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How (NOT) to use UA Funds
by McTim 09 Dec '10

09 Dec '10

FYI, an audacious proposal: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/news/InsidePage.php?id=2000024188&cid=159&st… or http://tinyurl.com/24ka4pa -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel

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Kenic seems to be down
by robert yawe 09 Dec '10

09 Dec '10

Hi, Any body know why those of us on Orange cannot reach Kenic. Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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Re: [kictanet] [i-network] Internet IP Addresses running out?
by Walubengo J 08 Dec '10

08 Dec '10

Am glad that Uganda has picked this up. Indeed the current IPv4 numbers are so depleted that estimates show that the last bunch (slash /8s of IPv4) numbers from IANA (or ICANN) will be distributed some time in Q1, 2011. You can check this some of these Statistics on the AfriNIC or other sites below: http://www.afrinic.net/statistics http://ipv6.he.net/statistics/ @Ronald, Yes we have no reason to panic in as far as what to do next is concerned i.e. adopt IPv6 the next generation internet protocol. BUT we have EVERY REASON to worry because the adoption in Africa is extremely poor. What these means is that as the developed economies adopt IPv6, at time will come when they may opt to run IPv6 ONLY services and then African Users will begin to wonder why they are unable to access services (e.g. youtube, cnn.com, twitter etc) @ Wire, IPv4 depletion and assosciated challenges are as real as u and me. This is no Y2k hype - even though I trust that the Y2k hype did help stimulate some action that historians are left to judge whether that indeed is what saved the world ;-) walu. --- On Sun, 12/5/10, Ronald Kato <katoronald(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: Ronald Kato <katoronald(a)gmail.com> Subject: [i-network] Internet IP Addresses running out? To: "I-Network Uganda" <i-network(a)dgroups.org> Date: Sunday, December 5, 2010, 1:44 PM Yes it it is true that IPv4 addresses are getting depleted so fast but steps are being taken to embrace IPv6 and this is through emerging technologies being able to support IPv6. Right from new new laptops and other network devices to new versions of applications and operating systems, they are all now built to support IPv6. It is up to the ISP,government and all relevant bodies to inform the public about the need to adopt IPv6. Many are still are still unaware about the existence of IPv6 let alone how it is used and assigned. Lastly, with IPv4 to IPv6 tunneling, we will have both addressing schemes able to communicate with one another. Ronald, you shouldn't worry as steps have already been taken to cover the IPv4 depletion. R Ronald On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Fred Bbaale <bbaale(a)gmail.com> wrote: James, Augment yr reasoning. It would be self defeating for you to just wish away the problem. Fred. On 12/5/10, James Wire <lunghabo(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Ronald > > I consider that FUD (Fear Uncertainty and Doubt). It is the same scare > tactics that were used by large IT corporates to make money when the > countdown to the year 2000 started in the last decade. Alot was blown > out of proportion and when the Y2k arrived, everything passed incident > free. I am sure Eng Elisha who has the head of the Ugandan Y2k task > force can agree with me on this. > > Wire > > > On Sun, 2010-12-05 at 07:41 +0100, Ronald Wejuli wrote: > >> Hi Folks >> >> ARIN has stated that Internet IP addresses are at critical levels. The >> numbers are shockingly low and ARIN has stated that there is only >> 2.73% left out of the millions of IP addresses currently in use. >> >> http://www.potaroo.net/tools/ipv4/index.html >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv4_address_exhaustion >> >> With so little IPv4 address space left in the global free pool, ARIN >> continues to emphasize the need for all Internet stakeholders to adopt >> the next generation of Internet Protocol, IPv6. However, with slow >> IPv6 adoption rates amongst ISPs and private industries, we may run >> into a serious problem next year if the remaining IP addresses are >> depleted. >> >> >> RW >> >> >> >> Visit the I-Network website - www.i-network.or.ug Follow I-Network on >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/inetwork The I-Network Dgroup is a >> platform for ICT Knowledge Sharing >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> >> Visit web site >> Click here 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. >> > > **************************** > Wire James > ICT Consultant and Strategist - Specialist on African ICT & FOSS > Blog: http://www.computerworlduganda.com/blogs/wire-james > Making IT work for you > > > > > > ________________________ > Visit the I-Network website - www.i-network.or.ug > Follow I-Network on Twitter: http://twitter.com/inetwork > The I-Network Dgroup is a platform for ICT Knowledge Sharing > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit [web site]( http://d2.dgroups.org/iicd/i-network/ ) > Click [here]( mailto:[email protected] ) 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. > > > > > > -- Sent from my mobile device Fred Bbaale eLAAB Limited +256772499474 bbaale(a)elaab-systems.com http://www.elaab-systems.com http://solutions.oracle.com/partners/elaab ________________________ Visit the I-Network website - www.i-network.or.ug Follow I-Network on Twitter: http://twitter.com/inetwork The I-Network Dgroup is a platform for ICT Knowledge Sharing --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit [web site]( http://d2.dgroups.org/iicd/i-network/ ) Click [here]( mailto:[email protected] ) 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. 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Update on Pasha Centres
by Paul Kukubo 08 Dec '10

