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Privacy International report: Kenya's Cyber security plans and surveillance vulnerabilities this opens up
by Collins C 06 Jul '17

06 Jul '17

Having a NIDS at the KE-CIRT does not mean that they are intruding on our privacy, the tools work by looking for network patterns that indicate an attack is taking place or when known malicious IP addresses are identified in the network. When it becomes intrusive they will be having decryption of our internet traffic which can easily be identified and alarmed by all major internet actors i.e. google, fb etc. Collins

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Privacy International report: Kenya's Cyber security plans and surveillance vulnerabilities this opens up
by Mose Karanja 06 Jul '17

06 Jul '17

This report by Privacy International is instructive. https://www.privacyinternational.org/node/1476 <https://www.privacyinternational.org/node/1476> — Particularly problematic, however, is the potential scale of monitoring that can be conducted, as well as the lack of transparency about what exactly will be visible and to whom. The NIDS/NIPDS is a monitoring centre housed under the KE-CIRT/CC with “screens with multiple dashboards for recording of various incidents/alerts of possible attack.” NIDS/NIPDS probes would be deployed at the critical nodes of Kenya’s internet backbone: at the Kenya Internet Exchange, at the submarine fibre optic cable landing sites, at the internet service providers and data carriers. Yet the system is not limited to monitoring broad flows of incoming and outgoing internet traffic in Kenya to detect anomalous patterns. The project appears clearly interested in monitoring content. — -Moses

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Event Invitation - Envisioning A Safer Internet for Women
by Wandia 06 Jul '17

06 Jul '17

Dear Listers, It was great seeing your contribution to the conversation around *'Online Bullying: How Safe is the Space' *on Day 3 of the Pre-IGF Discussions. On 13th July, Thursday next week iHub will be hosting a discussion around enhancing safe internet space for women (especially because they are the hardest hit when it comes to cyber bullying) During this event we are hoping to have key presentations updating you on iHub's Research Project dubbed 'Enhancing Internet Freedom for Women in Kenya' <https://ihub.co.ke/blogs/30328/enhancing-internet-freedom-in-kenya-for-women>, a panel discussion and a demo by the Jigsaw team on using Perspective API. <https://www.perspectiveapi.com/> We hope to see you there. RSVP here <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/envisioning-a-safer-internet-for-women-in-keny…> to attend this event. Best Regards, Tess Wandia E-mail: tess(a)ihub.co.ke

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Group Warns That Kenya May Use Cybersecurity Surveillance
by Nanjira Sambuli 06 Jul '17

06 Jul '17

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2017-07-05/group-warns-that-keny… Regards, Nanjira. Sent on the move.

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Re: [kictanet] Remote Participation Details Kenya IGF - o6/07/2017 WEBEX
by Barrack Otieno 05 Jul '17

05 Jul '17

Listers, The Kenya IGF Multistakeholder Advisory Group invites you to join this WebEx meeting. Kenya Internet Governance Forum 2017 Thursday, July 6, 2017 7:00 am | Europe Summer Time (Brussels, GMT+02:00) | 12 hrs Meeting number (access code): 843 507 083 Add to Calendar https://intgovforum.webex.com/intgovforum/j.php?MTID=me4818eab9aad7dff669f2… When it's time, join the meeting. https://intgovforum.webex.com/intgovforum/j.php?MTID=me1de0f62eff2f072038bc… JOIN BY PHONE +44-203-478-5289 Call-in toll number (UK) Can't join the meeting? https://help.webex.com/docs/DOC-5412 Thank you on behalf of the MAG -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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PRE KIGF ONLINE DISCUSSIONS DAY 4 -FINTECH ECOSYSTEM IN KENYA
by Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu 05 Jul '17

05 Jul '17

Dear Listers, Our discussion topic today is the FinTech Ecosystem. Kenya is the birthplace of some of the most revolutionary FinTech ideas and today we will try to answer the following questions:- *1. Is the business environment in Kenya conducive for FinTech business?* *2, What is the experience of companies scaling & deploying FinTech to other countries in the region?* *3. Have banks finally caught on FinTech with their solutions?* *4. How will bitcoins & block chain technology affect the market?* Looking forward to a great discussion! -- Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu Advocate -FinTech and ICT Policy Head of Legal and Regulatory Affairs-Wayawaya Tel: +254 718 181644

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Guidelines for Prevention of dissemination of undesirable political Messages
by Barrack Otieno 05 Jul '17

05 Jul '17

Listers, I just came across this information on the NCIC website, while we might not be in a position to contribute due to timelines, it would be worth providing some form of feedback to NCIC which is driving the process. https://www.cohesion.or.ke/images/downloads/GUIDELINES_FOR_PREVENTION_OF_DI… Regards -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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PRE KIGF ONLINE DISCUSSIONS DAY 5: ICT IN THE COUNTIES
by Ronald Ojino 05 Jul '17

05 Jul '17

Dear all, Today's online discussion is on the topic: ICT in the counties. Lets kindly share our experience on challenges and opportunities based on the following questions : - To what extent are county governments adopting ICTs? - What are the bottlenecks faced ICT entrepreneurs at county level? - What are those positive or negative experiences that we can learn from? - How can counties better respond to needs of the ICT community? Lets engage, Best regards, Ronald Ojino. -- Faith is a living and unshakable confidence. A belief in God so assured that a man would die a thousand deaths for its sake.

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KIGF 2017 - Thursday 6 July 2017
by Victor Kapiyo 04 Jul '17

04 Jul '17

Dear listers, I hope you are well. On behalf of the local MAG, we'd like to thank you all for your vibrant contributions throughout the process leading up to the Kenya IGF. Please find attached the programme for the Kenya IGF 2017, which will be held this *Thursday, 6 July 2017*, at the Laico Regency Hotel, Nairobi from 8 am. For those who will be attending, do bring along your event ticket. For those who will not be in a position to attend, you can follow the proceedings live. The livestream link will be shared on the list and on the kigf.or.ke website. We request you to also contribute to the discussions on social media via the hashtag #KIGF2017. Do have a good evening. Regards, *Victor Kapiyo* MAG Chair

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Finally, the lands office is digitised
by S.M. Muraya 04 Jul '17

04 Jul '17

Much evil is going on to sabotage our progress into the digital age, but interesting positive comments from Bwana Ndemo. http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/ndemo/2274486-3998670-k4d9poz/index… *Finally, the lands office is digitised* MONDAY JULY 3 2017 In Summary - At a Vision 2030 workshop in Naivasha last week, officials from the Ministry of Lands showcased what they have been doing to become more efficient and responsive to citizen demands. - It will enhance Kenya's global competitiveness by reducing the cost of production, diversification and value addition - Much more could be realised from the National Optic Fibre Broadband Infrastructure but it takes time to gain acceptance. http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/ndemo/2274486-3998670-k4d9poz/index…

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Tanzania Frequency Allocation
by Namema Amendi 03 Jul '17

03 Jul '17

Hello all, Does anyone have a copy of Tanzania's frequency allocation table? It's not easily find-able online. Many thanks, [image: TMG logo] ____________ Namema Amendi Regulatory and Policy Advisor 1600 Wilson Blvd, Suite # 710 Arlington, VA 22209 Tel: (703) 224.1501 Email: namendi(a)tmgtelecom.com *http://www.tmgtelecom.com <http://www.tmgtelecom.com/>*

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PRE KIGF ONLINE DISCUSSION DAY 1 - INTERNET SHUTDOWNS
by Ronald Ojino 03 Jul '17

03 Jul '17

Greetings Listers, Hope you are psyched up for today’s discussion on Internet Shutdowns especially during the election period. With such shutdowns, mobile communications, popular social networks among other forms of communication can be halted effectively crippling information exchange across the nation. It is our desire that you share your aspirations, expectations, experience and suggestions with regard to Internet shutdowns: a) Is there a real fear of this happening in Kenya? b) Is there any legal basis if any (laws) that can legitimize such shutdowns? c) What are the implications on the electoral process? d) What options do the public have to access the Internet if shutdown happens? Looking forward to your active participation. Best regards, Ronald Ojino

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PRE KIGF ONLINE DISCUSSIONS DAY 3 - ONLINE BULLYING: HOW SAFE IS THE SPACE?
by Francis Monyango 03 Jul '17

03 Jul '17

Good morning Listers, Today we want to discuss about Online Bullying. We want to know how safe the space is for us and for our children. In doing this, we will try to answer the following questions. 1) What are the trends? 2) Do we have capacity to adequately respond to cyber crime incidences? 3) What are the challenges in tackling the offence? 4) What should be done to address this offence? Looking forward to a fruitful and lively discussion.

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Poor show by IEBC: Data Protection in year 2017 and the case of raw voter registration data
by Mwendwa Kivuva 03 Jul '17

03 Jul '17

Dear Listers, Today I'm wearing my CISA hat. IEBC has launched a voter verification tool both through sms, and web query at http://voterstatus.iebc.or.ke/voter If you are privacy conscious, and a little bit paranoid, you will realize that IEBC is doing badly with how they are exposing raw data of nearly 20 million Kenyans to the world. Anybody with basic programing skills can be able to harvest the raw data through an automated search. If you search any random number with the format of Kenya ID numbers, say hypothetically 12345678, you will realize you can pull up citizen's details, at least ID number, and name, and where they live. Basic security tips would require the system to have a captcha to prevent automated harvest of the information, and also have a challenge questions like date of birth to supplement the ID number, therefore thwart any mischievous individuals from harvesting the rich data Can IEBC correct the anomaly? Attached is a sample demo screenshot. Of course there is the other thing of strange ID numbers finding their way into the voter register. Voter Details for Id: 12345678 Id / Passport Number 12345678 Primary Name KIBET Secondary Name KIRUI Birth Date 01/01/1994 Gender M Polling Station Code 101 Polling Station LELACH PRIMARY SCHOOL County KERICHO Contituency BURETI Ward CHEPLANGET ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya twitter.com/lordmwesh

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Re: [kictanet] Poor show by IEBC: Data Protection in year 2017 and the case of raw voter registration data
by Mark Kipyegon 03 Jul '17

03 Jul '17

SMS is not a secure implementation of two factor authentication. On 30 Jun 2017, at 10:40, "kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke" <kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > A simple 2 Factor Authentication mechanism via SMS would suffice to start > with.

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Fw: [Internet Policy] Capital I or small i(nternet)
by WANGARI KABIRU 03 Jul '17

03 Jul '17

Blessed Monday to all! Interesting discussion in the ISOC circles. Legal usage and who defines what is correct - a unique position with a "said multistakeholder model" Is the CAPS or lower case more on Brand, identity, ownership, (de)centralisation? A good point also is distinction between WWW and Internet (or internet). Be blessed. Regards/Wangari --- Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth". On Sunday, 2 July 2017, 20:30, Richard Hill <rhill(a)hill-a.ch> wrote: #yiv9895996481 #yiv9895996481 -- _filtered #yiv9895996481 {panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} _filtered #yiv9895996481 {font-family:Calibri;panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} _filtered #yiv9895996481 {font-family:Tahoma;panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}#yiv9895996481 #yiv9895996481 p.yiv9895996481MsoNormal, #yiv9895996481 li.yiv9895996481MsoNormal, #yiv9895996481 div.yiv9895996481MsoNormal {margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;}#yiv9895996481 a:link, #yiv9895996481 span.yiv9895996481MsoHyperlink {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv9895996481 a:visited, #yiv9895996481 span.yiv9895996481MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv9895996481 p.yiv9895996481MsoAcetate, #yiv9895996481 li.yiv9895996481MsoAcetate, #yiv9895996481 div.yiv9895996481MsoAcetate {margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:8.0pt;}#yiv9895996481 span.yiv9895996481BalloonTextChar {}#yiv9895996481 span.yiv9895996481EmailStyle19 {color:#1F497D;}#yiv9895996481 .yiv9895996481MsoChpDefault {} _filtered #yiv9895996481 {margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}#yiv9895996481 div.yiv9895996481WordSection1 {}#yiv9895996481 Dear Ayden, Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I would recommend reading at least pages 1-3, 14, and 23-24 and of the Supreme Court judgment, which is at: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/16pdf/15-1194_08l1.pdf I wonder to what extent the court’s thinking was influenced by the fact that the law they struck down did not refer to the Internet, but to the “Web”. I’m sure we all agree that there is only one World Wide Web, so the correct usage is the proper noun, Web, when referring to the WWW (as opposed to using web to refer to the generic technology, as in “a private company can operate a private web, also referred to as an intranet”). Be that as it may, the court referred to “the Internet” or “the internet” without defining either term. As I’ve explained elsewhere[1] there are many definitions of the term “Internet”. The one that I like best is the 1995 definition of the US Federal Networking Council[2]: “the global information system that:(i) is logically linked together by a globally unique address space based on the Internet Protocol (IP) or its subsequent extensions/follow-ons;(ii) is able to support communications using the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) suite or its subsequent extensions/follow-ons, and/or other IP-compatible protocols; and(iii) provides, uses or makes accessible, either publicly or privately, high level services layered on the communications and related infrastructure described herein." This definition would appear to me to apply to a particular global system, which system should be referred to by a proper noun, that is “the Internet”. However, it is interesting to note that the telephone network is also a global system that is (i) logically linked together by a globally unique address space and (ii) is able to support communications using protocols. Yet nobody would think of referring to the telephone network with a proper noun, as “the Telephone Network”. Is that because the telephone network does not provide high-level services on top of its infrastructure? That is, do we think of “the Internet” because of “the World Wide Web”? And, if there were no World Wide Web, would we think of “the internet” as infrastructure, which is what Justice Alito seems to do? Thanks again and best,Richard [1] Richard Hill (2014), "The Internet, its governance, and the multi-Stakeholder model", Info, vol. 16. no. 2, March 2014[2] See footnote xv of Robert E. Kahn and Vinton G. Cerf . “What Is The Internet (And What Makes It Work)” December, 1999, available at: http://www.cnri.reston.va.us/what_is_internet.html ------ On Sun, 2 Jul 2017, Richard Hill wrote: Show original message Also interesting: oral argument from oyez.org: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2016/15-1194 I recommend a whole thing, one of my favourite excerpts: ----- Elena Kagan So -- so a -- so a person in this situation, for example, cannot go onto the President's Twitter account to find out what the President is saying today? Robert C. Montgomery That -- that's correct, Your Honor. Elena Kagan Not only the President. I mean, we're sort of aware of it because the President now uses Twitter. ----- Marcin Cieślak Internet Society Poland From: InternetPolicy [mailto:internetpolicy-bounces@elists.isoc.org] On Behalf Of Ayden Férdeline Sent: Saturday, July 1, 2017 19:50 To: Roland Perry Cc: internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org Subject: Re: [Internet Policy] Capital I or small i(nternet) Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but I found this interesting: a majority of the US Supreme Court has capitalised the 'I' in Internet, treating it as a proper noun, in a recent decision: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pay5ek/internet-or-internet-the-… Best wishes, Ayden Férdelinelinkedin.com/in/ferdeline -------- Original Message --------Subject: [Internet Policy] Capital I or small i(nternet)Local Time: April 23, 2017 3:06 PMUTC Time: April 23, 2017 2:06 PMFrom: roland(a)perry.co.ukTo: internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org I'm old enough to regard the correct term as 'Internet' not 'internet'; for example in regular press releases, news stories etc. Does ISOC (or is that iSOC) have advice about this for the world at large?-- Roland Perry_______________________________________________

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KeNIC Opens up 2nd Level Domains
by Ali Hussein 03 Jul '17

03 Jul '17

Dear all KeNIC has just announced the opening up of the .ke 2nd level domains. What does this really mean? Simply put for example is that your domain can now be www.wanjiku.ke instead of www.wanjiku.co.ke. This is huge and the Registrar and user community have been agitating for this for many years. Kudos to the KeNIC team led by Abdalla Omari and the Board. This was way overdue. So from a commercial perspective these are interesting times:- fa.ke anyone? :-) Or how about ca.ke; Ni.ke, Co.ke? ma.ke? #LetTheGamesBegin! 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.

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3RD quarter Sector Statistics Report 2016/2017
by Mark O. Okuttah 01 Jul '17

01 Jul '17

Dear Listers, Kindly find the link leading to the 3rd quarter Sector Statistics Report released today. http://www.ca.go.ke/index.php/statistics Mark Okuttah

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MSS in Kenya and Uganda
by Namema Amendi 29 Jun '17

29 Jun '17

Hello all! Might someone familiar with regulatory requirements for launching mobile satellite services in Kenya and Uganda have a few minutes to speak? I'm having trouble reaching CA and UCC. Many thanks! [image: TMG logo] ____________ Namema Amendi Regulatory and Policy Advisor 1600 Wilson Blvd, Suite # 710 Arlington, VA 22209 Tel: (703) 224.1501 Email: namendi(a)tmgtelecom.com *http://www.tmgtelecom.com <http://www.tmgtelecom.com/>*

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KICTANet events- Photos and videos
by Liz Orembo 29 Jun '17

29 Jun '17

Dear listers, Please find photos and videos of KICTANet past events on Youtube and Flickr accounts below: Past photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/149878027@N06/page2 Talk to Safaricom video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbcLVjnPtTGBEeYLGUb2Yow If you don't like photos of you to be taken in the future events, kindly notify the event ushers and we will honor your request. Ahsanteni. -- Best regards. Liz. PGP ID: 0x1F3488BF

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Does having a license make you a professional?
by James Kulubi 28 Jun '17

28 Jun '17

Listers may wish to know that the controversy of licencing professional practice are not limited to ICT. Does Having a License Make You an Engineer? - IEEE - The Institute | | | | | | | | | | | Does Having a License Make You an Engineer? - IEEE - The Institute In Oregon, a consultant was fined for claiming he has expertise | | | | While the article is an interesting read, the associated comments are even more interesting. James Kulubi

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Re: [kictanet] CA Press release on PETYA ransomware attack
by Mark Kipyegon 28 Jun '17

28 Jun '17

Microsoft issued an alert[1] yesterday recommending that vulnerable systems should be patched and SMBv1 disabled to prevent network propagation. [1] https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/mmpc/2017/06/27/new-ransomware-old-tech… On 28 Jun 2017, at 19:36, "kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke" <kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > > This is scary!! Microsoft's tamed response to this issue is unsatisfactory. > >

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CA Press release on PETYA ransomware attack
by Wambua, Christopher 28 Jun '17

28 Jun '17

Listers, The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA), through the National Kenya Computer Incident Response Team Coordination Centre (National KE-CIRT/CC), has received confirmed reports of an encryption-based cyber-attack that is targeting computers running the Windows Operating system. The virus that is in the form of ransom-ware has infected computers in many countries across the globe. The Authority is pleased to share a press release issued today on the virus with the community for information and noting. Regards, Christopher Wambua Ag. Director/Consumer and Public Affairs | Consumer and Public Affairs [cid:D604D608-8372-4BC5-89DB-9C84694BB9AC] Tel: +254 20 4242000/209 Mobile: +254 703 042209/ +254 730172209 P.O. Box 14448 Nairobi 00800 [cid:FB3DE037-0CC8-4FA7-B20F-4119C821EA69]wambua@ca.go.ke<mailto:wambua@ca.go.ke> [cid:0720AB83-4B6A-4416-8B7F-81C3A0CCDE41] Communications Authority of Kenya<https://www.facebook.com/CAOKenya?ref=hl> [cid:583BD38E-775F-4348-83D6-060FAF70A306] ca_kenya <https://twitter.com/CA_Kenya> [cid:C5CDE1C5-0F96-4F26-A010-6666CC5E6E5E] www.ca.go.ke <http://www.ca.go.ke/> [cid:BD5D06BE-C5CD-4A94-B40C-C56593F11B8E] Disclaimer: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use by the individual(s) or entity to whom?it is addressed to. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action ?in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. Additionally, if you have received this email in error please notify the sender ?immediately by a reply e-mail. [cid:A5A6E357-A7A2-4469-A3B4-FA58D90AD619]

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PRE KIGF ONLINE DISCUSSSIONS DAY 2- FAKE NEWS DURING ELECTIONEERING
by kanini mutemi 28 Jun '17

28 Jun '17

Good morning Listers, Welcome to Day 2 of the Pre KIGF Online Discussions. Joy Mala and I will co-moderate this session. We look forward to a vibrant discussion on *Fake News* especially during the electioneering period. We would like to hear your perspectives on: (a)Is Fake News a problem for Kenya? (b) Companies such as Cambridge Analytica <https://cambridgeanalytica.org/> have been said to use pyschographic techniques such as voter profiling during elections to determine who gets to hear what message. Advertising companies have used similar targeted approaches in marketing for years- why is it a problem for elections? (c) Should internet intermediaries filter Fake News from their platforms? (d) Should Fake News be banned? The discussion is open. -- *Mercy Mutemi, Advocate*.

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Fwd: [Internet Policy] European Commission decides to fine Google for abusing dominance as search engine
by Barrack Otieno 28 Jun '17

28 Jun '17

Listers, This might be of interest to some of you. Best Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Richard Hill <rhill(a)hill-a.ch> Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2017 00:05:16 +0200 Subject: [Internet Policy] European Commission decides to fine Google for abusing dominance as search engine To: ISOC Policy <internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org> Here are the links to the official communication of the European Commission regarding its decision to fine Google: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-17-1784_en.htm http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STATEMENT-17-1806_en.htm http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-17-1785_en.htm Best, Richard _______________________________________________ To manage your ISOC subscriptions or unsubscribe, please log into the ISOC Member Portal: https://portal.isoc.org/ Then choose Interests & Subscriptions from the My Account menu. -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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When state players are complicit in a global tech meltdown
by Ali Hussein 28 Jun '17

28 Jun '17

Listers The global cyberattacks currently playing out over the last month or so with the latest version starting in Ukraine and spreading across the globe can be traced to the NSA's activities in either curbing cyber attacks or in their efforts to carry out its mandate of protecting America's National Security. This is a classic example of how such activities can go awry in a very bad way. It's reminiscent of riding a tiger hoping it will get you somewhere very fast while at the same time praying you don't fall off and get turned into its lunch.. Computer systems from Ukraine to the United States were struck on Tuesday in an international cyberattack that was similar to a recent assault that crippled tens of thousands of machines worldwide. In Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, A.T.M.s stopped working. About 80 miles away, workers were forced to manually monitor radiation at the old Chernobyl nuclear plant when their computers failed. And tech managers at companies around the world — from Maersk, the Danish shipping conglomerate, to Merck, the drug giant in the United States — were scrambling to respond. Even an Australian factory for the chocolate giant Cadbury was affected. Read on:- https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/27/technology/ransomware-hackers.html?emc=e… Regards 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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Kenya IGF - July - Registration Open
by Victor Kapiyo 27 Jun '17

27 Jun '17

Dear listers, The Kenya IGF is a unique platform for all stakeholders to openly exchange perspectives and concerns on key issues that may affect the future of the Internet for millions of Kenyans. KICTANet has been involved in organizing the Kenya IGF in partnership with industry stakeholders to address key Internet issues. This year, Kenya’s 2017 IGF is scheduled for July 6th, 2017, at the Laico Regency Hotel, Nairobi. The outcomes will feed into the Global IGF slated for December 2017 in Geneva, Switzerland. The global theme for this year’s IGF is “Shape Your Digital Future!” while the local theme is "Internet and Elections". Registration is now open. Kindly register to attend here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kenya-igf-2017-tickets-35478004667 We'll also be having as per tradition, our online discussions on the key issues facing the ICT sector next week. We look forward to your active participation. Also note, there will be other interesting events during the Kenya IGF week. You can have a look at them on the event website: www.kigf.or.ke Regards, Victor Kapiyo for Kenya IGF MAG

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Re: [kictanet] INVITATION TO THE 2017 PRE- KIGF ONLINE DISCUSSION
by Ronald Ojino 26 Jun '17

26 Jun '17

Dear Listers, It is my hope that you have had a great weekend! As you are aware, this year Kenya’s 2017 IGF will be taking place on July 6th at the Laico Regency hotel, Nairobi and as part of this major activity; we shall be having our online discussions on key issues facing the ICT sector starting tomorrow Tuesday, 27th June 2017. The pre-KIGF discussions will allow us to not only learn some new things but is also designed to allow us dig deeper into a range of topics, and ultimately apply those concepts on the D-Day! Some of the issues that we have lined up for online discussion include: · Day 1: Internet shutdowns · Day 2: Fake news during electioneering · Day 3:Online bullying · Day 4: Fintech ecosystem · Day 5: ICT in the counties Looking forward to your active participation. Best regards, Ronald Ojino -- Faith is a living and unshakable confidence. A belief in God so assured that a man would die a thousand deaths for its sake.

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Fellowship opportunity for Media and Academia | Civic Tech Showcase News
by Juliet Nanfuka 26 Jun '17

26 Jun '17

Greetings all, *Apply for the Media/Academia Fellowship* The second round of the CIPESA-ICT4Democracy Fellowship is open. The fellowships look to nurture university students', early career academics' and journalists' understanding of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for governance, human rights and development.The focus countries are Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Read more about the fellowships for Academia <https://cipesa.org/2017/06/round-2-now-open-cipesa-ict4democracy-academia-f…>and Media <https://cipesa.org/2017/06/round-2-now-open-cipesa-ict4democracy-media-fell…>. Feel free to query and to share the opportunity onward. Applications close on *July 1, 2017. * *Showcasing Civic and Social Technology in East Africa* Also under the CIPESA-ICT4Democracy project we are showcasing social and civic tech <https://cipesa.org/2017/06/showcasing-civic-and-social-tech-in-east-africa/> in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. We had the first showcase in Tanzania <https://cipesa.org/2017/06/youth-in-the-civic-and-social-tech-arena-in-tanz…> last week and look forward to the Uganda showcase on July 4th which we will host alongside Outbox. Kind regards, Juliet NB Apologies for cross posting -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *See our report: State of Internet Freedom in Africa 2016 <http://cipesa.org/?wpfb_dl=225>| #InternetFreedomAfrica* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Juliet N. Nanfuka*Mobile: +256 (0) 773 949 345 |Office: +256 (0) 414 289 502 @ChewingStones -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Collaboration on International ICT Policy in East and Southern Africa (CIPESA)* Plot 156-158 Mutesa II Road, Ntinda | Kampala, Uganda www.cipesa.org | @cipesaug <https://twitter.com/cipesaug> | https://www.facebook.com/cipesaug

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Animators & Caricature artists
by Maina Samson 24 Jun '17

24 Jun '17

Gentlemen and ladiesCould someone refer me to 1 or 2 entry level animators that i could engage on a project i would like to do? Also if you have reference for a good caricature artists for the same Regards, Samson

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WALUBENGO: Kenya's uneasy dance with Bitcoin - Daily Nation
by Ali Hussein 23 Jun '17

23 Jun '17

Listers Excerpts from the blog:- Given all these benefits, CS Mucheru was challenged to reverse the chilling effect the terse circular from the Central Bank had caused within the Fintech innovators community. He, however, argued that the circular never stopped anyone from innovating around financial services, and innovators should therefore continue experimenting and pushing into new frontiers. Read the full article below:- http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/walubengo/2274560-3982344-7t1mmd/in… As a follow up to this KICTANet will soon be releasing the BlockChain Policy brief we have been working on which will include deliberations from the June 8th discussions. Regards 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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Fwd: Notice: South Africa - Johannesburg, Pretoria: Taxi strike planned for 22 June suspended; continue to monitor developments
by Ali Hussein 22 Jun '17

22 Jun '17

Listers For those who will be in Jo'berg for ICANN59. *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. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Intl.SOS and Control Risks Security Alert <alerts(a)intlsos-cr.com> Date: Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 3:26 PM Subject: Notice: South Africa - Johannesburg, Pretoria: Taxi strike planned for 22 June suspended; continue to monitor developments To: ALI(a)hussein.me.ke South Africa: Johannesburg, Pretoria: Taxi strike planned for 22 June suspended; continue to monitor developments *OVERVIEW* *Level:* *Notice* *Location:* *Gauteng * - South Africa *Category:* Strike, Civil unrest *Last Updated: 22 Jun 2017 12:14 (GMT)* Local sources on 22 June reported that a strike by metered taxi operators in Pretoria and Johannesburg (both Gauteng province) planned for the day would not proceed; members should continue to monitor developments due to the potential for further related action. The strike, organised to protest operations by the app-based ride share service Uber, was suspended after the local authorities denied permission for it to go ahead. Major roads, including those leading to OR Tambo International Airport (JNB), are currently clear, though members should reconfirm the status of routes prior to setting out as a precaution. *ADVICE* - Monitor developments due to the potential for further related strike or protest action. - Reconfirm existing transport arrangements and the status of routes, including to/from OR Tambo International Airport, before setting out. Maintain flexible itineraries and allow plenty of time to complete journeys. - Expect a heightened police presence on major routes between Pretoria and Johannesburg; follow all directives issued by them. - Exercise heightened caution when using app-based ride share services due to the potential for targeted violence. Travellers should ensure that there is no existing taxi rank in the vicinity of their pick-up location and keep a low profile when getting into the vehicle. - Liaise with local contacts and monitor our alerts on South Africa for related updates. *MORE DETAIL* Tension between licensed taxi drivers and Uber operators have risen in recent weeks as the latter have been accused of unfair competition. This has resulted in regular scuffles and protests, as well as localised incidents of violence including the torching of an Uber vehicle on 21 June in the Sunnyside area <http://mailgun.internationalsos.com/c/eJxVjrtuhDAQRb8GdyC_wEPhwoYQIe1WKOl5D…> of Pretoria. 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KICTANet Survey of Skills and Capabilities in the Network
by Grace Mutung'u 22 Jun '17

