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Re: [kictanet] New Information related to ICANN Nairobi Meeting
by McTim 12 Feb '10

12 Feb '10

Harry, all; This seems to be the latest update: On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 5:47 AM, <no-reply(a)icann.org> wrote: > Updated Security Information as of 11 February 2010 > Date: > Thursday, 11 February 2010 > > Dear ICANN Community, > > Within the last 24 hours, we received an unclassified report from the United States’ Department of State related to the Kenyatta International Conference Center, the venue for our upcoming meeting (attached below). > > The types of threats outlined in that communication are difficult to assess. ICANN is now reaching out to different parties in Kenya and elsewhere to see if it is possible to better assess the situation, and of course will share any further information with you. > > Sammy Buruchara, Chairman of the ICANN 2010 Local Steering Committee in Nairobi has already provided the following information: > > “In relation with the Security threat by Al Shabaab to US Embassy and KICC, I wish to on behalf of ICANN 2010 Local Organizing committee and on behalf of the relevant Kenya Government Security Agencies state the following: > > The Kenya Government is aware of the Security Threat by Al Shabaab on KICC and on the United States Embassy in Nairobi. Our security organs that include National Security Intelligence Service (NSIS) and Kenya Anti-Terrorism Police have been alerted and will make appropriate security responses to deal with this threat. Through their network of security agents, they have made contingency plans to thwart any possible terrorist plot that will target Nairobi City, including KICC and all the Hotels in which delegates will be hosted, and the US Embassy. > > I wish to assure ICANN Community that the Kenya Government is committed to ensure your safety during the ICANN event and will take necessary security measures to guarantee the safety of all participants during the Conference.” > > In the most transparent manner possible, ICANN will continue to share information as it becomes available. Just like you, we’re processing this information, and seeing how and if we need to update procedures and plans for the upcoming meeting. > > Sincerely, > ICANN > > Information from U.S. State Department > > “As of early February 2010, individuals affiliated with al-Shabaab al-Islamiya were planning suicide bombing attacks on the US Embassy and Kenyan International Conference Center in Nairobi, Kenya. The individuals were targeting the KICC because it was deemed the largest and oldest building associated with the Kenyan government. The US Embassy was targeted for its support of the Kenyan government. As of early February, the individuals planning to carry out the attacks were living in Somali communities in Kenya. We have no additional information regarding the possible individuals involved in the plot, timing, or method of the attack. > > This is all the information we have at this time, and we will continue to keep you updated if there are any potential updates.” > > > -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel

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Invitation to a workshop: Getting a hold on Cybercrime against women: at the University of Nairobi, Chiromo Campus Arziki restaurant, 16th Feb, 2010
by alice 11 Feb '10

11 Feb '10

(Apologies for cross posting) Dear colleague /*_ Invitation to a workshop: Getting a hold on Cybercrime against women: at the University of Nairobi, Chiromo Campus Arziki restaurant, 16th Feb, 2010 from 7.00-10.30 a.m. _*/ Cybercrime against the person and in this case the woman is real and is rising. Unfortunately, all the efforts to understand the vice focus on the cyber crime against property and against governments. The only other notable effort against the person is against the child. While cyberspace have provided secure tools and spaces where women can enjoy their freedom of expression, information and privacy of communication, the same benefits of anonymity and privacy also extend to those who employ ICTs for criminal activities and use the internet to commit violence against women. The use of mobile phones and internet to stalk, abuse, traffic, intimidate and humiliate women is palpable in developing countries including Kenya. The lack of specific cybercrime/cyber security legislation makes it even more difficult to punish those who use ICTs tools to conduct violence against women. Kenya Communications (Amendment) Act 2009 focused on the cybercrime against property and not the person. Kenya is not alone but that is not a consolation. With increased use of internet in Kenya with the onset of broadband, it is necessary to create the necessary policy / regulatory and the operational framework to reign in the vice. KICTANET and IDRC has launched a study on the vice whose research questions are: 1. What is the prevalence of cybercrime against women in terms of degree, level, quantity, and distribution? 2. How does cyber crime affect women differently? (Demonstrate spiral effect and determine if women are already intimidated by cyber space e.g. mailing lists, how active do women participate in debates? Is the design of the cyber already woman unfriendly?) 3. What are the current measures and gaps (technological, legal, social, and psychological) to address cyber crime against women (local, regional, and global)? Map the efforts (lessons of best practice). 4. What mechanisms are appropriate for addressing cyber crime against women? Kictanet, with support from the IDRC will mount a validation workshop to review literature as well as the research strategy on Feb 16th, 2010 as detailed below We have limited spaces (free) for you or your colleague at the workshop. Kindly confirm attendance (off line) by Friday 13th, for planning purposes. *Programme* Venue: University of Nairobi, Chiromo Campus Arziki restaurant Date: Feb 16th, 2009 7.00-715: Welcome and introductions 7.15-9.00: presentation of concept Presentation of Literature review study Presentation of Data collection tools/methodology Discussions 9.00-9.30 Way forward

