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Reminder Online Collaboration tools training for the Kenya IC bill analysis
by alice＠apc.org 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

Program Title: Kenyan ICT Bill Analysis -Online Edition Outline Description The Kenyan Government has published a draft Information and Communication Bill (2006) and has invited comments on the same. Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder forum that aims to enhance collaboration between various Government, Private Sector, Civil Society, Academia and others interested in harnessing ICT for development. Diplo Foundation (Diplo) is an International organisation promoting global discussions on Internet Governance. Program Setting & Description: The draft Info and Communication Bill (the Bill) has the following major categories: i) Broadcasting & Media ii) Information Technology iii) Telecommunication & Radio iv) Postal v) Academia & Socio-Cultural (implied within text) A selected group of five participants per category are expected to analyse the Bill over a period of four weeks and submit their findings for subsequent consideration within the Bill. Program Design (Data Collection, Data Processing) Data Collection: Using various Online Tools, Information regarding the Bill will be generated by participants who will be following certain weekly tasks/activities. Typically, the following Online tools shall be used to complete these tasks: 1) eClassRoom Outline: Which is an electronic WhiteBoard, hosting the Bill categorised by the above five themes. Participants would review this online content and make online comments which in turn can be reviewed further by their peers. 2) eForum Discussions: Which shall be used for 'eBrainstorming' purposes on specific issues that may arise from the ClassRoom, Blog, or Chat environments 3) Online Chats: On a weekly basis, participants shall meet online to further brainstorm on the Bill in a real-time environment. 4) Blog: The open-space in the classroom, shall act as a general notice-board for various issues from the Moderator and Participants. 5) eMail: The most widely used tool shall be available to ensure that all participants are kept up-to-date with the all events within the portal Data Processing: Each of the various Online activities shall be guided and moderated with a view to stimulate quality collaborations and contributions from the participants. Their online contributions will automatically be stored by the Online Portal. More specifically, these contributions shall be eventually summarised into specific Action-items within the Bill in terms of Additions, Modification and/or Deletion of the various Clauses in the Bill. Aim: To use Online Collaboration tools as a means of efficiently acquiring, storing and disseminating Kenya ICT Bill knowledge. Objectives 1. To Review a selected set of ICT Bills, Acts, Conventions across the world 2. To compare and contrast the above with the Kenya ICT Bill (2006) 3. To identify and list the possible gaps, amendments and additions within the Kenya ICT Bill (2006) Main Outcomes/Deliverables 1. Participants contributions as captured and stored within the Online Environment/Tool 2. Summarised ICT Bill contributions in terms of Action-Items (add, amend, delete) 3. Presentation at the National ICT Bill Workshop Tools Diplo Online Collaboration Tools(Online Classroom, Blog, eDiscussions, Chats, etc) Resources. Participants Diplo Online Collaboration Tools Internet Kenya Info & Communication Bill (2006) Kenya ICT Policy (2005) Various global ICT Policies, Bills and Acts.

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Kictanet as a Supporting organisation for African BPO & Call Centre Conference
by alice＠apc.org 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

Dear KICTAnet Members AIETC invites you all to this African BPO and Call Centre conference taking place in September. Any member interested taking the offer by KICTAnet member AITEC to showcase/promote their organisation/events, please contact Judy Kimiti, your events and logistics coordinator. thank you all and best regards alice --------------------------------------------------------- Judy Kimiti jkimiti(a)email.kictanet.or.ke jkimiti01(a)yahoo.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sean Moroney" <seanm(a)aitecafrica.com> To: <alice(a)apc.org> Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 10:47 AM Subject: Kictanet as a Supporting organisation for African BPO & Call Centre Conference > Hi Alice, > > > > We are holding the above conference in Nairobi during the week of 25 > September and would like to invite Kictanet to be a Supporting > Organisation. > > > > In exchange for Kictanet support in promoting the event to your members > and > to the ICT community in general we would provide you with branding in all > publicity material and conference documentation - as well as exhibition > space in the "ICT Community Pavilion" > > > > The draft programme for the event is attached. > > > > Please let me know if you need any more details. > > > > I look forward to having your response. > > > > Yours sincerely, > > > > Sean Moroney > > AITEC Africa > > seanm(a)aitecafrica.com > > Tel: +44-(0)1480-880774 Fax: +44-(0)1480-880765 > > UK Mobile: +44(0)7973-499224 > > SA Mobile: +27(0)72-610-7153 > > Kenya Mobile: +254(0)721-845674 > > Skype: seanmoroney > > <http://www.aitecafrica.com/> www.aitecafrica.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

