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Program: Talk to Safaricom
by Grace Githaiga 06 Apr '17

06 Apr '17

Listers Greetings! Please see the program for the f2f engagement with Safaricom, planned for tomorrow evening. Please keep time! For those who have not reserved a ticket and are interested in joining the conversation, please do so here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/talk-to-safaricom-tickets-33376809937 Looking forward to seeing many of you tomorrow. -- Co-Convenor Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) Twitter:@ggithaiga Tel: 254722701495 Skype: gracegithaiga Alternate email: ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracegithaiga www.kictanet.or.ke "Change only happens when ordinary people get involved, get engaged and come together to demand it. I am asking you to believe. Not in my ability to bring about change – but in yours"---Barrack Obama.

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Guidelines for Network Redundancy- CA
by kanini mutemi 05 Apr '17

05 Apr '17

FYI. See the guidelines attached. Deadline for public consultations is 9th April, 2017. (Should public consultation have a deadline?) -- *Mercy Mutemi, Advocate*.

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An Unprecedented Heist Hijacked a Brazilian Bank’s Entire Online Operation | WIRED
by Ali Hussein 05 Apr '17

05 Apr '17

Listers Cybersecurity is increasingly becoming the Achilles Heel for most of us. Kaspersky isn’t releasing the name of the bank that was targeted in the DNS redirect attack. But the firm says it’s a major Brazilian financial company with hundreds of branches, operations in the US and the Cayman Islands, 5 million customers, and more than $27 billion in assets. Read on:- https://www.wired.com/2017/04/hackers-hijacked-banks-entire-online-operatio… Ali Hussein 0713601113 Get Outlook for Android

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Fwd: [afnog] Four Years Tracking Unrevealed Topological Changes in the African Interdomain
by Barrack Otieno 03 Apr '17

03 Apr '17

Listers, Might be of interest to some. Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Roderick <roderick.fanou(a)imdea.org> Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2017 16:30:44 +0200 Subject: [afnog] Four Years Tracking Unrevealed Topological Changes in the African Interdomain To: Afnog <afnog(a)afnog.org> Dear all, We would like to share the url https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1UoaAVwcQSH8w, on which are described the results of a scientific study investigating the evolution of the Interdomain routing in Africa using the RIPE Atlas infrastructure. This paper is entitled “Four Years Tracking Unrevealed Topological Changes in the African Interdomain”. It has been published at the Computer Communications Journal, which provides a 50 days free access, i.e. the manuscript will be freely downloadable by anyone until May 20, 2017. After that period, it will need to be purchased. Please find below its abstract: Abstract Despite extensive studies on the Internet topology, little is still known about the AS level topology of the African Internet, especially when it comes to its IXP substrate. The main reason for this is the lack of vantage points that are needed to obtain the proper information. From 2013 to 2016, we enhanced the RIPE Atlas measurement infrastructure in the region to shed light on both IPv4 and IPv6 topologies interconnecting local ISPs. We increased the number of vantage points in Africa by 278.3% and carried out measurements between them at random periods. To infer results that depict the behavior of ISPs in the region, we propose reproducible traceroute data analysis techniques suitable for the treatment of any set of similar measurements. We first reveal a large variety of ISP transit habits and their dependence on socio-economic factors. We then compare QoS within African countries, European countries, and the US to find that West African networks in particular need to promote investments in fiber networks and to implement traffic engineering techniques. Our results indicate the remaining dominance of ISPs based outside Africa for the provision of intra-continental paths, but also shed light on traffic localization efforts. We map, in our traceroute data, 62.2% of the IXPs in Africa and infer their respective peers. Finally, we highlight the launch of new IXPs and quantify their impacts on end-to-end connectivity. The study clearly demonstrates that to better assess interdomain routing in a continent, it is necessary to perform measurements from a diversified range of vantage points. Keywords African internet; IXP substrate; RIPE Atlas; Transit; Traffic localization Please feel free to share this mail or the url (https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1UoaAVwcQSH8w) Comments and questions are welcome. Thanks and regards, The authors. -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Request for Blockchain/Distributed ledger/Smart contract Expertise
by Steph Muchai 03 Apr '17

