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Bitcoin - a case of painting the tape?
by Mbugua Njihia 14 Dec '17

14 Dec '17

I am of the opinion that once an enduring and advanced trend is spotted, the early adopter opportunity is long gone and the long tail remains one of minimal or zero return on risk or investment taken. ‘Painting the tape is a form of market manipulation whereby market players attempt to influence the price of a security by buying and/or selling it among themselves so as to create the appearance of substantial trading activity in the security. Two common objectives among market manipulators of painting the tape are to lure unsuspecting investors into a security, or achieve a high closing price for it. Unusual trading volume in a security may attract investors to it. Cabals of market manipulators who have painted the tape in a security generally expect to make significant profits by offloading their holdings in it – which are usually acquired at much lower prices – to investors unaware of the stock manipulation. These investors are literally left “holding the bag” once the manipulation ceases and the stock declines steeply in price. High closing activity attempts to create an artificial price for a security by boosting its price substantially at market close, since closing prices are widely reported in the media and are closely watched by investors. Since most portfolios and securities are valued on the basis of their closing prices, manipulators use this tactic to achieve a higher market value for their holdings rather than their intrinsic worth' http://www.mbuguanjihia.com/business/cryptocurrency-value-proof-work.html *Regards,* Mbugua Njihia Entrepreneur in pursuit of opportunities without regard to resources currently controlled #WhatIsNext #AfricaRising. Business,more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight. ᐧ ᐧ

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Nominations Open for 2018 ISOC Board of Trustees Election
by Barrack Otieno 14 Dec '17

14 Dec '17

Listers, This is for your information/attention and action in case you are interested. Pay attention to the deadlines The ISOC Nominations Committee is now inviting nominations for candidates to serve on the ISOC Board of Trustees. In this years election cycle one Trustee will be elected by ISOC Organizational Members, one trustee by ISOC Chapters, and two will be selected by the Internet Engineering Task Force. The Trustee positions are 3-year terms that will begin mid-year 2018 and expire mid-year 2021. The Board of Trustees provides strategic direction, inspiration, and oversight to advance the Internet Society's mission of preserving the open, global Internet. If you or someone you know is interested in serving on the Board, please see the official Call for Nominations, additional information, and links to online nomination forms at *www.internetsociety.org/trustees* <https://www.internetsociety.org/trustees> Nominations close at *15:00 UTC on 15 December 2017*. Olga Cavalli Chair -Nomination Committee -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Fwd: [HacksHackers NBO] RE: AfricanCOMMONS needs you!
by Eric Mugendi 13 Dec '17

13 Dec '17

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kwasi Gachie <kwasi(a)codeforafrica.org> Date: 6 December 2017 at 16:18 Subject: [HacksHackers NBO] RE: AfricanCOMMONS needs you! To: HacksHackers Nairobi <hackshackers-nairobi(a)googlegroups.com> Greetings from the Hacks/ Hackers Nairobi Community, AfricanCOMMONS needs you! Code for Africa is building an online platform to showcase re-useable Civic Tech tools built across Africa and the people & organisations building them and we realise the best way to do this is to get your input. The AfricanCOMMONS project aims to be Africa's premier online hub for open source tools and organisations from across the continent to showcase their work in the civic tech space. Civic software solutions to pressing developmental challenges already exist elsewhere in the world, and often simply need be customised or adapted to local requirements. Locally developed software solutions are also appropriate for reuse elsewhere on the continent, and the wider world. The challenge is discovery: end-user organisations and technologists are seldom aware of existing solutions elsewhere and/or struggle to find credible recommendations that are sensitive to local operational requirements. Find out more about what Civic Tech entails and it's growth in Nairobi *here <https://medium.com/code-for-africa/nairobi-a-civic-tech-metropolis-746e4225…>.* If you have any projects you are working on or know about that you feel should be included in our AfricanCOMMONS project please fill in *this spreadsheet <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GykfqSTxxhXbzszjOrBFuWNruqDXBNiDQNH…> *with details about the civic tech initiative and/or organisation. *AfricanCOMMONS is a joint initiative of *Code for Africa <https://web.facebook.com/CodeForAfrica/>*, through its local *Code for Tanzania <https://codefortanzania.org/>* chapter, and the *World Bank*, in partnership with a coalition of local civil society organisations, with additional support from the *International Center for Journalists <http://www.icfj.org/>*(ICFJ).* -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "HacksHackers Nairobi" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to hackshackers-nairobi+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/hackshackers-nairobi. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