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Fw: [i-network] Makerere University the Best in East Africa(Webometric Rankings(
by Walubengo J 11 Feb '10

11 Feb '10

Another gem from the Perl of Africa (.UG), Looks like in Kenya Strath Univ was 1st at No. 22 followed closely by UoN at No. 28....check this out @ http://www.webometrics.info/top100_continent.asp?cont=africa walu. --- On Thu, 2/11/10, Drake Patrick Mirembe <dmirembe(a)cit.mak.ac.ug> wrote: From: Drake Patrick Mirembe <dmirembe(a)cit.mak.ac.ug> Subject: [i-network] Makerere University the Best in East Africa To: "I-Network Uganda" <i-network(a)dgroups.org> Cc: "Francis Otto" <fotto(a)technology.ucu.ac.ug> Date: Thursday, February 11, 2010, 6:32 PM According to the new web-metric ranking, Makerere University is the highest ranked in East, Central and West Africa. I hope by July when the new ranking are released we will be at least among the best 5 in Africa. The disappointing issues is that their is no other Ugandan University in the top 100 in Africa. http://www.webometrics.info/top100_continent.asp?cont=africa Drake ________________________ Visit the I-Network website - www.i-network.or.ug The I-Network Dgroup is a platform for ICT Knowledge Sharing --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit [web site]( http://d2.dgroups.org/iicd/i-network/ ) Click [here]( mailto:[email protected] ) to unsubscribe The email is intended only for the recipients. The owners of the Dgroups cannot be held responsible for the contents of the email message.

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(no subject)
by gathuri njorohio 11 Feb '10

11 Feb '10

Hi all listers Patrick Kariuki is seeking assistance to get attachment for his Diploma course in ICT which he is taking at Nairobi Institute of Business Studies. He is due to complete this June and would appreciate if he can get some industry experience. Kariuki can be reached on patkirio(a)yahoo.com Kindly assist Eng. Njorohio

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Fw: [i-network] Kenyan Students Win Prestigious Cisco Networking Competition
by Walubengo J 11 Feb '10

11 Feb '10

mmmh, pinched this one from the neighbors in .UG. Nice to know your neighbors can celebrate your achievements... walu. --- On Wed, 2/10/10, Derek Sejjuko <dsejjuko(a)yahoo.com> wrote: From: Derek Sejjuko <dsejjuko(a)yahoo.com> Subject: [i-network] Kenyan Students Win Prestigious Cisco Networking Competition To: "I-Network Uganda" <i-network(a)dgroups.org> Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 9:21 PM Hello All you might find this interesting to read; http://www.cisco.com/web/offer/em/pdfs_innovators/NAL/fy10/netriders.pdf?si… and about the contest http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2009/prod_070709b.html Visit the I-Network website - www.i-network.or.ug The I-Network Dgroup is a platform for ICT Knowledge Sharing Visit web site Click here to unsubscribe The email is intended only for the recipients. The owners of the Dgroups cannot be held responsible for the contents of the email message.

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Re: [kictanet] TECHNOPARK ALREADY ATTRACTS LOCAL INVESTORS
by charles nduati 11 Feb '10

11 Feb '10

hi listers, Take a look at today thursday 11/02/10 daily nation page 51 and see an advert by a local investor selling 1000 acres , near the technopark. this is very much in line with PS ndemo's vision and indeed they have even quoted the PS and have not bothered to ask for any feasability studies. well done PS and team. why do people wonder why kenyans out do their other african brothers? they are pretty fast in unlockng opportunities. we need to emulate this guys charles

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lessons, snippets, from the visit by the Singaporeans
by Paul Kukubo 10 Feb '10

