Ø Pitch your business ideas to 20 investment funds and other investors during BFMA Ø Pitch your production ideas to commissioning editors Full details of the great AMBE opportunity are attached. Yours sincerely, Sean PS Exhibition stands are still available in the expo. Let me know if you are interested and I'll send you full details. Sean Moroney Chairman AITEC Africa seanm(a)aitecafrica.com UK Tel: +44(0)1480-880774 UK Mobile: +44(0)7973-499224 Nigeria Mobile: + 234(0)701-196-1413 Kenya Mobile: +254(0)721-845674 Mozambique Mobile: +258-820880583 Skype: seanmoroney seanm(a)aitecafrica.com<mailto:[email protected]> www.aitecafrica.com<http://www.aitecafrica.comfollow/> [twitter]<https://twitter.com/aitecafrica> [facebook (2)] <https://www.facebook.com/pages/Aitec-Africa/143207745706922?ref=ts&fref=ts> Forthcoming Events: Finance for Your Future Expo AITEC Banking and Mobile Money West Africa, Lagos Broadcast, Film and Music Africa; Africa Media Business Exchange AITEC Banking and Mobile Money West Africa, Accra AITEC Banking and Mobile Money COMESA; Insure Africa AITEC Southern Africa ICT Summit AITEC East Africa ICT Summit; Afrihealth [cid:[email protected]] AITEC Africa is the trading name of AITEC Conferences Limited registered in England and Wales.Company registration number: 4698475

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Aramex - The company that seeks to fill the gap of Africa's ailing Postal Services
by Ali Hussein 27 Apr '13

27 Apr '13

Aramex has just reported a good quarter of profits and states that their next growth projectile will be in Africa. This at a time that our Postal Services in Africa are bleeding red ink.. http://www.ventures-africa.com/2013/04/aramex-q1-profits-soar-14-on-higher-… Ali Hussein CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd +254 713 601113 "The future belongs to him who knows how to wait." - Russian Proverb Sent from my iPad

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Consulting Services for Establishment of a Physical Address System for Nairobi City
by Ali Hussein 26 Apr '13

26 Apr '13

Listers An interesting FYI in relation to the debate a few days ago on Posta Kenya. I recall Robert Yawe saying something like this had already been executed. If so what is this all about? http://www.dgmarket.com/tenders/np-notice.do~9306612 And is the Governor's office involved? *Ali Hussein* *CEO, 3mice interactive media ltd* *Partner, Telemedia Africa Ltd * Tel: +254713601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim<http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> Blog: www.alyhussein.com 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.

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Cofek Article citing Digital Villages
by Paul Kukubo 26 Apr '13

26 Apr '13

Dear listers The article by COFEK (Consumer Federation of Kenya) on their website, http://www.cofek.co.ke/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1529%3A… the impression that digital villages do not exist. The Kenya ICT Board wishes to correct this position. The Kenya ICT Board has committed funding for 65 Pasha centres to date across the country. For a factual update, we urge listers to visit. http://www.ict.go.ke/index.php/digitalinclusion. We will update this even further with an announcement we are making on Monday to further develop these centres. The Kenya ICT Board will write to COFEK formally providing further information in the public interest on the basis of COFEK's stated goal as stated on their website "advocacy is based on authentic information as backed by continuous research." We have finalised our 6 year report on the Kenya ICT Board which is currently being printed. we shall upload a digital copy onto our website, in the next week or so. This will make an exciting read on the sector. My view as the outgoing Kenya ICT Board CEO is that Dr Ndemo provided the vision, compeled us to seek a world class approach, set the tone of energetic execution, helped us cement partnerships in order to improve capacity, and focus on enterprise development, innovation and the ordinary citizen. He cautioned against getting too carried away in ICT dogma, but asked that we rather just get the job done. This was augmented with spirit of learning to pick up quickly from mistakes, (and many were made). There will be much debate, and indeed many things are left for the next team to do. As a team, we gave this our very best effort and Dr Ndemo gave us a style of leadership that even in the best private sector environments, you will struggle to find. (I will write more extensively on this later.) We reaped a leadership dividend in the sector, with support from the highest level of government. On this score there can be no debate. The country is much better for it We pray this carries on. Asante Paul Kukubo Chief Executive Officer, (outgoing), Kenya ICT Board PO Box 27150 - 00100 Nairobi, Kenya 12th Floor, Teleposta Towers Koinange Street Tel +254 20 2089061, +254 20 2211960 Fax: +254 20 2211962 website: www.ict.go.ke local content project: www.tandaa.co.ke, www.facebook.com/tandaakenya twitter:@tandaaKENYA BPO Project: www. doitinkenya.co.ke Digital Villages Project: www.pasha.co.ke personal contacts _______________ Cell: + 254 717 180001 skype: kukubopaul googletalk: pkukubo personal blog: www.paulkukubo.co.ke personal twitter: @pkukubo ____________________ Vision: Kenya becomes a top ten global ICT hub Mission: To champion and actively enable Kenya to adopt and exploit ICT, through promotion of partnerships, investments and infrastructure growth for socio economic enrichment