08 Dec '10

Listers Ø Kenya ICT Board will facilitate the establishment of digital access centers, to be known as Pasha Centres across the country. Ø Facilitation will take the following form o An Entrepreneurs will obtain a loan from Family Bank for up to a maximum of Kshs 3M to set-up or expand and existing digital access centre. o Kenya ICT Board will provide a technical consultant to support the technical set up and management. o Branding and communication support in order to manage the Pasha Brand and drive consumer interest and usage. o Management of the Pasha Community portal to allow collaboration and knowledge sharing among Pasha managers. o Continuous Training and skills development for Pasha Owners. o Liaison with public sector and local and international content providers who may want to access the public through the Pasha network. Ø *Pasha Centres will provide a variety of services that could include the following:* o Internet access, including serving as wifi hotspot providers for the area. o Training and educational material provision o Mobile and agency banking o Other retail services o Money transfer services o Government services o Jobs bureau o Supply chain facilitation including assisting retailers and wholesalers with IT needs o Technology support centres for the region o Tourism support o NGO Liaison support o Data collection for government, NGOs and private sector o Business Process outsourcing and data entry services *The Plan* Ø Monday 24th January 2011, public launch of Pasha Project. Ø Target date for first disbursement of loan is 90 days from launch date. The disbursing bank will require 90 days to review applicants and conclude initial loan disbursements. Ø Disbursements will be made to entrepreneurs who fulfill agreed conditions and don’t necessarily have to be among those that had received Pasha training prior. Kenya ICT Board in 2009 and 2010 had conducted nationwide 3 week training of 1000 people in business management, entrepreneurship, marketing, basic accounting and technical management (a starter-kit) to prepare potential pasha managers to run Pasha centre. Ø The agreement with the bank is to ensure we disburse at least one loan per county within the year. Our eventual target is to have 210 pasha centers, one in each constituency by 2012. We shall asses the appetite and would not be surprised if the demand for loans exceeds our target. Ø We shall encourage entrepreneurs to partner with the networks and any other organizations to beef up their business plans in preparation for loan application and to make their businesses more commercially viable. *Mechanics of disbursement * All applications will be forwarded to family bank for commercial assessment. Family bank and an committee appointed by the Kenya ICT Board will assess the best loan candidates on a set of agreed criteria and award the loan against this and a sound and verified business plan. We shall be keen to ensure that people don’t push through paper plans for the sake of cash. More details will be available on www.ict.go.ke and www.pasha .co.ke Paul Kukubo Chief Executive Officer, 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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Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development (APCICT) Academy Training Modules
by Victor Gathara 08 Dec '10

08 Dec '10

These training modules aim to help government leaders understand the role that new technologies can play in meeting national development needs in education, health, good governance, business, and trade... http://www.unapcict.org/academy/academy-modules/english I think this could be a useful resource for some on the list. I wonder if we have a similar centre in Africa? Victor Gathara| UK Department for International Development| Regional IS Manager , East Africa| * email: v-gathara(a)dfid.gov.uk * Telephone: +254 20 2873349 * Fax: +254 20 2873102 * Ftn: 8300 3349 * Mobile: +254 733 414846 url: www.dfid.gov.uk <http://www.dfid.gov.uk/> DFID, the Department for International Development: leading the UK Government's fight against world poverty. Find out more at http://www.dfid.gov.uk.

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Universal Access in Kenya (Is it really working?)
by Edith Adera 07 Dec '10

07 Dec '10

Listers, For those of you who missed the ICT/Poverty conference this morning, one of the prominent issues that came out is the fact that Kenya is NOT doing enough to address universal access to communication services! As a result, issues of vulnerability, asset poverty and physical poverty (access to services) persist! Comparative results from our neighbours in East Africa shows that they are scoring on some of these issues. There's talk of digital villages and the UA Fund - yet there is no delivery! what's not going right? Edith

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Orange stinks as a registrar
by robert yawe 07 Dec '10

07 Dec '10

Hi, I found out that KENIC was down after I noticed that mail sent to my domain hosted by Orange/Telkom was bouncing. Now that KENIC is back up I check the status of my domain and notice that it expired on the 19th of November yet they did not find it necessary to notify me of this, farewell one can only take so such cow dung. Orange is beyond repair, period, can someone give me the URL to safaricoms domain registration page Regards PS. Apologies to KENIC, my bouncing mail was not your fault but my incompetent registrar Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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Re: [kictanet] Yawe for Post Master General
by Jane Kagiri 07 Dec '10

