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Upgrade of the mailing list
by Mwendwa Kivuva 24 Sep '21

24 Sep '21

Dear Listers, This mailing list will undergo maintenance upgrade over the next few days. We expect the process to be smooth, and you may not notice any downtime. This is for information purposes only incase of an unlikely event where the upgrade fails and causes the list to be inaccessible. Backup measures are in place to ensure continuity of service. Best

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Join the Kenya IGF Going on live
by Mwendwa Kivuva 23 Sep '21

23 Sep '21

Dear Listers, You can join the Kenya IGF happening all day today through this direct link https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__Y98UCVuRH259ub_Jhd35w The Agenda for the day is available here https://kigf.or.ke/kenya-igf-2021/ Let us have a great event. ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya https://www.linkedin.com/in/mwendwa-kivuva

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SaveApp and HotelOnline Launch Strategic Partnership In Kenya
by Eric Osiakwan 16 Sep '21

16 Sep '21

https://technovagh.com/saveapp-and-hotelonline-launch-strategic-partnership… Eric here Eric M K Osiakwan +233244386792 www.ericosiakwan.com

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Fwd: [Internet Policy] Privacy and Learning Platforms
by Barrack Otieno 16 Sep '21

16 Sep '21

Listers, Might be of interest even as we look forwad to the conversation during the Kenya IGF week. Thank you Best Regards ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Winthrop Yu via InternetPolicy <internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org> Date: Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 8:47 AM Subject: [Internet Policy] Privacy and Learning Platforms To: internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org <internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org> While everyone is looking at Facebook et al. ... has there been any oversight or concern over data harvesting by Learning Platforms (LMS)? Obviously, students, teachers, and other stakeholders have hardly any say in the matter. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13562517.2020.1739641 "We conclude that institutions of higher education are currently ill-equipped to protect students and faculty required to use the Canvas Instructure LMS from data harvesting or exploitation. We challenge inevitability narratives and call for greater public awareness concerning the use of predictive analytics, impacts of algorithmic bias, need for algorithmic transparency, and enactment of ethical and legal protections for users who are required to use such software platforms." WYn _______________________________________________ To manage your Internet Society subscriptions or unsubscribe, log into the Member Portal at https://admin.internetsociety.org/622619/User/Login and go to the Preferences tab within your profile. - View the Internet Society Code of Conduct: https://www.internetsociety.org/become-a-member/code-of-conduct/ -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Fwd: [NRIs List] Join us at the UK IGF 2021
by Barrack Otieno 16 Sep '21

16 Sep '21

Listers, Might be of interest. Regards ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Rowena Schoo <Rowena.Schoo(a)nominet.uk> Date: Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 2:43 PM Subject: [NRIs List] Join us at the UK IGF 2021 To: igfregionals(a)intgovforum.org <igfregionals(a)intgovforum.org> Dear all The United Kingdom Internet Governance Forum will take place virtually on *Wednesday 20th *and* Thursday 21st October 2021* Registration is now open: https://r1.dotdigital-pages.com/p/3R2A-9RQ/ukigfregistration Join us to discuss: - The Future of the UK’s Data Protection Framework - How to tackle Gender Based Violence online - The Future of the Internet - How can the UK become a global leader on the prevention of Cyber-Crime? - Greening the Internet - Tackling harmful content while protecting freedom of expression: Charting a way forward for the Online Safety Bill Confirmed keynotes from the *UK Digital Minister - Caroline Dinenage MP*, and *Yih-Choung Teh, Group Director, Strategy and Research, Ofcom* – the UK’s communications regulator and many more. You can view the full agenda <https://ukigf.org.uk/2021-agenda/> and read more here: https://ukigf.org.uk/events/uk-igf-2021/ Please feel free to share this with your networks. Best wishes Rowena & the UK IGF Steering Committee [image: UK IGF 2021] *Rowena Schoo (she/her) *Policy and Government Relations Manager [image: Logo Description automatically generated] *Website* <http://www.nominet.uk/>* | **Twitter* <https://twitter.com/Nominet>* | **Facebook* <https://www.facebook.com/nominet/> [image: A picture containing racket, woman, sign, court Description automatically generated] <https://www.linkedin.com/company/nominet-uk/> E: rowena.schoo(a)nominet.uk Minerva House, Edmund Halley Road, Oxford Science Park, Oxford, OX4 4DQ, United Kingdom This message is intended exclusively for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, or confidential. If you are not the addressee, you must not read, use or disclose the contents of this e-mail. If you receive this e-mail in error, please advise us immediately and delete the e-mail. Nominet UK has taken every reasonable precaution to ensure that any attachment to this e-mail has been swept for viruses. However, Nominet cannot accept liability for any damage sustained as a result of software viruses and would advise that you carry out your own virus checks before opening any attachment. _______________________________________________ Igfregionals mailing list Igfregionals(a)intgovforum.org To unsubscribe or manage your options please go to http://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/igfregionals_intgovforum.org -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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INVITATION: Kenya YouthIGF 2021 - 22 September 2021
by Keith Andere 15 Sep '21