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New Article on "Protecting the Internet from Dictators" cites, Kictanet, Liberation Tech, and Giganet lists.
by Warigia Bowman 25 Apr '13

25 Apr '13

Dear colleagues, L.Jean Camp and I have a new article out which is directly relevant to the topics discussed on these lists. We also acknowledge the contributions you made to our research. The authors are grateful for the helpful comments they received from the KictaNet list, the LiberationTech list,Milton Mueller, Nivien Saleh, and various anonymous reviewers. We would also like to acknowledge the Giganet Workshop at the American University in Washington D.C. in April 2011, which forced Here is the link http://innovation.cc/volumes-issues/vol18-no1.htm Ours is article 3. Thank you for all of your help. Sincerely, Warigia -- Dr. Warigia Bowman Assistant Professor Clinton School of Public Service University of Arkansas wbowman(a)clintonschool.uasys.edu ------------------------------------------------- View my research on my SSRN Author page: http://ssrn.com/author=1479660 --------------------------------------------------

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Is Public Vetting Of Cabinet Secretaries (ICT) Possible?
by Sam Gichuru 25 Apr '13

25 Apr '13

Listers Had a brief discussion with Jessica of Mzalendo that led me to write this short blog post, but we have seen the kind of impact a Cabinet position can have if the right people, who are competent are selected for the right jobs, http://140friday.com/?p=429 again, I stand to be corrected, I am still young and I might be immature on how some of this processes are undertaken.. -- Warm Regards, ------------------------ Sam Gichuru twitter: | @samgichuru <http://twitter.com/samgichuru> Blog: | www.samgichuru.com Facebook: | Sam.gichuru <http://www.facebook.com/sam.gichuru> Skype: Sam.gichuru Cellphone: | +254-722-730565 Co-founder/ Director /Nailab Incubation Location: | Nairobi Website: | www.nailab.co.ke twitter: | @thenailab

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Re: [kictanet] Consulting Services for Establishment of a Physical Address System for Nairobi City
by Paul Roy Owino 25 Apr '13

25 Apr '13

Good to see guys replicating what Nokia has already done. I guess consumers will have to compare the two and use the best. Regards, Sent from my Windows Phone ------------------------------ From: Bruce Madete Sent: 4/25/2013 6:16 PM To: Paul Roy Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Consulting Services for Establishment of a Physical Address System for Nairobi City I forgot to mention l chair the Taskforce on behalf of the Permanent Secretary( Principal Secretary) On Thursday, April 25, 2013, Bruce Madete wrote: > I chair the Taskforce that is dealing with the National Addresing System > (NAS). The Taskforce includes among others the City Coucil, CCK, > PCK, Google, MOIC, Ministry of lands , The then Metrpolitan ministry, oop, > Central Business District mapIT of South Africa etc. So far, we are > collecting data in a section of the CBD which will be incorporated in > Googles navigation system. We then expect to role out the piloted > area possibly by the end of May. Thereafter, we expect to cover the rest of > Nairobi and funds permitting the rest of the country. > Perhaps this initiative is to compliment the Taskforce efforts! We will > have to find out from them. > Madete > > On Thursday, April 25, 2013, robert yawe wrote: > > > http://www.kenyaengineer.com/newsdetails.php?NewsID=265&AuthorID=45&Country… > > > Title: The Study for the Establishment of the Spatial Data Framework for > the City of Nairobi > Period: December 2002 – March 2005 > Funded by: JICA > > The City of Nairobi has experienced a rapid increase in population with an > influx of immigrants from rural areas, and the city infrastructure (water > supply, sewerage, land management, waste disposal, health and sanitation, > etc.) is not sufficient to meet the growing demands. However, the city's > 1:2,500-scale maps, the most basic geographic information, were produced 30 > years ago and do not cover the entire city. As they have not been updated > or expanded, they do not represent current conditions and cannot be used to > formulate urban development plans. In the study, we developed a geographic > information system to manage the city's infrastructure. Specific activities > included: i) aerial photography (scale: 1:5,000; color) covering an area of > 702 km2, ii) ground control point survey (22 points), iii) ordinary > leveling (350km), iv) aerial triangulation (249 models), v) field > identification (585 km2), vi) production of 1:2,500 topographic maps (170 > km2), vii) production of 1:5,000 topographic maps (415 km2), viii) > consultation on GIS related tasks and design of GIS (15 km2), and ix) GIS > database construction. > > > > Robert Yawe > KAY System Technologies Ltd > Phoenix House, 6th Floor > P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 > Kenya > > Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 > ------------------------------ > *From:* Muchiri Nyaggah <muchiri(a)semacraft.com> > *To:* robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> > *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > *Sent:* Thursday, 25 April 2013, 12:16 > *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Consulting Services for Establishment of a > Physical Address System for Nairobi City > > Is the current system broken? I've always believed the only problem we > have is absent signage but technically there's an existing system. > > > > Kind regards, > > Muchiri Nyaggah | LEAD FELLOW, CODE4KENYA > @muchiri > Cell: +254 722 506400 > Skype: mrmuchiri > WWW.CODE4KENYA.ORG <http://www.code4kenya.org/> > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 10:54 AM, robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk>wrote: > > Ali, > >