22 Jun '17

Dear listers, KICTANet has over the years depended on the goodwill among listers to carry out activities such as policy analysis and advocacy, the Kenya IGF as well as other face to face meetings. The list has grown to a membership of over 1,000 subscribers, yet there is no knowledge of the resources available within the network. KICTANet would therefore like to undertake a survey of skills of capabilities. Members of the network are invited to fill in the form which can be found at this link https://goo.gl/forms/YsWvo9dRebZJoDJo2 Happy Easter! -- Grace Mutung'u Skype: gracebomu @Bomu PGP ID : 0x33A3450F

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ICANN 59: NCUC Outreach Event (Remote Participation)
by Paul M 22 Jun '17

22 Jun '17

Dear Listers, For those of you who'll be unable to attend ICANN 59 in Johannesburg, the ISOC Gauteng chapter is organizing an outreach event targeted towards civil society participation in the ICANN's Non Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC). To register to participate go to the following links: Day1: https://isoc.zoom.us/meeting/register/e7c6bbaeb90973394ac87b605f06faf5 Day2: https://isoc.zoom.us/meeting/register/f33e9cfc7fe3c7e2c5b9141539e44ee6 The event commences on 23rd June 2017 at 11:00am EAT. Sincerely, Paul Muchene -- :-) Paul M

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ICT Growth Policies Vs. Taxation
by Nekesa Were 22 Jun '17

22 Jun '17

Good morning listers, This Saturday from 9.30am the iHub will host a forum on the impact of government revenue collection on the growth of the ICT sector. http://bit.ly/2soBcr2 Contributions to this discussion are of course welcome beforehand on this thread. -- 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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3 Days to Africahackon Conference
by BRIGHT GAMELI 20 Jun '17

20 Jun '17

We've got 3days to the 4th Annual Africahackon Cyber Security confernece. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY1FEyjbSnA&feature=youtu.be Not too late to grab your tickets. Topics and program on the website. www.africahackon.com Location: DusitD2 Date: 23rd and 24th of June,2017 Cost: ksh2000 for Students and ksh7000 for Individuals If you need an invitation letter or invoice, kindly send me a message. This years conference is going up a notch. See you all on Friday and Saturday. ~ze3D~

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Fwd: [Internet Policy] Social Media and the Radicalization of Youth in the Digital Age (Summary Report of a UNESCO Ongoing Project)
by Barrack Otieno 20 Jun '17

20 Jun '17

Listers, This might be of interest to our community. Best ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Richard Hill <rhill(a)hill-a.ch> Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2017 18:20:31 +0200 Subject: [Internet Policy] Social Media and the Radicalization of Youth in the Digital Age (Summary Report of a UNESCO Ongoing Project) To: "Internetpolicy@Elists. Isoc. Org" <internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org> The attached was handed out at the WSIS Forum last week. It is a summary of ongoing UNESCO work on the topic in question. As I understand the summary, there is no evidence at present that justifies implementing censorship in order to combat radicalization. Best, Richard -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Re: [kictanet] [Internet Policy] Opportunity: AI & governance
by Barrack Otieno 20 Jun '17

20 Jun '17

Dear Listers, For those interested in artificial Intelligence, sign up. Best ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Michael Oghia <mike.oghia(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2017 10:38:06 +0200 Subject: [Internet Policy] Opportunity: AI & governance To: ISOC Policy <internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org> Cc: ai(a)centreforpublicimpact.org Hi everyone, I wanted to share this announcement. Please share with anyone you think would be interested: The Centre for Public Impact <https://www.centreforpublicimpact.org> is investigating the way in which artificial intelligence will change outcomes for citizens. We are interested in how the emerging tools can reshape the way in which governments reach existing decisions as well how it can reshape government itself. *Work so far:* We think AI will reshape government in two ways. Firstly, it will change the speed, reliability and quality of existing government outcomes. Secondly, it will allow us to rethink the way in which government itself is structured. As the landscape rapidly changes around it, government needs to think about these issues now or it risks missing out on the significant benefits this technology offers. There are, of course, significant risks for governments to mitigate when implementing these tools. How will the quality of the outcomes be verified? How can we be sure that the data used to fuel the outcomes is valid? How can the government ensure the security of the tools and their underlying datasets? And what can we do to control these tools? *Get involved* If you are working in government and interested in how AI applies to your practice, please get in touch with us at: ai(a)centreforpublicimpact.org. Alternatively, if you are an AI practitioner who thinks your tools can have an application in government, please get in contact. For more information, visit: https://www.centreforpublicimpact.org/artificial-intelligence-future-govern… . ______________ -Michael J. Oghia Independent #netgov consultant & editor -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Company sues Treasury over eCitizen payments
by Grace Githaiga 17 Jun '17

17 Jun '17

The National Treasury has been thrust into a vicious war with the administrator of its electronics payments platform eCitizen, which now threatens to stall services offered through the World Bank-backed online portal. Goldrock Capital Limited, which runs e-Citizen’s mobile money payment account, has sued the National Treasury for denying it access to the platform’s M-Pesa paybill number that receives billions of shillings from individuals seeking government services through the online portal. http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/news/Company-sues-Treasury-over-eCitizen… 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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Re: [kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 121, Issue 46
by Gideon 16 Jun '17

16 Jun '17

Victor, Thanks for the reminder. There is this old but active discussion around click farming: i.e. Click farms are the sweatshops of the internet. This is where the world goes to buy social media affirmation. Wondering if this can be a valid discussion item. Regards Rop > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Polite Reminder - Call for Input: Kenya IGF 2017 > (Victor Kapiyo) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 19:27:58 +0300 > From: Victor Kapiyo <vkapiyo(a)gmail.com> > To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Polite Reminder - Call for Input: Kenya IGF > 2017 > Message-ID: > <CAMKaekpvW8Pk0zLX4Sphm59qnO=UkRoSzTq7-+p8M4PjAvGTxA@mail. > gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Thanks all for your views. The team will review and develop the programme. > > Should you have a light bulb moment, do share what you come up with. > > Good day > > *Victor * > > > On 15 June 2017 at 09:56, Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > > Hi Victor, > > > > Kenya through various innovations has a vibrant FinTech Ecosystem, it > > would be great to have a FinTech session where we can have interactions > > with various thought leaders. > > > > Kind regards, > > Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu > > Advocate FinTech and ICT Policy > > + 254 718 181 644 > > > > On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 5:00 PM, Joash Moitui via kictanet < > > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > > >> Proposed topic: Electoral operations and technology > >> > >> As the ICT community, we need to understand comprehensively what efforts > >> have been made in acquisition and deployment of electoral technologies. > >> Further scrutinize the key features of the Kenya Integrated Elections > >> Management Information System and how it resolves the technological > changes > >> experienced in past elections. > >> > >> Best, > >> > >> > >> On 14 Jun 2017, at 11:46, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet < > >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> > >> Kenya registered about 19,700,000 [1] voters to participate in the > >> 2017 elections. As part of the registration, all voters gave their > >> biometrics [2], which included all fingerprints, and facial features. > >> All this data will be preloaded on the voting devices that will be > >> distributed in over 45,000 polling stations. Assuming two devices per > >> polling station, that is 90,000 devices in the hands of 90,000 > >> different people with access to biometric data of 19.7 million > >> Kenyans. > >> > >> IEBC gave a contract to a French firm to implement the different > >> aspects of electronic voting. Is the 18m biometric information now in > >> the hands of foreign agents? Are there any data protection mechanisms > >> to secure biometric data of the citizenry? > >> > >> This is why Data protection and privacy laws should be a big debate > >> going forward. The MAG can find a proper way of framing these > >> concerns. > >> > >> Regards > >> > >> [1] http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2017/02/half-of-19mn-ken > >> yan-voters-are-from-rift-valley-eastern-and-central/ > >> [2] https://www.iebc.or.ke/election/technology/?Biometric_ > >> Voter_Registration_System_(BVR) > >> ______________________ > >> Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya > >> twitter.com/lordmwesh > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On 14 June 2017 at 10:52, Victor Kapiyo via kictanet > >> <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> > >> Thank you all. Let's keep the suggestions coming in. Feel free to input > on > >> the Google doc or on this thread. > >> > >> Victor > >> > >> > >> > >> On 14 Jun 2017 08:32, "Ronald Ojino via kictanet" > >> <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> > >> > >> Dear Victor, > >> It would be very interesting to get it from IEBC on the > >> reliability/security/robustness/usability of their systems. Taking note > >> that > >> it is quite hard for kenyans to use the IEBC website perform basic > >> functions > >> like applying for the recently advertised vacancies. Are we expecting a > >> repeat of 2013 elections where the VBR kits kept failing? What measures > >> have > >> they put in place? > >> I would also like to to hear from social network reps e.g > >> Facebook/Whatsapp on the issue of fake news in the Kenyan elections. > >> Regards, > >> R.Ojino > >> > >> On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 11:42 PM, Grace Mutung'u via kictanet > >> <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> > >> > >> Hi Victor, > >> I would very much be interested in a discussion on Internet shutdown(s) > >> in Kenya in the upcoming election- their possibility, legal basis, > actors > >> etc. I would hope to hear from the regulator, NCIC, Safaricom, LSK and > >> users > >> on their view about shutdowns. It would also be great to hear from the > Af* > >> community on the outcome of the anti-shutdown proposal that was > considered > >> during the recently concluded Africa Internet Summit. > >> Looking forward, > >> > >> 2017-06-13 16:46 GMT+03:00 Victor Kapiyo via kictanet > >> <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke>: > >> > >> > >> Dear Listers, > >> > >> Kindly see the email below from the KIGF MAG requesting for your input > >> to propose topics for the 2017 Kenya IGF. > >> > >> Kindly share your input in the document linked below: > >> > >> > >> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uSCfkuKS6ZCoyUWErH1HQggG > >> lkdAZyZKs7Cp0U1fqJk/edit?usp=sharing > >> > >> Kind regards, > >> > >> Victor Kapiyo > >> MAG > >> > >> > >> On 9 June 2017 at 14:50, Victor Kapiyo <vkapiyo(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> > >> Greetings Listers, > >> > >> The Kenya Internet Governance Forum (KIGF) is an annual meeting that > >> brings together various stakeholder groups to dialogue on ICT and > Internet > >> policy. While the discussions give soft policy outcomes, KIGF is a > >> knowledge > >> sharing platform that informs and inspires policy actors in both the > >> public > >> and private sectors. The national forum also feeds into the regional and > >> global IGFs through a chain of reporting and representation to the > >> regional > >> and global IGFs to ensure a bottom up Internet policy development > >> processes > >> and a strong link between global internet policies and the national one. > >> This year, the meeting shall be held on the 6 July 2017 at the Laico > >> Hotel, > >> Nairobi. > >> > >> On behalf of the local Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG), we'd be > >> interested to hear your views on the topics that you think ought to be > >> discussed during this year's KIGF17. > >> > >> To enable us track them, kindly share them in the format below: > >> > >> a) Proposed topic(s): > >> > >> E.g. Positive Social media use during elections > >> > >> > >> b) Why the topic is important or relevant: > >> > >> E.g. We have the general election in August and since social media is > >> playing a key role in public engagement and expression during the > >> elections, > >> it would be important to discuss the potential risk for abuse or > shutdowns > >> and make recommendations to encourage positive social media use. > >> > >> > >> c) Proposed speakers (if any): > >> > >> > >> E.g. Would wish to hear from an MP, NCIC, BAKE, or Facebook > >> > >> > >> We are working on a tight schedule, but we'll be happy to receive your > >> feedback by the 14 June 2017. > >> > >> We shall then compile your input and prepare the topics for the pre-IGF > >> online discussion scheduled for 19 - 23 June and the final IGF > Programme. > >> We'll also get in touch with the proposed speakers to bring them into > the > >> room. > >> > >> Here's the Kenya IGF 2016 Report for your review. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Victor Kapiyo > >> Partner | Lawmark Partners LLP > >> Advocate of the High Court of Kenya & Commissioner for Oaths > >> Suite No. 8, Centro House, Westlands, Nairobi | Web: www.lawmark.co.ke > >> ==================================================== > >> ?Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude? 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Polite Reminder - Call for Input: Kenya IGF 2017
by Victor Kapiyo 15 Jun '17

15 Jun '17

Dear Listers, Kindly see the email below from the KIGF MAG requesting for your input to propose topics for the 2017 Kenya IGF. Kindly share your input in the document linked below: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uSCfkuKS6ZCoyUWErH1HQggGlkdAZyZKs7Cp0U1… Kind regards, *Victor Kapiyo* MAG On 9 June 2017 at 14:50, Victor Kapiyo <vkapiyo(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Greetings Listers, > > The Kenya Internet Governance Forum (KIGF) is an annual meeting that > brings together various stakeholder groups to dialogue on ICT and Internet > policy. While the discussions give soft policy outcomes, KIGF is a > knowledge sharing platform that informs and inspires policy actors in both > the public and private sectors. The national forum also feeds into the > regional and global IGFs through a chain of reporting and representation to > the regional and global IGFs to ensure a bottom up Internet policy > development processes and a strong link between global internet policies > and the national one. This year, the meeting shall be held on the 6 July > 2017 at the Laico Hotel, Nairobi. > > On behalf of the local Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG), we'd be > interested to hear your views on the topics that you think ought to be > discussed during this year's KIGF17. > > To enable us track them, kindly share them in the format below: > > *a) Proposed topic(s):* > > *E.g. Positive Social media use during elections* > > > *b) Why the topic is important or relevant:* > > *E.g. We have the general election in August and since social media is > playing a key role in public engagement and expression during the > elections, it would be important to discuss the potential risk for abuse or > shutdowns and make recommendations to encourage positive social media use. * > > > *c) Proposed speakers (if any):* > > > *E.g. Would wish to hear from an MP, NCIC, BAKE, or Facebook* > > > We are working on a tight schedule, but we'll be happy to receive your > feedback by the *14 June 2017*. > > We shall then compile your input and prepare the topics for the pre-IGF > online discussion scheduled for 19 - 23 June and the final IGF Programme. > We'll also get in touch with the proposed speakers to bring them into the > room. > > Here's the Kenya IGF 2016 Report > <http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/index.php?q=filedepot_download/3568…> for > your review. > > Regards, > > *Victor Kapiyo* > Partner | *Lawmark Partners LLP* > Advocate of the High Court of Kenya & Commissioner for Oaths > *Suite No. 8, Centro House, Westlands, Nairobi | **Web: www.lawmark.co.ke > <http://www.lawmark.co.ke> * > ==================================================== > > *“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude” Zig > Ziglar* >

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How not to demand a domain takedown
by Ali Hussein 15 Jun '17

15 Jun '17

Listers Apologies for cross-posting. An interesting case of the above is playing out in Costa Rica. I'm copying below verbatim email communications that has been sent out by the Costa Rica ccTLD Registry. Attached you will find the Letter send by ccTLD .cr to GAC / ICANN CEO / ICANN President Costa Rica Ministry of Commerce, Costa Rica Ministry of MICITT (ICT) A fragment of the letter: “The representative of the United States Embassy, Mr. Kevin Ludeke, Economist Specialist, who claims to represent the interest of the US Department of Commerce, has mentioned threats to close our registry, with repeated harassment regarding our practices and operation policies and even personal negative comments directed to our Executive Director, based on no clear evidence or statistical data to support his claims as a way to pressure our organization to take down the domain name without following our current policies”a You can get your own conclusions Related with domain name thepiratebay.cr **Attached is the letter. This raises interesting questions and potential for precedence setting. 1. Should a Registry take down a domain simply by being asked to? Even if that domain is clearly violating laws? 2. Shouldn't laid down procedures for take downs be adhered to? 3. What recourse do the offended have in this case? 4. Should a foreign entity/country threaten to shut down a Registry? 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.

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Kenya has faster mobile internet speeds than the United States — Quartz
by Ali Hussein 14 Jun '17

14 Jun '17

Kenya has the world’s 14th-fastest mobile internet speed, according to a report from the content delivery network Akamai, which collects data from more 130 countries. Read in:- https://qz.com/1001477/kenya-has-faster-mobile-internet-speeds-than-the-uni… 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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Re: [kictanet] Levels of Big Data Maturity
by Erick Mwangi 14 Jun '17

14 Jun '17

*Levels of Big Data Maturity* *Level 1: Infancy* Thinking about it, There is an initial Big Data Environment in place. Current in the proof of concept / pilot stage. *Level 2: Technical Adoption* Organisations using Big Data Mostly for storage or to transform. Usage primarily by IT industry. Some Big Data exploratory analytics. *Level 3: Business Adoption* Leveraging discrete LOB use cases, structured and unstructured analysis. Using predictive analytics applied to Big Data. *Level 4: Enterprise Adoption* Leveraging use cases for multiple LOBs. Integrated metadata, quality, and governance across Big Data. Predictive insights integrated into business operations. *Level 5: DAaaS (Data Analytics as a Service)* Operating as a data service provider, self-serve data. Collaboration and sharing analytics across the enterprise. As the data discourse is enhanced, the above outlines different levels of adoption in Big data that puts a sharp focus of where are and what we need to do. Would be interesting to hear view points that would argue against that we are in the Infancy stage. E Njoroge Mwangi Technology| FINTECH | Big Data Cell +44 7539372742 Skype: Erick.mwangi On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 9:46 AM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Kenya registered about 19,700,000 [1] voters to participate in the > 2017 elections. As part of the registration, all voters gave their > biometrics [2], which included all fingerprints, and facial features. > All this data will be preloaded on the voting devices that will be > distributed in over 45,000 polling stations. Assuming two devices per > polling station, that is 90,000 devices in the hands of 90,000 > different people with access to biometric data of 19.7 million > Kenyans. > > IEBC gave a contract to a French firm to implement the different > aspects of electronic voting. Is the 18m biometric information now in > the hands of foreign agents? Are there any data protection mechanisms > to secure biometric data of the citizenry? > > This is why Data protection and privacy laws should be a big debate > going forward. The MAG can find a proper way of framing these > concerns. > > Regards > > [1] http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2017/02/half-of-19mn- > kenyan-voters-are-from-rift-valley-eastern-and-central/ > [2] https://www.iebc.or.ke/election/technology/? > Biometric_Voter_Registration_System_(BVR) > ______________________ > Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya > twitter.com/lordmwesh > > > > > On 14 June 2017 at 10:52, Victor Kapiyo via kictanet > <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > Thank you all. Let's keep the suggestions coming in. Feel free to input > on > > the Google doc or on this thread. > > > > Victor > > > > > > > > On 14 Jun 2017 08:32, "Ronald Ojino via kictanet" > > <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> > >> Dear Victor, > >> It would be very interesting to get it from IEBC on the > >> reliability/security/robustness/usability of their systems. Taking > note that > >> it is quite hard for kenyans to use the IEBC website perform basic > functions > >> like applying for the recently advertised vacancies. Are we expecting a > >> repeat of 2013 elections where the VBR kits kept failing? What measures > have > >> they put in place? > >> I would also like to to hear from social network reps e.g > >> Facebook/Whatsapp on the issue of fake news in the Kenyan elections. > >> Regards, > >> R.Ojino > >> > >> On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 11:42 PM, Grace Mutung'u via kictanet > >> <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi Victor, > >>> I would very much be interested in a discussion on Internet shutdown(s) > >>> in Kenya in the upcoming election- their possibility, legal basis, > actors > >>> etc. I would hope to hear from the regulator, NCIC, Safaricom, LSK and > users > >>> on their view about shutdowns. It would also be great to hear from the > Af* > >>> community on the outcome of the anti-shutdown proposal that was > considered > >>> during the recently concluded Africa Internet Summit. > >>> Looking forward, > >>> > >>> 2017-06-13 16:46 GMT+03:00 Victor Kapiyo via kictanet > >>> <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke>: > >>>> > >>>> Dear Listers, > >>>> > >>>> Kindly see the email below from the KIGF MAG requesting for your input > >>>> to propose topics for the 2017 Kenya IGF. > >>>> > >>>> Kindly share your input in the document linked below: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uSCfkuKS6ZCoyUWErH1HQggGlkdAZ > yZKs7Cp0U1fqJk/edit?usp=sharing > >>>> > >>>> Kind regards, > >>>> > >>>> Victor Kapiyo > >>>> MAG > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On 9 June 2017 at 14:50, Victor Kapiyo <vkapiyo(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Greetings Listers, > >>>>> > >>>>> The Kenya Internet Governance Forum (KIGF) is an annual meeting that > >>>>> brings together various stakeholder groups to dialogue on ICT and > Internet > >>>>> policy. While the discussions give soft policy outcomes, KIGF is a > knowledge > >>>>> sharing platform that informs and inspires policy actors in both the > public > >>>>> and private sectors. The national forum also feeds into the regional > and > >>>>> global IGFs through a chain of reporting and representation to the > regional > >>>>> and global IGFs to ensure a bottom up Internet policy development > processes > >>>>> and a strong link between global internet policies and the national > one. > >>>>> This year, the meeting shall be held on the 6 July 2017 at the Laico > Hotel, > >>>>> Nairobi. > >>>>> > >>>>> On behalf of the local Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG), we'd be > >>>>> interested to hear your views on the topics that you think ought to > be > >>>>> discussed during this year's KIGF17. > >>>>> > >>>>> To enable us track them, kindly share them in the format below: > >>>>> > >>>>> a) Proposed topic(s): > >>>>> > >>>>> E.g. Positive Social media use during elections > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> b) Why the topic is important or relevant: > >>>>> > >>>>> E.g. We have the general election in August and since social media is > >>>>> playing a key role in public engagement and expression during the > elections, > >>>>> it would be important to discuss the potential risk for abuse or > shutdowns > >>>>> and make recommendations to encourage positive social media use. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> c) Proposed speakers (if any): > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> E.g. Would wish to hear from an MP, NCIC, BAKE, or Facebook > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> We are working on a tight schedule, but we'll be happy to receive > your > >>>>> feedback by the 14 June 2017. > >>>>> > >>>>> We shall then compile your input and prepare the topics for the > pre-IGF > >>>>> online discussion scheduled for 19 - 23 June and the final IGF > Programme. > >>>>> We'll also get in touch with the proposed speakers to bring them > into the > >>>>> room. > >>>>> > >>>>> Here's the Kenya IGF 2016 Report for your review. > >>>>> > >>>>> Regards, > >>>>> > >>>>> Victor Kapiyo > >>>>> Partner | Lawmark Partners LLP > >>>>> Advocate of the High Court of Kenya & Commissioner for Oaths > >>>>> Suite No. 8, Centro House, Westlands, Nairobi | Web: > www.lawmark.co.ke > >>>>> ==================================================== > >>>>> “Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude” Zig > >>>>> Ziglar > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> 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/ > nmutungu%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. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Grace Mutung'u > >>> Skype: gracebomu > >>> @Bomu > >>> PGP ID : 0x33A3450F > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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/ > ronojinx%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. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Faith is a living and unshakable confidence. A belief in God so assured > >> that a man would die a thousand deaths for its sake. > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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/ > vkapiyo%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/ > kivuva%40transworldafrica.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/erick.mwangi%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. >

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Complaint against an MNO
by Odhiambo Washington 13 Jun '17

13 Jun '17

I have looked at http://www.ca.go.ke/index.php/how-to-make-a-complaint, but just from reading, without downloading any forms, it's not obvious to me which category of complaint mine is in. I'll appreciate any pointers, On Tuesday last week (or Monday evening!) an MNO installed and switched on some Radio equipment on a mast that is in my neighborhood and with that, the neighborhood instantly lost all TV signals. We have been forced to engage technicians to try and help us out to get to watch TV again. They say we have to address the matter with the provider. Digital signals, including that of GOTv have been affected from/by what I believe is some signal from the equipment this MNO (or whoever it's sharing the mast with!) installed last week. In such a case of signal interference, which form should I be downloading from the above CA website? And why doesn't CA just have an online complaint submission system, which authenticates against the complainant's phone number or e-mail using a code?? PS: I believe the MNO who owns the mast is Airtel. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 "Oh, the cruft."

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ICT Senate Committee Releases End of Term Report
by June Tessy 12 Jun '17

12 Jun '17

Listers, According to the Star this morning, the Senate Committee on ICT for the first time, (being the first National Senate) released a report on their impact and accomplished tasks as a parliamentary team here < http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2017/06/12/senate-ict-team-hands-over-end-of… > Is anyone privy to this document and if so, is it available for circulation, would be greatly insightful to see what our leadership did. Kind Regards, June Tessy LinkedIn Profile <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/juneokal>

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Fwd: [governance] Launch of IGF Academy's Transfer Guide. Using strategies to create or enhance sustainable national IG structures
by Kawsu Sillah 12 Jun '17

12 Jun '17

Dear colleagues, Sharing for your information. Hope you will find it useful. Please forgive the cross post and possible duplication. Rgds, Kawsu. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <ljp(a)irights.info> Date: Monday, June 12, 2017 Subject: [governance] Launch of IGF Academy's Transfer Guide. Using strategies to create or enhance sustainable national IG structures To: Governance <governance(a)lists.igcaucus.org>, "< bestbits(a)lists.bestbits.net>" <bestbits(a)lists.bestbits.net> Dear all, apologies for cross-posting. The IGF Academy just released a Transfer Guide with diverse strategies for everyone interested in creating or enhancing sustainable national/regional IG structures: from stakeholder mapping to SWOT analysis, funding and communication strategies. You can download the templates for your own personal use in the link given below. Regards, Lorena -- Lorena Jaume-Palasi Founder IGF Academy | igf.academy ***IGF Academy releases “IGF Academy Transfer Guide: Sharing Learning and Experience” to help create national Internet governance structures*** Berlin, Colombo, Johannesburg, June 12th, 2017 Do you plan to establish Internet governance processes in your country, or do you want to enhance existing ones? They can be extremely helpful for strengthening multi-stakeholder cooperation and developing joint positions between government, businesses, civil society and others on how to manage Internet resources in your country. To give everyone involved a head start, IGF Academy has released the Transfer Guide, a toolkit that can be used by new IGF National and Regional Initiatives (NRIs). The Transfer Guide shares insights into the work done by the IGF Academy Fellows from Bangladesh, Bhutan, Congo (Brazzaville), Myanmar, Namibia, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Togo, and makes the good practice experiences available to a wider public. Download the IGF Academy Transfer Guide (10 MB) here: http://igf.academy/wp-content/uploads/IGF_transfer_guide_final.pdf The Transfer Guide outlines first strategic steps to create new NRIs and explains organisational tools such as stakeholder mapping, SWOT analysis, communication and funding strategies, as well as roadmaps. It combines the experiences and challenges of IGF Academy Fellows in creating Internet governance structures in their countries with the strategies they have developed to deal with these issues. IGF Academy partners with APC and LIRNEasia in providing support to 16 fellows from Africa and Asia for building or enhancing their nation’s IG infrastructures. “The first year of the IGF Academy has pushed forward political engagement and Internet governance discussions in all our partner countries. We are happy to share our insights and offer these experiences to enhance new NRIs globally”, Matthias Spielkamp, IGF Academy founder, explains. “The Transfer Guide offers a range of strategy tools to start up Internet governance dialogue and offers an honest perspective on the status quo for the upcoming national IGFs engaged in the IGF Academy. 2016 has been a rich experience in creating new IG initiatives and we are happy to continue our cooperation in 2017”, adds Lorena Jaume-Palasí, IGF Academy founder. The IGF Academy Toolkit is published under a Creative Commons license. Please feel free to copy, use, distribute and build upon this material. IGF Academy is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, ICANN and CIMA. The IGF Academy will hold online meetings with the fellows as well as provide webinars to assist them with the development of their strategy roadmaps until the upcoming global IGF. It will support all fellows to attend the IGF, to be held in Geneva, Switzerland, and will organise a meeting on-site prior to the global IGF to prepare the fellows to participate in the forum. Download the IGF Academy Transfer Guide (10 MB) here: http://igf.academy/wp-content/uploads/IGF_transfer_guide_final.pdf For more information about the IGF Academy go to: http://igf.academy/ ***About IGF Academy*** IGF Academy was initiated by iRights in March 2016. It aims to foster freedom of expression on the Internet and inclusive and transparent national Internet governance and policy processes. Fellows from four African and four Asian countries will be supported in the creation and/or consolidation of multistakeholder, national Internet governance structures. The IGF Academy is run by iRights in cooperation with APC and LIRNEasia and funded by the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. ***About iRights*** iRights is a non-governmental organisation based in Berlin. Consisting of iRights e.V., a charitable non-profit, and the independent think tank iRights.international, we have been active at the intersection of digitisation and society for more than ten years. Since 2005 we have been running the iRights.info online platform, one of Germany’s premier resources for information and discussions on copyright, privacy, media freedom and Internet governance issues. We develop joint projects and provide research and consultancy for a wide range of stakeholders: foundations and other NGOs, government and public entities, private companies, academic institutions and individuals. Our mission: To harness theopportunities of digitisation for the promotion of democracy and the public good. Our approach: We offer our expertise and create spaces for the cooperative development of practical outcomes and solutions. For inquiries regarding IGF Academy please email office(a)igf.academy -- Best Regards, [image: --]SILLAH Kawsu [image: https://]about.me/ksillah Visibility Consultant - Gambia YEP *Webpage <http://www.intracen.org/yep> | **Email <yepgambia(a)gmail.com> | Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/groups/yepgambia/> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/yepgambia> | Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/yepgambia/> **| Hashtag <http://#YEPGambia>* *Mobile: (+220) 986 5300 | 396 5300 | 686 5300*