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Fw: Call for Applicants - Online Collaboration Tools Course:sample copy
by alice＠apc.org 15 Aug '06

15 Aug '06

> Mimimum Requirements for the course: 4th Form Certificate - with computer > literacy (i.e. knowledge of email usage)-it cannot get lower than this -;) > > Resources for course(PC+Internet): Provided for at KCCT, Telposta Towers. > > Resources for after course(Bill Discussion): Need Internet access from > wherever you are located/resident. > > walu > ~~~~~ > > > >> Hi Walu >> Could you indicate the minimum requirements for one to benefit from the >> course and secondly the resources one will need for the course and after >> the course to effectively continue with the programme >> Cheers >> MM >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: John Walubengo [mailto:jwalubengo@kcct.ac.ke] >> Sent: 07 August 2006 16:36 >> To: alice(a)apc.org; mwerner(a)archway-productions.com; mucheru(a)wananchi.com >> Cc: n_awino(a)hotmail.com; dmuthoni(a)kenet.or.ke; vkyalo(a)kenet.or.ke; >> mureithi(a)summitstrategies.co.ke; evelyneofwona(a)yahoo.com >> Subject: Re: Call for Applicants - Online Collaboration Tools >> Course:sample copy >> >> Find below what I intend to circulate on the list tomorrow afternoon. >> >> Re: Call for Applicants - Online Collaboration Tools Course >> >> >> KICTANet shall be running the above 1-day course on August 25th 2006 at >> the KCCT City Center Campus (Telposta Towers 4th Floor). The course >> shall demonstrate the use the following Online tools for collaborative >> work: >> >> i) Blogging >> ii) Online Meetings/Chats >> iii) Online Messaging >> iv) eDiscussions >> v) etc. >> >> The succesfull participants are expected to embark on a 3week online >> collaboration exercise that will discuss the following components of the >> ICT Bill: Telecommunication, Info Technology,Media & Broadcasting, >> Postal, Academia and Socia-cultural Issues. >> >> Applicants are invited to e-mail their expression of interest to the >> undersigned, specifying their Names, Location/Residence and Area of >> interest with regard to the ICT Bill. The deadline for this >> applications is Monday 14th August 2006. >> >> John Walubengo >> for KICTANet. >> >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.5/406 - Release Date: >> 02/08/2006 >> > >

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TAX
by Evelyne Majale 15 Aug '06

15 Aug '06

Good afternoon all, A representative from our auditors Githongo and Associates has offered to come and give members a talk on TAX at our next planning meeting. Before he comes he would like to know if you are interested? If yes, please let me know which areas interest you. He would like to be informed in advance to enable him prepare. Thereafter we will have a session of question and answers. I got one interesting one from Walu, he would like to know how he can evade paying tax. Please give me yours by 15/08/06 so I can inform him in good time. Evelyne

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Fw: Call for Applicants - Online Collaboration Tools Course:sample copy
by alice＠apc.org 15 Aug '06

15 Aug '06

Hi Walu > Could you indicate the minimum requirements for one to benefit from the > course and secondly the resources one will need for the course and after > the > course to effectively continue with the programme > Cheers > MM > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Walubengo [mailto:jwalubengo@kcct.ac.ke] > Sent: 07 August 2006 16:36 >> Subject: Re: Call for Applicants - Online Collaboration Tools >> Course:sample > copy > > Find below what I intend to circulate on the list tomorrow afternoon. > > Re: Call for Applicants - Online Collaboration Tools Course > > > KICTANet shall be running the above 1-day course on August 25th 2006 at > the > KCCT City Center Campus (Telposta Towers 4th Floor). The course shall > demonstrate the use the following Online tools for collaborative work: > > i) Blogging > ii) Online Meetings/Chats > iii) Online Messaging > iv) eDiscussions > v) etc. > > The succesfull participants are expected to embark on a 3week online > collaboration exercise that will discuss the following components of the > ICT > Bill: Telecommunication, Info Technology,Media & Broadcasting, Postal, > Academia and Socia-cultural Issues. > > Applicants are invited to e-mail their expression of interest to the > undersigned, specifying their Names, Location/Residence and Area of > interest > with regard to the ICT Bill. The deadline for this applications is Monday > 14th August 2006. > > John Walubengo > for KICTANet. > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.5/406 - Release Date: 02/08/2006 >