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Go.Ke CIO's | CTO's
by S.M. Muraya 25 Apr '13

25 Apr '13

Every County and Go.Ke Department needs a CIO/CTO. Can these positions not be legislated and announced within 100 days?

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Press release: Posta goes digital with Ksh100 million switch
by Andrea Bohnstedt 25 Apr '13

25 Apr '13

Maybe interesting. Many regards, Andrea *NEWS RELEASE* ** ** *Posta goes digital with Ksh100 million switch* ** ** *The system will enable Posta automate its payment services* ** ** *April, 25, 2013:* The Postal Corporation of Kenya (Posta) has invested Ksh100 million in rolling out national payment switch that will see financial institutions share payment infrastructure and capitalise on PCK’s expansive network of over 600 offices that will offer Agency services. *** * ** ** Besides linking banks’ Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) and Point of Sale (POS) terminals in order to avoid the duplication of expensive infrastructure resources, the switch will enable Posta automate its payment services. **** ** ** “KCB, Credit Bank, ABC Bank and Faulu Kenya are already on board. We have also been an agent of utility companies like Kenya Power, Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company and DStv among others, the Switch will mean more capacity and thus more transaction commissions,” says Dr. Enock Kinara, the Post Master General. **** ** ** The switch which will go live before in the next few weeks will see Posta automate all its transactions, including back office reconciliation of transactions which is presently manual. Posta, on behalf of the Government, remits about Ksh500 million in cash every two months to about 350,000 beneficiaries; mainly orphans, pensioners and widows. **** ** ** “Instead of having our customers lining up under heavy security to collect cash, now these 350,000 individuals will just need a PostaPay card which they can swipe at any of our outlets to withdraw their dues” says Titus Juma, the Posta General Manager, Financial and Agency Services. **** ** ** The switch, said Dr. Kinara, would enable Posta leverage on technology to accelerate financial inclusion of Kenyans in far flung regions which remain inaccessible by conventional banking channels. **** ** ** He said the investment in a switch “is in line with the spirit of touching lives and that of the Universal Service Obligation of offering citizens basic communication as mandated by the UN.” **** ** ** “The technology offers an array of infinite transaction possibilities, from mobile wallets, credit and debit cards to USSD,” explained Dr. Kinara. USSD is a Global System for Mobile (GSM) communication technology that is used to send text between a mobile phone and an application program in the network. **** ** ** USSD can be used for WAP browsing, prepaid callback service, mobile-money services, location-based content services and menu-based information services. Posta is equally seeking approval from the Communication Commission of Kenya to provide wireless internet service in 93 offices country, 22 of which will be opened. **** ** ** Posta presently offers mail, courier financial and agency services. As the public postal licensee, the Corporation however still offers post office letter boxes service, issuance of postage stamps and conveyance of letters up to 350 grammes exclusively.**** ** ** Dr. Kinara said the investment was part of re-engineering its operations to compete in dynamic business ecosystem where disruptive technologies are consistently necessitating continued business innovation. **** ** ** “We’ve seen products like M-Pesa, the mobile cash transfer service, change the way we transact. For instance our electronic funds transfer service, PostaPay was very successful raking in about Ksh400 million a year in commissions until the advent of M-Pesa.” **** ** ** The new service, said Dr. Kinara, is complaint with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard which is an information security standard for organizations that handle cardholder information for the major debit, credit, prepaid, e-purse, ATM, and POS cards.**** ** ** The standard was created to increase controls around cardholder data to reduce credit card fraud via its exposure. Dr. Kinara said this is consistent with Posta’s mission “to deliver superior financial, distribution and communication solutions” to its customers, while creating value for stakeholders.**** ** ** Ends………………**** ** ** *For more information, please contact Nick Thiong’o of Redhouse Public Relations via cell phone: 0723 988944 or email: nick.thiongo(a)redhouseke.com * * * Kind Regards,**** ** ** Nick Thiong’o**** Senior Account Manager**** Redhouse Public Relations**** P.O. Box 43037-00100**** T: 2369999 F:2390999**** M: 0723 988 944**** Hanover Suite, 2nd Floor, 14 Riverside Drive**** Nairobi, Kenya**** Twitter: @NickThiongo <https://twitter.com/NickThiongo>**** ** ** -- Andrea Bohnstedt <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/andreabohnstedt> Publisher www.ratio-magazine.com www.africa-assets.com

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