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Fwd: [AfrICANN-discuss] ICANN66: Africa Strategy Session; Nov 06, 21:00-22:15 UTC
by Barrack Otieno 04 Nov '19

04 Nov '19

Listers, Might be of interest. Regards ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Yaovi Atohoun <yaovi.atohoun(a)icann.org> Date: Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 7:02 PM Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] ICANN66: Africa Strategy Session; Nov 06, 21:00-22:15 UTC To: AfrICANN Community List <africann(a)afrinic.net> Hello everyone / Bonjour à tous EN: You are invited to participate in (on site or remotely) the Africa Strategy session during the ICANN66 meeting in Montreal *Session name: ICANN's 2021-2025 Strategic Plan and the Africa Strategy* *Time: 21:00 – 22:15 UTC (17:00 - 18:15 in Montreal) on Wed, Nov 6, 2019* *Venue: Room 517C* *URL: https://66.schedule.icann.org/meetings/1116786 <https://66.schedule.icann.org/meetings/1116786> * . FR : Vous êtes invités à participer (à Montréal ou à distance) à la session sur la Stratégie Africaine prévue le 06 Novembre 2019 de 21h à 22h15 UTC. *Nom de la session : Le plan stratégique 2021-2025 de l’ICANN et la Stratégie Africaine* *Heure : 21:00 - 22:15 UTC (17:00 - 18:15 heure de Montréal) le mercredi 06 Novembre 2019* *Lieu : Room 517C* *Lien pour plus d’information : https://66.schedule.icann.org/meetings/1116786 <https://66.schedule.icann.org/meetings/1116786> * Thanks/Merci -- *Yaovi Atohoun* *Stakeholder Engagement and Operations Manager- Africa*; *ICANN* *www.icann.org <http://www.icann.org>* _______________________________________________ AfrICANN mailing list AfrICANN(a)afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/africann -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Fwd: Why This Africa Youth Day 2019 Is Different (Africa Youth Month)
by Barrack Otieno 03 Nov '19

03 Nov '19

Might be of interest to the Youth. Regards ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: AU Youth Envoy <noreply(a)auyouthenvoy.org> Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2019, 3:59 am Subject: Why This Africa Youth Day 2019 Is Different (Africa Youth Month) To: <otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com> To kick off…. we introduced the individual scavenger hunt which you can start to organise NOW with your friends, networks and family... Why This Africa Youth Day 2019 Is Different (Africa Youth Month) <https://auyouthenvoy.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3adc848d5dbb73b3806…> Learn More About The Scavenger Hunt <https://auyouthenvoy.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3adc848d5dbb73b3806…> November 1st was set aside by the African Union to celebrate the resilience, innovation and change-making spirit of the African youth. Africa Youth day serves as a way to channel our powerful political voices, energy and boldness to build the Africa that we want. We will not only celebrate you, African youth across the continent and the diaspora, just for one day, but the whole November will be Africa Youth Month, which will kicked off kicked of on the 1st of November 2019 and start a series of exciting activities. To kick off…. we introduced the individual scavenger hunt which you can start to organise NOW with your friends, networks and family. We would like all of you to participate in this activity, raise awareness about Africa Youth Month and 1 million by 2021 initiative. Here Are The Scavenger Hunt Instructions <https://auyouthenvoy.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3adc848d5dbb73b3806…> At the African Union headquarters, we gathered with the AU Youth Volunteers at our Amphitheater to celebrate Africa Youth. *HOW TO SUPPORT THE SCAVENGER HUNT* Support the scavenger hunt by taking part in our social media activities. Share our Scavenger Hunt post on *Facebook here,* <https://auyouthenvoy.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3adc848d5dbb73b3806…> ReTweet our Scavenger Hunt *Tweet here <https://auyouthenvoy.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3adc848d5dbb73b3806…> *and show us some love on our *Instagram post here* <https://auyouthenvoy.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3adc848d5dbb73b3806…> Learn more about Africa Youth Month here. <https://auyouthenvoy.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3adc848d5dbb73b3806…> AU Youth Envoy leads umpire scavenger hunt with the youth volunteers. The two winners of scavenger Hunt will join the AU Youth Envoy on future missions. Our East Africa star, member of the AU Youth Advisory Council,* Petrider Paul, *hosted a successful interactive dialogue *"AU Coffee Session"* with full house; to kick off Africa Youth Month engagement and inform the young people of *Tanzania* on the OYE and Youth Advisory Council Action Plan and activities. <https://auyouthenvoy.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3adc848d5dbb73b3806…> <https://auyouthenvoy.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3adc848d5dbb73b3806…> Our Central Africa star, member of the AU Youth Advisory Council, *Nair Abakar,* organised a successful citizenship week in *Chad* to celebrate Africa Youth Month with volunteerism and citizen action through the Initiative *Citoyens sans frontières. * <https://auyouthenvoy.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3adc848d5dbb73b3806…> <https://auyouthenvoy.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3adc848d5dbb73b3806…> *Meet The AU Youth Envoy in Beijing, China* *Did you miss it?* We launched our Action Plan for 2019/20... *More* <https://auyouthenvoy.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3adc848d5dbb73b3806…> <https://auyouthenvoy.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3adc848d5dbb73b3806…> [image: Facebook] <https://auyouthenvoy.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3adc848d5dbb73b3806…> [image: Twitter] <https://auyouthenvoy.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3adc848d5dbb73b3806…> [image: Link] <https://auyouthenvoy.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3adc848d5dbb73b3806…> [image: Website] <https://auyouthenvoy.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3adc848d5dbb73b3806…> *Copyright © 2019 AU Youth Envoy, All rights reserved.* You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. *Our mailing address is:* AU Youth Envoy African Union Headquarters P.O. Box 3243, Roosvelt Street W21K19 Addis Ababa 1000 Ethiopia Add us to your address book <https://auyouthenvoy.us20.list-manage.com/vcard?u=3adc848d5dbb73b3806bec769…> Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences <https://auyouthenvoy.us20.list-manage.com/profile?u=3adc848d5dbb73b3806bec7…> or unsubscribe from this list <https://auyouthenvoy.us20.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=3adc848d5dbb73b3806…>.