03 Apr '17

Greetings all, The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) is looking for Kenya based individuals with blockchain/distributed ledger/smart contract expertise in Kenya to do a short scoping piece related to their devolved climate finance work. Please contact me separately with any strong recommendations you may have, Kind Regards, Steph Muchai Country Engagement Developer - Open Contracting <https://hivos.org/focal-area/open-contracting> [image: Hivos People Unlimited] ACS Plaza, Lenana Road |P.O. Box 19875| Nairobi|Kenya T + 254 725 451 729|E smuchai(a)hivos.org <https://mail.hivos.org/smuchai@hivos.org>|Skype steph.muchai| www.east-africa.hivos.org

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Cocktail invitation: Talk-2-Safaricom meet up
by Grace Githaiga 03 Apr '17

03 Apr '17

Good morning Listers Further to our online engagement with Safaricom during the 'Talk to Safaricom' week, we now wish to invite you to a cocktail this coming Friday April 7, 2017 starting at 6.30 pm at the Hotel Intercontinental. This will be an opportunity to interact informally with Safcom and still seek further clarification on issues that you think may not have been answered. To book your ticket please use this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/talk-to-safaricom-tickets-33376809937 Further, please find attached the draft report v1, which was compiled after the online moderated debated. Come prepared to correct/validate the report and still ask the hard questions. The Final Draft will then follow after the f2f meet up. Looking forward to seeing most of you. Best regards Githaiga, Grace --- Co-Convenor Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) Twitter:@ggithaiga Tel: 254722701495 Skype: gracegithaiga Alternate email: ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracegithaiga www.kictanet.or.ke "Change only happens when ordinary people get involved, get engaged and come together to demand it. I am asking you to believe. Not in my ability to bring about change – but in yours"---Barrack Obama.

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Social Impact bond
by Eric Mwangi 01 Apr '17

01 Apr '17

Columbia becomes 1st developing country to launch a "social impact bond" https://www.brookings.edu/blog/education-plus-development/2017/03/31/colomb… Sent from my iPhone > On 31 Mar 2017, at 11:05, Brian Muhia via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > http://boingboing.net/2017/03/30/ring-ring-drmphone.html > -- > Software Engineer - Savannah Informatics Ltd. > _______________________________________________ > 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.… > > 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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Facebook launches low priced internet in Kenya
by Grace Githaiga 31 Mar '17

31 Mar '17

US tech giant Facebook has launched its low-cost internet service in Kenya, setting the stage for a fight for bottom of the market consumers with telecom operators Safaricom, Airtel and Telkom Kenya. Read on: http://www.nation.co.ke/business/Facebook-launches-low-priced-internet/996-… Best regards Githaiga, Grace Co-Convenor Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) Twitter:@ggithaiga Tel: 254722701495 Skype: gracegithaiga Alternate email: ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracegithaiga www.kictanet.or.ke "Change only happens when ordinary people get involved, get engaged and come together to demand it. I am asking you to believe. Not in my ability to bring about change – but in yours"---Barrack Obama.

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IPDB Foundation Announces KICTANet as a Caretaker – IPDB Blog – Medium
by Ali Hussein 31 Mar '17

31 Mar '17

Listers KICTAnet is humbled to announce its participation as a Caretaker of IPDB - the Interplanetary Database . IPDB is made up of two parts: a blockchain-style database for the world computer and a not-for-profit foundation that guides it. The IPDB foundation provides governance for the database, guiding its growth and allowing it to respond to any challenges it faces. The foundation’s members are the caretakers, and each runs a server node that stores and validates transactions. Together these nodes make up the IPDB database. IPDB offers a public platform for trust, backed by the reputation of the caretakers. For more information, visit https://ipdb.foundation. Read more:- https://medium.com/ipdb-blog/ipdb-foundation-announces-kictanet-as-a-careta… Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & 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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KCB cited for software piracy - Business Daily
by Ali Hussein 31 Mar '17

31 Mar '17

Listers Interesting development. Potential precedence setting. The High Court has stopped KCB Group from using a banking IT platform following a multi-million-shilling lawsuit where the lender is accused of software piracy. Nagalakshmi Solutions Ltd (NLS) obtained orders stopping KCB from using its banking software after the lender continued using it despite terminating the five-year contract in November. Judge Fred Ochieng also ordered KCB, Kenya’s largest bank by assets, to uninstall the software that works together with its core banking application and barred the listed lender from developing a similar IT application. Read on:- http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/corporate/KCB-cited-for-software-piracy/… Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & 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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