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Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica) 2017: Call for Session Proposals
by Juliet Nanfuka 12 Jun '17

12 Jun '17

Greetings! FIFAfrica is inviting session proposals (Panel discussion/ Side event/ Lightning talk/ Skills workshop) for the upcoming Forum! Please see below for more details. Over the coming weeks further information will be released about the Forum. You can also use this link to submit <https://goo.gl/forms/2nmqeTqYXdvhVm8I2>session proposals. Apologies for cross posting. Please share onward in your networks. Best, Juliet View this email in your browser <http://us8.campaign-archive2.com/?e=&u=d80a8e0082e29ffa0986bfd77&id=422ed85…> The Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa <http://www.cipesa.org> (CIPESA) and the Association for Progressive Communications <http://www.apc.org>(APC) are proud to host the upcoming Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa 2017 <https://cipesa.org/annual-forum-2017/> (FIFAfrica). Be on the look out for more information over coming weeks. In the spirit of multi-stakeholderism, we invite your thoughts and proposals for sessions that can form part of FIFAfrica17. Propose A Session <https://goo.gl/forms/0rjbPa2qugU5bd3v2> *CIPESA **APC* [image: Facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/cipesaug> [image: Twitter] <http://www.twitter.com/cipesaug> [image: Website] <http://www.cipesa.org> [image: Facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/APCNews/> [image: Twitter] <http://www.twitter.com/apc_news> [image: Website] <http://www.apc.org> *Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa 2017Johannesburg | South Africa*

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Re: [kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 121, Issue 29
by Michael Ilishebo 12 Jun '17

12 Jun '17

The internet is neutral.....simple as that On 11 Jun 2017 07:19, <kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Send kictanet mailing list submissions to > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > You can reach the person managing the list at > kictanet-owner(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of kictanet digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Technology Giants Under Fire For Facilitating Terrorism > (Ebele Okobi) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2017 05:16:57 +0000 > From: Ebele Okobi <ebeleokobi(a)fb.com> > To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Technology Giants Under Fire For Facilitating > Terrorism > Message-ID: <A6EFDA54-83F5-49B5-92DF-99F94EEBAB2A(a)fb.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > This is interesting-but you reference Nigeria shutting down the Internet. > This isn't something I am aware of-when did this happen? Also Boko Haram is > actually known for not using the Internet almost at all. Lately, there have > been very minor attempts likely driven by outside groups, but the Internet > isn't really a vector for Boko Haram recruitment. > > I'd be very interested in context on this statement. > > Ebele Okobi | Public Policy Director, Africa > m. +44 (0) 771 156 1315<tel:+44%20(0)%20771%20156%201315> > 10 Brock Street | London<x-apple-data-detectors://0/1> | NW1 3FG > ebeleokobi(a)fb.com<mailto:ebeleokobi@fb.com> > > > > On Jun 11, 2017, at 1:52 AM, Andrew Alston via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> > wrote: > > This may also be of interest?. > > For those who want to say that the Internet is bad place, and contributing > to the rise of extremist and the radicalization of people, and claiming > that it is the driving force behind the terrorism we see today?. I was > curious after reading Theresa May?s comments, and so I went and did some > research and downloaded the global terrorism database, and started > crunching numbers for Europe and the United States going back to 1970. > (Sadly, I don?t have data for 2016 and 2017, but I think the trend is still > pretty clear) > > Attached is a graph of the number of deaths by terrorism in North America > and Europe from 1970 to 2015 ? ou will notice that there is a steady > downward trend ? and in the days *BEFORE* the Internet existed ? the rates > of terrorism were actually *FAR* higher than what they are today. As > someone commented on my facebook feed ? maybe it?s because the Internet > helps us understand each other?s cultures rather than just considering them > the enemy. Who knows ? but the fact is ? the arguments that are coming out > about the Internet driving terrorism simply don?t add up with the numbers > that are available. > > I?ve got some more data that I?ll crunch in the next day or two and will > share that as well ? specifically, I want to look and see if there is a > rise in violent terrorist attacks in the global terrorism database that are > preceded by Internet Shutdowns ? I know that I read that there is evidence > that Nigeria turning off the Internet to combat Boko Haram contributed to > more radicalization ? but will crunch the data and see what it says and > share it with you when I get done. > > Thanks > > Andrew > > > From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+andrew.alston=liquidtelecom. > com(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Ali Hussein via kictanet > Sent: 11 June 2017 03:02 > To: Andrew Alston <Andrew.Alston(a)liquidtelecom.com<mailto:Andrew.Alston@ > liquidtelecom.com>> > Cc: Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke<mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke>> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Technology Giants Under Fire For Facilitating > Terrorism > > Rosemary and all > > I think articles like these hoodwink us into thinking that governments the > world over are not already cooperating with big internet firms for National > Security reasons. Citizens around the world are waking up to the stark > reality of the choice between enhanced national security and personal > privacy and choice. > > It's a difficult situation. More amplified by how citizens react. Take for > example the hullabaloo a few months back in Kenya when it was alleged that > the CA was snooping on us. The outrage on social media was massive and > sustained. Yet we have a real problem in Kenya where some groups in the > name of religion spew hate and death liberally. Then there's the alleged > vigilante on social media who goes out and deliberately metes out > extrajudicial justice in the most brazen way imaginable and we cheer > him/her. In the U.K. Theresa May's strategy of calling for an early > election failed partly because young people (Millennials) voted in larger > numbers to protest against proposed curbing of privacy online. > > It's not an easy situation. Who polices the police? Who makes the choice > between hate speech and genuine protest against oppression? Take for > example the Mandela issue. Was he a terrorist or a hero? > > http://www.pprune.org/jet-blast/332954-todays-terrorist- > could-tomorrows-hero-mandela-off-us-terror-list-3.html<http > s://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.pprune. > org_jet-2Dblast_332954-2Dtodays-2Dterrorist-2Dcould- > 2Dtomorrows-2Dhero-2Dmandela-2Doff-2Dus-2Dterror-2Dlist- > 2D3.html&d=DwMGaQ&c=5VD0RTtNlTh3ycd41b3MUw&r=ArvepG4_wcNu_X9xi3nb_ > Xa9WsGLVfmK6mwPdVONOTE&m=OnUGIR8PmJQNXfwRQUnPt99pFv21nbkG7qj5XySQ9EY&s= > 1YGDfjOqzLjAfU9OMjQrdk__ltJDJ-OMRasJ2YvNVws&e=> > > These are questions I fear that we will not answer in many years to come. > Ali Hussein > Principal > Hussein & Associates > +254 0713 601113 > > > Twitter: @AliHKassim > > Skype: abu-jomo > > LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim<https://urldefense. > proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__ke.linkedin.com_in_alihkassim&d=DwMGaQ&c= > 5VD0RTtNlTh3ycd41b3MUw&r=ArvepG4_wcNu_X9xi3nb_Xa9WsGLVfmK6mwPdVONOTE&m= > OnUGIR8PmJQNXfwRQUnPt99pFv21nbkG7qj5XySQ9EY&s=5dYIlHEGwaWLW2a0mx3- > kdMjcrzz1tekazsRiu_-_mM&e=> > > "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a > habit." ~ Aristotle > > > > Sent from my iPad > > On 10 Jun 2017, at 7:03 PM, Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> > wrote: > > Dear Listers, > > There may be an emerging paradigm shift from the traditional intermidiary > liability consensus. > > http://www.economist.com/news/international/21723106-some- > criticism-unfair-there-more-they-could-do-tech-giants-are- > under-fire?fsrc=scn/fb/te/bl/ed/techgiantsareunderfireforfacil > itatingterrorism<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/ > url?u=http-3A__www.economist.com_news_international_ > 21723106-2Dsome-2Dcriticism-2Dunfair-2Dthere-2Dmore- > 2Dthey-2Dcould-2Ddo-2Dtech-2Dgiants-2Dare-2Dunder-2Dfire- > 3Ffsrc-3Dscn_fb_te_bl_ed_techgiantsareunderfireforfacil > itatingterrorism&d=DwMGaQ&c=5VD0RTtNlTh3ycd41b3MUw&r=ArvepG4_wcNu_X9xi3nb_ > Xa9WsGLVfmK6mwPdVONOTE&m=OnUGIR8PmJQNXfwRQUnPt99pFv21nbkG7qj5XySQ9EY&s= > DL6cDiAh6aaJysuLtrjsJOOpRHWgGqiyxIpSzVg1D0E&e=>, > > Tech giants are now being forced to take up new responsibilities in the > fight against terrorism. > > Kind regards, > > Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu > On Jun 10, 2017 5:33 AM, "Timothy- Coach- Oriedo via kictanet" < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> > wrote: > For the blockchain naysayers, this is for you.... > > #smart contract #smartcities #blockchain disruption > > http://m.gulfnews.com/news/uae/emergencies/now- > smartphone-is-your-passport-in-dubai-1.2040149<https:// > urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__m.gulfnews.com_ > news_uae_emergencies_now-2Dsmartphone-2Dis-2Dyour- > 2Dpassport-2Din-2Ddubai-2D1.2040149&d=DwMGaQ&c=5VD0RTtNlTh3ycd41b3MUw&r= > ArvepG4_wcNu_X9xi3nb_Xa9WsGLVfmK6mwPdVONOTE&m= > OnUGIR8PmJQNXfwRQUnPt99pFv21nbkG7qj5XySQ9EY&s= > JTxiDFnBrXxEvTm_viwLB8IdeHR2--_V-OrZ56_Zz0U&e=> > > > > > Timothy Oriedo > > about.me/Timoriedo<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/ > url?u=http-3A__about.me_Timoriedo&d=DwMGaQ&c=5VD0RTtNlTh3ycd41b3MUw&r= > ArvepG4_wcNu_X9xi3nb_Xa9WsGLVfmK6mwPdVONOTE&m= > OnUGIR8PmJQNXfwRQUnPt99pFv21nbkG7qj5XySQ9EY&s=3unvMHBRPgwJ6ti0DfKHH_ > 639ZrMvySEzOjc1rZkODs&e=> > > > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet<http > s://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists. > kictanet.or.ke_mailman_listinfo_kictanet&d=DwMGaQ&c= > 5VD0RTtNlTh3ycd41b3MUw&r=ArvepG4_wcNu_X9xi3nb_Xa9WsGLVfmK6mwPdVONOTE&m= > OnUGIR8PmJQNXfwRQUnPt99pFv21nbkG7qj5XySQ9EY&s=lk_Xx8MTL_ > r7LKUIWRzticJBVxc179sMGmiFJyPO3sM&e=> > Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet<https://urldefense.proofpoint. > com/v2/url?u=http-3A__twitter.com_kictanet&d=DwMGaQ&c= > 5VD0RTtNlTh3ycd41b3MUw&r=ArvepG4_wcNu_X9xi3nb_Xa9WsGLVfmK6mwPdVONOTE&m= > OnUGIR8PmJQNXfwRQUnPt99pFv21nbkG7qj5XySQ9EY&s=lRmJ4_- > glYwwwbm6cS4f1xDvYw_YEg_r-52Xi2t4H9E&e=> > Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ > > Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ > mailman/options/kictanet/chemukoechk%40gmail.com<https: > //urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists. > kictanet.or.ke_mailman_options_kictanet_chemukoechk- > 2540gmail.com&d=DwMGaQ&c=5VD0RTtNlTh3ycd41b3MUw&r=ArvepG4_wcNu_X9xi3nb_ > Xa9WsGLVfmK6mwPdVONOTE&m=OnUGIR8PmJQNXfwRQUnPt99pFv21nb > kG7qj5XySQ9EY&s=gkxZV-TIkpw-AvubmS4n1C4Gb4oAtf-d6YEJL19HsR0&e=> > > The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform > for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and > regulation. 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Re: [kictanet] Technology Giants Under Fire For Facilitating Terrorism
by Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu 11 Jun '17

11 Jun '17

Dear Listers, There may be an emerging paradigm shift from the traditional intermidiary liability consensus. http://www.economist.com/news/international/21723106-some-criticism-unfair-… , Tech giants are now being forced to take up new responsibilities in the fight against terrorism. Kind regards, Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu On Jun 10, 2017 5:33 AM, "Timothy- Coach- Oriedo via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > For the blockchain naysayers, this is for you.... > > #smart contract #smartcities #blockchain disruption > > http://m.gulfnews.com/news/uae/emergencies/now- > smartphone-is-your-passport-in-dubai-1.2040149 > > > > > Timothy Oriedo > > about.me/Timoriedo > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/chemukoechk%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. >

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Voter profiling in the 2017 Kenyan election – Privacy International – Medium
by Kevin Donovan 10 Jun '17

10 Jun '17

I don't think this has made the rounds yet: https://medium.com/@privacyint/voter-profiling-in-the-2017-kenyan-election-… Voter profiling in the 2017 Kenyan election Earlier this month, the Kenyan daily The Star reported that UK-based data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica had been quietly contracted by President Uhuru Kenyatta’s party in a bid to win himself a second term in office. State House officials were quick to deny the claims <https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/president-uhuru-kenyattas-jubilee-party-hire…>, while the company itself issued no comment. Cambridge Analytica has exploded onto the scene following revelations that its psychometric profiling techniques were used and reportedly played a role in both the US election and the UK Brexit referendum. The company has been in the limelight <https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/14/robert-mercer-cambridge-…> ever since, and the UK information commissioner is launching an investigation <https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/04/cambridge-analytics-data…> into the way political parties target voters through social media. The news that Cambridge Analytica has reportedly been hired by an increasingly unpopular president <http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2017/05/18/raila-closing-in-on-uhuru-poll_c1…> (according to some polls) to win a very close, tense election, does not necessarily give case for alarm. This is not the first time that Kenyatta’s administration has carried out opinion polling to hedge its chances. In fact, Cambridge Analytica worked on behalf of one of the candidates in the 2013 election, claiming to have implemented <https://ca-political.com/casestudies/casestudykenya2013> the largest political research project in Africa. The Kenyan government has strategically called on the services of UK firms in the past <http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2016/05/28/state-house-now-using-pollsters-t…>. London-based public relations Agency BTP Advisors, which is reportedly working with Cambridge Analytica over the next few months <http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2016/05/28/state-house-now-using-pollsters-t…>, represents the Kenyan government, including in interactions with the UK Parliament <http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/foreign-affairs/Listo…>. BTP Advisors, also claims credit for building scepticism <http://www.btpadvisers.com/work/kenya-elections-2013> about the International Criminal Court in Kenya, during the ultimately fruitless attempt to prosecute President Kenyatta for alleged involvement in crimes against humanity following the 2007 elections. But in an election context, profiling and microtargeting of voters is particularly problematic. Kenya’s presidential election this year is no ordinary one. That the Kenyan president’s Jubilee party would commit a reported 6 million USD to Cambridge Analytica for a mere 3-month project contract so soon to the polling date, and with such secrecy, gives cause for further scrutiny. A short (recent) history of a bad idea Political campaigns frequently rely on data, from constant polling, to finding out where to hold rallies or how to communicate to undecided voters. As people’s lives become increasingly digital, the volume of data available to political campaigns and marketers increases, and so does the granularity of data available. Everything we do is becoming traceable: the websites we visit, who we talk to (and how often), where we have been, and what we care about. All of these data can be used to make sensitive inferences and predictions about people. Personality traits, for instance, can be predicted from Facebook likes <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/11838515/This-online-tool-re…>, or even phone metadata <http://web.media.mit.edu/~yva/papers/deMontjoye2013predicting.pdf>. Behavioural data can also reveal someone’s sexual orientation — even though an individual has never decided to consciously reveal this information anywhere online. Access to such data means that political campaigns and marketers are able to create detailed profiles of individual voters and entire populations. As early as 2008, for instance, the Obama campaign had reportedly gathered as many as one thousand variables <https://www.technologyreview.com/s/509026/how-obamas-team-used-big-data-to-…> about each voter drawn from voter registration records, consumer data warehouses, and past campaign contacts to better target its messaging. Such profiles include sensitive information, such as how likely an individual is to vote at all, their income bracket, interests, health, opinions, habits, or even predicted future behaviour. It also means that messages can be microtargeted to individual voters, depending on how likely they are to be persuaded. Enter Cambridge Analytica. The company markets itself <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhvX9QCiZP0> as unique because it does not simply predict individuals’ interests or future behaviour, it also creates psychometric profiles (in addition to the plethora of other information that can be obtained and predicted from the data traces we leave behind). Psychometric data include personality, that is information about how an individual scores on a number of measures, from neuroticism, to openness or extraversion. Data is not just important to target individual voters. Online communication has radically transformed the way that people learn about the news, including political campaigns and issues. Some suggest that this has enabled new forms of automated propaganda to spread in ways we do not fully understand — from fake news to political bots on social media. While Cambridge Analytica specialises on political campaigns, it was created by SCL Elections — a company that focusses on data-driven communications for governments and military organizations worldwide. What we do know from the Snowden revelations is that Western intelligence agencies have considerable interest in harnessing these new possibilities. The British signals intelligence agency GCHQ employs a unit called JTRIG that uses insights from social science <https://theintercept.com/2014/02/24/jtrig-manipulation/>, such as psychology, to engage in online manipulation and (mis)information campaigns. More red flags than a bullfighting convention Collecting data about millions of Kenyans to profile, target, and persuade voters on behalf of the Kenyan president is a strikingly bad idea. Let us count the ways. 1. In Kenya, ethnicity has become political. Very political. The amplification and politicization of distinctions between Kenya’s over 70 ethnic groups results from a long history of manipulation by elites for personal and group gain — a history in which Kenya’s colonizer, Britain, played no small part. (See here <http://www.dw.com/en/the-role-of-ethnicity-in-kenyan-politics/a-37442394> and here <http://www.katibainstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Ethnicity-Nationh…>, for example). Post-independence Kenya broadly saw the emergence of a political elite of Kikuyu ethnicity, for a number of complex reasons including favourable access to land in Kenya’s fertile rift valley, while ethnic Kalenjin and Luo political elites also consolidated their own political support among co-ethnics in an attempt to access state power <https://www.opendemocracy.net/article/kenya_ethnicity_tribe_and_state>. Fast forward to 2007. Widespread dissatisfaction over the re-election of president Mwai Kibaki in December against contender Raila Odinga erupted as extreme violence expressed often in ‘tribal’ language and targeting. At least 1,100 people were killed <https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/kenya1211webwcover_0.pdf> and thousands forced to flee their homes; many of these were victims of the now-banned Mungiki citizens’ militia, which espouses a virulent form of Kikuyu nationalism. The International Commission of Inquiry on Post-Election Violence <http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/15A00F569813F4D549…> report attributes much of the violence factors including many voters’ perception that it was essential that the ethnic group from which they come to win the Presidency in order to ensure access to state resources. “Tribalism” is thus both the thing that should not be discussed — the National Cohesion and Integration Commission <https://www.cohesion.or.ke/> assiduously monitors ethnic hate speech — and also a resilient conceptual framework through which economic <http://allafrica.com/stories/200807141478.html>, social <https://www.cohesion.or.ke/index.php/news-all/461-county-governments-are-a-…>, and political <http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17531050802058401> grievances, particularly against the President’s Kikuyu ethnic group, are expressed Profiling individual Kenyans — of the kind that Cambridge Analytica’s technology would do — is particularly sensitive in this context. In Kenya, someone’s name is often all you need to discern their ethnicity. Gathering such personal data on millions of Kenyan citizens is highly problematic, especially since it is unclear how such data will be stored and who will have access to it. Such questions become even more pressing if the election result is contested. The Cambridge Analytica affair has already fed into a popular perception that the ruling party has allegedly mobilized state resources in an attempt “rig” the election, as expressed by many commentators <https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2017/05/10/uhuru-hires-data-firm-behind-tru…> . In short, the issue is already having an impact, and it’s not pretty: “[Cambridge] Analytica is feared for extreme scaremongering and fearmongering…” opines one opposition group <https://www.kenya-today.com/pictures/raila-odinga-cord-effect> on Facebook, for example. “Jubilee is intending to make this election the dirtiest, most hate-filled campaign to retain power <https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:g3ryv9_sUIMJ:https://…> .” 2. Corruption and lack of transparency on political spending. Kenya suffers extraordinary levels of corruption, particularly in the public sector. Transparency International ranks Kenya among the top 30 most corrupt countries <https://www.transparency.org/news/feature/corruption_perceptions_index_2016> globally, according to its Corruption Perceptions Index. Scandal <http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2016/10/29/kenyans-outraged-over-uhuru-kin-l…> after financial scandal has rocked the Kenyatta administration, and the Mwai and Moi administrations <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-31733052> before it. The opposition has long accused the incumbent administration of taking extraordinary advantage of access to state funds to cement its power. For its part, opposition candidate Raila Odinga, too, has vowed to spare no expense in setting up an alternative vote counting system, to ‘rig proof’ the results <http://kenyannews.co.ke/politics/inside-nasa-raila-presidential-campaign-th…>. The secrecy and denials around the reported Cambridge Analytica deal, which at its most benign is another example of a candidate mobilizing data to their cause, do little to dissuade these tensions. Within the context of pervasive state corruption in Kenya, the project risks adding to the gaping absence of faith <https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2017/02/11/apathy-faltering-listing-reflect…> many Kenyans feel in the democratic process. 3. Kenya has no data protection law. Let’s imagine that Cambridge Analytica do for the Jubilee party what they say they do <https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/how-our-likes-helped-trump-win> for other campaigns. If CA’s work is just slightly similar to what we have learned about their work in the US and Europe, they will be creating a database of highly sensitive information about a considerable share of a country’s population. We don’t know what data sources they will use, or whether they will be doing psychometric predictions. In this context, it is important to note that personality has been predicted from phone metadata — not just Facebook likes. The possibilities are endless. Could such a database contain information about ethnicity, political leaning, and who knows, sexual orientation or even health data? All of this happens in a politically volatile country, as part of a tight and tense election. Will Cambridge Analytica share or sell this data? Will they store it securely? Could the data be leaked, hacked, or stolen? Could it be accessed by the government? By the President? There is no comprehensive guidance on how data collected and processed in Kenya should be stored, retained, and protected — and this is worrying. The Kenyan government has expanded its powers of surveillance <https://privacyinternational.org/sites/default/files/track_capture_final.pdf> and data collection. It passed Security Laws (Amendment) Act <http://kenyalaw.org/kl/fileadmin/pdfdownloads/AmendmentActs/2014/SecurityLa…>. It is steaming ahead with the Cybersecurity Bill <http://www.ict.go.ke/cabinet-approves-cyber-security-bill/>. It has put in place a number of serious cybersecurity initiatives (more on that from us later). But when it comes to data protection, those initiatives have lost steam — the Data Protection Bill has been languishing since 2013. 4. Rampant unaccountable spying. The intelligence services have a proven record of exceeding their legal mandate to spy on Kenyans, according to our latest investigation <https://privacyinternational.org/sites/default/files/track_capture_final.pdf> on surveillance in the country. Again, this does not inspire confidence in the government’s desire to “play by the rules” of democratic processes, such as elections. 5. Finally, the election is slated to be a very close and possibly contested. Tensions are high <https://www.ndi.org/sites/default/files/FINAL%20-%20Kenya%20PEAM%20statemen…>. Following April’s primary elections, there have already been clashes between supporters of rival parties <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-20/kenya-s-president-warns-…>, which President Kenyatta recently condemned <https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-04-24/kenya-s-ruling-party…> as “hooliganism”. The National Cohesion and Integration Commission has deployed monitors to counties in which it anticipates further trouble <https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2017/04/14/ncic-trains-team-to-avert-violen…>, and recent polls suggest that election-related violence is Kenyans’ single-biggest worry <https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000228493/election-related-violenc…> for 2017. Even if Cambridge Analytica’s contribution only helps Jubilee party to sway a few thousand votes, given how close the election will be (according to some polls), this edge may well be decisive. Not knowing or not caring? Does Cambridge Analytica not know this, or does not care? Even if the company does not have the power to influence significant numbers of voters the mere *perception* that Cambridge Analytica’s service, which relies on in-depth profiling of voters and which presumably includes ethnicity — will add more wood to the pyre. Currently there are no that once an extensive database of citizens’ sensitive information is collected it won’t be abused. In light of this, Privacy International has written to Cambridge Analytica <https://privacyinternational.org/sites/default/files/PI%20letter%20to%20Cam…>with questions about how the company assessed the risk of their work in Kenya and how it will ensure that Kenyans’ personal data will be protected.