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Fwd: [AfrICANN-discuss] Successful Candidates Announced for ICANN67 Fellowship - ICANN68 Application info.
by Barrack Otieno 02 Nov '19

02 Nov '19

Congratulations Eric, Regards ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Yaovi Atohoun <yaovi.atohoun(a)icann.org> Date: Sat, Nov 2, 2019 at 5:07 AM Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Successful Candidates Announced for ICANN67 Fellowship - ICANN68 Application info. To: AfrICANN Community List <africann(a)afrinic.net> Hello everyone / Bonjour à tous EN : The list of selected candidates for ICANN67 is available at https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/fellowship-participants-2019-11-01-en - Application round for ICANN68 Policy Forum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, will be opened on 15th of November, 23:59 UTC time. - Please read more about the program at https://www.icann.org/fellowshipprogram FR : La liste des candidats retenus pour ICANN67 est disponible à https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/fellowship-participants-2019-11-01-en - Les demandes de bourse pour ICANN68 ( Kuala Lumpur ) peuvent être soumises en ligne à partir du 15 novembre 2019 à 23 :59 UTC. - Plus d’information sur le programme à https://www.icann.org/fellowshipprogram Thanks / Merci -- *Yaovi Atohoun* *Stakeholder Engagement and Operations Manager- Africa*; *ICANN* *www.icann.org <http://www.icann.org>* _______________________________________________ AfrICANN mailing list AfrICANN(a)afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/africann -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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IS AMAZON UNSTOPPABLE?
by Ali Hussein 31 Oct '19

31 Oct '19

Listers Relevant in this day of Dominance and Market Failures. Not since the heydays of General Motors in the early and mid years of the 20th Century has a company stood over the industry like a colossal. In many ways Amazon is the New General Motors. Regulators and Policy Makers are circling. Globally, led first by the European Union and now the Americans. On can probably say that the American Government has been generally ambivalent to these issues until early this year when arguably first shot was fired by Makan Delrahim, the head of the Ant-Trust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice., when he said of Tech Companies:- " They should think very seriously about their conduct, if you're one of the big guys, you should be careful to make sure you don't snuff out competitors because you think that's good for your business. That not what free markets really mean, and we're going to come down on you like a ton of bricks if that's what you do." This long article by The New Yorker <https://www-newyorker-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.newyorker.com/magazine…> exemplifies the conundrum of Capitalism today. At what point does success become poisonous? What is good and what is bad? Where do we draw the line? Regulators are coalescing around the Four 'Cs'. 1. *Concentration*: “The bigger a tech company becomes, the more they can bully, so we need to put hard caps on how big companies like that can grow, on what they can acquire.” said an FTC <https://www.ftc.gov/> official. 2.* Conflict*. According to Rohit Chopra <https://www.ftc.gov/about-ftc/biographies/rohit-chopra>, the second “C” is the conflict of interest that comes from “both controlling the pipe and selling the oil.” Chopra, who agreed to speak only about antitrust generally and not about Amazon specifically, explained, “If you do both, you will structure your marketplace in a way that ultimately is self-dealing, and you will use the data from those who sell on your marketplace to benefit yourself.” There’s a long history of the government forcing industries to separate distribution and sales; for years, movie studios have generally been prohibited from owning movie theatres. Unfortunately too often Amazon has been accused of this sin. Too often. 3.* Contracts*. The next area of concern is contracts. Big tech companies often make highly restrictive deals with smaller venders. Amazon retains a contractual right to hold sellers’ revenues for long periods after a sale and imposes limits on what data sellers can share with other companies. Another F.T.C. commissioner, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter <https://www.ftc.gov/about-ftc/biographies/rebecca-kelly-slaughter>, said, “There are a lot of terms that go into boilerplate contracts that consumers or workers don’t really have an opportunity to negotiate. It is absolutely appropriate for us to be thinking about banning those.” 4. *Complexity*. Lastly, regulators worry about the complexity of current antitrust law. “You really have to be an expert, or hire an expert attorney, if you feel like one of these companies is acting inappropriately,” an F.T.C. official said. “The law only works when it is simple enough for the little guy to bring an action on their own.” It is recommended reading to all business people, policymakers, activists and regulators. *Ali Hussein* Tel: +254 713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> 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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Invitation to celebration at the iHub
by Nekesa Were 31 Oct '19