15 Sep '21

Dear youthful listers and listers youthful at heart, [image: Main Banner.jpeg] Young people are key stakeholders in the IGF ecosystem as they are the majority in Kenya, Africa and the world over. The IGF secretariat has since recognized the importance of meaningful youth participation at the IGF processes and promotes the strengthening of Youth IGF Initiatives. Youth Initiatives of the IGF are created with a goal of encouraging and involving young people in a substantive discussion on Internet governance. These forms, as well as the national, sub-regional and regional IGFs (NRIs), are expected to follow the main IGF <https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/lexicon/8#IGF> principles of being open, inclusive, non-commercial with multi-stakeholder participation during the whole preparatory phase and the event itself, all in line with a bottom-up decision-making process. Kenya Youth IGF is a youth-led structure to develop the capacity for coordinating, mobilizing and advocating for meaningful inclusion and engagement of young people in the Kenya IGF in partnership with industry stakeholders to address key Internet issues. This year’s Kenya YouthIGF aims at serving as an interactive discussion platform for organized youth participation from all stakeholder groups to bring up their ideas and concerns. The Forum will further create opportunities for networking, collaboration and creating long-term partnerships between key stakeholders and the community. This year, the YouthIGF is scheduled for 22nd September 2021. The outcomes of the forum will feed into the annual 15th edition of the Kenya IGF 2021 happening on 23rd September 2021. On behalf of the organising team, I would like to invite you to this meeting and ask you to extend this invitation to your networks. Please find the registration link below. https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_upBHaS8LQtK6aMd9FK4Nlg Looking forward to an engaging session with most of you. Karibuni! -- *Kind Regards,* *Keith ANDERE* Internet 4 Development *"The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society." ~ Noam Chomsky*

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Working At Crossover...
by Michael Bullut 15 Sep '21

15 Sep '21

Greetings Team, Anyone here worked with them before and if you have can you please share your experiences? Good / bad / stay away? Warm regards, Michael Bullut. --- *Cell:* *+254 723 393 114.**Skype Name:* *Michael Bullut.* *Blog: http://www.kipsang.com/ <http://www.kipsang.com/>* *E-mail:* *main(a)kipsang.com <main(a)kipsang.com>* *---*

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Inception E-mail
by Joshua Changwony 09 Sep '21

09 Sep '21

Dear Grace and Dennis, Thank you so much for the meeting we had yesterday. Thanks too Dennis for today's meeting link: Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/7878335450?pwd=WFpucHE2eEkxR2lNc3FUUnZrNWRhZz09 Meeting ID: 787 833 5450 Passcode: Qs9npY Best regards. Joshua.

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Fwd: [Internet Policy] WhatsApp fined a record 225 mln euro by Ireland over privacy
by Barrack Otieno 07 Sep '21

07 Sep '21

Listers, Are we likely to see more of this locally once the office of the Data Protection Commissioner settles? Best Regards ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Richard Hill via InternetPolicy <internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org> Date: Sat, Sep 4, 2021 at 7:34 PM Subject: [Internet Policy] WhatsApp fined a record 225 mln euro by Ireland over privacy To: <internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org> https://www.reuters.com/technology/irish-data-privacy-watchdog-fines-whatsap p-225-mln-euros-2021-09-02/ <https://www.reuters.com/technology/irish-data-privacy-watchdog-fines-whatsa…> Here are the first two paragraphs of the article: "DUBLIN, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Facebook's (FB.O) WhatsApp was fined a record 225 million euro ($266 million) by the Irish data protection regulator on Thursday after the EU privacy watchdog pressured Ireland to raise the penalty for the company's privacy breaches. "WhatsApp said the fine was "entirely disproportionate" and that it would appeal. Still, the Irish fine is significantly less than the record $886.6 million euro fine meted out to Amazon by the Luxembourg privacy agency in July." Best, Richard _______________________________________________ To manage your Internet Society subscriptions or unsubscribe, log into the Member Portal at https://admin.internetsociety.org/622619/User/Login and go to the Preferences tab within your profile. - View the Internet Society Code of Conduct: https://www.internetsociety.org/become-a-member/code-of-conduct/ -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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The Fintech City that is Nairobi
by Eric M K Osiakwan 07 Sep '21

07 Sep '21

....in the Fintech City that is Nairobi @ https://blogs.harvard.edu/eric/ I subjugate the leadership of Daktari Dr. Bitange Ndemo and Daktari Stephen Nduati Mwaura to public scrutiny and justapose that with the gallantry of Erik Hersman, Ory Okolloh, Juliana Rotich and David Kobia from the private sector that has stood Nairobi out in the new September - #KINGSTHINGS #NairobiFintechCity Sent from my iPhone

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