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Now, smartphone is your passport in Dubai | Gulfnews.com
by Timothy- Coach- Oriedo 10 Jun '17

10 Jun '17

For the blockchain naysayers, this is for you.... #smart contract #smartcities #blockchain disruption http://m.gulfnews.com/news/uae/emergencies/now-smartphone-is-your-passport-… Timothy Oriedo about.me/Timoriedo

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Call for Input: Kenya IGF 2017 - 6 July 2017
by Victor Kapiyo 09 Jun '17

09 Jun '17

Greetings Listers, The Kenya Internet Governance Forum (KIGF) is an annual meeting that brings together various stakeholder groups to dialogue on ICT and Internet policy. While the discussions give soft policy outcomes, KIGF is a knowledge sharing platform that informs and inspires policy actors in both the public and private sectors. The national forum also feeds into the regional and global IGFs through a chain of reporting and representation to the regional and global IGFs to ensure a bottom up Internet policy development processes and a strong link between global internet policies and the national one. This year, the meeting shall be held on the 6 July 2017 at the Laico Hotel, Nairobi. On behalf of the local Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG), we'd be interested to hear your views on the topics that you think ought to be discussed during this year's KIGF17. To enable us track them, kindly share them in the format below: *a) Proposed topic(s):* *E.g. Positive Social media use during elections* *b) Why the topic is important or relevant:* *E.g. We have the general election in August and since social media is playing a key role in public engagement and expression during the elections, it would be important to discuss the potential risk for abuse or shutdowns and make recommendations to encourage positive social media use. * *c) Proposed speakers (if any):* *E.g. Would wish to hear from an MP, NCIC, BAKE, or Facebook* We are working on a tight schedule, but we'll be happy to receive your feedback by the *14 June 2017*. We shall then compile your input and prepare the topics for the pre-IGF online discussion scheduled for 19 - 23 June and the final IGF Programme. We'll also get in touch with the proposed speakers to bring them into the room. Here's the Kenya IGF 2016 Report <http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/index.php?q=filedepot_download/3568…> for your review. Regards, *Victor Kapiyo* Partner | *Lawmark Partners LLP* Advocate of the High Court of Kenya & Commissioner for Oaths *Suite No. 8, Centro House, Westlands, Nairobi | **Web: www.lawmark.co.ke <http://www.lawmark.co.ke> * ==================================================== *“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude” Zig Ziglar*

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Re: [kictanet] Four ways the Kenyan elections could be rigged – and how to stop it
by Joash Moitui 08 Jun '17

08 Jun '17

Hi all. I found an article that you might like: "Four ways the Kenyan elections could be rigged – and how to stop it" — http://theconversation.com/four-ways-the-kenyan-elections-could-be-rigged-a… <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/62fd9e173b1ef21d1c437a49b6da0a20bfd0f944?ur…> Joash Moitui [image: https://]about.me/jmoitui <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/868d505d965bea42e4e0001294307be1a21ff957?ur…> On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 7:10 PM, Joash Moitui <joash.moitui(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Received with thanks. > > > > Joash Moitui > [image: https://]about.me/jmoitui > <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/868d505d965bea42e4e0001294307be1a21ff957?ur…> > > On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 4:15 PM, JOEL CENAS OJUNG'A via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> Regards! >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/ab3e299b91034e7a90eb28c958c5c684bfba7497?ur…> >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/ee77d1a298f84ce8e33c00812f4de76ef29319da?ur…> >> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/1ba3ba81b7b804367e1446e36da8a05d9835cc15?ur…> >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >> ailman/options/kictanet/joash.moitui%40gmail.com >> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/9b884b6a189f6ff20330674c47d7b3d566e1378f?ur…> >> >> 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. >> >> On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 3:47 PM, Ephraim Percy Kenyanito via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >>> Well received, thanks. >>> >>> Ephraim Percy Kenyanito >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> kictanet mailing list >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/02229a6df330d65cf202a7fd1189d11788e9bdb1?ur…> >>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >>> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/9389a9679568ded82793173fc266f17887ecb8ea?ur…> >>> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >>> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/1092137975e481b33e4bb4b911894bb16b9e570f?ur…> >>> >>> >>> On Jun 8, 2017 15:46, "Grace Githaiga via kictanet" < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Dear Listers >>>> >>>> This year, we will have events preceding the Kenya IGF, as part of the >>>> Kenya IGF week. >>>> >>>> Please see the schedule below. An eventsbrite will be released for >>>> registration of the different events two weeks before the events. >>>> >>>> Looking forward to seeing all of you. >>>> >>>> Rgds >>>> GG >>>> [image: Inline image 1] >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Best regards. >>>> Liz. >>>> >>>> PGP ID: 0x1F3488BF >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> kictanet mailing list >>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>>> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/78cc1c4033837e09fbc5a84d48922a5dcade50b3?ur…> >>>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >>>> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/14dede4fe5d7787e8f35efe8e673e84a5d76a08d?ur…> >>>> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >>>> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/45efa40c30ee1575eb7c57ffe60155eb173d85f1?ur…> >>>> >>>> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >>>> ailman/options/kictanet/ekenyanito%40gmail.com >>>> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/8dcf6f72512f031ee9616637dbe0c5d265eded42?ur…> >>>> >>>> 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. >>>> >>> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >>> ailman/options/kictanet/ojayc19%40gmail.com >>> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/3d9a337ed301c79077565f5294ed174c1b660a39?ur…> >>> >>> 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. >>> >> >> > <https://mailtrack.io/> Sent with Mailtrack <https://mailtrack.io/install?source=signature&lang=en&referral=joash.moitui…>

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Schedule of the 2017 Kenya IGF week
by Grace Githaiga 08 Jun '17

08 Jun '17

Dear Listers This year, we will have events preceding the Kenya IGF, as part of the Kenya IGF week. Please see the schedule below. An eventsbrite will be released for registration of the different events two weeks before the events. Looking forward to seeing all of you. Rgds GG [Inline image 1] -- Best regards. Liz. PGP ID: 0x1F3488BF

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Facebook/TIP OpenCellular workshop for rural access
by Nekesa Were 08 Jun '17

08 Jun '17

Good morning! The iHub, Facebook and Telecom Infra Project (TIP) is excited to announce and *invite* everyone to the first OpenCellular workshop in Africa on *19th and 20th of June 2017, at iHub in Nairobi, Kenya*. The workshop is a two day event, filled with great speakers across many organisations, on the topic of rural access and connectivity, including Facebook, GSMA, USAID, BRCK, Vodafone, Cavium, Keysight, and OpenCellular core team. Detailed agenda can be found at: http:/www.opencellular.ihub.co.ke <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.opencellular.ihub.c…> OpenCellular is an open source hardware and software project designed by Facebook that aims to bring a more affordable wireless access platform to remote areas through utilising the benefits of open source on access technologies. The workshop will bring together the OpenCellular ecosystem, which includes the open-source developer community, mobile network operators, OEMs and regulators for a discussion on connectivity. This event is for anyone who is interested in rural connectivity. We strongly encourage MNOs, regulators, regional operators, entrepreneurs and vendors to attend. We also recommend that researchers and students from universities and research labs attend. There is lot to learn and contribute to the OpenCellular project. The workshop is free and open for everyone however, it requires registration. Register here <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__opencellular.ihub.co.ke…> for an opportunity to attend the workshop and influence the conversation, policy and technology to get more people online. Please feel free to forward the invitation to others who might be interested. Useful links: Workshop page: http://www.opencellular.ihub.co.ke <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.opencellular.ihub.c…> TIP: www.telecominfraproject.com <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.telecominfraproject…> TIP project group: https://www.telecominfraproject.com/ project/access-projects/opencellular-wireless-access-platform-design/ <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.telecominfraprojec…> OC blog: https://code.facebook.com/posts/1754757044806180/ introducing-opencellular-an-open-source-wireless-access-platform -- 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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Fwd: [afnog] What’s Your #1 IPv6 Deployment Challenge?
by Barrack Otieno 07 Jun '17

07 Jun '17

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mukom Akong T. <mukom.tamon(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 10:59 AM Subject: [afnog] What’s Your #1 IPv6 Deployment Challenge? To: afnog <afnog(a)afnog.org> AFRINIC Ltd is setting up a Deployment Support unit to help drive implementation of IPv6. We need your help to structure our activities and together change the story of IPv6 deployment in Africa. Please take 10 minutes to tell us how we can help you shine at work and in the community by deploying IPv6, click here <http://bit.ly/2qoxKgF> http://bit.ly/2qoxKgF and tell us your #1 challenge. Warm regards -- Mukom Akong T. LinkedIn:Mukom <https://www.linkedin.com/in/mukom> | twitter: @perfexcellent ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------ “When you work, you are the FLUTE through whose lungs the whispering of the hours turns to MUSIC" - Kahlil Gibran ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------- _______________________________________________ afnog mailing list https://www.afnog.org/mailman/listinfo/afnog -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Malware-as-a-service (MaaS)
by Admin CampusCiti 07 Jun '17

07 Jun '17

From SaaS to PaaS to MaaS.. In May 2017, a new form of ransomware called WannaCry affected more than 230,000 personal and business computers in over 150 countries. The ransomware affected organizations, such as Deutsche Bahn AG (a German railway company), NHS Scotland (the publicly funded healthcare system in Scotland), National Health Service of England, Saudi Telecom Company, and FedEx (an international courier delivery services company). The ransomware attack is now estimated to be one of the largest global security incidents in the history of the Web. WannaCry is based on the security exploit EternalBlue developed by the U.S. National Security Agency. WannaCry was released by the hacker group The Shadow Brokers. The Shadow Brokers announced that they provide cybercriminals with the opportunity to purchase paid subscription services allowing them to access various exploits and data stolen from important organizations. The hacking group claims to have data from Russian, North Korean, Iranian, and Chinese nuclear weapons, as well as data from the Swift banking network. Thus, shortly, we may witness the increasing popularity of a new Web-based service, namely, malware-as-a-service. The purpose of this article is to examine the history of malware-as-a-service (Section 2), the ecosystem of malware-as-a-service (Section 3), and the state of the art and the future of malware-as-a-service (Section 4). Finally, we draw a conclusion (Section 5). Read on:- http://resources.infosecinstitute.com/malware-as-a-service/?utm_source=feed… Ali Hussein Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 / 0770906375 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim Blog: www.alyhussein.com "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad

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Register now for the UNSSC Leveraging Big Data for SDG training from 27-29 June 2017
by Alvin Gachie 06 Jun '17

06 Jun '17

To: Date: 06-06-2017 02:25 PM Subject: Register now for the UNSSC Leveraging Big Data for SDG training from 27-29 June 2017 Sent by: ------------------------------ Dear Colleagues, The UN System Staff college is running the course attached in the flyer from 27-29 June in our beautiful UN compound in Nairobi. Please contact *u.caruso(a)unssc.org* <u.caruso(a)unssc.org> for information and registration. Best Regards, The information contained in or accompanying this email and any attachment thereto, is intended solely for the use of the stated recipient(s) and may contain information that is confidential and/or legally privileged. Any disclosure, dissemination, distribution or copying of this email and any attachment by anyone who is not a stated recipient is strictly prohibited. If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachment from your system without retaining a copy.

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<O.T.> Masters' Degree Scholarships...
by Michael Bullut 06 Jun '17

06 Jun '17

Greetings Team, Does anyone know of any program that offers Masters' degree scholarships to potential students especially in the tourism sector? Warm regards, Michael Bullut. --- *Cell:* *+254 723 393 114.**Skype Name:* *Michael Bullut.* *Twitter:* * @Kipsang <http://twitter.com/Kipsang/>* *Blog: http://www.kipsang.com/ <http://www.kipsang.com/>* *E-mail:* *main(a)kipsang.com <main(a)kipsang.com>* *---*

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Call to participate: The 2nd Edition of Kenya School of Internet Governance (KeSIG)
by Grace Githaiga 06 Jun '17

06 Jun '17

Dear Listers KICTANet in partnership with Facebook is pleased to announce an open call for participants interested in taking part in the second Kenya School of Internet Governance (KeSIG). We are interested in getting citizens from all sectors: government, academia, tech community, civil society, bloggers and journalists who are new to Internet Governance issues. KeSIG is an introductory course covering technical, economic, legal and contemporary social issues brought about by the Internet. The main topics to be covered include: a. Introduction to Internet Governance b. Main issues in Internet Governance in Kenya c. Kenya’s Internet Governance policy /legal framework(s) d. Internet Governance processes and how to engage in them. The training will use a participatory approach and will have faculty sourced from all stakeholder groups. It will take place at Laico Regency from 3-5 July, 2017. Those who will be selected will also be invited to participate in the Kenya IGF scheduled for July 6, 2017 at the same venue. Please apply here. [1] If you have any questions, do not hesitate to get in touch with Liz Orembo lizorembo(a)kictanet.or.ke 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. Links: ------ [1] https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc49n-Rgcg74oyQRbDALpJb7Z0aYd0R0Hu…

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PHOENIX SIEM at 4th Africahackon Conference
by BRIGHT GAMELI 06 Jun '17

06 Jun '17

We all need visibility in our networks and organizations. Tracking down incidences LIVE and knowing what actions to take to mitigate threats is a lacking skill and knowledge in most organizations. This is due to the fact that some most people do not know what type of appliance to get for their network or how to utilize it to maximum capability. A hacker can infiltrate your network and stay for years without you noticing. Worse case be ex-filtrating data in slow packets not to trigger alarms. Come see how the PHOENIX Security Incident and Event Management Tool helps you to have Visibility and stop attacks real time at the 4th Annual AfricaHackon Conference. Tickets and other program line up on the website. www.africahackon.com ~ze3D~

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Public advisory on provision of ICT services from licensed and compliant entities only.pdf
by Wambua, Christopher 06 Jun '17

06 Jun '17

Listers, Further to the commitment made last week, attached is the revised public advisory on provision of ICT services from licensed and compliant entities. On behalf of the Authority, I wish to thank the community for the feedback on the initial public notice, which led to the revision of the public notice for the sole purpose of ensuring clarity. The revised public notice will be published in tomorrow’s edition of My Gov. Regards, Christopher Wambua Ag. Director/Consumer and Public Affairs | Consumer and Public Affairs [cid:B600E33D-2591-428A-B032-48FA10AD542B] Tel: +254 20 4242000/209 Mobile: +254 703 042209/ +254 730172209 P.O. Box 14448 Nairobi 00800 [cid:F207BD04-1375-4FF1-827E-613846131A66]wambua@ca.go.ke<mailto:wambua@ca.go.ke> [cid:FCA81DD9-0723-4033-8B5F-490689221588] Communications Authority of Kenya<https://www.facebook.com/CAOKenya?ref=hl> [cid:0068AD87-FA66-49D4-90ED-FBD1A3565A9C] ca_kenya <https://twitter.com/CA_Kenya> [cid:53D396FD-3301-4144-8BC4-870010CC0122] www.ca.go.ke <http://www.ca.go.ke/> [cid:22EF7D3B-AB8B-4149-AB3B-B68FE5533DE5] Disclaimer: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use by the individual(s) or entity to whom it is addressed to. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. Additionally, if you have received this email in error please notify the sender immediately by a reply e-mail. [cid:EBB9BF21-4147-4682-B7AC-E862A0C78F33]

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Fw: [Internet Policy] Berlin court rules parents have no right to dead child's Facebook account
by WANGARI KABIRU 06 Jun '17

06 Jun '17

Warm greetings! The last time I heard on child online safety locally the message was "Parents, get to know what your child is doing online". Does this apply only when alive.....or even while resting in piece? Overall, legacy issues here - email accounts and other online (digital) avenues. Be blessed. Regards/Wangari --- Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth". On Tuesday, 6 June 2017, 6:30, Olévié Kouami <olivierkouami(a)gmail.com> wrote: Hi everyone. Just to share with you the following lines read on the FB Wall of a closed friend if me. I totalité concur.'As a parent of a soon-to-become-teenager, I know that I should be involved in and educating their digital life. I don't mean to be intrusive, but present. I need to know and be aware of online dangers and things like cyber-bullying, cyber-stalking, or abusive/dangerous/suspicious messages. I need to educate my kids about these dangers, and even advocate for such education/training in their schools. At home, ofcourse it helps to create an environment of trust and dialogue where my children will feel comfortable telling me about their challenges.' Warm regardsOlévié Le 4 juin 2017 22:17, "Botzko, Stephen" <Stephen.Botzko(a)polycom.com> a écrit : Facebook's approach to privacy protection in these cases looks simple to me - designated legacy contacts have full access, anyone else needs a court order to see anything private. If a court decides that the estate executor (or anyone else) is entitled to access, then the court provides the order, and Facebook complies. This should provide the best legal protection for Facebook, as they never make the decision on when to provide access. That's only done by the original account owner, or by a court. And Facebook never needs to get into the complexity of figuring out who owns the digital assets after death. Memorialization is distinct from legacy contact BTW - and the legacy contact. >>> I am not sure how to frame the entire question: when you write a long, important post on FB, who owns it? You or FB? FB doesn't claim to own your post - their terms of service give them a transferrable right to use it, but not ownership. As far as I can see from the terms of service, that right to use continues after your death. It lasts until two conditions are met: (a) your account is deleted AND (b) no one else on FB is sharing your content. The way I read their terms, they also stop short of saying that you own the post. That makes sense to me, as far as they know you might be plagiarizing someone else. Stephen -----Original Message----- From: InternetPolicy [mailto:internetpolicy- bounces(a)elists.isoc.org] On Behalf Of mario chiari Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2017 4:34 PM To: James Gannon <james(a)cyberinvasion.net>; Richard Hill <rhill(a)hill-a.ch> Cc: 'ISOC Policy' <internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc. org> Subject: Re: [Internet Policy] Berlin court rules parents have no right to dead child's Facebook account Hi James, On Sun, 2017-06-04 at 09:02 +0000, James Gannon wrote: > Can I ask that people when wanting to talk about a topic at least go > and read the topics in question: > > From Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/help/ 1506822589577997/ > > What will happen to my Facebook account if I pass away? > You can tell us in advance whether you’d like to have your account > memorialized or permanently deleted from Facebook. > No one can log into a memorialized account > > Why can't I log into a memorialized account on Facebook? > If Facebook is made aware that a person has passed away, it's our > policy to memorialize the account. > Please keep in mind that it's always against the Facebook Terms to > log into another person's account. We'll only be able to give you access to > an account if we can verify that it’s your own > account. Besides whether or not those guidelines are in accordance with law of the different country where FB operates, even they (which by the way do not seem to be included in the contractual terms of use, I do not see them implied by https: //www.facebook.com/legal/terms ) are somehow stating that a "executor of the account holder" may ask to delete the account - apparently including "data stored in backup systems" - of the deceased, see section "How do I request the removal of a deceased family member's Facebook account?". So, it does seem that FB recognizes that an 'executor'(heir) may ask to delete, but not to download!, data stored in backup systems related to the deceased user. By a quick browsing, it is not clear to me how FB intends to marry that with its own talk about to let a user to choose to memorialize an account, 'legacy contacts' (see https://www.facebook.com/help/ 1568013990080948?helpref= search&sr =1&query=Legacy%20Contacts) and similar. I am not sure how to frame the entire question: when you write a long, important post on FB, who owns it? You or FB? > > As to my safety deposit box situation yes that is what is in my > contract that unless I state otherwise in my will my box is not to be > shared with anyone including my heirs. Frankly, I do not understand: are you saying that the content of that box, in the unfortunate case in 1000 years, will be seized by your safety box provider? Is that by default under USA law, unless you state otherwise in your will? Thanks for your replies cheers mario > > -JG > > -----Original Message----- > From: mario chiari [mailto:posta@mariochiari.net] > Sent: 04 June 2017 09:48 > To: James Gannon <james(a)cyberinvasion.net>; Richard Hill <rhill(a)hill-a.ch> > Cc: 'ISOC Policy' <internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc. org> > Subject: Re: [Internet Policy] Berlin court rules parents have no right to > dead child's Facebook account > > Hi James, > > On Sat, 2017-06-03 at 14:51 +0000, James Gannon wrote: > > > > No my express wishes may be enshrined in the contract I sign with the > > vendor at any point, that construct is not only allowed through my will. > You wrote about "a express provision in the contract [you] have [with your] > safe deposit box [providers] such [you] expect them to keep [your] personal > effects private". In your real case, is that so that it will shield those > providers from your heirs, even in the case of your passing away? > > I have a safety box at my bank office too, my understanding is that by default > (under contractual terms for safety box most common in Italy) it will be > accessible to my heirs. > > > > > Your position of relegation of rights on death is frankly strange, > > just because a person is dead does not mean they lose all of the > > rights of contracts they have signed during their life. > I am not claiming a so general proposition (about all of the rights), but I do > not see how that German underage could have signed anything such to keep > her/his FB account unaccessible from her/his parents, even in case of her/his > passing away. I doubt anything similar is even remotely implied by her/his > undersigning FB's terms of use. Do you think otherwise? > > thanks, best wishes > mario > > ..... > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, 2017-06-03 at 11:05 +0000, James Gannon wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Unless I express otherwise in my will or in the contact with the > > > > PO box company I would of course expect them to keep my personal > > > > effects private, this is an express provision in many contracts > > > > that are expected to last until death, for example I know there is > > > > such a provision in the contract I have in my safe deposit box. > > > > > > > > -J > ....

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Je NTSA Kenya?: Trump admin revising driverless car guidelines
by WANGARI KABIRU 06 Jun '17

06 Jun '17

http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/336462-trump-admin-revising-driver… Blessed Tuesday! While curious on Kenya's NTSA guide on autonomous vehicles in Kenya (East Africa), I find the below to be extendable for coexistence and shared prosperity as the statement of the century across evolving technologies for Kenya's Silicon Savannah; "But Chao said Silicon Valley needs to “step up” and be more forthcoming with information about self-driving cars in an effort to better educate both the government and public about the emerging technology. “A lot of the technology comes from Silicon Valley,” Chao said, according to Bloomberg. “They have a responsibility to educate the rest of the American public on the technologies they’re thinking about, technologies which are miles and miles ahead of most people’s understanding.” Be blessed. Regards/Wanngari --- Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth". Trump admin revising driverless car guidelines | | | | | | | | | | | Trump admin revising driverless car guidelines By Melanie Zanona Updated guidance on the emerging technology is expected to be released in the next few months, said Transportati... | | | | Trump admin revising driverless car guidelines By Melanie Zanona - 06/05/17 08:21 PM EDT 3 0 © Getty The Trump administration is reportedly revising Obama-era guidelines for driverless vehicles. Updated guidance on the emerging technology is expected to be released in the next few months, said Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, according to multiple reports. "The pressure is mounting for the federal government to do something," Chao said during a conference in Detroit on Monday, according to Reuters. The new guidance will focus on spurring industry innovation and encouraging "new entrants and ideas that deliver safer vehicles,” Chao added. But she also emphasized that the agency would not rush to draft binding regulations on self-driving cars. “Too quick of movement toward rules may not be sustainable in the long term,” Chao said, according to Bloomberg. “We don’t want to have rules that may impede future advances.”ADVERTISEMENTThe administration has been re-evaluating the flexible, voluntary guidelines for autonomous vehicles that were released last fall. The framework includes a 15-point safety assessment for automakers that is meant to be subjected to the formal rulemaking process. The guidelines also include model policy for states in an effort to avoid a messy patchwork of regulations across the country. The industry has searched for clues about how Trump will approach autonomous vehicle regulations, with some expecting his administration to have a lighter touch. Most industry representatives have called the driverless car guidelines a good first step, but think some improvements could be made. Driverless car developers have raised concern that states are trying to make the voluntary safety checklist mandatory, while others have taken issue with being asked to share significant data about their technology. The industry has also urged policymakers to ease certain safety standards that don’t apply to traditional automobiles, which they say could hamper innovation and testing. But Chao said Silicon Valley needs to “step up” and be more forthcoming with information about self-driving cars in an effort to better educate both the government and public about the emerging technology. “A lot of the technology comes from Silicon Valley,” Chao said, according to Bloomberg. “They have a responsibility to educate the rest of the American public on the technologies they’re thinking about, technologies which are miles and miles ahead of most people’s understanding.”

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CA's cyber threat reports
by Andrew Alston 05 Jun '17

05 Jun '17

Hi All, This morning I got an interesting email from cirt(a)ca.go.ke<mailto:cirt@ca.go.ke> as regards open RDP ports on the network. Now, I've got a few questions about this - a.) Has anyone else had similar reports b.) Ports can be open for many reasons - and they sit on private companies machines and companies have the right to firewall or not firewall dependent on a multitude of reasons - why are these being put out as an incident report c.) Under what premise does anyone - be they cert or otherwise - have the authority to run scans against private networks and systems - I was under the impression that port scanning private systems was not allowed? I'm kinda concerned here when a report shows up that clearly indicates that targeted scans have been made - particularly since some of the IP addresses in that report are not even inside Kenya and sit on IP addresses belonging to clients who have in no way authorized security scans against themselves. Anyone got any thoughts or comments? Andrew

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DCA Trust Announces AboCoders, Nigeria as the Winner of Miss.Africa Seed Fund Grand Prize
by Gideon 05 Jun '17

05 Jun '17

Dear all, The *Pan-African trust program of DotConnectAfrica (DCA)* announces the 2016/17 winners of the Miss.Africa Seed Funding for STEM Programs. Abo Coders, Nigeria wins the grand prize of *Five Thousand United States Dollars* (5000 USD) while Bahir Dar University STEM Center, Ethiopia and Ubongo Game Lab, Zambia are both winners of the second *One Thousand United States Dollars* (1,000 USD) Geographic/Country Category for initiatives that create socio-economic value for women by effectively leveraging tech opportunities. Full Press release conta.cc/2rXZ2H9 <https://t.co/R1pa35ldKM> Kind regards Gideon Rop <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> Virus-free. www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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Fwd: [AFRINIC-Announce] Common Statement By AF* on Internet Shutdowns in Africa
by Mwendwa Kivuva 03 Jun '17

03 Jun '17

FYI, a statement on Internet shutdowns by Af* that is AFRINIC, AFNOG, AFTLD, AFREN, AfricaCERT, AROC, AfriCANN and other self organising institutions domicile in Africa issued at the Africa Internet Summit in Nairobi ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "AFRINIC Communications" <comms-announce(a)afrinic.net> Date: Jun 2, 2017 2:52 PM Subject: [AFRINIC-Announce] Common Statement By AF* on Internet Shutdowns in Africa To: <announce(a)afrinic.net> Cc: Dear Colleagues, 2 June Nairobi - The Af* organizations, comprised of AFRINIC, AFTLD, AFNOG, AFREN, Africa CERT, and ISOC Africa, gathered at the 5th African Internet Summit, in Nairobi, Kenya, 21 May – 2 June 2017, issue the following statement: We are CONCERNED by the increasing number of Internet shutdowns ordered by Governments in Africa. Internet shutdowns are intentional disruptions of Internet or electronic communications, rendering them inaccessible or effectively unusable, for a specific population or within a location for specified or unspecified periods of time. African territories accounted for many of the 56 Internet shutdowns recorded globally in 2016. We are OPPOSED to any form of Internet shutdowns, including those that impact social media sites, entire networks, intentional disruption of Internet or mobile application services access, in any context such as elections, demonstrations or social tensions. Shutdowns offer poor solutions to complex problems and have shown to generate collateral damages on society and the economy. Intentional disruptions of access to information were unequivocally condemned[1] by the UN Human Rights Council in 2016. We would like to DRAW ATTENTION TO the negative effects of Internet shutdowns Not only do they impact the rights of citizens (e.g. expression, association, access to knowledge and education) recognized both in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, they also impact businesses and entrepreneurs. Various studies have highlighted the high costs of Internet shutdowns on country’s GDPs. In a context where economic growth relies increasingly on Internet access, as reaffirmed in the UN Sustainable Development Agenda, shutdowns can generate long-lasting and costly effects on society and on user trust. We DO NOT THINK that the Anti-shutdown policy proposal put forward by some members of the AFRINIC community will offer a sustainable solution to this issue. While we share the same concerns as theproposals authors and welcome the community dialogue this has generated, we think this proposed policy will likely be ineffective and could create unintended damages We are CONCERNED that such a proposal would be difficult to implement, and would take AFRINIC beyond its technical mandate and expertise, as highlighted by AFRINIC staff’s assessment of the proposal. We are also concerned that this proposal might antagonize governments in a way that will worsen the situation as a whole. Finally, the proposal might also impact citizen’s ability to access the Internet beyond the government entities targeted by the proposal. Instead, we are CALLING on African governments to renounce the use of Internet shutdowns as a policy tool, and to engage in meaningful dialogue with stakeholders. We UNDERSTAND that governments have legitimate concerns related to Internet use and that they have obligations related to national security and public order. In the spirit of the WSIS Tunis Agenda, the Af* are available to WORK with African governments and other stakeholders to find better solutions that do not hurt the fundamental rights of citizens and that protect the Internet’s stability, resilience and openness. …………………………… [In French] Chers collègues, DÉCLARATION COMMUNE DES AF* SUR LES FERMETURES D’INTERNET EN AFRIQUE 2 juin 2017 Nairobi - Les organisations Af *, composées de AFRINIC, AFTLD, AFNOG, AFREN, Africa CERT et ISOC Africa réunis lors du 5ème Sommet Internet Africain, à Nairobi, Kenya, du 21 mai au 2 juin 2017, émet la déclaration suivante: Nous sommes PRÉOCCUPÉS par le nombre croissant de fermetures d'Internet ordonnées par les gouvernements en Afrique. Les fermetures Internet sont des perturbations intentionnelles de l'Internet ou des communications électroniques, les rendant inaccessibles ou inutilisables, pour une population spécifique ou dans un lieu pour des périodes spécifiques ou non spécifiées. Les territoires africains ont subi plusieurs des 56 arrêts Internet enregistrés globalement en 2016. Nous sommes CONTRE toutes formes de fermeture d’ Internet, y compris ceux qui ont un impact sur les réseaux sociaux, les réseaux et infrastructures entiers, les intéruptions intentionnelles de l’Internet ou accès aux services d'application mobile, dans tous les contextes tels que les élections, les manifestations ou les tensions sociales. Les fermetures offrent des solutions médiocres aux problèmes complexes et ont montré qu'ils généraient des dommages collatéraux sur la société et l'économie. Les interruptions intentionnelles de l'accès à l'information ont été condamnées sans équivoque par le Conseil des droits de l'homme de l'ONU en 2016. Nous VOULONS ATTIRER VOTRE ATTENTION SUR les effets négatifs des fermetures d’Internet. Non seulement ils ont un impact sur les droits des citoyens (expression, association, accès au savoir et à l'éducation) reconnus à la fois dans la Déclaration universelle des droits de l'homme et dans la Charte africaine des droits de l'homme et des peuples, ils ont également des répercussions sur les entreprises et les entrepreneurs. Diverses études ont mis en évidence les coûts élevés des fermetures d'Internet sur le PIB du pays. Dans un contexte où la croissance économique repose de plus en plus sur l'accès à Internet, comme réaffirmé sur l’agenda de développement durable des Nations Unies, les fermetures peuvent générer des effets durables et coûteux sur la société et sur la confiance des utilisateurs. Nous NE PENSONS PAS que la proposition de politique sur les fermetures d’Internet proposée par certains membres de la communauté AFRINIC offrira une solution durable à ce problème. Alors que nous partageons les mêmes préoccupations que les auteurs de la politique et que nous nous félicitons du dialogue communautaire que cela a généré, nous pensons que cette politique sera probablement inefficace et pourrait créer des dommages indésirables. Nous sommes PRÉOCCUPÉS par le fait qu'une telle proposition serait difficile à mettre en œuvre et que AFRINIC serait au-delà de son mandat technique et de son expertise, comme l'a souligné l'évaluation de la proposition par le personnel d’AFRINIC. Nous sommes également préoccupés par le fait que cette proposition pourrait opposer les gouvernements d'une manière qui aggravera la situation dans son ensemble. Enfin, la proposition pourrait également avoir une incidence sur la capacité des citoyens à accéder à Internet au-delà des entités gouvernementales visées par la proposition. Au lieu de cela, nous APPELONS les gouvernements africains à renoncer à utilser la fermeture Internet en tant qu'outil politique et à engager un dialogue significatif avec les parties prenantes. Nous COMPRENONS que les gouvernements ont des préoccupations légitimes liées à l'utilisation d'Internet et qu'ils ont des obligations liées à la sécurité nationale et à l'ordre public. Dans l'esprit de l'Agenda du WSIS de Tunis, les Af* sont disponibles pour TRAVAILLER avec les gouvernements africains et d'autres parties prenantes pour trouver de meilleures solutions qui ne nuisent pas aux droits fondamentaux des citoyens et qui protègent la stabilité, la résilience et l'ouverture de l'Internet. _______________________________________________ Announce mailing list Announce(a)afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/announce