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Fw: [afrinic-discuss] IGF registration is open
by alice＠apc.org 15 Aug '06

15 Aug '06

Dear colleagues, The online registration for the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Athens is now open at http://www.intgovforum.org/register/index.php. The meeting is open to any interested party and there is no special accreditation to participate to the meeting. Note that you need to register first in order to benefit from the preferential hotel rates offered to the IGF Meeting participants (you will need your registration code in order to complete your Hotel booking process). Hotel bookings must be made directly from the event local web site: https://www.igfgreece2006.gr As you can also see in the meeting Programme outline (http://www.intgovforum.org/athens_outline.htm) there will be workshops focused on specific issues relevant to the Athens meeting themes as well as other topics of relevance to Internet Governance. The form for workshop proposals is also online and the deadline for submissions is 24th August 2006. If you are interested in organizing one of these specific workshops, go to http://www.intgovforum.org/workshops/instructions.php Kind regards. Adiel A. Akplogan CEO, AfriNIC www.afrinic.net =============== See you at AfriNIC-5 in Mauritius 27 November - 01 December _______________________________________________ afrinic-discuss mailing list afrinic-discuss(a)afrinic.net http://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/afrinic-discuss

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Invitation: Breakfast meeting to present KICTANet's comments on IC bill 2006 to the PS ministry Information and Communication
by alice＠apc.org 15 Aug '06

15 Aug '06

Dear all KICTANET team has finally finished a review of the I&C Bill and have come up with proposals that are intended to concretise the government's passionate views of exploiting ICT infrastructure and investments in place to propel this country to greater heights using ICT. In doing so, the team was guided by the ICT Policy and used best practice regulatory frameworks from over 12 countries and regional authorities. At the outset, the team is very grateful to the government for making this initiative for publishing the draft bill. The KICTANet team wishes to formally present their findings at a breakfast meeting on Monday 7th at 0700-0830 at Gazebo Banda, Jacaranda hotel in Westlands. You are all invited. Very best regards Muriuki Mureithi Team Leader KICTANet IC bill analysis team

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FW: Invitation to Online Discussion: Internet inAfrican Higher Education, Research + Technology Development
by alice＠apc.org 14 Aug '06

14 Aug '06

Apologies for cross posting -------------------------- Dear colleagues and partners of CATIA, we would like to invite you to our Online Discussion Forum on "The Role of the Internet in Higher Education, Research, Science, and Technology Development in Subsaharan Africa". Please disseminate this invitation to your colleagues and partners who you think may be interested to participate in the discussion forum. Higher education, research and technology development are increasingly recognized as pre-conditions and/or drivers of African knowledge-based development. How can information and communication technologies (ICT), especially the Internet, contribute to strengthen the academic and scientific sector? Can e-Learning bring about better access to higher education? Are "open" approaches to publishing and content production a solution to the scarce visibility and availability of African knowledge resources? Will the Internet help Africa to become active producer of knowledge-intensive products? Questions like these are at the heart of our study, commissioned by the German Federal Parliament and conducted by newthinking communications GmbH and the German Development Institute. We invite you to contribute your valuable knowledge, insights and opinions to this research, benefiting at the same time of the mutual knowledge-sharing with experts in Africa and other parts of the world. As we expect the research topic to be booming in international development debate in the years to come, the network that may arise from this process might be of high value in the future. SCHEDULE: Mo. August 21, 2006 - Fr. September 8, 2006 > Week 1: Internet in Higher Education, Teaching and Learning > Week 2: Internet in Research and Science > Week 3: Internet in Technology Development We will provide a summary of the discussion and share our analysis for further comments during the month of September. With our introductory message, we will share further details about the discussion. REGISTRATION: The discussion forum is organized on DGroups. You can register by email or online. BY EMAIL: Send an email to <mailto:join-InternetAfrica@dgroups.org> join-InternetAfrica(a)dgroups.org ONLINE: Go to <http://www.dgroups.org/groups/cgiar/InternetAfrica/index.cfm?op=dsp_join> http://www.dgroups.org/groups/cgiar/InternetAfrica/index.cfm?op=dsp_join It would be helpful if you briefly outlined your relationship to the topic in the email or the registration form. Upon approval of your registration you will receive an automated email including your password. If you know of other experts that might be interested in participating in our forum, feel free to let them know and forward this message. Please direct your questions regarding the study and online discussion to <mailto:andrea.goetzke@newthinking.de> andrea.goetzke(a)newthinking.de. Best wishes, and looking forward to exciting exchanges, Andrea Goetzke, Andreas Stamm, Markus Beckedahl --- Andrea Goetzke newthinking communications GmbH |köln Aachener Str. 57 I 50674 Köln Germany + 49 - 221 - 35 689 198 andrea.goetzke [at] newthinking.de -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > Catia_team mailing list > Catia_team(a)catia.ws > http://catia.eyecon.co.za/mailman/listinfo/catia_team >