07 Dec '10

Hi Robert, Thank you for a very well outlined vision. How I wish the appointing authority would give you an opportunity. Meanwhile,I choose to strongly disagree with Bwana PS in regard to the legacy issues he raised. Yawe's vision is comprised of income generating ideas e.g.Renting out banking hall space, Advertising, Selling airtime etc,very minimal resources are required and if anything the organisation would be assured of immediate returns.From the vision I also see numerous job opportunities being created through Ecomerce and the eventual door delivery of mail. Listers, I draw inspiration from how Hon Michuki transformed the public transport sector. He used the same staff his predecessors had used,no retraining,no retrenchment or work force overhaul;just a man who decided to bring sanity on the roads and sanity he brought. Similarly,it also took one man,same task force,same conditions,to undo all what had been done by Hon Michuki at Ministry of Transport. Again Hon Michuki moved to Min of Enviroment,we could have heard excuses of how much resources were needed to clean Nairobi river........................again the river got cleaned. Personally I believe its all dependent on the person at the top. Under our current situation I dont expect Yawe to immediately replace Maj Gen Hussein Ali but the least I would have expected is in the meantime Yawe be introduced to the Post Master General to share on how some of his ideas can be implemented as we wait for the resource and legacy issues to get resolved. Jane Kagiri kagirijane(a)yahoo.com Its impossible to build a tribute of success on a foundation of excuses.

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BBC on Kenya's Digital Future
by Sean Moroney 07 Dec '10

07 Dec '10

Dear Colleagues, This is well worth viewing. Regards Sean http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/default.stm Sean Moroney Chairman AITEC Africa seanm(a)aitecafrica.com UK Tel: +44(0)1480-880774 UK Fax: +44(0)1480-880765 UK Mobile: +44(0)7973-499224 Kenya Mobile: +254(0)721-845674 Mozambique Mobile: +258-82-0880583 Nigeria Mobile: +234(0)802-0571766 SA Mobile: +27(0)724-577887 Skype: <mailto:[email protected]> seanmoroney seanm(a)aitecafrica.com <http://www.aitecafrica.comfollow/> www.aitecafrica.com Follow us on twitter: <http://twitter.com/aitecafrica> http://twitter.com/aitecafrica AITEC Africa is the trading name of AITEC Conferences Limited registered in England and Wales. Company registration number: 4698475 UPCOMING AITEC EVENTS: <http://www.aitecafrica.com/event/view/67> lAITEC Banking & Mobile Money COMESA, Nairobi, 2-3 March 2011 <http://www.aitecafrica.com/event/view/65> lAfrican Outsourcing Summit, Nairobi, 4-5 May 2011 <http://www.aitecafrica.com/event/view/68> lAITEC Banking & Mobile Money West Africa, Accra, 8-9 June 2011 <http://www.aitecafrica.com/event/view/71> lBroadcast & Film Africa, Nairobi, 6-7 July 2011 <http://www.aitecafrica.com/event/view/72> lAITEC East Africa ICT Summit, Nairobi, 14-15 September 2011 <http://www.aitecafrica.com/event/view/73> lAITEC Mozambique ICT Congress, Maputo, 12-13 October 2011 AITEC_new_logo_small

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Re: [kictanet] The Cables and more...
by Lucy Kimani 07 Dec '10

07 Dec '10

Francis, You are correct, the IDC statistics might give a better picture if they reflected broadband adoption for households to include families who may be sharing a connection as well as broadband on mobile devices using my nephew as an example -- he is on Facebook 24/7 using his mobile these days, and I am not sure at what speeds. Is there a standard definition of "broadband penetration" in the industry? Lucy --- On Mon, 12/6/10, Francis Hook <francis.hook(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: Francis Hook <francis.hook(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [kictanet] The Cables and more... To: lkimani(a)yahoo.com Cc: "KICTAnet KICTAnet" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: Monday, December 6, 2010, 3:07 AM 1 - IDC measures broadband connections as those with a speed of at least 256kbps (ideally it should be 512kbps). 2 - In Kenya, total broadband penetration (excluding mobile broadband which we presently do not count - but will from 2011) as of end 2009 stood at 0.15%. A really large chunk of this comprises business BB connections. 3 - Presently Mobile BB may not really ramp up the figures (at least not more than a quarter of a percentage point i.e. 0.25% ) much since; a) the devices (USB Modems/Smartphones) that allow speeds of >256kbps are not that many (and we will soon be tracking these as well), b) The present coverage of 3G also distorts the true measure of MOBILE broadband Rgds Francis On 5 December 2010 19:56, <pkukubo(a)ict.go.ke> wrote: True Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone from Zain Kenya -----Original Message----- From: Lucy Kimani <lkimani(a)yahoo.com> Sender: kictanet-bounces+pkukubo=ict.go.ke(a)lists.kictanet.or.keDate: Sun, 5 Dec 2010 07:05:31 To: <pkukubo(a)ict.go.ke> Cc: KICTAnet KICTAnet<kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] The Cables and more... _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: pkukubo(a)ict.go.ke Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/pkukubo%40ict.go.ke _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: francis.hook(a)gmail.com Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/francis.hook%40gmail.c… -- Francis Hook +254 733 504561 -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: lkimani(a)yahoo.com Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/lkimani%40yahoo.com

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