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Fwd: Open Forum : Call for Applications: ISOC Fellowship to WTDC-17
by Barrack Otieno 02 Jun '17

02 Jun '17

Listers, For Your attention and action. Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Elizabeth Oluoch via Internet Society <Mail(a)connectedcommunity.org> Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2017 16:28:25 +0000 Subject: Open Forum : Call for Applications: ISOC Fellowship to WTDC-17 To: otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com == Please, reply above this line == Dear ISOC Members, The Internet Society (ISOC) is inviting applications for the Fellowship to theITU World Telecommunication Development Conference <http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Conferences/WTDC/WTDC17/Pages/default.aspx> 2017 (WTDC-17). WTDC-17 will be held on October 9-20 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. As a Sector Member of the ITU Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU-D) ISOC will participating at the WTDC-17. This key development conference provides us with an opportunity to raise ISOC's profile as an important development partner and shape ITU-D's agenda for the next four years. ISOC is uniquely positioned to play an influential role at WTDC-17. By leveraging our global presence, expertise and tangible development success in regions and localities around the world, ISOC can engage delegates to ensure they are well informed on the issues. In particular, our Members can bring their local voice and engage their national delegations to advance ISOC's priorities for WTDC-17. As such, we will be offering four (4) Fellowships to ISOC Members to participate in WTDC-17. Self and Third Party nominations are accepted. Learn more and apply. <https://www.internetsociety.org/un/nomination-fellowship-wtdc-17> Applications will be assessed by a Selection Committee comprised of three (3) ISOC Staff Members and three (3) Chapter Members. Once the Committee is formed the names of the Selection Committee will be published in the Fellowship section <https://www.internetsociety.org/un/nomination-fellowship-wtdc-17> on ISOC's WTDC-17 site <https://www.internetsociety.org/un/wtdc>. Please let me know if you have any questions. ------------------------------ Elizabeth Oluoch Policy Advisor Internet Society Oluoch(a)isoc.org ------------------------------ Reply to Sender : https://connect.internetsociety.org/eGroups/PostReply/?GroupId=67&SenderKey… Reply to Discussion : https://connect.internetsociety.org/eGroups/PostReply/?GroupId=67&MID=19151… You are subscribed to "Open Forum" as otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com. To change your subscriptions, go to http://connect.internetsociety.org/preferences?section=Subscriptions&MDATE=…. To unsubscribe from this community discussion, go to http://connect.internetsociety.org/HigherLogic/eGroups/Unsubscribe.aspx?Use…. -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Fwd: Open Forum : Common Statement By AF* on Internet Shutdowns in Africa
by Barrack Otieno 02 Jun '17

02 Jun '17

Listers, This might be of interest to some. Best Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Betel Hailu via Internet Society <Mail(a)connectedcommunity.org> Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2017 11:02:02 +0000 Subject: Open Forum : Common Statement By AF* on Internet Shutdowns in Africa To: otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com == Please, reply above this line == Hello everyone! Today at #AISKenya, the AF* organizations issued this common statement on #InternetShutdowns in Africa - https://internetsummitafrica.org/afrinic-26/news/160-common-statement-by-af… (The AF* organizations include: AFRINIC, AFTLD, AFNOG, AFREN, Africa CERT, and the Internet Society) #AIS2017 #KeepItOn Kind regards, Betel ------------------------------ hailu(a)isoc.org [Communications Coordinator] Note: replies will be sent to the full discussion group. ------------------------------ Reply to Sender : https://connect.internetsociety.org/eGroups/PostReply/?GroupId=67&SenderKey… Reply to Discussion : https://connect.internetsociety.org/eGroups/PostReply/?GroupId=67&MID=19187… You are subscribed to "Open Forum" as otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com. To change your subscriptions, go to http://connect.internetsociety.org/preferences?section=Subscriptions&MDATE=…. To unsubscribe from this community discussion, go to http://connect.internetsociety.org/HigherLogic/eGroups/Unsubscribe.aspx?Use…. -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Re: [kictanet] Open Forum : Internet Infrastructure Security Guidelines for Africa
by Barrack Otieno 02 Jun '17

02 Jun '17

Listers, This might be of interest to some. Best Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Betel Hailu via Internet Society <Mail(a)connectedcommunity.org> Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2017 07:39:53 +0000 Subject: Open Forum : Internet Infrastructure Security Guidelines for Africa To: otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com == Please, reply above this line == - Apologies for cross posting- Hello everyone, On 30 May 2017, the Internet Society and the African Union Commission unveiled a new set of Internet Infrastructure Security Guidelines for Africa during the African Internet Summit (AIS2017), taking place in Nairobi, Kenya. The guidelines will help Africa create a more secure Internet infrastructure and are set to change the way African Union States approach cyber security preparedness. About the guidelines - the first of their kind in Africa - were developed by a multi-stakeholder group of African and global internet infrastructure security experts, and are the first step towards building a more secure Internet in Africa. They will help AU member states strengthen the security of their local Internet infrastructure through actions at a regional, national, ISP/operator and organizational level. To learn more and download the document, go to: https://www.internetsociety.org/doc/aiisg Best regards, Betel ------------------------------ hailu(a)isoc.org [Communications Coordinator] Note: replies will be sent to the full discussion group. ------------------------------ Reply to Sender : https://connect.internetsociety.org/eGroups/PostReply/?GroupId=67&SenderKey… Reply to Discussion : https://connect.internetsociety.org/eGroups/PostReply/?GroupId=67&MID=19173… You are subscribed to "Open Forum" as otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com. To change your subscriptions, go to http://connect.internetsociety.org/preferences?section=Subscriptions&MDATE=…. To unsubscribe from this community discussion, go to http://connect.internetsociety.org/HigherLogic/eGroups/Unsubscribe.aspx?Use…. -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Ethiopia turns off internet nationwide as students sit exams | Technology | The Guardian
by Ali Hussein 02 Jun '17

02 Jun '17

Ethiopia has shut off internet access to its citizens, according to reports from inside the country, apparently due leaked exam papers for the nation’s grade 10 examinations. Outbound traffic from Ethiopia was shutdown around 4pm UK time on Tuesday, according to Google’s transparency report, which registered Ethiopian visits to the company’s sites plummeting over the evening. By Wednesday afternoon, access still had not been restored. Read on:- https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/31/ethiopia-turns-off-inter… 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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Fwd: [Internet Policy] Berlin court rules parents have no right to dead child's Facebook account
by Barrack Otieno 01 Jun '17

01 Jun '17

Listers, Might be of interest to some. Interesting developements. Best Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Michael Oghia <mike.oghia(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2017 07:36:58 +0200 Subject: [Internet Policy] Berlin court rules parents have no right to dead child's Facebook account To: ISOC Policy <internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org> FYI, this just came out today: http://www.dw.com/en/berlin-court-rules-grieving-parents-have-no-right-to-d… It has implications for child rights online, privacy, intermediary liability, judicial oversight, social media as a medium, and much more. Best, -Michael -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Internet Trends Report
by Ali Hussein 01 Jun '17

01 Jun '17

Listers This might be useful Internet Trends <http://dq756f9pzlyr3.cloudfront.net/file/Internet+Trends+2017+Report.pdf> *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.

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Registering ICT practitioners
by Sidney Ochieng 31 May '17

31 May '17

Out of nowhere... Can someone from the CA explain why? Sent on the move, kindly excuse any typos. Sidney

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Local Funding
by S.M. Muraya 31 May '17

31 May '17

Dear Listers, With permission from an upcoming software entrepreneur (: born after this "Wise Owl" already had an ID :) "Was talking to some investors my age sometime this year, they had to talk to an investor in England to advise them about investing in a Kenyan solution for a problem he didn't understand as he is based in the UK. They shared the response and apparently they took every word he said as Bible truth." The software entrepreneur also provided me with this link https://medium.com/@sankara_/its-time-to-fix-the-startup-funding-landscape-… My response: Essentially, we need to deal with corruption in our society, not rely on foreign funding. It does not help, most of our local youth worship foreigners. The nations ranked worst by Transparency International, do not build up and consequently trust their own talent and firms.

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Fwd: Solar Partner
by Michael Bullut 30 May '17

30 May '17

*Not technology related but you may know someone who is interested in it? * ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Maina <dmutheem(a)gmail.com> Date: 30 May 2017 at 08:26 Subject: Solar Partner To: finanalystnairobi(a)googlegroups.com Regards, David Muthee -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nairobi Investment/Finance Analyst Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to finanalystnairobi+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

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Re: [kictanet] Local Funding
by ceo 29 May '17

29 May '17

This is a very informative article. The link referred to has very rich information. Regards, AbdallaOn May 29, 2017 9:23 AM, "S.M. Muraya via kictanet" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > Dear Listers, > > With permission from an upcoming software entrepreneur (: born after this "Wise Owl" already had an ID :) > > "Was talking to some investors my age sometime this year, they had to talk to an investor in England to advise them about investing in a Kenyan solution for a problem he didn't understand as he is based in the UK. They shared the response and apparently they took every word he said as Bible truth." > > The software entrepreneur also provided me with this link > > https://medium.com/@sankara_/its-time-to-fix-the-startup-funding-landscape-… > > My response: > > Essentially, we need to deal with corruption in our society, not rely on foreign funding. It does not help, most of our local youth worship foreigners. > > The nations ranked worst by Transparency International, do not build up and consequently trust their own talent and firms.

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Fw: 2nd Summit on Community Networks In Africa - Africa Report Launched
by WANGARI KABIRU 28 May '17

28 May '17

Happy Sunday colleagues! Please find the report quoted launched at the 2nd Summit on Community Networks in Africa during the Africa Internet Summit (2017) 2017 'Supporting the Creation and Scalability of Affordable Access Solutions: Understanding Community Networks in Africa' report can be found here. https://www.internetsociety.org/doc/cnafrica Enjoy the valued read! https://www.internetsociety.org/events/summit-community-networks-africa/2017 Have a blessed day. Regards/Wangari --- Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth". On Sunday, 28 May 2017, 7:07, WANGARI KABIRU <wangarikabiru(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: Blessed Sunday! I am delighted to share resources from the Community Networks In Africa Training Workshop and followup events coordinated by the Internet Society at the Africa Internet Summit (AIS) in Nairobi. The discussions for Kenyan colleagues was a great follow through in my perspective to the successful Communications Authority hosted ICT Week. Community Networks - that have been a phenomenon for about 10years now is a great opportunity call for Communities to take greater ownership of and for their connectivity for the purposes they need it. Please find for your review a great e-book. http://wndw.net/pdf/wndw-en/wndw-ebook.pdf A report on the Community Networks in Africa was launched during the event. Congratulations to Jane Coffin and Michuki Mwangi for following through to this 2nd Summit on Community Networks!! Have a blessed week ahead! Regards/Wangari Africa Internet Summit (AIS) 2017 | Internet Society | | | Africa Internet Summit (AIS) 2017 | Internet Society | | | --- Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth".

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Fwd: Hope for the Broken Internet
by Ali Hussein 28 May '17

28 May '17

Listers I'm posting below an interest article by Jeff John Roberts of Fortune Magazine. It is interesting because it talks of a broken internet and how the Blockchain offers potentially a solution to fix it. See email thread below. 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 Begin forwarded message: > From: "FORTUNE Data Sheet" <fortune(a)email.fortune.com> > Date: 27 May 2017 at 7:15:05 PM EAT > To: <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> > Subject: Hope for the Broken Internet > Reply-To: "Fortune" <reply-fece17787666047c-20_HTML-56937916-7213333-11(a)email.fortune.com> > > > > > > > > FOLLOW > SUBSCRIBE > ANON TIP > MAY 27, 2017 > If we were to design the Internet all over again, it’s a good bet we wouldn’t build what we have today: A giant advertising oligopoly where consumers trade privacy for free services, and which is so insecure that hackers and criminals run wild. > > But path dependency is a powerful thing, and so replacing the Internet we know with something else is very hard. That doesn’t mean, though, people aren’t trying. > > There are big ideas in the air these days, including those shared this week at the bitcoin-blockchain extravaganza known as Consensus. The three-day event in New York City revealed some radical technology to change how we interact with the Internet. > > The most ambitious announcement came from a company called Blockstack, which is building a new type of Internet browser using the distributed ledger software known as blockchain. The idea is that people will no longer have to supply log-in information to the likes of Facebook and Google to interact with others on the web. Instead, they’ll keep control of their identity by using blockchain’s authentication features. > > If all this sounds pie-in-the-sky, don’t write it off too quickly. I spoke with executives from major companies who are all making the same case that “identity” is the biggest problem with the Internet right now, and hinted they’re set to unveil blockchain-based solutions of their own. Look for announcements this summer. > > Meanwhile, at the Cyber Investing Summit, where Fortune’s Robert Hackett and I hosted panels this week, there was a feeling the tide is starting to turn against hackers. The arrival of new biometric and network technology, combined with the rise of cybersecurity focused investors like Strategic Cyber Ventures, mean Internet security is improving rapidly. > > Finally, the HyperLedger Project—a relatively new non-profit group that focuses on blockchain—is growing quickly, and getting support from everyone from big banks to IBM to independent developers. If the project succeeds, the result will be a governing body to make blockchain technology secure and easy to use for everyone. In the long term, it could mean we’ll all be using a blockchain-based Internet that is superior to the broken web we use today. > > Yes, all this feels far off. But as tech writer Walt Mossberg observed in a farewell column titled “The Disappearing Computer,” we’re in a transition period, and waiting as companies create subtle new types of software that are “simultaneously more intelligent and more secure.” The future, as it always does, will arrive. > > And speaking of big ideas, Fortune just announced a few of the names, including former NSA director Keith Alexander and Target CEO Brian Cornell, who will be attending Brainstorm Tech in Aspen this July. It’s going to be amazing. Come join us. > > Jeff John Roberts > > @jeffjohnroberts > > jeff.roberts(a)fortune.com > > Welcome to the Cyber Saturday edition of Data Sheet, Fortune’s daily tech newsletter. You may reach Robert Hackett via Twitter, Cryptocat, Jabber (see OTR fingerprint on my about.me), PGP encrypted email (see public key on my Keybase.io), Wickr, Signal, or however you (securely) prefer. Feedback welcome. > > > . > > THREATS > All's Fair in Love and Cyber War: The havoc wrecked by the Shadow Brokers, who are a Russian backed hacking group, includes a new form of collateral damage: the privacy of NSA hackers. Whereas there was once a gentlemen's agreement among cyber-spooks not to expose each others' identity, that custom has reportedly fallen by the wayside. Some say the U.S. started the trend of outing state-sponsored hackers when it published the name of five Chinese military hackers. (Wall Street Journal) > > Tanium Raises $100M: The California-based unicorn, which has long been a darling of the cybersecurity set, announced a surprise $100 million funding round, which will see investors receive existing common stock. The round means Tanium can push off an anticipated IPO while providing liquidity for early employees. As for the series of recent PR incidents that raised question about its corporate culture, Tanium's CEO told Fortune the company is mission driven and "not that cuddly." (Fortune) > > The Spies in Your Home: What do a doll, a popular brand of headphones and a sex toy all have in common? The manufacturers of all those items are targets of lawsuits that accuse them of using apps to record customer behavior without permission. The "stuff that spies on you" problem is driven in part by companies' thirst for data and consumers' apparent willingness to add an app to just about anything. (Fortune) > > Why Cameras Are Compromised: Digital camera makers have a lousy reputation when it comes to security, failing to provide basic encryption to help photographers protect their files. The lack of security also leads to cameras being conscripted into bot-net armies. A report suggest the problem is less to do with technology than with an industry culture that clings to the past. (Financial Times) > > Oh, and the threat by hackers who say they stole Pirates of the Caribbean sounds pretty hollow. Disney's bigger worry is those crummy reviews. > > Share today's Data Sheet with a friend: > http://fortune.com/newsletter/datasheet/ > > Looking for previous Data Sheets? Click here. > > . > > ACCESS GRANTED > Fortune's Robert Hackett looks at the hottest topic in blockchain finance these days: so-called ICOs which offer an easy and secure way for companies to raise money. A messaging service's decision to have an ICO suggests the phenomenon is going mainstream. > > Kik plans to debut its own cryptocurrency called "Kin" later this summer. The Waterloo, Ontario-based company is planning a crowdsourced initial coin offering or ICO, which lets startups mint their own digital money, raise funds outside the traditional venture capital world, and develop their own miniature economies. The exact date has yet to be determined. Read more on Fortune.com. > > . > > FORTUNE RECON > Blackchain's Chasm of Death — and Who Makes it Out by Jeff John Roberts > > Apple Reveals National Security Requests are Soaring by Don Reisinger > > Intel and Big Banks Put $100M into Fin-Tech Firm R3 by Robert Hackett > > White House Proposal Would Let Police Track and Destroy Drones by Barb Darrow > > Cloudflare's Quest to Kill a Patent Troll Gains Steam by Jeff John Roberts > > . > > . > > ONE MORE THING > The Thanks You Get for Saving the Internet. This was not journalism's finest moment. The media, led by Britain's infamous tabloid press, decided to repay the anonymous 22-year-old hero who stopped the WannaCry attacks by doxing him and staking out his house. This was not just a jerk move—it also made it harder for the security researcher to do his job. (USA Today) > > . > EMAIL ROBERT HACKETT > > SUBSCRIBE > > SHARE: > . > This message has been sent to you because you are currently subscribed to Cyber Saturday > UNSUBSCRIBE HERE > > Please read our Privacy Policy, or copy and paste this link into your browser: > HTTP://WWW.FORTUNE.COM/PRIVACY > > All products and services featured are based solely on editorial selection. FORTUNE may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. > > For Further Communication, Please Contact: > FORTUNE Customer Service > 3000 University Center Drive > Tampa, FL 33612-6408 > > ADVERTISING INFO | SUBSCRIBE TO FORTUNE >

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ICANN DAy @ AIS: Live stream channel : May 27th 2017
by Bob Omondi 27 May '17

27 May '17

Hi all, Just in case you missed proceedings of the ICANN Day @ AIS 2017, you can follow the live-stream channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUvoSIiI_VA Regards Bob.

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APC member dinner at AIS in Nairobi
by Mallory Knodel 26 May '17

26 May '17

Hi everyone We would like to have an informal APC members meeting for those of you who live in or have travelled to Nairobi for AIS and are free tomorrow night, Friday. Our typical practice is to invite those who can make it for a relaxing dinner as a way of building the APC community. Everyone will pay for their own meal. I've put in a reservation for 10 persons. I'm counting: myself, Mike, John, Carlos, Jay, Nico, Roger so far. Please send me an RSVP directly if you'd like to join us. * Restaurant: About Thyme, near Westgate on Peponi Rd at the corner of Eldama Ravine road. Here is a pin: https://www.google.mu/maps/place/About+Thyme+Restaurant/@-1.252867,36.80084… * Time: 8:00 pm * Transport by taxi: A taxi should be between Ksh 1,000-1,500. * Other info: The reservation is under APC. See you soon, -Mallory -- Mallory Knodel Association for Progressive Communications :: apc.org <https://apc.org> gpg fingerprint :: E3EB 63E0 65A3 B240 BCD9 B071 0C32 A271 BD3C C780

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Anti-Shutdown Policy and Human Rights
by Andrew Alston 25 May '17

25 May '17

Hi All, As some of you may have seen - the latest draft of the anti-shutdown policy has been published on the AFRINIC lists. While once again, the authors need to draw attention to the fact that we know that the policy isn't perfect - and we know that it still needs a lot of revision before it can ever become reality, we still hope that the dialog created by the policy will continue to spur the debate until real solutions can be found. As we have said in other forums, we also believe that the timing is right for this debate, especially since there are limited places on the continent where this debate could be held where the debate itself would not get instantly shut down - and Kenya is one of those places, since the Kenyan government has shown a willingness to dialog and discuss when compared to certain other places. There are however some interesting parts in the new draft which I thought I'd elaborate on a little bit, specifically the fact that in the introduction paragraph, we have opted to make reference to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. My thanks to the individuals who contributed and drew our attention to certain parts of this. Specifically - I thought that for the sake of discussion, I'd point out certain things here and see what the rest of the KictaNet community thought about the interpretation we are using when we apply these clauses to our thinking. So, firstly, Article 12 reads "No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks." Now, the most interesting part of that is where it reads "or correspondence", because it can certainly be argued that internet communication is a form of correspondence. Email, whatsapp, social media, all of them amount to methods of correspondence between individuals. Then, moving to Article 19. "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers." Again, the Internet is a form of media - and by stating that individuals have the right of expression through any media, this can be extrapolated to say that the removal of a form of media in an attempt to remove freedom of expression is a violation of the declaration of human rights. Finally, moving to Article 20, specifically Article 20.1, it reads: "(1) Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association." This is probably the most contentious assertion - can a virtual online meeting place be considered an assembly and hence protected under this right. I did a fair amount of research into this and there is some very interesting case law about this. Specifically - In 2001, a guy called Andreas-Thomas Vogel ran a website in Germany that called for action against Lufthansa Airlines (basically denial of service) - he was arrested on charges of coercion, and initially a lower court in Frankfurt found him guilty, primarily due to the economic losses suffered by Lufthana Airlines during the online campaign. However, on appeal, a higher court overturned this ruling, stating that the online demonstration did not constitute a show of force, but was intended to the influence public opinion - effectively stating that online demonstrations were both a legitimate form of protest and real. Effectively, the attack that was encouraged was viewed as a form of virtual sit-in against the airline. A Libertad spokesperson then went on to say "Althought it is virtual in nature, the Internet is still a real public space" Now, obviously, that's in Germany and not in a lot of other countries, indeed in the US, under the CPAA they have taken a completely opposite approach to things like denial of service - however, it does raise an interesting question. If you can in fact have a virtual sit-in online - then it stands to reason that the right of peaceful assembly extends to the virtual world - and would include virtual assembly on the Internet - and hence an internet shutdown would be a violation of Article 20.1 I'd love to see more interpretations and debates on this issue though - and I'm hoping to see some debate on this at the PDP meeting on Nairobi on the 31st - all of you are welcome at that PDP meeting by the way, at the Boma Hotel, starting at 9am and running through to 5:30pm where we will be debating a whole range of policies including the anti-shutdown policy. Hope to see you all there! Andrew

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4th Africahackon Conference June23rd & 24th
by BRIGHT GAMELI 25 May '17

25 May '17

4th AfricaHackon Conference Re-Purposing Adversary Tradecraft (Defense is Now) The world of Cyber Security is changing rapidly and hackers are not taking a second to rest with their new methodologies of exploitations. We have seen so many new attacks in the past few months and Kenya being a major target got a lot of people worrying about steps to take to be secure. This years Africahackon themed “Re-Purposing Adversary Tradecraft (Defense is Now)” aims at focusing on defense mechanisms that can be employed at our various workplaces as well as individual lives. The venue for this years Conference will be the prestigious DusitD2 on the 23rd and 24th of June. As usual, there has never been an Africahackon conference without LIVE demonstrations. We are taking it a notch higher to show you the latest methodologies Adversaries launch against your systems and networks. Analysis will be done reviewing the past global attacks and the best ways to stay secure with demonstrations to help deal with situations should you come across them in real life Solutions will also be given for these problems with best practices from experts in the industry. Below are some of the Interesting topics to expect and much more: - The Art of Bootloader Unlocking:Exploiting Samsung Sboot - Breaking the Core(The trouble of Mobile Banking) - This Isn't a Hack, It's a Campaign - Hiding in Plain Sight: Dropbox Command and Control - The making of 2017 AH Conference Badge - HoneyHouse: A Damn Vulnerable Home Automation System - Naked in Cyberspace: The Corporate Cyberspace Menace You Don't Know All the above come with LIVE DEMOs to show you what is really happening in the real world of Cyber Security and how to overcome them. Looking forward to see you at the 4th Africahackon Conference Tickets available on www.africahackon.com or www.jambolife.com

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Re: [kictanet] How Digital Technology Is Changing Farming in Africa
by Ali Hussein 25 May '17

25 May '17

Florence Good questions. I believe we all have a role to play in our different capacities. Government's role is of course already well known. Government needs to be supported by different non-state players while the farmers themselves need to embrace new thinking and new ways to enhance productivity. 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 Thu, May 25, 2017 at 9:38 AM, florence mwangangi <fmwangangi1(a)gmail.com> wrote: > What is now needed is dissemination of the information and the > technologies to the farmers upto to the one at the furthest end. What role > does the Government, particularly the County Government have in the > dissemination? What role do you and me have in it? > > On 25 May 2017 02:50, "Ali Hussein via kictanet" < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations >> <http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/wsfs/docs/expert_paper/How_to_Feed_t…>, >> the world population will reach 9.1 billion by 2050, and to feed that >> number of people, global food production will need to grow by 70%. For >> Africa, which is projected to be home to about 2 billion people by then, >> farm productivity must accelerate at a faster rate than the global average >> to avoid continued mass hunger >> <http://tekedia.com/59914/stanford-artificial-intelligence-shows-distributio…> >> . >> >> Kenyan Startups FarmDrive and UjuziKilimo get honorable mentions in this >> HBR Article. >> >> Read on:- >> >> https://hbr.org/2017/05/how-digital-technology-is-changing- >> farming-in-africa >> >> >> *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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/fmwangangi1%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. >> >

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How Digital Technology Is Changing Farming in Africa
by Ali Hussein 25 May '17

25 May '17

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the world population will reach 9.1 billion by 2050, and to feed that number of people, global food production will need to grow by 70%. For Africa, which is projected to be home to about 2 billion people by then, farm productivity must accelerate at a faster rate than the global average to avoid continued mass hunger. Kenyan Startups FarmDrive and UjuziKilimo get honorable mentions in this HBR Article. Read on:- https://hbr.org/2017/05/how-digital-technology-is-changing-farming-in-africa 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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Fw: EVENT INFO: Workshop on how to engage with SMEs on user rights, Thursday 25th May
by Grace Githaiga 24 May '17

24 May '17

May be of interest to some you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grace Githaiga Twitter: @ggithaiga Skype: gracegithaiga Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracegithaiga ...the most important office in a democracy is the citizen. So, you see, that’s what our democracy demands. It needs you!----Barrack Obama. ________________________________ From: Charles Bradley <charles(a)gp-digital.org> Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2017 9:47 AM To: Charles Bradley Subject: EVENT INFO: Workshop on how to engage with SMEs on user rights, Thursday 25th May Dear all, Thank you so much for registering your interest in attending our workshop on how to engage with SMEs on user rights tomorrow, Thursday 25th May (Please pass this email onto any colleagues who you feel may be interested in attending the event). This is the first of a two-part event, with our second event taking place on Friday 26th May -- more information about this event can be found here<https://ihub.co.ke/blogs/30010/users-first-how-to-build-products-designed-t…>. Our new guide, How to Respect Privacy and Free Expression as a Tech SME in Kenya,<http://www.gp-digital.org/publication/how-to-respect-privacy-and-free-expre…> is now online -- and for attending the event you'll receive your complimentary hard copy! So, just to reiterate, here's the basic event information: Date: Thursday 25 May 2017 Time: 2.00pm to 4.00pm Location: iHub, 6th Floor, Senteu Plaza, Galana / Lenana Road Junction, Nairobi Kenya When you arrive, please take the lift to the 6th floor where you will be met by someone from our team. Looking forward to meeting you all tomorrow! Best wishes Charles Charles Bradley Executive Director | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL Second Home, 68 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL T: +44 (0)203 818 3258 | M: +44 (0)7852 535222 | Skype: charles.globalpartners gp-digital.org<http://gp-digital.org/>

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USERS FIRST-HOW TO BUILD PRODUCTS DESIGNED TO SAFEGUARD HUMAN RIGHTS AND KEEP PEOPLE SAFE ONLINE
by Ali Hussein 23 May '17

23 May '17

Listers In case you missed. 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 Begin forwarded message: > From: "iHub" <invite(a)eventbrite.com> > Date: 23 May 2017 at 3:28:39 PM EAT > To: ali(a)hussein.me.ke > Subject: You're invited to Users First-how to build products designed to... (May 26, 2017) > Reply-To: rsvp(a)ihub.co.ke > > > > > Hello Ali, > You are invited to the following event: > > USERS FIRST-HOW TO BUILD PRODUCTS DESIGNED TO SAFEGUARD HUMAN RIGHTS AND KEEP PEOPLE SAFE ONLINE > > > Event to be held at the following time, date, and location: > > Friday, May 26, 2017 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (EAT) > > iHub > Nairobi > Kenya > > View Map > > Attend Event > Share this event: > > > If you develop apps, host content, or build technology products people use in Kenya, you probably have to store and protect some potentially sensitive information about your customers. You might have to respond to government requests for access to that data. You may even face pressure to remove content. > > Essentially, this means that when people access your services, you are responsible for their privacy, security and free expression. > > This is a big responsibility – and it carries risks. If you get it wrong, your users are unlikely to stay with you; and you might even face legal action. > > But it’s also an opportunity. In this one-day workshop, co-hosted by Facebook and Global Partners Digital, we’ll show you how respecting the privacy, security and free expression of your users can actually give your business a crucial competitive edge – and offer practical, step-by-guide guidance on how you can do it. > > You can take a look at the guide and topics that will be trained on during the workshop. > > Share this event on Facebook and Twitter > > We hope you can make it! > > Cheers, > iHub > > > > This invitation was sent to ali(a)hussein.me.ke by iHub the organizer. To stop receiving invitations from this organizer, you can unsubscribe. > > Eventbrite, Inc. | 155 5th St, 7th Floor | San Francisco, CA 94103 > >