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Fwd: Africa Internet Summit (AIS) : Workshop & Meetings 29thApril – 11thMay 2018
by Barrack Otieno 07 Dec '17

07 Dec '17

Listers, Africa Internet Summit (AIS) Secretariat announces AfNOG’s program at The Africa Internet Summit scheduled to be held in Dakar, SENEGAL from 29thApril – 11thMay 2018. AIS is the pinnacle multi-stakeholder event combining, workshops, conferences and networking for the internet Industry. The annual summit attracts internationally renowned Instructors, Experts and Speakers to share the latest innovations and Best practices in the Internet industry. This is the place where the African Technical Institutions and Af* such as AfNOG, AFRINIC, AfREN, AfricaCERT, AfTLD - AROC, AfCHIX, ISOC Africa, AfrICANN, AfGWG etc meet. Meeting the needs of the Africa Internet Community AIS aims at meeting the ever-changing needs of the ICT Industry and includes the core IP Engineering as well as integrating the real world use and impact of IP Technologies. Sessions include technical and business aspects of the Internet : ie Capacity Building, Infrastructure, Security, Policy, Content & Names, Internet Numbers and Research. About the Entire Event Event Calendar include the following: · AfNOG Workshop on Network Technology (offering advanced training in a week-long hands-on workshop) · Several one /two full-day Advanced AfNOG Tutorials · AfricaCERT Workshop & Forums · AFRINIC Trainings · AfREN Forum · AfTLD – Workshop & Meeting · ISOC Africa Sessions · ICANN Africa Day · AfCHix TechWomen Summit · A one-day AfNOG Plenary Session · A three-day AFRINIC Plenary Session. In addition, several side meetings and workshops will be hosted in collaboration with other organizations. Who Attends? A broad range of ICT Industry leaders and technical experts including Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Network Engineers, CSIRTs Engineers and Policy makers who wish to acquire the necessary skills in ICT, Government, Regulators, Telecommunication companies and ICT vendors. It is a good opportunity for networking among peers and businesses. Why Attend? · The AIS addresses the current and future needs of operators in the ICT Industry · It is focused on popular and emerging ICT Industries such as Cyber Security, Mobile Networking among other. · It features discussions on a wide range of issues of the Internet including the current and newest trends in ICT. · Industry experts will be participating in conference sessions from thought-provoking and visionary keynote presentations to interactive panel sessions, all addressing the most pressing topics Local Host The Local Hosts for the Event is Ministère des Postes et des Télécommunications, Senegal. Venue & Hotel This will be announced shortly. Time Table Workshop & Tutorials *Event* *Date(s)* Unix Boot Camp 29 April 2018 (Sunday) Networking Boot Camp 29 April 2018 (Sunday) CERT Boot Camp 29 April 2018 (Sunday) AfNOG Workshop 30 April - 4 May 2018 (Monday - Friday) AfricaCERT Workshop 30 April - 4 May 2018 (Monday - Friday) AfTLD - Workshop & Forum 30 April - 4 May 2018 (Monday - Friday) AfCHIXTechWomen Summit 5 May 2018 (Saturday) ICANN Day 5 May 2018 (Saturday) AFRINIC Trainings 5 - 7 May 2018 (Saturday - Monday) ICANN Special Workshop 6 May 2018 (Sunday) AfNOG Tutorials 6 - 7 May 2018 (Sunday - Monday) ISOC Africa Sessions TBC Conference *Event* *Date(s)* Opening Session 7 May 2018 (Monday at 5 pm) AfREN Meeting / AAF 7 May 2018 (Monday) AfNOG-19 Conference 8 May 2018 (Tuesday) AFRINIC-28 Conference 9 - 11 May, 2018 (Wednesday - Friday) About AfNOG AfNOG (Seehttp://www.afnog.org/) is a forum for cooperation and the exchange of technical information between operators of Internet-connected networks in Africa. AfNOG aims at building a community of engineers helping each other operate Internet Infrastructure in Africa, and on the Global Internet as well as promote the discussion of issues relating to implementation of new networks that require community cooperation. AfNOG has since year 2000 organized their annual Event in a different African country each year. *“While AfNOG fuels the rapid growth of the Internet in Africa with trained technical capacity, our