31 Oct '19

Good morning Listers! Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB) and iHUB are honoured to cordially invite you to join us as our guest at the official launch of NYOTA, our celebration of Africa’s technology and innovation champions, on Wednesday 6th November 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya. Date: Wednesday, 6th November 2019 Time: 5:00 p.m. Venue: iHub, 6th floor Senteu Plaza, Galana road, Nairobi, Kenya We are bringing together global stakeholders who have contributed immense value to the growth of the innovation and technology ecosystem on the continent. The launch will set precedence to the narrative of CcHUB and iHUB’s mission alignment with a focus on our work across Africa. At this event, we will honour key individuals whose work and influence have positively impacted the growth of technology and innovation on the continent. We call these champions; NYOTA - the Kiswahili word for star. Nyota celebrates our champions as guiding stars for the technology and innovation ecosystems in Africa from Cairo to Cape Town, Dakar to Dar es Salaam. Africa communities have used extensive, centuries-old knowledge of the stars for navigation. As a stakeholder in advancing innovation to catalyze economic and social change across the continent, we look forward to hosting you at this exhibition. Kindly RSVP for the official launch of NYOTA here <https://launchofnyota.splashthat.com/>. You can reach me on +254722625633 or nekesa(a)ihub.co.ke for clarification. -- Warm Regards, Nekesa Were iHub <http://ihub.co.ke/> Too brief? Here's why. <http://emailcharter.org/> +254.722.625.633

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WhatsApp/Facebook v. NSO Group
by Alice Munyua 29 Oct '19

29 Oct '19

Of nterest to those who follow privacy data protection issues. Here is the law suit against NSO group by WhatsApp https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6532441-WhatsApp-Facebook-v-NSO-Gro… https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6532441-WhatsApp-Facebook-v-NSO-Gro…

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African Digital Transformation Strategy and AUC and Advocacy Strategy
by Lydia gachungi 29 Oct '19

29 Oct '19

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Kenya Revenue Authority Data Collection
by tevin mwenda 29 Oct '19

29 Oct '19

Hi Listers, I came across this article today in the business daily on how the Kenya Revenue authority will be collecting data from all the other agencies https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/news/tech-KRA-kit-to-track-car-deals-da…. They have even gone further to request that any new power meter connection be linked to the KRA system. In as much as I know they are doing it with an effort of getting tax cheats I am just wondering what are the implications of such massive data sharing with no Data protection laws in place regarding how such Data should be shared between government entities and what should be shared. Kind Regards Tevin Mwenda Gitonga

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Georgia hit by massive cyber-attack
by Barrack Otieno 29 Oct '19

29 Oct '19

Listers, https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50207192 How prepared are we? Best regards Barrack Otieno

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Fwd: Educators in Uganda/Kenya
by Bitange Ndemo 28 Oct '19

28 Oct '19

If anyone is looking for a job please see below. Ndemo. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Julia Cook <Julia.Cook(a)dukece.com> Date: Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 5:40 PM Subject: Educators in Uganda/Kenya To: Julia Cook <Julia.Cook(a)dukece.com> Good afternoon, We are looking for educators who deliver the following subjects in UGANDA or KENYA – ( no flights, should be a local educator based in Uganda or Kenya) in November/December this year. · Personal Mastery · High Performing Teams · Design Thinking 25 Senior Managers ( Excellence Programme ) 25 Middle Managers ( Core Programme ) We look forward to hearing from you if you qualify. Thank you *Julia Cook * *Director Network Development Africa* Mobile + 27 83 701-9730 or Landline + 27 87 353 4684 Eden Gardens Building | The Campus Office Park | 57 Sloane Street | Bryanston | Gauteng RSA 2021 Access our journal Dialogue <http://www.dialoguereview.com/> or follow us on LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/company/duke-corporate-education>, Twitter <http://www.twitter.com/DukeCorpEd>, and Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/dukecorped> ------------------------------ DukeCE Privacy Statement: Please be advised that this e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential communication or may otherwise be privileged or confidential and are intended solely for the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient you may not rely on the contents of this email or any attachments, and we ask that you please not read, copy or retransmit this communication, but reply to the sender and destroy the email, its contents, and all copies thereof immediately. Any unauthorized dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited.

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