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Re: [kictanet] [Security Forum] CYBERSECURITY IN KENYAN MILITARY
by Watila Alex 23 May '17

23 May '17

The closest official documentation I could access is the defense white paper posted on the mod site http://www.mod.go.ke/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/White-Paper.pdf They mention cyberwarfare as something they want to work on with other stakeholders. Best Regards, Alex Watila From: Mwanah Cephas Okoth via Security [mailto:security@lists.my.co.ke] Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 8:12 PM To: Security Forum All information security discussions in Africa are done here (Hacking, Decryptions, Security management, physical security, Disastor Recovery, Security Assessments etc etc) <security(a)lists.my.co.ke>; kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke Cc: Mwanah Cephas Okoth <omwanaj(a)gmail.com> Subject: [Security Forum] CYBERSECURITY IN KENYAN MILITARY Hi guys, Anyone with good info on cybersecurity activities and programmes in the Kenyan military? Especially any that the public can have access to. Regards -- Cephas Okoth M. -

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Tobiko seeks use of phone taps in court
by Grace Githaiga 23 May '17

23 May '17

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Keriako Tobiko wants evidence collected using phone tapping and covert CCTV footage used to try corruption and economic crimes in proposals that could raise debate on suspects’ right to privacy. The DPP has asked Parliament, in a report tabled in the House, to legalise the use of modern technology in Kenyan courts, including receiving evidence through video conferencing, high-tech surveillance techniques, and wiretaps. http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/news/Tobiko-seeks-use-of-phone-taps-in-c… [1] 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. Links: ------ [1] http://http://

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Re: [kictanet] Tobiko seeks use of phone taps in court
by June Tessy 22 May '17

22 May '17

This is very interesting, especially because our Kenyan law is mandatorily inclusive meaning it doesn't really matter how the evidence is collected or found generally. What would be of importance is whether the evidence is relevant and admissible per the law. Let's see how this plays out. On 22 May 2017 5:59 a.m., <kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: Send kictanet mailing list submissions to kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke You can reach the person managing the list at kictanet-owner(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of kictanet digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Tobiko seeks use of phone taps in court (Grace Githaiga) 2. Re: Tobiko seeks use of phone taps in court (Ali Hussein) 3. Re: Feedback on the 2016 ICT POLICY - REMINDER No. 8 (Ali Hussein) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 00:41:09 +0300 From: Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga(a)kictanet.or.ke> To: "kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: [kictanet] Tobiko seeks use of phone taps in court Message-ID: <5eb1d690c739fc918d2fe2a54c249d15(a)webmail.kictanet.or.ke> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Keriako Tobiko wants evidence collected using phone tapping and covert CCTV footage used to try corruption and economic crimes in proposals that could raise debate on suspects? right to privacy. The DPP has asked Parliament, in a report tabled in the House, to legalise the use of modern technology in Kenyan courts, including receiving evidence through video conferencing, high-tech surveillance techniques, and wiretaps. http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/news/Tobiko-seeks-use-of- phone-taps-in-court/539546-3935960-msbgm6/index.html [1] 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. Links: ------ [1] http://http://

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The Thorny Issue of Internet Freedom Across Africa
by Ali Hussein 22 May '17

22 May '17

Listers Interesting article on the above subject. Human beings are a very odd species. They don’t regard themselves as just another group among the myriad creatures that share this spinning orb we call Earth. No – they are a super-species, reinforced by the notion that they have “rights”. No other species has rights (other than those “granted” by humans). After millions of years of evolution, we have arrived at the point where the development of technology ensures the supremacy of humans to the detriment of most other species. Even so, Nature still applies the “survival of the fittest” rule, so the supremacy is not universally beneficial. This means humans have a quality of life that ranges from luxurious to pitiful. Some humans use technology to oppress, others become oppressed through being denied access to technology. How do rights fit into this scenario? Why are rights necessary? They are there to protect individuals and communities from the actions of others that would be detrimental to the continued existence of said individuals and communities. Which presumes that some members of the species will behave in such detrimental fashion. So, humans need to be protected from themselves. As I said, an odd species. Read on:- Internet Freedom in Africa <http://www.idgconnect.com/blog-abstract/26960/the-thorny-issue-internet-fre…> 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.

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Re: [kictanet] Feedback on the 2016 ICT POLICY - REMINDER No. 8
by Ali Hussein 22 May '17

22 May '17

Bwana PS Good morning. Do you or the Ministry have any feed back for the community? My last email and your response dated 20th January refers. See below email thread. We are now entering almost a year since this process started. We are keen to know:- 1. Has this now been shelved and we should await a New Government after the elections? 2. Has this now been finalized awaiting go ahead to share with the community? 3. I'm personally keen to find out what part of the strategy is informing the Single Market Vision for East Africa that MOICT is spearheading. We would appreciate your expedite response on this. Thank you and Regards 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 > On 20 Jan 2017, at 7:25 AM, "sammyitemere(a)gmail.com" <sammyitemere(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Thank you Ali your sentiments and concerns are noted. > Regards Sammy > > Sent from my Huawei Mobile > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Feedback on the 2016 ICT POLICY - REMINDER No. 7 > From: Ali Hussein > To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions > CC: Sammy Itemere > > > Bwana PS > > First let me thank for finally responding to our requests and to acknowledge your commitment to serving the public. > > However, it will be remiss of me if I didn't point out a few things. > > 1. This document is now six months overdue. The multi stakeholder committee that collated all views last met in Mid-August 2016. We waited for 4 months before we requested for this information. You would agree with me that six months is too long for such an important document to be released. We are in the ICT sector. Our very nature is speed. So you can understand our concerns. > > 2. With all due respect to PS Kyalo, traveling doesn't excuse him from the tardiness of not responding to requests for two months. Unless he was in countries that had no connectivity. He could also have delegated. This is not acceptable for such a Senior Public Servant. > > 3. Sir, I would also like to quote Esther:- > > "All documents held by the state with the exceptions as provided for in section 6 of the Access to information Act. 31 of 2016 are public therefore the amended Draft ICT Policy document must be provided to the public for further scrutiny after the comments have been taken into account. Furthermore, section 4 (3) is very clear on information held by a public entity or a private body to be provided expeditiously at a reasonable cost. This means that information should be provided with “speed and efficiency” otherwise it undermines this right as well as democracy. It has been 6 months and counting therefore this right is being undermined." > > I believe this is self explanatory. > > 4. Notwithstanding all that you have said it would be great to get an idea of when this document would be ready for Public Consumption. The country is already entering electioneering period, Bills are being proposed (for example we understand that the Cyber-Security Bill will be tabled in parliament soon) which may or may not be tied to the Policy document. > > We look forward to a quick resolution to this issue. > > Regards > > 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 > >> On 19 Jan 2017, at 5:34 PM, Sammy Itemere via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >> Friends, >> >> If l recall we had public participation in the ICT policy formulation last year where this forum participated in the said process. The document was then handed over to the Ministry for our further action. We are in the final stages of this document and the Ministry will revert should we need any further input. >> >> My colleague PS Kyalo has been traveling and might not have had the opportunity to respond on your concern. We would like to assure you that we are committed to having the same released at the earliest opportune time. >> >> Regards >> >> Sammy >> >>> On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 3:17 PM, Nanjira Sambuli via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>> Sounds like a solid plan. >>> >>> Will KICTANet officials lead in drafting this? We can then undersign accordingly… >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Nanjira >>> www.nanjira.com >>> >>> About.Me | Twitter | LinkedIn | Skype >>> >>> IM: +254722481566 (WhatsApp | Telegram | iMessage) >>> PGP: 1DBE1F47A6878B0D >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Jan 18, 2017, at 2:22 PM, kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke wrote: >>>> >>>> Send kictanet mailing list submissions to >>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>>> >>>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >>>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >>>> kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>>> >>>> You can reach the person managing the list at >>>> kictanet-owner(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>>> >>>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >>>> than "Re: Contents of kictanet digest..." >>>> >>>> >>>> Today's Topics: >>>> >>>> 1. Re: Feedback on the 2016 ICT POLICY - REMINDER No. 7 >>>> (Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu) >>>> >>>> >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> Message: 1 >>>> Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2017 14:19:30 +0300 >>>> From: Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu <chemukoechk(a)gmail.com> >>>> To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >>>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Feedback on the 2016 ICT POLICY - REMINDER No. >>>> 7 >>>> Message-ID: >>>> <CAApgMtw9RsTu02YehMqRorszwa9=Nh0eTgzdC4kSY_ohkr8Z2w(a)mail.gmail.com> >>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >>>> >>>> Dear Ali, >>>> >>>> Thank you for not giving up. >>>> >>>> To answer your question to Esther I suggest a three step course of action:- >>>> >>>> 1. We formally write to the ministry requesting feedback on the query and >>>> demand feedback in a specific time say 14 days because they have had >>>> adequate time to digest the issue. >>>> >>>> 2. If we get no feedback we will write to the Commission on Administrative >>>> Justice under the Commission of Administrative Justice Act no 23 of 2011 >>>> where we will report that the said ministry has failed or is completely >>>> unwilling to engage us in the policy formulation as we are not been made >>>> aware of what the final document is and exactly what the impact of our >>>> input was....this in itself is an injustice to the ICT fraternity >>>> perpetuated by relevant ministry officials. >>>> >>>> 3. If any policy document is passed before we have been engaged further, we >>>> will file a constitutional petition seeking to render the said document >>>> unconstitutional by virtue of the lack of public participation. In the said >>>> petition we will be seeking an interpretation on the requirement of public >>>> participation and what effect this should have when public bodies engage >>>> the public. Is it just a box to be ticked in the meeting of requirements or >>>> what procedure should be utilised when adopting or discarding public >>>> opinion in the creation of policy? This is so that public participation >>>> does not become an action in futility which I must say it is increasingly >>>> the sad state of affairs. I'm sure the section was not placed in the >>>> constitution to have a decorative effect. >>>> >>>> My two cents. >>>> >>>> Kind regards, >>>> >>>> Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu. >>>> Advocate- FinTech and ICT Policy. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 18 Jan 2017 07:34, "Grace B via kictanet" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thank you Ali for keeping the issue alive over all these months. >>>>> In addition to the policy, there have been several reports in the news >>>>> about a cyber crime Bill that is being developed to be in place before >>>>> elections. http://www.ict.go.ke/government-to-curb-cyber-crimes/ and >>>>> http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2016/08/24/cyber-crime- >>>>> law-to-be-enforced-before-polls-to-curb-incitement-cs_c1408304 >>>>> >>>>> Is the (draft) Bill emanating from the policy framework we participated >>>>> in? How can we as a community be able to give input to that Bill as early >>>>> as possible in order to avoid the latent expedition of law making processes >>>>> that is likely to manifest when Parliament convenes for its last session >>>>> before elections? >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 2017-01-18 5:56 GMT+03:00 Ali Hussein via kictanet < >>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke>: >>>>> >>>>>> Esther >>>>>> >>>>>> In the event that this request continues to be ignored what recourse do >>>>>> we have to enforce such said request? >>>>>> >>>>>> *Ali Hussein* >>>>>> *Principal* >>>>>> *Hussein & Associates* >>>>>> +254 0713 601113 <+254%20713%20601113> >>>>>> >>>>>> 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 >>>>>> >>>>>> On 17 Jan 2017, at 11:41 PM, esther kamande via kictanet < >>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank you Ali for the 7th Reminder, I am equally concerned as no feedback >>>>>> on the same has been forthcoming for almost 6 months since July 2016. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Article 35 of the constitution introduced a number of reforms emphasizing >>>>>> on open-decision making process, citizen participation and the role of >>>>>> transparency in building up an informed citizenry towards a democratic >>>>>> nation. In practice, open decision-making is to a large extent realized >>>>>> through the right of the general public to access documents and Access >>>>>> to Information Act No. 31 of 2016, breathes life into this. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> All documents held by the state with the exceptions as provided for in >>>>>> section 6 of the Access to information Act. 31 of 2016 are public therefore >>>>>> the amended Draft ICT Policy document must be provided to the public for >>>>>> further scrutiny after the comments have been taken into >>>>>> account. Furthermore, section 4 (3) is very clear on information held by a >>>>>> public entity or a private body to be provided *expeditiously* at a >>>>>> reasonable cost. This means that information should be provided with *?speed >>>>>> and efficiency?* otherwise it undermines this right as well as democracy. >>>>>> It has been 6 months and counting therefore this right is being undermined. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> In this regard I add my voice to request for the amended Draft ICT Policy >>>>>> to be provided *expeditiously* as provided by the law for further >>>>>> scrutiny. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Esther Kamande >>>>>> >>>>>> Advocate | Policy Analyst >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Twitter: @enkamande >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 4:52 PM, Ali Hussein via kictanet < >>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Bwana PS Kyalo >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The above refers. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Could you kindly update us on the way forward regarding the 2016 ICT >>>>>>> Policy? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> We would like to know how the community can help further and when the >>>>>>> Policy will be become a 'live' document so we can be able to delve into it >>>>>>> and extract the gems that lie therein. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> We would also like to know how the multi-stakeholder engagement >>>>>>> benefited the development of the Policy, what was added, removed and the >>>>>>> criteria used to do so. Of course we are also keen to see the final >>>>>>> document. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thank you and looking forward to your response. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards >>>>>>> >>>>>>> *Ali Hussein* >>>>>>> *Principal* >>>>>>> *Hussein & Associates* >>>>>>> +254 0713 601113 <+254%20713%20601113> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Twitter: @AliHKassim >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Skype: abu-jomo >>>>>>> >>>>>>> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking >>>>>>> what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Gy?rgyi >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sent from my iPad >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> 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/enkamande%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/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. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> 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/nmutungu%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. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Grace L.N. 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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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Overview of single digital market vision for East Africa
by Ali Hussein 20 May '17

20 May '17

Listers Forwarded as received:- The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology in conjunction with the World Bank, invite you to participate in a consultative workshop on the East Africa Single Digital Market initiative. The workshop will take place on Tuesday, May 23rd, from 14:30-17:30 at The iHub, 6th floor of the Senteu Plaza on Galana/Lenana Road Junction in Nairobi, Kenya. Please find attached the invitation letter and a summary of the East Africa Single Digital Market (SDM) Initiative. The workshop will be an opportunity to learn more about the initiative and to gather feedback from stakeholders across government, private sector, academia and development partners about the SDM framework and about the priorities for reform and investment needed within Kenya and across the East Africa region in order to achieve a single digital market. As part of the consultation process you are kindly requested to also complete the following online survey which seeks to gather data and feedback to help inform the initiative: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/SigleDigitalMarket For more information:- http://ow.ly/FVVn30bTmeR Kindly confirm your attendance by COB Monday and feel free to contact us if you’d like further clarifications. Confirm with rkeli(a)information.go.ke 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.

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Data Residency - RSA not in Kenya
by S.M. Muraya 20 May '17

20 May '17

Dear Listers, South Africa has always been ahead of Kenya in using their own/local firms/talent to build/customize applications to run their organizations. No surprise their concerns for data residency have been noted. *http://www.silicon.co.uk/cloud/datacenter/microsoft-data-centres-south-africa-212425 <http://www.silicon.co.uk/cloud/datacenter/microsoft-data-centres-south-afri…>* *Colocation Offering* Microsoft’s decision to build two data centres in South Africa is notable considering that none of the world’s top-tier cloud providers currently have data centres in Africa. But it should be noted that Microsoft is apparently not actually building its own data centres from scratch in South Africa, but rather they will be collocated at existing facilities. Microsoft has so far not disclosed who its collocation partner in South Africa will be. *http://windowsitpro.com/azure/microsoft-expands-azure-global-footprint-two-new-datacenters-planned-africa <http://windowsitpro.com/azure/microsoft-expands-azure-global-footprint-two-…>* Today Microsoft looks to beat their cloud competitors Amazon and Google to the South African continent with the announcement of two new Azure datacenters which will come online there in 2018. The two datacenters, located in Cape Town and Johannesburg, will provide a range of cloud services from Microsoft such as Azure, Office 365 <http://winsupersite.com/office-365>, and Dynamics 365. The facilities will also provide enterprise-grade reliability and performance plus the option to have data only reside on these two datacenters in order to to comply with various privacy and data protection laws. Once these datacenters are up and running in 2018 that will push Microsoft to a total of 40 global datacenters for their cloud based services. Bringing these datacenters online in South Africa means companies no longer have to go *off-continent* for their cloud delivered products and services: *"Currently many companies in Africa rely on cloud services delivered from outside of the continent. Microsoft’s new investment will provide highly available, scalable, and secure cloud services across Africa with the option of data residency in South Africa. With the introduction of these new cloud regions, Microsoft has now announced 40 regions around the world – more than any major cloud provider. The combination of Microsoft’s global cloud infrastructure with the new regions in Africa will connect businesses with opportunity across the globe, help accelerate new investments, and improve access to cloud and internet services for people and organizations from Cairo to Cape Town."* You can read more about today's announcement on the Official Microsoft blog <https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2017/05/18/microsoft-deliver-microsoft-clo…> or the MEA News Center <https://news.microsoft.com/en-xm/2017/05/18/microsoft-deliver-microsoft-clo…> .

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Will 'The Machine' save HP?
by Ali Hussein 20 May '17

20 May '17

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has come a big step closer to launching a computer called The Machine that it's been talking about, researching, and developing since 2014. On Tuesday, it announced that is has a prototype of this computer that is specifically designed for the big data era. http://ow.ly/LG3Y30bT5nM 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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Core Banking System...
by Michael Bullut 19 May '17

19 May '17

Greetings Team, I apologize if this is off-topic *(and cross-posting)* but I want to inquire: *Does anyone specialize (or know someone who does) in the aforementioned?* Please drop me a line... Warm regards, Michael Bullut. --- *Cell:* *+254 723 393 114.**Skype Name:* *Michael Bullut.* *Twitter:* * @Kipsang <http://twitter.com/Kipsang/>* *Blog: http://www.kipsang.com/ <http://www.kipsang.com/>* *E-mail:* *main(a)kipsang.com <main(a)kipsang.com>* *---*

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IPDB BlockChain Developer Platform
by Ali Hussein 18 May '17

18 May '17

Hi all As you may be aware KICTANet is now a founder member/caretaker of the Interplanetary Database focused on the Blockchain. https://ipdb.foundation/ For those developers dabbling in BlockChain and want access to a world class developer platform please sidebar me. We only have limited slots so first come first served. 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.

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Fwd: Ransomware bug could come back with a vengeance today. Here's what you need to know.
by Ali Hussein 16 May '17

16 May '17

Listers See email thread below. 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 Begin forwarded message: > From: LinkedIn <news(a)linkedin.com> > Date: 16 May 2017 at 6:00:31 AM EAT > To: Ali Hussein Kassim <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> > Subject: Ransomware bug could come back with a vengeance today. Here's what you need to know. > > > Ali Hussein Kassim > Ransomware bug could come back with a vengeance today. Here's what you need to know. > > Recommended for you > How Women Are Changing FinTech > Ross Campbell - FinTech Consultant on LinkedIn > It's been said that finance is a boy's club and FinTech is (sadly) no exception. Yet despite the overwhelming presence of... > > 574 people are talking about this > Recommended for you > 2017: The Year of Faster Payments > Magnus Carlsson on LinkedIn > By Magnus Carlsson The year 2017 is really the year of faster payments, as a number of initiatives are moving from the... > > > Sieka Gatabaki and 159 others are talking about this > Recommended for you > How Jeff Bezos Succeeds through Resilience > David Deal on LinkedIn > Jeff Bezos is the Abraham Lincoln of the business world: he doesn’t let critics stop him from making history. The evolution of... > > > Edward Ndegwa and 1733 others are talking about this > Recommended for you > Lyft and Blue Cross partner to give patients free rides, showing that value-based care is making healthcare brands bolder > Emily F Peters on LinkedIn > Who says there’s no such thing as a free ride? Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) announced a partnership with the... > > 190 people are talking about this > Recommended for you > Can AI make your company more diverse? > Frida Polli on LinkedIn > Many of us are at least a little scared of a future where algorithms dictate our decisions. And this fear is justified --... > > 473 people are talking about this > Recommended for you > YouGov Affluent Perspective 2017: The Mood of the Global Affluent > Cara David on LinkedIn > Welcome to the first installment in a series that delves into the latest insights from the YouGov Affluent Perspective 2017... > > 527 people are talking about this > Recommended for you > No Consistency, No Success > Grant Cardone on LinkedIn > All highly successful people, all professionals that operate at the top of their fields—the masters—are all consistent. Great... > > > Chirag Acharya and 2084 others are talking about this > Recommended for you > If you think Grammarly is just a better spell check, you're missing the point > Hemant Taneja on LinkedIn > General Catalyst recently led Grammarly's first $110 million venture round. After the news came out, I chatted with LinkedIn... > > 1075 people are talking about this > Recommended for you > Blockchain might disrupt platforms & other insights sparked by Fuel > Laurence Van Elegem on LinkedIn > On Tuesday our nexxworks team attended the Fuel by Medialaan conference, of which we oversaw the content curation. After that... > > 517 people are talking about this > Recommended for you > Microsoft Wants Artificial Intelligence in All Your Products: The War for AI Dominance Continues, and More News in AI This Week > Robert Light on LinkedIn > This originally appeared in G2 Crowd's AI Digest. Subscribe to receive the same weekly AI news directly to your inbox.... > > 251 people are talking about this > Check out the rest of your feed > Go to LinkedIn > Unsubscribe | Help > You are receiving highlight emails. > This email was intended for Ali Hussein Kassim (C-Level Executive at the Intersection of Marketing & Technology with an Africa focus). Learn why we included this. > > © 2017 LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2. LinkedIn is a registered business name of LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company. LinkedIn and the LinkedIn logo are registered trademarks of LinkedIn.

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Security Boost from China - Is it a hit or a miss?
by Barrack Otieno 15 May '17

15 May '17

Listers, I have been pondering over this generous offer from the Chinese Tech Group Huawei to enhance our Security Infrastructure in Nakuru, Kisumu and Eldoret, however with recent cases of Cyber Security how safe are we as a country with such offers?. I have heard of cases of car tracking devices being used to facilitate car jackings against unsuspecting owners, aren't we giving away too much data about ourselves assuming Huawei will be providing support for this Infrastructure?, have we thought of possible backdoors that could give away the tonnes of data collected from the Infrastructure? Before we implement the new system , it would also be good to know whether the one deployed in Nairobi worked as well. Best Regards -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Re: [kictanet] Security Boost from China - Is it a hit or a miss?
by Luke O 15 May '17

15 May '17

Good evening, Has anybody been able to determine any particular reason why these three towns in particular of Eldoret, Kisumu and Nakuru? >From a historical point of view does it have anything to do with them being considered flashpoints during election cycle periods? On May 15, 2017 18:16, "Eshuchi Richard via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: Good afternoon, The alarmist posts on this forum on every engagement/activity by the National Government is quite unsettling, bearing the notion that we are 'more' informed or have better access to information to make decisive conclusions. It is important to understand that Huawei is providing telecommunication equipment in the form of new hardware and of course, in-built technology to run it. In broader terms, an integrated CCTV surveillance system that includes video cameras, digital radios connected to a central command conferencing system to enhance security and improve the National Police Service's operational capacity. This essentially means that the equipment is for receiving and recording criminal activity and not a data holding cell for public records. Access to videos and images captured is real time at the command centers which are now to be expanded to other major cities within the country. There is no system that is being plugged into, this is not an upgrade of existing infrastructure, the country is purely creating a new, state of the art digital based surveillance system. Cases in court will no longer be inadmissible based on 'witness account of events' and criminals will no longer be confident hiding under such misgivings of the law. Huawei has been sought as the equipment provider based on the quality and latency of image/video that their hardware provides, which is also cost effective. Cyber crime remains a potential threat to everything connected to a network. Specifically to CCTVs, DDoS attacks are the most prevalent form of cyber crime and this could happen to any surveillance infrastructure irrespective of where it is sourced from, should configuration not be secure. With regard to the US, issue is not only contested from the point of view that the country manufactures its own surveillance equipment but it is a foreign policy matter in itself owing to world power dynamics. As for Kenya, the partnership with Huawei squarely lies on the interest of securing Kenyans and their property in a more advanced environment. Regards, *Eshuchi Richard* On 15 May 2017 at 08:33, BRIGHT GAMELI via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Allowing the Chinese to plug into our system is giving away the country. > > Nothing is free. Cyber Espionage is just about to start with such power > being given to them. > We will get crippled later. > > Even if we allow them to help, I will say about 4 different vetting should > be done on the systems before go live. > > ~ze3D~ > > On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 4:45 AM, Ali Hussein via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> Listers >> >> Huawei was the subject of a US Congress Intelligence Committee probe and >> until today are restricted from doing business in the US due what the US >> says 'They are susceptible to interference by a foreign state player. >> >> Huawei has tried and gone to great lengths to deny that the Chinese >> Government either owns them or exerts undue influence on them. Read the FT >> article below and be a judge for yourself. >> >> https://www.ft.com/content/469bde20-9eaf-11e3-8663-00144feab7de >> >> This reminds me of Star Times, the Chinese Broadcasting entity that now >> has a presence in 30 odd countries in Africa and in Zambia even took over >> the National Broadcaster. >> >> *He who pays the piper calls the tune.* >> >> *Ali Hussein* >> *Principal* >> *Hussein & Associates* >> +254 0713 601113 <0713%20601113> >> >> 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 >> >> On 14 May 2017, at 11:32 PM, Brian Nyali via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >> @Barrack, >> >> Assuming they deploy the infrastructure and are actively providing >> support: >> 1.I honestly doubt they would give complete access to their equipment. >> 2.Will there be access to where the data is being stored temporarily/ >> permanently >> 3.What happens in the event the agreement/contract is terminated what >> happens to the data collected or stored? >> 4.If we do not have complete control/ access can we be sure who does? >> In my view it is a miss unless we have complete control of the >> infrastructure deployed and the data collected, i could be wrong but there >> are too many loopholes by being in the passenger's seat . >> >> >> >> Kind regards, >> Brian M. Nyali. >> brian(a)kenic.or.ke >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Barrack Otieno via kictanet" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >> To: "Brian Nyali" <brian(a)kenic.or.ke> >> Cc: "otieno barrack" <otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com> >> Sent: Sunday, 14 May, 2017 21:24:36 >> Subject: [kictanet] Security Boost from China - Is it a hit or a miss? >> >> Listers, >> >> I have been pondering over this generous offer from the Chinese Tech >> Group Huawei to enhance our Security Infrastructure in Nakuru, Kisumu >> and Eldoret, however with recent cases of Cyber Security how safe are >> we as a country with such offers?. >> I have heard of cases of car tracking devices being used to facilitate >> car jackings against unsuspecting owners, aren't we giving away too >> much data about ourselves assuming Huawei will be providing support >> for this Infrastructure?, have we thought of possible backdoors that >> could give away the tonnes of data collected from the Infrastructure? >> Before we implement the new system , it would also be good to know >> whether the one deployed in Nairobi worked as well. >> >> Best Regards >> >> -- >> Barrack O. Otieno >> +254721325277 <0721%20325277> >> +254733206359 <0733%20206359> >> Skype: barrack.otieno >> PGP ID: 0x2611D86A >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/brian%40kenic.or.ke >> >> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform >> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and >> regulation. 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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/brightzeed%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/eshuchi.richard%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. > -- Regards, *Eshuchi Richard* _______________________________________________ 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/lukeokelo%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.