content has been determined by the needs of the community. In so doing AfNOG’s output training capacity has multiplied in the past decade and the community flourished”* AfNOG Workshop on Network Technology The AfNOG Workshop on Network Technology aims to offer advanced training to people who are in the process of developing and enhancing an Internet-connected network with regional and international connectivity. The target audience includes senior and mid-level technical staff of commercial Internet service providers (ISPs), academic networks, government networks, or NGO networks. This workshop builds on the experience of previous AfNOG workshops held annually from 2000 to 2017 in eighteen different African countries, and also the Internet Society's INET workshops, held annually from 1993 to 2000 at eight locations around the world. The workshop's Instructors are an international team with many years of experience in operating large networks and teaching about network operations. The workshop is divided into eight parallel tracks: ( 5 English & 3 French Tracks) · SS-E - Scalable Internet Services (in English), focused on the design and operation of email, web, and other Internet services, in ways that can scale to handle large numbers of end users. · SS-F - Scalable Internet Services (en francais), similar to track SS-E, but given in French. · SI-E - Scalable Network Infrastructure (in English), focused on the design and operation of networks using routers and switches, in ways that can scale to handle large numbers of interconnected sites. · SI-F - Scalable Network Infrastructure (en francais), similar to track SI-E, but given in French. · NM – E, Network Monitoring & Management (English) · NM-F, Network Monitoring & Management (en francais), similar to track NM-E, but given in French. · AR –E, Advanced Routing Techniques (English) · CT- E, CERT Training (English) Workshop application information is at : *English:*http://www.afnog.org/applications/online_application_en.php *French:*http://www.afnog.org/applications/online_application_fr.php ***Workshop Deadline – December 31, 2017* About AFRINIC AFRINIC (Seehttp://www.afrinic.net/) is the Regional Internet Registry for Africa headquartered in Ebene, Mauritius. It is responsible for the distribution and management of Internet number resources (IP address space and Autonomous System Numbers) in Africa and the Indian Ocean region. AFRINIC ensures equitable and efficient distribution of Internet number resources to the African Internet community to support Internet governance, technology usage and development across the continent. Trainings and capacity building are a central part of AFRINIC’s activities and the objective is to build competence within Africa in IPv6 adoption as well as associated technologies required to use internet number resources effectively. More on AFRINIC can be found at (seewww.afrinic.net) AfricaCERT AfricaCERT will hold a 6 day Workshop & Tutorial on CERT from 30thApril – 5 thMay 2018 in Senegal. AfricaCERT is the African forum of computer incident response teams, and aims to propose solutions to Challenges for a better health in the Af* Internet Ecosystem. The objectives of AfricaCERT include, but are not restricted to : · Assisting African countries in establishing CSIRTs; · Strengthening the relationships amongst CSIRTs in Africa and with other stakeholders all over the World; · Fostering and supporting education and outreach programs in ICT Security; · Encouraging information sharing in ICT Security; · Promoting good practices and experiences sharing among members to develop a comprehensive framework for cybersecurity including better addressing of legal and regulatory issues; · Assisting African CSIRTS in improving Cyber readiness and enhancing the resilience of ICT Infrastructure; · Promoting Collaborative Technology Research, Development and Innovation in the ICT security field. Please visitwww.africacert.org <https://afnog.org/www.africacert.org>for further information. AfTLD – Workshop & Meeting Africa Top Level Domains Organization will be conducting a Workshop & Forum during AIS. Further information will be provided shortly. ICANN AFRICA ICANN Africa will be holding