10 Feb '10

Dear listers lessons, snippets, from the visit by the Singaporeans<http://www.paulkukubo.com/?p=179> On behalf of the Kenya ICT Board I would like to thank those invited guests who made it to the Breakfast Presentation by the Singapore IDA International team. I have captured what I consider the gist of that presentation on my blog http://www.paulkukubo.com (which also updates my Facebook notes page). The actual presentation will only be up on the ICT Board website Friday morning once the Singapore team has made additions to it when the get back home. Otherwise visit, www.ida.gov.sg. Singapore provides an interesting benchmark for all nations when it comes to technology for better citizens services by government. Key to note is the 'whole-of-government' approach, 'many agencies, one government' strategy with an emphasis on delighting the customer (citizen, resident). For example it takes 2 hours to register a company and start trading with a single license. Government spending has also helped develop the industry cluster of high end technology service firms comprising big name multinationals, local firms and combinations of both. Thank you Paul Kukubo Chief Executive Officer, Kenya ICT Board PO Box 27150 - 00100 Nairobi, Kenya 12th Floor, Teleposta Towers Koinange Street Tel +254 20 2089061, +254 20 2211960 Fax: +254 20 2211962 Cell: + 254 735 180001 website: www.ict.go.ke skype: kukubopaul googletalk: pkukubo ____________________ Vision: Kenya becomes a top ten global ICT hub Mission: To champion and actively enable Kenya to adopt and exploit ICT, through promotion of partnerships, investments and infrastructure growth for socio economic enrichment Sent from Nairobi, Kenya

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Jonathan B. Postel Technical Academy Created to Extend Internet Technical Skills in Kenya
by McTim 10 Feb '10

10 Feb '10

http://isoc.org/wp/newsletter/?p=1580 -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel

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Advanced Recovery and Continuity Appliances
by Tuma Barua 10 Feb '10

10 Feb '10

Jambo! We (ICT people) are usually faced with server backup and restoration problems. I would like to share with you a "wonder drug" for disaster recovery and business continuity problems. This appliance can backup and restore an entire Windows (Server Farm), exchange mailboxes and other applications at bare-machine level. Restoration is in less than 15 minutes? Yes, including OS and the applications recovery. No need to re-install OS and re-configure it again. This solution has been and is being used across the world. Contact me directly, on email, if you need the vendor to call you and have a *live demo *before* *you can make a decision to buy. An online demo is also a possibility. Regards, T. Barua.

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initiatives related to ICT & environmental sustainability
by Alan Finlay 10 Feb '10

10 Feb '10

Dear colleagues The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is developing an action research network focused on ICTs & Environmental Sustainability. The initiative builds on work in this area undertaken by APC and its member organizations in the last few years. An important part of building the Action research network is to build stronger relationships with others who are active in the field, to exchange information and build collective knowledge and work towards common actions. To this end, we would be interested to learn about work your organisation is doing in this area. We are particularly interested in initiatives in the following areas, in the context of ICTs & Environmental Sustainability: - policy advocacy - environmentally-sustainable computing practices - use of ICTs for awareness raising and education about ICTS and environmental sustainability - use of ICTs in climate change (CCH) mitigation - e-waste disposal and CCH The outcomes of our research and activities will be made available to all who are interested. If your initiatives cover other areas where ICTs play an important role in environmental sustainability and climate change (or dealing with it), do let us know as well. Please send your feedback directly to karel(a)apc.org so we don't overload this list. Thank you to those of you who have already sent us feedback about your initiatives in the field, there is no need to resend it. * More about APC's research network ----------------------------------- The action research network will generate the research needed to create some basic tools and resources that have the potential to launch a campaign that can transform the ICT for development community into leaders of an emerging movement of environmentally conscious ICT use. APC will approach this work by addressing two exploratory research questions: How can national ICT policy environments in developing countries effectively address sustainability and climate change concerns? How can ICTs be used more sustainability by ICTD (ICT for development) practitioners and civil society organisations? We aim to achieve the above objectives by implementing four inter-related activities: - Mapping national policy environments: country baseline studies - Research into sustainable ICT tools and practices - Developing practical guidelines and check lists - Building research capacity and begin to establish a research network. Looking forward to hear about your work Best regards Karel Novotny Knowledge Sharing Projects Coordinator APC -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karel Novotny working from Montevideo, Uruguay Knowledge Sharing Projects Coordinator Strategic Technologies & Network Development Programme APC - The Association for Progressive Communications http://www.apc.org GSM: +598 983 010 99 (GMT -2) sip:[email protected] ---------------------------------------------------- Online Monday - Thursday/en línea lunes - jueves ----------------------------------------------------

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