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FW: [patchmanagement] WannaCry/WannaCrypt Ransomware Summary
by Watila Alex 15 May '17

15 May '17

FYI, Not sure if someone else shared the information Best Regards, Alex Watila From: Susan Bradley [mailto:sbradcpa@pacbell.net] Sent: Monday, May 15, 2017 8:57 AM To: Patch Management Mailing List <patchmanagement(a)listserv.patchmanagement.org> Subject: [patchmanagement] WannaCry/WannaCrypt Ransomware Summary https://isc.sans.edu/diary/WannaCryWannaCrypt+Ransomware+Summary/22420 Indicators of Compromise: https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA17-132A PowerPoint for Presentations to Management https://isc.sans.edu/presentations/WannaCry.ppt Friday SANS Webcast with technical details https://www.sans.org/webcasts/special-webcast-wannacry-ransomeware-threat-1… --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com

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Fwd: Bitcoin approaches $2,000! What's NEXT?
by Ali Hussein 15 May '17

15 May '17

Listers Email thread below refers. The gist of my posting this interesting email from BitHub Africa. I have a few queries/concerns:- 1. Is this Bitcoin 'bubble' good for the reputation of BlockChain Technology long term? 2. Will this volatility of the Bitcoin Exchange rate spur a speculative run which will be eventually hurt those who shouldn't really be dabbling in the forex market? 3. How will Central Bankers the world over react to this? 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 Begin forwarded message: > From: Karanja BitHub.Africa <karanja(a)bithub.co.ke> > Date: 15 May 2017 at 3:01:43 PM EAT > To: <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> > Subject: Bitcoin approaches $2,000! What's NEXT? > Reply-To: Karanja BitHub.Africa <karanja(a)bithub.co.ke> > > > Open this newsletter in your web browser! > > Bitcoin approaches $2,000! What's NEXT? > The past few weeks have been very interesting in the Bitcoin space as the price of the crypto-currency has risen from $1,200 to over $1,800. > > Is it a bubble? or a sign that the 9 year old blockchain technology is finally coming of age? > > BitHub Africa has in past few months interacted with global experts, techpreneurs, enthusiats and developers of this growing technology to ascertain the future of a Blockchained world. > > We have come up with a 1 DAY course that explains the future of Bitcoin technology and opportunities in trading, mining, and developing solutions on its network protocol. > > Learn More & Book Your Place! > > A guide on buying Bitcoins safely. > LocalBitcoins.com is a peer-to-peer service that allows people to connect with each other to buy and sell bitcoin ‘in person’. This term ‘in person’ is a broad term that doesn’t necessarily mean that the transacting parties have to be in the same geographical location or space-time continuum. Though it is not to say that they can’t. First of all, this is wonderful and sticks to the esprit de corps of the Bitcoin world. The advantages of this are immense. You should know that unlike online exchanges, there is no waiting period. Your bitcoins are released instantly after the exchange... Read More > > > Bitcoin Mining, is it Profitable? Find out! > Mining Bitcoin has undergone quite the evolution since the days of yore when you could labour away on the edge of your seat while you typed away on a laptop. But then again, the trajectory of technology is to ever lean forward, thusly, one cannot fail to behold the smorgasbord of mining technology in the market, not to mention the political kerfuffle raging on the efficiency of the blockchain, namely the Bitcoin Classic and Bitcoin Unlimited. What usually used to happen is people would use their CPU on the laptop to mine Bitcoin. Now, this was not a profitable venture, given the cost of mining in terms of hardware and electricity was more than the seemingly worthless hundreds of thousands coins... Read More > > > Download The Blockchain Opportunity Report! > In this Report we have comprehensively reviewed 16 Blockchain platforms that we believe will DISRUPT existing Incumbents across key sectors like Finance, Technology, and Commerce. We call this The Blockchain Opportunity. This Report will be most helpful to you as a Blockchain Entrepreneur, Investor, Researcher and Enthusiast. Find out what is coming next after Bitcoin and Ethereum. You may purchase as many copies as you wish, which will enable the BitHub.Africa team drive the adoption of Bitcoin & Blockchain technology across Africa according to our roadmap. Download Here > > Questions? Click Here to Join our Whatsapp Group! > Call us on (+254) 0725 274191, 0702 008335. > > Share > Tweet > Share > +1 > Forward > > > > > > > Copyright © 2017 BitHub Africa, All rights reserved. > You are in direct contact with the BitHub Africa team for periodic updates. > > Our mailing address is: > BitHub Africa > P.O. BOX 76081 > Space Kenya Networks Ltd, 2nd Floor Timau Plaza, Argwings Kodhek Road. > Nairobi 00508 > Kenya > > Add us to your address book > > > Want to change how you receive these emails? > You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list >

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Photographer Proves End of Privacy Is Here [Photos]
by Rebecca Becky Mwangi 15 May '17

15 May '17

http://www.anonews.co/pg-proves-privacy/ ........................... Kind Regards, Rebecca Becky Mwangi ................................................... *BeckyMwandishi.wordpress.com* <http://BeckyMwandishi.wordpress.com> *.....................................*

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Re: [kictanet] Ransomware halted temporarily
by Ronald Ojino 15 May '17

15 May '17

Hero's act from a 22year old man who halts the spread of ransomware http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/revealed-22-year-old-computer-10424159 On 14-May-2017 9:00 PM, "Barrack Otieno via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: Listers, http://www.nation.co.ke/news/world/Manhunt-for-hackers- behind-global-cyberattack/1068-3926278-uhkity/index.html In Summary French police said there were "more than 75,000 victims" around the globe, but cautioned that the number could increase "significantly". Payment is demanded within three days or the price is doubled, and if none is received within seven days the files will be deleted, according to the screen message. Microsoft said the situation was "painful" and that it was taking "all possible actions to protect our customers". US software firm Symantec said the majority of organisations affected were in Europe, and the attack was believed to be indiscriminate. The use of the word MANHUNT leads me to ask the question, are we really prepared for potential challenges a digital nation could face? Regards -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A _______________________________________________ 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/ronojinx%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.

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Manhunt for hackers behind global cyberattack
by Barrack Otieno 14 May '17

14 May '17

Listers, http://www.nation.co.ke/news/world/Manhunt-for-hackers-behind-global-cybera… In Summary French police said there were "more than 75,000 victims" around the globe, but cautioned that the number could increase "significantly". Payment is demanded within three days or the price is doubled, and if none is received within seven days the files will be deleted, according to the screen message. Microsoft said the situation was "painful" and that it was taking "all possible actions to protect our customers". US software firm Symantec said the majority of organisations affected were in Europe, and the attack was believed to be indiscriminate. The use of the word MANHUNT leads me to ask the question, are we really prepared for potential challenges a digital nation could face? Regards -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Fwd: [Internet Policy] Cyber Attack on Englands NHS Hospital system
by Barrack Otieno 14 May '17

14 May '17

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Sarokin <sarokin(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 11:36:08 -0400 Subject: [Internet Policy] OUCH! To: "internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org" <internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org> http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/12/528119808/large-cyber-att… Large Cyber Attack Hits England's NHS Hospital System; Ransoms Demanded -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Blue Whale info
by Mark Elkins 14 May '17

14 May '17

Here is an update on the Blue Whale stuff that was in local news in South Africa http://m.ewn.co.za/2017/05/11/blue-whale-a-new-online-suicide-game-targetin… -- Mark James ELKINS - Posix Systems - (South) Africa mje(a)posix.co.za Tel: +27.128070590 Cell: +27.826010496 For fast, reliable, low cost Internet in ZA: https://ftth.posix.co.za

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FW: Signed Press Statement on WANNACRYPT0R Ransomware Virus
by Gimode, Chiimbiru 14 May '17

14 May '17

Dear Listers, Kindly see the attached Press Statement released this afternoon by the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) on the emergence of an encryption based cyber attack WannaCrypt0r Ransomware Virus that is targeting computers running on Windows Operating System and is rapidly spreading worldwide. This is for you information and noting. Kind Regards, Chiimbiru Gimode Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) Mobile: 0703042524 |Website: www.ca.go.ke |Twitter: @CA_Kenya Facebook: Communications Authority of Kenya |YouTube: CA Kenya Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/cck-kenya The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion-Thomas Paine [cid:04FE0A7D-E2FE-4F3A-929D-F318997C8D5D] Please be responsible, consider the environment before printing this e-mail. DISCLAIMER:-This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the recipient.If you are not the intended message recipient you must not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The Sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission.

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Powering our culture, the M-PESA way!
by Grace Githaiga 13 May '17

13 May '17

Listers, Beyond a tech outlook, there is also a cultural perspective. Read on! Along with our medal-hauling athletes and the urban folklore of_matatu_art, let us celebrate M-Pesa@10 as a core part of Kenyan culture. Not because cell phones ever featured in the lives of our ancestors, but because we infused the giving and sharing spirit of our forefathers and grandmothers into a modern platform of communication. We reconfigured new digital spaces with age-old practices that allow us to perform our love, to live up to our obligations, to coin new idioms, to exchange value(s), and to build our industries. https://newsroom.safaricom.co.ke/m-pesa-in-60-seconds-mpesaat10-niyanguniye… [1] 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. Links: ------ [1] http://https://newsroom.safaricom.co.ke/m-pesa-in-60-seconds-mpesaat10-niya…

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Tech SMEs and human rights event
by Grace Githaiga 12 May '17

12 May '17

Listers This might be of interest to some of you. Small and medium tech entreprises (SMEs) have a crucial – and increasing – role to play in respecting user rights in Kenya, including privacy and free expression. After all, they run the platforms on which people communicate; they provide the services that get you from A to B; and they store mountains of personal data about you, from your financial information, to where you have been since you last logged on. Despite this, there’s not very much dialogue between human rights defenders and tech businesses in Kenya. To address this missed opportunity, Global Partners Digital (GPD) – in collaboration with Facebook – will be running two free workshops in Nairobi, on Thursday 25 May and Friday 26 May,aimed at bringing businesses and civil society together to talk about privacy, security and free expression. * The first event (Thursday 25 May) is a workshop for human rights defenders, which will explore ways human rights defenders can engage effectively with tech SMEs in Kenya, using a new tool developed by GPD. * In the second event (Friday 26 May), we’ll introduce the tool to some local SMES, and discuss with them the importance and value of respecting privacy, security and free expression. Afterwards, civil society actors who attend will have the opportunity to network with these SMEs, which include some of the leading lights of the emerging tech scene in Nairobi. To confirm your attendance at the first event, please email Charles Bradley on charles(a)gp-digital.org<mailto:charles@gp-digital.org>. To confirm you attendance at the second event, please follow this link.<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-protect-your-users-data-from-hackers-an…> Spaces are limited, so please register asap! ---- Charles Bradley Executive Director | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL Second Home, 68 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL T: +44 (0)203 818 3258 | M: +44 (0)7852 535222 | Skype: charles.globalpartners gp-digital.org<http://gp-digital.org/>

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IGF 2017 Call for Open Forums
by Ilishebo Michael 12 May '17

12 May '17

IGF 2017 Call for Open Forums The IGF Secretariat is currently accepting requests to hold Open Forums at this year's IGF in Geneva, Switzerland. *The deadline for submissions is Wednesday 21 June 2017, noon UTC. * All Governments, treaty-based international organizations, and global organizations with international scope and presence, with operations across regions, dealing with Internet governance-related issues, are invited to submit requests for an Open Forum slot through *this e-form <https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2017-open-forum-submis…>.* The inclusion of a *background paper *with the request is strongly encouraged. *Open Forums should focus on a Government or organization’s IG-pertinent activities during the past year and allow sufficient time for questions and discussions. *The standard duration for the session is 60 minutes. *Governments and treaty-based international organizations will be given slots on a priority basis.* *Michael L. Ilishebo,* *Kitwe, Zambia* *Social Media Handles* *Twitter: @ilishebo* *Skype: michael.ilishebo* *"walk a mile,for a while,with a smile"*

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Re: [kictanet] Reversing MPESA Transactions in a Today's World
by Ali Hussein 12 May '17

12 May '17

Kivuva Great points. The USSD option is still very useful. However, even Safaricom have understood that their customers are evolving to more sophisticated usage - hence the launch of the app. The app however is far from perfect but definitely a great improvement. For example all Paybill Nos are now searchable and you can pay direct from the app. I'm sure the UX Team at Safaricom is now working towards making the UX World Class because customers are very unforgiving. To make this conversation even more interesting is that Banks are now catching. The mobile apps are improving on a regular basis. My vote currently goes to the KCB Mobile App. The one they just upgraded. Their bill payments function is super useful and fetches the bill for you (bill presentment) and all you do is click.. The elephants of the banking sector are learning how to dance!! Thanks to Safaricom continuously upping the game.. 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 Fri, May 12, 2017 at 11:04 AM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > The success of Mpesa is its simplicity. The app is great, but it can only > be used by a certain demographic. The USSD like SIM toolkit was the killer > application. It still remains. > > Not holding brief for Safaricom, the 20 second verification period they > give you after sending funds through C2C transactions is a very useful > feature. It gives the name of the recipient, assuming you know who you are > sending cash to. Of course this does not cover all scenarios especially C2B > transactions. > > Regards > Mercy, > > Its even worse when you transfer money from you bank account, through > mobile money, to a wrong number. Safaricom will advice you to contact your > bank who are supposed to make a reversal request on your behalf. The bank > will tell you to write a letter giving details of what happened and that is > when you realize that you are in for a long haul. There is definitely a > need to come up better way of handling the problem. > > That notwithstanding, I wish to comment Safaricom for their improved > customer service. Its now much easier and faster to connect to their > customer care center for assistance, compared to the way it used to be a > while ago. > > > Best Regards > > On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 8:06 AM, Dorcas Muthoni via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> Great Timothy, I am going to add that the app shows you to whom you are >> about to send the money before entering your PIN. Quite useful. >> >> Kanini, I however acknowledge that your concerns valid as no everyone is >> using a smartphone. >> >> >> On May 12, 2017 7:28 AM, "Timothy- Coach- Oriedo via kictanet" < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >>> Hi Mercy >>> >>> Have you tried the new safaricom App ? Get it from playstore and share >>> your experience. >>> >>> It's has laid a foundation for live chatbot. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Timothy Oriedo >>> >>> about.me/Timoriedo >>> >>> >>> >>> On 12 May 2017 07:23, "kanini mutemi via kictanet" < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>> >>> Hello everyone. >>> >>> I've seen quite a number of complaints on people sending money to the >>> wrong number. Surprisingly a lot of these instances involve 50k and above. >>> It seems MPESA has left it up to the recepients to be kind enough to refund >>> money sent erroneously. I see why that would make sense to a business (2 >>> transactions is better than one). Of course a lot of Kenyans will not >>> refund (tough economic times🤔) >>> >>> I recently made a notable purchase from WordPress and realized only two >>> minutes later that I had bought the wrong product. Good thing they have >>> live chat for their customer support. No questions asked- they reversed the >>> transaction. >>> >>> Now I realize the two are different; one is a seller the other one is a >>> conveyor belt. It got me thinking however- MPESA has to keep up with the >>> times. The explanation has always been that MPESA asks you to confirm >>> before you press send. The number of 'I sent Kshs. X to the wrong number' >>> posts on Buyer Beware should be enough to tell any caring provider that the >>> system is broken. >>> >>> Digital products must be malleable and most importantly responsive to >>> customer needs. 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Re: [kictanet] Cambridge Analytica and the Kenyan Elections
by Timothy- Coach- Oriedo 12 May '17

12 May '17

I did this article about CA earlier in February. Just incase you missed it. http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Why-data-driven-new… Timothy Oriedo about.me/Timoriedo On 11 May 2017 17:30, "Timothy- Coach- Oriedo" <timoriedo(a)gmail.com> wrote: http://predictiveanalytics.co.ke/articles/big-data-elections-11-05-2017.html Timothy Oriedo about.me/Timoriedo On 11 May 2017 15:52, "Ali Hussein via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Gentlemen and listers > > CA is just one (albeit shadowy) of the many service providers who fall > under a new Technology Stack known as MarTech (Acronym for Marketing > Technology). These players have deep expertise and access to minute data > that they use to Hyper and Mass Target prospective customers - Be they > prospects for a holiday in Seychelles, a ring for a loved one or a voter > for a particular party. > > This is nothing new. The Tech has been around for some years now. It is > just being perfected now and players CA and Majoritas > <https://majoritas.com/> (who incidentally have more political wins under > their belt than CA including in Ghana, Indonesia and Zambia) are just on > the fringes of respectability of this new breed of Marketing Technologists. > > 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 Thu, May 11, 2017 at 1:40 PM, Mutemi wa Kiama via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> Eric, some very reputable publications and big data gurus are telling us >> to be wary of CA. I find your offhand dismissal of all of them very >> interesting. Why, for example, would Jubilee pay so much for their >> services? Throwing away money? >> >> Edwin Kiama >> >> Thoughts become things... choose the good ones! >> >> >> >> >> >> *-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------**Social >> Justice Entrepreneur, Human Rights Defender, * >> *#DevolutionIsRevolution Champion* >> >> *The Wanjiku Agenda Kenya Foundation (WAKenya)*Ordinary, fearless >> Kenyans. >> Sauti Ya Wanjiku Social Movement www.sautiyawanjiku.com >> https://www.facebook.com/wanjikurevolutionkenya >> https://twitter.com/WanjikuRevolt >> https://plus.google.com/u/1/+WanjikuMapinduzi/posts >> http://www.scribd.com/wmkenya >> >> "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can >> change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." >> *~Margaret Mead* >> >> On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 9:27 PM, Eric Mwangi via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >>> As I said the era of fake news is here and the position adopted here was >>> >>> Extract from CA >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On 10 May 2017, at 18:09, Ronald Ojino <ronojinx(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Interesting times ahead indeed....The founder of Cambridge Analytica, >>> Kosinski once stated that there is alot of data to mine and algorithms keep >>> getting better. It would be very interesting to see if it works this time >>> round...taking note that this is Kenya where our politics is not driven >>> majorly by issues but other deep rooted issues like 'our man syndrome' >>> etc...it may not play out as expected...lets wait and see... My worry in >>> this era remains the amount of digital footprint we leave online...not only >>> can these guys mine information about our political affiliation but much >>> more..this should really be worried. >>> Ronald Ojino >>> >>> On 10-May-2017 5:06 PM, "Erick Mwangi via kictanet" < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>> >>>> Harry, >>>> >>>> Purely unfortunate approach adopted here. What is more effective in the >>>> two statements? >>>> 1 - This is a private beach, do not swim! >>>> 2 - Crocodiles present - do not swim! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> E Njoroge Mwangi >>>> Technology| FINTECH | Big Data >>>> >>>> Cell +44 7539372742 <+44%207539%20372742> >>>> Skype: Erick.mwangi >>>> >>>> On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 2:32 PM, Harry Delano via kictanet < >>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Well, >>>>> >>>>> For a moment there, I felt we were discussing pure data analytics, but >>>>> if Mutemi's earlier contribution is placed in the context of what we have >>>>> witnessed in the muddied waters of Brexit, U.S elections and recently >>>>> France, then a disturbing pattern in this trade that blurs the line on the >>>>> scientifics is now emerging rather fast, since everyone contestant wants a >>>>> win at all costs and the firms want to deliver, and earn big on the other >>>>> hand..! Add to this other geo-political factors at play - it's muddied >>>>> indeed. >>>>> >>>>> It's a mercenary like approach, that employ psycho metric data-driven >>>>> warfare to a deadly effect as opposed to traditional data-driven analytics >>>>> that should majorly factor in and be driven in part by the socio-economic >>>>> welfare of the audience. Instead this seems to have evolved quickly into >>>>> scare mongering tactics that leverage data mining(ethical and unethical) to >>>>> appeal to and incite the target audience's worst instincts. This should be >>>>> shunned .. >>>>> >>>>> Harry >>>>> *From: *Grace Mutung'u via kictanet >>>>> *Sent: *Wednesday, May 10, 2017 14:52 >>>>> *To: *Harry Delano >>>>> *Reply To: *KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions >>>>> *Cc: *Grace Mutung'u; Treblex(a)predictiveanalytics.co.ke >>>>> *Subject: *Re: [kictanet] Cambridge Analytica and the Kenyan Elections >>>>> >>>>> @Douglas and all, >>>>> It will be interesting to understand what other factors (apart from >>>>> ethnicity) tip an election at national level in Kenya. Is the middle class >>>>> vote going to count? So keyboard warriors have a significant effect afterall >>>>> @Coach, I am reading comments about the upcoming presidential debates >>>>> and my conclusions is that people have already made their decisions and the >>>>> debates are for other purposes. Would data really help to pull voters >>>>> heartstrings? >>>>> >>>>> @John Nduvala, please share your insights from your book. This is >>>>> interesting >>>>> >>>>> On 10 May 2017 7:34 a.m., "Timothy- Coach- Oriedo via kictanet" < >>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> It's fallacy to consider Big Data as a preserve for traditional data >>>>>> as most comments posit. >>>>>> >>>>>> On the contrary Big Data is for the chaff, it looks for meaning where >>>>>> you wouldn't find. With the advent of social media there is more fodder >>>>>> for data scientists who have backgrounds in psychology, anthropology, >>>>>> sociology who work together with stasticians and computer scientiss to >>>>>> build algorithms and API that run on Natural Language Processing to mine >>>>>> data and transform it into various dimensions. >>>>>> >>>>>> Having said that be aware the biggest use case for Cambridge >>>>>> Analytical solution is nuansing of communication campaigns to target >>>>>> behaviour change especially in swing vote areas and also for gerry >>>>>> mandering of legislative boundaries. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Watch the space. >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards >>>>>> >>>>>> Timothy Oriedo >>>>>> >>>>>> Co-founder >>>>>> Predictive Analytics >>>>>> >>>>>> www.predictiveanalytics.co.ke >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Timothy Oriedo >>>>>> >>>>>> about.me/Timoriedo >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 10 May 2017 14:25, "Douglas Gichuki via kictanet" < >>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> A major question for CA to answer is the quantum of voter fluidity >>>>>>> in the Kenyan ecosystem. That is; what is the likelihood that there is an >>>>>>> actual swing vote in Kenya? Are these swing voters online and on social >>>>>>> media? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The two major political groupings draw their support from what seem >>>>>>> to be unmovable, unwavering and unquestioning bases. This is largely >>>>>>> because of the central organising question of our politics around ethnic >>>>>>> nationalism. As such, the exasperated voter in the middle is likely to be >>>>>>> voting for a fringe candidate, or not voting at all. In this climate, who >>>>>>> will CA be targeting with their psychometrics? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On May 10, 2017 1:07 PM, "John Ndavula via kictanet" < >>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> In my book *Social Media Adoption and Campaigns in Kenya**, *scheduled >>>>>>> for publication in June this year, I explore the relationship between >>>>>>> social media and politics, more precisely the political campaign. One of >>>>>>> the questions I address is: What power do social media exercise in the >>>>>>> political campaign process in Kenya? Although my empirical data is hinged >>>>>>> on the 2013 general elections, it is interesting to note that this question >>>>>>> continues to excite interest in the 2017 political campaigns. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> John Ndavula >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 1:58 PM, Mutemi wa Kiama via kictanet < >>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Which company are NASA using? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Edwin Kiama >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thoughts become things... choose the good ones! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>>>>> ------------------------------------------- >>>>>>>> Social Justice Entrepreneur, Human Rights Defender, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> #DevolutionIsRevolution Champion >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The Wanjiku Agenda Kenya Foundation (WAKenya) >>>>>>>> Ordinary, fearless Kenyans. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> https://www.facebook.com/wanjikurevolutionkenya >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> https://twitter.com/WanjikuRevolt >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> https://plus.google.com/u/1/+WanjikuMapinduzi/posts >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> http://www.scribd.com/wmkenya >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can >>>>>>>> change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever >>>>>>>> has." ~Margaret Mead >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 10 May 2017 1:35 p.m., "Ali Hussein via kictanet" < >>>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Grace and all >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> There is enough digital data in this country to tip an election. >>>>>>>> With over 6 million Facebook users (Maybe the FB team on this list can >>>>>>>> verify it), with our own version of fake news and negative websites going >>>>>>>> up both for and against the incumbents and the opposition, with Kenyans >>>>>>>> being one of the most digitally savvy in the continent the stage is set for >>>>>>>> interesting times. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> One thing is for sure - We have enough digital data in this country >>>>>>>> to tip an election. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> We are now mainstream digitally. Fact. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Oh..And NASA also has the equivalent of CA on their side. :-) So >>>>>>>> this is evenly matched when it comes to digital arsenals. All I can tell >>>>>>>> you guys is this:- >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Buy popcorn, a coke, or your other favourite drink and enjoy the >>>>>>>> show. Just don't forget to vote for your favourite candidate!! Or Party! :-) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 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, May 10, 2017 at 12:29 PM, Grace Mutung'u via kictanet < >>>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Jubilee has contracted the services of global data mining company >>>>>>>>> Cambridge Analytica in the run-up to the August presidential election. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2017/05/10/uhuru-hires-data-f >>>>>>>>> irm-behind-trump-brexit-victories_c1557720 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Do we really have that much data in Kenya for the kind of data >>>>>>>>> mining that Cambridge Analytica allegedly carries out? >>>>>>>>> Interesting times.... >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>> 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%4 >>>>>>>>> 0alyhussein.com >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder >>>>>>>>> platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy >>>>>>>>> and regulation. 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Reversing MPESA Transactions in a Today's World
by kanini mutemi 12 May '17

12 May '17

Hello everyone. I've seen quite a number of complaints on people sending money to the wrong number. Surprisingly a lot of these instances involve 50k and above. It seems MPESA has left it up to the recepients to be kind enough to refund money sent erroneously. I see why that would make sense to a business (2 transactions is better than one). Of course a lot of Kenyans will not refund (tough economic times🤔) I recently made a notable purchase from WordPress and realized only two minutes later that I had bought the wrong product. Good thing they have live chat for their customer support. No questions asked- they reversed the transaction. Now I realize the two are different; one is a seller the other one is a conveyor belt. It got me thinking however- MPESA has to keep up with the times. The explanation has always been that MPESA asks you to confirm before you press send. The number of 'I sent Kshs. X to the wrong number' posts on Buyer Beware should be enough to tell any caring provider that the system is broken. Digital products must be malleable and most importantly responsive to customer needs. Which is why competition is healthy- it pushes companies to care about the needs of its customers. Have a great day ahead. -- *Mercy Mutemi, Advocate*.