sessions on ICANN Day on 5th May 2018 and ICANN Special Workshop on 6thMay 2018 ISOC AFRICA ISOC Africa will be holding sessions/tutorials on Internet Governance, etc. Further information will be provided shortly. AfCHIX AfCHIX will be holding the second AfCHIX Tech Women Summit on 5th May 2018. Further information will be provided shortly. AfNOG Tutorials AfNOG will offer 1 to 2 full-day(s) tutorials on advanced topics. Tutorials take place in a classroom-style environment, and may include a hands-on practical component. Tutorials are non-commercial in nature, and most are technically oriented. They are intended to offer advanced training on technology already deployed or soon to be deployed on networking and related services provisioning for ISP operations. Additional information about AfNOG 2018 Tutorials will be available here shortly: http://www.afnog.org/afnog2018/tutorial/ AfREN The Africa Research and Education Networking (AfREN) will be holding a one day meeting on 7thMay 2018. AfREN is the annual forum on African research and education networking. As one of the Af* organizations, the AfREN forum is part of the annual Africa Internet Summit (AIS) and was convened since 2007 by the Research and Education Networking Unit (RENU) of the Association of African Universities in collaboration with AfNOG & AFRINIC. The forum is a platform for discussions on issues of interest to the research and education networking (REN) community such as collaboration, advocacy and coordination of activities in Africa. Sharing of experience and best practices as well as presentation of innovative networking technologies are also regularly addressed at AfREN. The sponsorship of campus network managers to attend the annual AfNOG training workshops has also become an integral part of AfREN. Since 2012, with the formation of regional RENs covering all the countries of Africa, there is a traditional session on updates from the UbuntuNet Alliance (Eastern and Southern Africa), WACREN (West and Central Africa) and ASREN (Arab countries, including North Africa). Typical AfREN participants include among others, campus and research and education network practitioners, REN operators, telecom operators, regulators, policy makers and international partners. Additional information on AfREN 2018 will be provided shortly. AfNOG-19 Meeting The 19thAfNOG meeting will be held in Dakar, Senegal on 8thMay 2018. AfNOG conferences provide a forum for the coordination and dissemination of technical information related to backbone/enterprise networking technologies and operational practices. The meetings are informal, with an emphasis on relevance to current and future African backbone engineering practices. The AfNOG 2017 conference in Kenya drew several delegates, mainly consisting of network engineering staff from lnternet Service providers, Telecommunication Companies, Government, Research and Education community, Civil Society. Additional information and the Conference schedule will be available here shortly: http://www.afnog.org/afnog2018/conference/ AFRINIC-28 Public Policy Meeting The AFRINIC-28 Public Policy meeting will be held in Dakar, Senegal for three days from 9thto 11thMay, 2018. AFRINIC Meetings are open to everyone and provide an excellent opportunity to take part in Internet policy discussions. These policies, which describe how Internet Number Resources should be managed and distributed, are developed by the community. The meeting will include tutorials, presentations, update on the various working groups and the AFRINIC Public Policy Meeting. The three day meeting will be preceded by IPv6 training and training in Internet Number Resource Management. Further information will be available athttp://www.afrinic.net/en/co mmunity/afrinic-events. Visa Requirements Please check visa requirements with the Senegal Embassy or Consulate in your country. *Please join us, once again, as we come together to learn, network and shape the future of ICT in Africa.* -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 <0721%20325277> +254733206359 <0733%20206359> Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Ethiopian surveillance, powered by Israeli Companies
by Mose Karanja 07 Dec '17