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Fw: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Access to Learning Award (ATLA) 2007
by alice＠apc.org 14 Aug '06

14 Aug '06

Dear all: > > Please find below a message from Edith Adera. > > Kind regards. > > > >>>>Dear Sir or Madam, >>>> >>>>Firstly, let me introduce myself. I work for INASP (the International >>>>Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications) and one of my >>>>responsibilities is to assist in the coordination of the 2007 Access to >>>>Learning Award, an award given by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. >>>>It >>>>recognises excellence in providing access to information through >>>>computers, >>>>at no cost to the user. The recipient will receive an award of up to US >>>>$1 >>>>million. It must be stressed that this is an award for work already >>>>completed or in progress, it is not a grant. >>>> >>>>We are currently contacting our large international network with >>>>information to encourage applications. I am sure many of your contacts >>>>may >>>>be eligible. We should be grateful if you could use means at your >>>>disposal, >>>>e.g. news item in your bulletin or journal, or links from your website >>>>to >>>>inform your community and contacts. >>>> >>>>Please find attached a copy of the ATLA brochure in English and the >>>>application form. Full information (including brochures in relevant >>>>languages, and application form) is also available on our website at >>>> http://www.inasp.info/ldp/awards >>>> >>>>If you think I can help in any other way, please do get in touch with >>>>me. >>>> >>>>Best wishes, >>>> >>>>Rebecca >>>> >>>> >>>>----------- >>>>Rebecca Priestley >>>>Programme & Events Officer >>>>International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications >>>>(INASP) >>>>58 St Aldates, Oxford OX1 1ST, UK >>>>Tel: +44(0)1865 249909 >>>>Fax: +44(0)1865 251060 >>>>Email: rpriestley(a)inasp.info >>>>Skype: rebeccapriestley >>>>Web: http://www.inasp.info >>>> >>>>INASP is a registered UK charity: number 1106349 >

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Re: Call for Applicants - Online Collaboration Tools Course-Reminder
by John Walubengo 14 Aug '06

14 Aug '06

--- John Walubengo <jwalubengo(a)kcct.ac.ke> wrote: > Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 16:19:58 +0300 > From: "John Walubengo" <jwalubengo(a)kcct.ac.ke> > To: <kictanet(a)kictanet.or.ke>, <kiplist-cl(a)lyris.idrc.ca> > Subject: Re: Call for Applicants - Online Collaboration > Tools > Course-Reminder > > This is to remind you that the deadline for the above was > tomorrow Tue 15th Aug 2006. We have extended the > deadline to this Friday 18th August and attached a > program specification to let you know a bit more about > the program. > > We are particularly missing applicants for Academia and > Socio-cultural issues, Postal and Media. Go through the > attached document to get a better understanding of the > program and remember that succesful participants shall be > > sponsored to present their findings at the planned > National ICT Bill Workshop. > > walu. > nb: plse 'sambaza'(c) the message to other list servers > that maybe interested. > > ~~~~000~~~~~ > KICTANet shall be running the above 1-day course on > August 25th 2006 at the KCCT City Center Campus (Telposta > Towers 4th Floor - NAIROBI). The course shall > demonstrate the use the following Online tools for > collaborative work: > > i) Blogging > ii) Online Meetings/Chats > iii) Online Messaging > iv) eDiscussions > v) etc. > > The succesfull participants are expected to embark on a > 3week Online Collaboration exercise that will continue > discussions on the following components of the ICT Bill: > Telecommunication, Info Technology,Media & Broadcasting, > Postal, Academia and Socio-cultural Issues. > > Applicants are invited to e-mail their expression of > interest to the jwalubengo(a)kcct.ac.ke, specifying their > Names, Location/Residence and Area of interest with > regard to the ICT Bill. The deadline for this > applications is Tue 15th August 2006. Applicants should > be computer literate and have access to the Internet in > order to carry out the second component of the program. > > > John Walubengo > for KICTANet. > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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