07 Dec '17

Hello KICTANet. The Citizen Lab has published the latest of its investigation on surveillance in Ethiopia. This report describes how Ethiopian dissidents in Kenya, the US, UK, and other countries were targeted with emails containing sophisticated commercial spyware posing as Adobe Flash updates and PDF plugins. Targets include a US-based Ethiopian diaspora media outlet, the Oromia Media Network (OMN), a PhD student, and a lawyer. During the course of our investigation, one of the authors of this report was also targeted. From the Ethiopian lead, several other African countries (Rwanda, Zambia, Nigeria etc) have been pinned as using the same product - or at least the company has ongoing demonstrations or tutorials. Ethiopia experienced massive protests across the country last year, the bulk of which came from the Oromo Community. It is interesting to note how where the Internet shutdowns stopped in the country, surveillance picked up. Read the report here: https://citizenlab.ca/2017/12/champing-cyberbit-ethiopian-dissidents-target… <https://citizenlab.ca/2017/12/champing-cyberbit-ethiopian-dissidents-target…>

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Re: [kictanet] Shifting Norms of Professionalization in a Nairobi Technology Start-Up Community
by Ali Hussein 06 Dec '17

06 Dec '17

@Phares My point exactly.. Well put. Spoken like 10 wise men. :-) Regards *Ali Hussein* *Principal* *Hussein & Associates* Tel: +254 713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> 13th Floor , Delta Towers, Oracle Wing, Chiromo Road, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya. 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. On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 10:34 AM, Phares Kariuki via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > There's a lot to unpack, but the one thing I'll comment on is this > perception that there's no talent locally. University students being unable > to work for your company without training is a feature of university > education, not a bug. You are given a broad based education with the > fundamentals that allows you to apply yourself wherever you see fit. This > idea that the student should be ready for your niche need confuses a > polytechnic for a university. A good CS education gives one the tools to > apply themselves to a variety of fields, not one unique use case. You can > specialize later. There's a lot of talent locally. Safaricom, JTL, Seacom > etc all hire local engineers to run their networks. You also have good > software development expertise, the likes of Pesapal, Innova etc all build > their software locally, from locally sourced graduates. There's a reason > why many CS graduates end up working in finance, banking etc. There are > fewer jobs for well trained CS graduates than they can fill. > > On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 6:45 AM, Bitange Ndemo via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23322373.2017.1400260 may >> interest you. >> >> Ndemo. >> >> On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 12:21 PM, Kigen Koech via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >>> Very intriguing indeed ... >>> >>> I believe that African innovation at the core are inspired with the need >>> to better the society through bridging the 'need-gap' whereas the foreign >>> template of entrepreneurship primarily focus on viability and >>> profitability, of which in is not entirely evil, though the failure thereof >>> would kill seeds of hope through technovation that may have intended to >>> solve a meaningful problem and thereby providing a foundation for more >>> solutions. >>> >>> If you look at the need and drive for some of these authentic kenyan >>> solutions; eatout, sendy, bunifu, illuminumgreenhouses etc among many more >>> others out there, i believe, stemmed out from a need to better their >>> environment and while at it saw the derived benefit to the end user. >>> >>> My thoughts on this. >>> >>> Kind Regards, >>> >>> Kigen Koech >>> Business Development Manager >>> Telkom Kenya >>> 0770 800 800 >>> >>> On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 11:12 AM, Sidney Ochieng via kictanet < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>> >>>> Shifting Norms of Professionalization in a Nairobi Technology Start-Up >>>> Community – Research Explorations https://angelaokune.me/2017/11 >>>> /29/shifting-norms-of-professionalization-in-a-nairobi-techn >>>> ology-start-up-community/ >>>> >>>> A great read that leaves me more questions than answers. >>>> -- >>>> Regards, >>>> Sidney >>>> >>>> *Twitter:* @princelySid <https://twitter.com/princelySid> | *Web: *s >>>> idneyochieng.co.ke >>>> *Skype: *sidney.ochieng | *Github:* princelySid >>>> <https://github.com/princelySid> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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/m >>>> ailman/options/kictanet/kigenkoech%40gmail.com >>>> >>>> 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. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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/m >>> ailman/options/kictanet/bndemo%40bitangendemo.me >>> >>> 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. >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/m >> ailman/options/kictanet/phares.kariuki%40gmail.com >> >> 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. >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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/info%40alyhussein.com > > 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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Shifting Norms of Professionalization in a Nairobi Technology Start-Up Community
by Sidney Ochieng 06 Dec '17

06 Dec '17

Shifting Norms of Professionalization in a Nairobi Technology Start-Up Community – Research Explorations https://angelaokune.me/2017/11/29/shifting-norms-of-professionalization-in-… A great read that leaves me more questions than answers. -- Regards, Sidney *Twitter:* @princelySid <https://twitter.com/princelySid> | *Web: * sidneyochieng.co.ke *Skype: *sidney.ochieng | *Github:* princelySid <https://github.com/princelySid>

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Re: [kictanet] Africa Internet Governance Forum- Today @ Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
by Barrack Otieno 05 Dec '17

05 Dec '17

Dear All, You can follow the Africa IGF through the following link: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/afigf17/ Best Regards

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ICT practioner bill
by Julius Njiraini 04 Dec '17

04 Dec '17

i think with more consultation the bill is good. all other industry either self regulate themselves or are regulated by law,. these includes engineers, medics, legal etc.. its a step in the right direction, my opinion

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Re: [kictanet] [Security Forum] ict practitioners bill is back
by Collins Areba 04 Dec '17

04 Dec '17

To me, the bill seeks to achieve two objectives: 1) Create a walled garden around public procurements (Little one can do to private entities without messing with the bill of rights) around a certain clique of individuals. My thinking, exact same reasoning behind the Engineers Registration Board rent seeking by charging a percentage of Electricity and Fuel sold in this country, which I think is the reason Kenya stopped manufacturing even spoons and toothpicks. 2) Formal education in ICT / Computer science has proven to be redundant. Other than the papers, there is little, a Computer Science graduate might have to offer compared to a passionate Fine Arts student who happened to love programming in lots of industries considered tech companies. Let the bring on the bill, Mainstream IT will just go dark. Its one of the many disappointments CS Mucheru has birthed in the recent years.

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