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Fwd: MPESA NFC and Ecommerce Payment Automation
by Timothy- Coach- Oriedo 11 May '17

11 May '17

Hi Listers, The long awaited NFC automation for MPESA is finally out. For all CIOs, developers, digital marketers looking at embedding the solution on their existing infrastructure to provide a seamless payment experience please check our website www.briskpesa.com and give me a call on 0722 816171. See attached inforgraph and video link below. Kind Regards Tim ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Timothy Oriedo <timothy.oriedo(a)briskpesa.com> Date: Wed, May 10, 2017 at 7:50 PM Subject: MPESA NFC and Ecommerce Payment Automation To: timoriedo <timoriedo(a)gmail.com> <iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https% 3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FSafaricomLtd%2Fvideos% 2F10158654243750084%2F&show_text=0&width=560" width="560" height="315" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowTransparency="true" allowFullScreen="true"></iframe>

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Re: [kictanet] Cambridge Analytica and the Kenyan Elections
by Ali Hussein 11 May '17

11 May '17

Gentlemen and listers CA is just one (albeit shadowy) of the many service providers who fall under a new Technology Stack known as MarTech (Acronym for Marketing Technology). These players have deep expertise and access to minute data that they use to Hyper and Mass Target prospective customers - Be they prospects for a holiday in Seychelles, a ring for a loved one or a voter for a particular party. This is nothing new. The Tech has been around for some years now. It is just being perfected now and players CA and Majoritas <https://majoritas.com/> (who incidentally have more political wins under their belt than CA including in Ghana, Indonesia and Zambia) are just on the fringes of respectability of this new breed of Marketing Technologists. 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 Thu, May 11, 2017 at 1:40 PM, Mutemi wa Kiama via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Eric, some very reputable publications and big data gurus are telling us > to be wary of CA. I find your offhand dismissal of all of them very > interesting. Why, for example, would Jubilee pay so much for their > services? Throwing away money? > > Edwin Kiama > > Thoughts become things... choose the good ones! > > > > > > *-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------**Social > Justice Entrepreneur, Human Rights Defender, * > *#DevolutionIsRevolution Champion* > > *The Wanjiku Agenda Kenya Foundation (WAKenya)*Ordinary, fearless Kenyans. > Sauti Ya Wanjiku Social Movement www.sautiyawanjiku.com > https://www.facebook.com/wanjikurevolutionkenya > https://twitter.com/WanjikuRevolt > https://plus.google.com/u/1/+WanjikuMapinduzi/posts > http://www.scribd.com/wmkenya > > "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change > the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." *~Margaret Mead* > > On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 9:27 PM, Eric Mwangi via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> As I said the era of fake news is here and the position adopted here was >> >> Extract from CA >> >> >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 10 May 2017, at 18:09, Ronald Ojino <ronojinx(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Interesting times ahead indeed....The founder of Cambridge Analytica, >> Kosinski once stated that there is alot of data to mine and algorithms keep >> getting better. It would be very interesting to see if it works this time >> round...taking note that this is Kenya where our politics is not driven >> majorly by issues but other deep rooted issues like 'our man syndrome' >> etc...it may not play out as expected...lets wait and see... My worry in >> this era remains the amount of digital footprint we leave online...not only >> can these guys mine information about our political affiliation but much >> more..this should really be worried. >> Ronald Ojino >> >> On 10-May-2017 5:06 PM, "Erick Mwangi via kictanet" < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >>> Harry, >>> >>> Purely unfortunate approach adopted here. What is more effective in the >>> two statements? >>> 1 - This is a private beach, do not swim! >>> 2 - Crocodiles present - do not swim! >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> E Njoroge Mwangi >>> Technology| FINTECH | Big Data >>> >>> Cell +44 7539372742 <+44%207539%20372742> >>> Skype: Erick.mwangi >>> >>> On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 2:32 PM, Harry Delano via kictanet < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>> >>>> Well, >>>> >>>> For a moment there, I felt we were discussing pure data analytics, but >>>> if Mutemi's earlier contribution is placed in the context of what we have >>>> witnessed in the muddied waters of Brexit, U.S elections and recently >>>> France, then a disturbing pattern in this trade that blurs the line on the >>>> scientifics is now emerging rather fast, since everyone contestant wants a >>>> win at all costs and the firms want to deliver, and earn big on the other >>>> hand..! Add to this other geo-political factors at play - it's muddied >>>> indeed. >>>> >>>> It's a mercenary like approach, that employ psycho metric data-driven >>>> warfare to a deadly effect as opposed to traditional data-driven analytics >>>> that should majorly factor in and be driven in part by the socio-economic >>>> welfare of the audience. Instead this seems to have evolved quickly into >>>> scare mongering tactics that leverage data mining(ethical and unethical) to >>>> appeal to and incite the target audience's worst instincts. This should be >>>> shunned .. >>>> >>>> Harry >>>> *From: *Grace Mutung'u via kictanet >>>> *Sent: *Wednesday, May 10, 2017 14:52 >>>> *To: *Harry Delano >>>> *Reply To: *KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions >>>> *Cc: *Grace Mutung'u; Treblex(a)predictiveanalytics.co.ke >>>> *Subject: *Re: [kictanet] Cambridge Analytica and the Kenyan Elections >>>> >>>> @Douglas and all, >>>> It will be interesting to understand what other factors (apart from >>>> ethnicity) tip an election at national level in Kenya. Is the middle class >>>> vote going to count? So keyboard warriors have a significant effect afterall >>>> @Coach, I am reading comments about the upcoming presidential debates >>>> and my conclusions is that people have already made their decisions and the >>>> debates are for other purposes. Would data really help to pull voters >>>> heartstrings? >>>> >>>> @John Nduvala, please share your insights from your book. This is >>>> interesting >>>> >>>> On 10 May 2017 7:34 a.m., "Timothy- Coach- Oriedo via kictanet" < >>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> It's fallacy to consider Big Data as a preserve for traditional data >>>>> as most comments posit. >>>>> >>>>> On the contrary Big Data is for the chaff, it looks for meaning where >>>>> you wouldn't find. With the advent of social media there is more fodder >>>>> for data scientists who have backgrounds in psychology, anthropology, >>>>> sociology who work together with stasticians and computer scientiss to >>>>> build algorithms and API that run on Natural Language Processing to mine >>>>> data and transform it into various dimensions. >>>>> >>>>> Having said that be aware the biggest use case for Cambridge >>>>> Analytical solution is nuansing of communication campaigns to target >>>>> behaviour change especially in swing vote areas and also for gerry >>>>> mandering of legislative boundaries. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Watch the space. >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> >>>>> Timothy Oriedo >>>>> >>>>> Co-founder >>>>> Predictive Analytics >>>>> >>>>> www.predictiveanalytics.co.ke >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Timothy Oriedo >>>>> >>>>> about.me/Timoriedo >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 10 May 2017 14:25, "Douglas Gichuki via kictanet" < >>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> A major question for CA to answer is the quantum of voter fluidity in >>>>>> the Kenyan ecosystem. That is; what is the likelihood that there is an >>>>>> actual swing vote in Kenya? Are these swing voters online and on social >>>>>> media? >>>>>> >>>>>> The two major political groupings draw their support from what seem >>>>>> to be unmovable, unwavering and unquestioning bases. This is largely >>>>>> because of the central organising question of our politics around ethnic >>>>>> nationalism. As such, the exasperated voter in the middle is likely to be >>>>>> voting for a fringe candidate, or not voting at all. In this climate, who >>>>>> will CA be targeting with their psychometrics? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On May 10, 2017 1:07 PM, "John Ndavula via kictanet" < >>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> In my book *Social Media Adoption and Campaigns in Kenya**, *scheduled >>>>>> for publication in June this year, I explore the relationship between >>>>>> social media and politics, more precisely the political campaign. One of >>>>>> the questions I address is: What power do social media exercise in the >>>>>> political campaign process in Kenya? Although my empirical data is hinged >>>>>> on the 2013 general elections, it is interesting to note that this question >>>>>> continues to excite interest in the 2017 political campaigns. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> John Ndavula >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 1:58 PM, Mutemi wa Kiama via kictanet < >>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Which company are NASA using? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Edwin Kiama >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thoughts become things... choose the good ones! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>>>> ------------------------------------------- >>>>>>> Social Justice Entrepreneur, Human Rights Defender, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> #DevolutionIsRevolution Champion >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The Wanjiku Agenda Kenya Foundation (WAKenya) >>>>>>> Ordinary, fearless Kenyans. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://www.facebook.com/wanjikurevolutionkenya >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://twitter.com/WanjikuRevolt >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://plus.google.com/u/1/+WanjikuMapinduzi/posts >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://www.scribd.com/wmkenya >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can >>>>>>> change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever >>>>>>> has." ~Margaret Mead >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 10 May 2017 1:35 p.m., "Ali Hussein via kictanet" < >>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Grace and all >>>>>>> >>>>>>> There is enough digital data in this country to tip an election. >>>>>>> With over 6 million Facebook users (Maybe the FB team on this list can >>>>>>> verify it), with our own version of fake news and negative websites going >>>>>>> up both for and against the incumbents and the opposition, with Kenyans >>>>>>> being one of the most digitally savvy in the continent the stage is set for >>>>>>> interesting times. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> One thing is for sure - We have enough digital data in this country >>>>>>> to tip an election. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> We are now mainstream digitally. Fact. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Oh..And NASA also has the equivalent of CA on their side. :-) So >>>>>>> this is evenly matched when it comes to digital arsenals. All I can tell >>>>>>> you guys is this:- >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Buy popcorn, a coke, or your other favourite drink and enjoy the >>>>>>> show. Just don't forget to vote for your favourite candidate!! Or Party! :-) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 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, May 10, 2017 at 12:29 PM, Grace Mutung'u via kictanet < >>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Jubilee has contracted the services of global data mining company >>>>>>>> Cambridge Analytica in the run-up to the August presidential election. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2017/05/10/uhuru-hires-data-f >>>>>>>> irm-behind-trump-brexit-victories_c1557720 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Do we really have that much data in Kenya for the kind of data >>>>>>>> mining that Cambridge Analytica allegedly carries out? >>>>>>>> Interesting times.... >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> 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%4 >>>>>>>> 0alyhussein.com >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder >>>>>>>> platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy >>>>>>>> and regulation. 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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/eddiekiama%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. 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Zimbabwean government to give $25m USF to innovators
by Mwendwa Kivuva 11 May '17

11 May '17

The Zimbabwean government just announced that it has opened for applications to the ICT Innovation Drive fund. This fund, totalling $25 million, was announced last year by the Ministry of ICT, Postal and Courier Services. The minister, Supa Mandiwanzira, said that the Zimbabwean government is committed to the development of local platforms and apps through investment financed by local operators. Essentially, in Zimbabwe, all licensed telecoms operators pay* 1.5% of their revenue to what is called the Universal Service Fund*. It is part of this money that’s being used to fund the ICT Innovation Drive. It is not clear how much money has been contributed to this fund by the operators since it was set up. http://www.techzim.co.zw/2017/05/zimbabwe-governments-25m-ict-innovation-fu… ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya twitter.com/lordmwesh

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Re: [kictanet] Cambridge Analytica and the Kenyan Elections
by Douglas Gichuki 11 May '17

11 May '17

A major question for CA to answer is the quantum of voter fluidity in the Kenyan ecosystem. That is; what is the likelihood that there is an actual swing vote in Kenya? Are these swing voters online and on social media? The two major political groupings draw their support from what seem to be unmovable, unwavering and unquestioning bases. This is largely because of the central organising question of our politics around ethnic nationalism. As such, the exasperated voter in the middle is likely to be voting for a fringe candidate, or not voting at all. In this climate, who will CA be targeting with their psychometrics? On May 10, 2017 1:07 PM, "John Ndavula via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: In my book *Social Media Adoption and Campaigns in Kenya**, *scheduled for publication in June this year, I explore the relationship between social media and politics, more precisely the political campaign. One of the questions I address is: What power do social media exercise in the political campaign process in Kenya? Although my empirical data is hinged on the 2013 general elections, it is interesting to note that this question continues to excite interest in the 2017 political campaigns. John Ndavula On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 1:58 PM, Mutemi wa Kiama via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Which company are NASA using? > > Edwin Kiama > > Thoughts become things... choose the good ones! > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------------------------------- > Social Justice Entrepreneur, Human Rights Defender, > > #DevolutionIsRevolution Champion > > The Wanjiku Agenda Kenya Foundation (WAKenya) > Ordinary, fearless Kenyans. > > https://www.facebook.com/wanjikurevolutionkenya > > https://twitter.com/WanjikuRevolt > > https://plus.google.com/u/1/+WanjikuMapinduzi/posts > > http://www.scribd.com/wmkenya > > > "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change > the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." ~Margaret Mead > > > > On 10 May 2017 1:35 p.m., "Ali Hussein via kictanet" < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > Grace and all > > There is enough digital data in this country to tip an election. With over > 6 million Facebook users (Maybe the FB team on this list can verify it), > with our own version of fake news and negative websites going up both for > and against the incumbents and the opposition, with Kenyans being one of > the most digitally savvy in the continent the stage is set for interesting > times. > > One thing is for sure - We have enough digital data in this country to tip > an election. > > We are now mainstream digitally. Fact. > > Oh..And NASA also has the equivalent of CA on their side. :-) So this is > evenly matched when it comes to digital arsenals. All I can tell you guys > is this:- > > Buy popcorn, a coke, or your other favourite drink and enjoy the show. > Just don't forget to vote for your favourite candidate!! Or Party! :-) > > 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, May 10, 2017 at 12:29 PM, Grace Mutung'u via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> Jubilee has contracted the services of global data mining company >> Cambridge Analytica in the run-up to the August presidential election. >> >> http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2017/05/10/uhuru-hires-data-f >> irm-behind-trump-brexit-victories_c1557720 >> >> Do we really have that much data in Kenya for the kind of data mining >> that Cambridge Analytica allegedly carries out? >> Interesting times.... >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/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. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/eddiekiama%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/jndavula%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/dgichuki%40strathmore.edu 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. -- *Note: *All emails sent from Strathmore University are subject to Strathmore’s Email Terms & Conditions. Please click here <http://www.strathmore.edu/en/email-policy> to read the policy. "Visit our Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/StrathmoreUniversity>Page and Twitter <https://twitter.com/StrathU>Account".

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Cloud computing companies in Kenya
by Douglas Gichuki 11 May '17

11 May '17

Listers, I am currently conducting research on law enforcement agency (LEA) access to data in the cloud for the purposes of cyber crime investigations. Kindly assist me with names of cloud computing service providers in Kenya and their possible contact persons if available. Regards, -- *Note: *All emails sent from Strathmore University are subject to Strathmore’s Email Terms & Conditions. Please click here <http://www.strathmore.edu/en/email-policy> to read the policy. "Visit our Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/StrathmoreUniversity>Page and Twitter <https://twitter.com/StrathU>Account".

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Re: [kictanet] Cambridge Analytica and the Kenyan Elections
by Ali Hussein 11 May '17

11 May '17

Alex You are very right. I would add that not even in the private sector are we data driven. If we were would be in a much better place than we currently are. Take for example any Telco in this country. You would think by now they have all the data points they need to customize my service to my individual habits. Yet, time and again you will get mass SMS messages that have zero to do with me. This is just a small example on how we can make use of data going forward. 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 Thu, May 11, 2017 at 9:17 AM, Watila Alex via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Good morning, > > I was thinking along similar lines. > > Data Analytics only works for someone if they are data driven in their > decision-making. > > > > Unfortunately, (in my opinion) we have very little data driven decision > making in the Kenyan public sector. > > > > Regards, > > > > Alex > > > > *From:* kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+awatila=yahoo.co.uk@lists. > kictanet.or.ke] *On Behalf Of *Ronald Ojino via kictanet > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 10, 2017 8:10 PM > *To:* awatila(a)yahoo.co.uk > *Cc:* Ronald Ojino <ronojinx(a)gmail.com>; Treblex(a)predictiveanalytics.co.ke > > *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Cambridge Analytica and the Kenyan Elections > > > > Interesting times ahead indeed....The founder of Cambridge Analytica, > Kosinski once stated that there is alot of data to mine and algorithms keep > getting better. It would be very interesting to see if it works this time > round...taking note that this is Kenya where our politics is not driven > majorly by issues but other deep rooted issues like 'our man syndrome' > etc...it may not play out as expected...lets wait and see... My worry in > this era remains the amount of digital footprint we leave online...not only > can these guys mine information about our political affiliation but much > more..this should really be worried. > > Ronald Ojino > > > > On 10-May-2017 5:06 PM, "Erick Mwangi via kictanet" < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > Harry, > > > > Purely unfortunate approach adopted here. What is more effective in the > two statements? > > 1 - This is a private beach, do not swim! > > 2 - Crocodiles present - do not swim! > > > > > > > > > E Njoroge Mwangi > > Technology| FINTECH | Big Data > > > > Cell +44 7539372742 <+44%207539%20372742> > > Skype: Erick.mwangi > > > > On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 2:32 PM, Harry Delano via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > Well, > > > > For a moment there, I felt we were discussing pure data analytics, but if > Mutemi's earlier contribution is placed in the context of what we have > witnessed in the muddied waters of Brexit, U.S elections and recently > France, then a disturbing pattern in this trade that blurs the line on the > scientifics is now emerging rather fast, since everyone contestant wants a > win at all costs and the firms want to deliver, and earn big on the other > hand..! Add to this other geo-political factors at play - it's muddied > indeed. > > > > It's a mercenary like approach, that employ psycho metric data-driven > warfare to a deadly effect as opposed to traditional data-driven analytics > that should majorly factor in and be driven in part by the socio-economic > welfare of the audience. Instead this seems to have evolved quickly into > scare mongering tactics that leverage data mining(ethical and unethical) to > appeal to and incite the target audience's worst instincts. This should be > shunned .. > > > > Harry > > *From: *Grace Mutung'u via kictanet > > *Sent: *Wednesday, May 10, 2017 14:52 > > *To: *Harry Delano > > *Reply To: *KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions > > *Cc: *Grace Mutung'u; Treblex(a)predictiveanalytics.co.ke > > *Subject: *Re: [kictanet] Cambridge Analytica and the Kenyan Elections > > > > @Douglas and all, > It will be interesting to understand what other factors (apart from > ethnicity) tip an election at national level in Kenya. Is the middle class > vote going to count? So keyboard warriors have a significant effect afterall > @Coach, I am reading comments about the upcoming presidential debates and > my conclusions is that people have already made their decisions and the > debates are for other purposes. Would data really help to pull voters > heartstrings? > > @John Nduvala, please share your insights from your book. This is > interesting > > > > On 10 May 2017 7:34 a.m., "Timothy- Coach- Oriedo via kictanet" < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > > It's fallacy to consider Big Data as a preserve for traditional data as > most comments posit. > > > > On the contrary Big Data is for the chaff, it looks for meaning where you > wouldn't find. With the advent of social media there is more fodder for > data scientists who have backgrounds in psychology, anthropology, sociology > who work together with stasticians and computer scientiss to build > algorithms and API that run on Natural Language Processing to mine data > and transform it into various dimensions. > > > > Having said that be aware the biggest use case for Cambridge Analytical > solution is nuansing of communication campaigns to target behaviour change > especially in swing vote areas and also for gerry mandering of legislative > boundaries. > > > > > > Watch the space. > > > > Regards > > > > Timothy Oriedo > > > > Co-founder > > Predictive Analytics > > > > www.predictiveanalytics.co.ke > > > > > > Timothy Oriedo > > about.me/Timoriedo > > > > > > On 10 May 2017 14:25, "Douglas Gichuki via kictanet" < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > A major question for CA to answer is the quantum of voter fluidity in the > Kenyan ecosystem. That is; what is the likelihood that there is an actual > swing vote in Kenya? Are these swing voters online and on social media? > > > > The two major political groupings draw their support from what seem to be > unmovable, unwavering and unquestioning bases. This is largely because of > the central organising question of our politics around ethnic nationalism. > As such, the exasperated voter in the middle is likely to be voting for a > fringe candidate, or not voting at all. In this climate, who will CA be > targeting with their psychometrics? > > > > > > On May 10, 2017 1:07 PM, "John Ndavula via kictanet" < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > In my book *Social Media Adoption and Campaigns in Kenya**, *scheduled > for publication in June this year, I explore the relationship between > social media and politics, more precisely the political campaign. One of > the questions I address is: What power do social media exercise in the > political campaign process in Kenya? Although my empirical data is hinged > on the 2013 general elections, it is interesting to note that this question > continues to excite interest in the 2017 political campaigns. > > > > John Ndavula > > > > On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 1:58 PM, Mutemi wa Kiama via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > Which company are NASA using? > > Edwin Kiama > > Thoughts become things... choose the good ones! > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------------------------------- > Social Justice Entrepreneur, Human Rights Defender, > > #DevolutionIsRevolution Champion > > The Wanjiku Agenda Kenya Foundation (WAKenya) > Ordinary, fearless Kenyans. > > https://www.facebook.com/wanjikurevolutionkenya > > https://twitter.com/WanjikuRevolt > > https://plus.google.com/u/1/+WanjikuMapinduzi/posts > > http://www.scribd.com/wmkenya > > > "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change > the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." ~Margaret Mead > > > > > > On 10 May 2017 1:35 p.m., "Ali Hussein via kictanet" < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > Grace and all > > > > There is enough digital data in this country to tip an election. With over > 6 million Facebook users (Maybe the FB team on this list can verify it), > with our own version of fake news and negative websites going up both for > and against the incumbents and the opposition, with Kenyans being one of > the most digitally savvy in the continent the stage is set for interesting > times. > > > > One thing is for sure - We have enough digital data in this country to tip > an election. > > > > We are now mainstream digitally. Fact. > > > > Oh..And NASA also has the equivalent of CA on their side. :-) So this is > evenly matched when it comes to digital arsenals. All I can tell you guys > is this:- > > > > Buy popcorn, a coke, or your other favourite drink and enjoy the show. > Just don't forget to vote for your favourite candidate!! Or Party! :-) > > > > Regards > > > *Ali Hussein* > > *Principal* > > *Hussein & Associates* > > > > Tel: +254 713 601113 > > Twitter: @AliHKassim > > Skype: abu-jomo > > LinkedIn: 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, May 10, 2017 at 12:29 PM, Grace Mutung'u via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > Jubilee has contracted the services of global data mining company > Cambridge Analytica in the run-up to the August presidential election. > > http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2017/05/10/uhuru-hires- > data-firm-behind-trump-brexit-victories_c1557720 > > Do we really have that much data in Kenya for the kind of data mining that > Cambridge Analytica allegedly carries out? > Interesting times.... > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/eddiekiama%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/jndavula%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/dgichuki%40strathmore.edu > > 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. > > > > > > *Note: *All emails sent from Strathmore University are subject to > Strathmore’s Email Terms & Conditions. 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How you helped Safaricom make Sh48 billion profit - Daily Nation
by Ali Hussein 11 May '17

11 May '17

Safaricom’s record-breaking Sh48 billion profit announced on Wednesday was not unexpected. For the richest company in East Africa, money has been coming in from all directions, day and night. Kenyans’ love for chatting, transacting business conveniently using their phones, surfing the Internet, betting, catching up and having funky beats as their ringtones has created a behemoth with Sh213 billion in revenue. Read on:- http://www.nation.co.ke/business/corporates/how-you-helped-safaricom-make-b… 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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Fintech in Kenya
by Erick Mwangi 10 May '17

10 May '17

Ladies & Gents, I have been asked by a UK programme to appear in one of their shows and talk about Fintech in Kenya. I would appreciate some insights from the wider KickTANET community that may address unforeseen blind spots. Much appreciated. E Njoroge Mwangi Technology| FINTECH | Big Data Cell +44 7539372742 Skype: Erick.mwangi On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 1:31 PM, Erick Mwangi <erick.mwangi(a)gmail.com> wrote: > The digital divide is multidimensional: gender, education, location, age, > income etc determine who has access to the digital world. The nature of the > gender gap in access in particular is staggering: those online are more > likely to be male, young, educated, and living in urban areas, and those > offline are categorically female, older, and illiterate. The less explored > digital divide is the gender gap in the online population: there are far > fewer women online than men. Moreover, the level of access men and women > enjoy is determined by the cost of data plans they can afford. > > Lets not kid ourselves, mobile broadband penetration was only 11% in 2015 > according to WB. The next elections will be determined (as always) by the > offline market and those in the informal economy. The same report says 20% > of women in urban areas are connected to the internet. > > The problem with psychometric analysis on social media in KE is my 21 year > old niece is Uni uses my posts, pics as her own - and well this is not > unique to her. > > In the US I could tell where one was leaning by where you eat, work, age, > hobbies education status etc. > > In Kenya well - purely your name will betray you as we were once told. > > Regards, > > > > E Njoroge Mwangi > Technology| FINTECH | Big Data > > Cell +44 7539372742 <+44%207539%20372742> > Skype: Erick.mwangi > > On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 1:03 PM, Ngigi Waithaka via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> Douglas, >> >> You are most probably right about the tribe factor (unfortunately)... >> What, however, changes the equation is voter turnout from these various >> tribes. >> >> Whoever gets their regions / tribes to vote enmass or suprresses their >> opponents voters from voting wins! >> >> This same (SCL/CA) team is the one responsible for advising TNA/URP to >> use the ICC Card in 2013 to whip their regions to vote. You could argue it >> worked out perfectly for them. >> >> Rgds >> >> On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 2:24 PM, Douglas Gichuki via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >>> A major question for CA to answer is the quantum of voter fluidity in >>> the Kenyan ecosystem. That is; what is the likelihood that there is an >>> actual swing vote in Kenya? Are these swing voters online and on social >>> media? >>> >>> The two major political groupings draw their support from what seem to >>> be unmovable, unwavering and unquestioning bases. This is largely because >>> of the central organising question of our politics around ethnic >>> nationalism. As such, the exasperated voter in the middle is likely to be >>> voting for a fringe candidate, or not voting at all. In this climate, who >>> will CA be targeting with their psychometrics? >>> >>> >>> On May 10, 2017 1:07 PM, "John Ndavula via kictanet" < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>> >>> In my book *Social Media Adoption and Campaigns in Kenya**, *scheduled >>> for publication in June this year, I explore the relationship between >>> social media and politics, more precisely the political campaign. One of >>> the questions I address is: What power do social media exercise in the >>> political campaign process in Kenya? Although my empirical data is hinged >>> on the 2013 general elections, it is interesting to note that this question >>> continues to excite interest in the 2017 political campaigns. >>> >>> >>> John Ndavula >>> >>> On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 1:58 PM, Mutemi wa Kiama via kictanet < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>> >>>> Which company are NASA using? >>>> >>>> Edwin Kiama >>>> >>>> Thoughts become things... choose the good ones! >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> ------------------------------------------- >>>> Social Justice Entrepreneur, Human Rights Defender, >>>> >>>> #DevolutionIsRevolution Champion >>>> >>>> The Wanjiku Agenda Kenya Foundation (WAKenya) >>>> Ordinary, fearless Kenyans. >>>> >>>> https://www.facebook.com/wanjikurevolutionkenya >>>> >>>> https://twitter.com/WanjikuRevolt >>>> >>>> https://plus.google.com/u/1/+WanjikuMapinduzi/posts >>>> >>>> http://www.scribd.com/wmkenya >>>> >>>> >>>> "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can >>>> change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever >>>> has." ~Margaret Mead >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 10 May 2017 1:35 p.m., "Ali Hussein via kictanet" < >>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>> >>>> Grace and all >>>> >>>> There is enough digital data in this country to tip an election. With >>>> over 6 million Facebook users (Maybe the FB team on this list can verify >>>> it), with our own version of fake news and negative websites going up both >>>> for and against the incumbents and the opposition, with Kenyans being one >>>> of the most digitally savvy in the continent the stage is set for >>>> interesting times. >>>> >>>> One thing is for sure - We have enough digital data in this country to >>>> tip an election. >>>> >>>> We are now mainstream digitally. Fact. >>>> >>>> Oh..And NASA also has the equivalent of CA on their side. :-) So this >>>> is evenly matched when it comes to digital arsenals. All I can tell you >>>> guys is this:- >>>> >>>> Buy popcorn, a coke, or your other favourite drink and enjoy the show. >>>> Just don't forget to vote for your favourite candidate!! Or Party! :-) >>>> >>>> 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, May 10, 2017 at 12:29 PM, Grace Mutung'u via kictanet < >>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Jubilee has contracted the services of global data mining company >>>>> Cambridge Analytica in the run-up to the August presidential election. >>>>> >>>>> http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2017/05/10/uhuru-hires-data-f >>>>> irm-behind-trump-brexit-victories_c1557720 >>>>> >>>>> Do we really have that much data in Kenya for the kind of data mining >>>>> that Cambridge Analytica allegedly carries out? >>>>> Interesting times.... >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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/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. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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/eddiekiama%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/jndavula%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/dgichuki%40strathmore.edu >>> >>> 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. >>> >>> >>> >>> *Note: *All emails sent from Strathmore University are subject to >>> Strathmore’s Email Terms & Conditions. 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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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Re: [kictanet] Cambridge Analytica and the Kenyan Elections
by Ali Hussein 10 May '17

10 May '17

Grace and all There is enough digital data in this country to tip an election. With over 6 million Facebook users (Maybe the FB team on this list can verify it), with our own version of fake news and negative websites going up both for and against the incumbents and the opposition, with Kenyans being one of the most digitally savvy in the continent the stage is set for interesting times. One thing is for sure - We have enough digital data in this country to tip an election. We are now mainstream digitally. Fact. Oh..And NASA also has the equivalent of CA on their side. :-) So this is evenly matched when it comes to digital arsenals. All I can tell you guys is this:- Buy popcorn, a coke, or your other favourite drink and enjoy the show. Just don't forget to vote for your favourite candidate!! Or Party! :-) 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, May 10, 2017 at 12:29 PM, Grace Mutung'u via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Jubilee has contracted the services of global data mining company > Cambridge Analytica in the run-up to the August presidential election. > > http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2017/05/10/uhuru-hires- > data-firm-behind-trump-brexit-victories_c1557720 > > Do we really have that much data in Kenya for the kind of data mining that > Cambridge Analytica allegedly carries out? > Interesting times.... > > _______________________________________________ > 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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Re: [kictanet] Cambridge Analytica and the Kenyan Elections
by Mutemi wa Kiama 10 May '17

10 May '17

Which company are NASA using? Edwin Kiama Thoughts become things... choose the good ones! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Social Justice Entrepreneur, Human Rights Defender, #DevolutionIsRevolution Champion The Wanjiku Agenda Kenya Foundation (WAKenya) Ordinary, fearless Kenyans. https://www.facebook.com/wanjikurevolutionkenya https://twitter.com/WanjikuRevolt https://plus.google.com/u/1/+WanjikuMapinduzi/posts http://www.scribd.com/wmkenya "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." ~Margaret Mead On 10 May 2017 1:35 p.m., "Ali Hussein via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: Grace and all There is enough digital data in this country to tip an election. With over 6 million Facebook users (Maybe the FB team on this list can verify it), with our own version of fake news and negative websites going up both for and against the incumbents and the opposition, with Kenyans being one of the most digitally savvy in the continent the stage is set for interesting times. One thing is for sure - We have enough digital data in this country to tip an election. We are now mainstream digitally. Fact. Oh..And NASA also has the equivalent of CA on their side. :-) So this is evenly matched when it comes to digital arsenals. All I can tell you guys is this:- Buy popcorn, a coke, or your other favourite drink and enjoy the show. Just don't forget to vote for your favourite candidate!! Or Party! :-) 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, May 10, 2017 at 12:29 PM, Grace Mutung'u via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Jubilee has contracted the services of global data mining company > Cambridge Analytica in the run-up to the August presidential election. > > http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2017/05/10/uhuru-hires-data- > firm-behind-trump-brexit-victories_c1557720 > > Do we really have that much data in Kenya for the kind of data mining that > Cambridge Analytica allegedly carries out? > Interesting times.... > > _______________________________________________ > 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/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. > _______________________________________________ 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/eddiekiama%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.

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Cambridge Analytica and the Kenyan Elections
by Grace Mutung'u 10 May '17

10 May '17

Jubilee has contracted the services of global data mining company Cambridge Analytica in the run-up to the August presidential election. http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2017/05/10/uhuru-hires-data-firm-behind-trum… Do we really have that much data in Kenya for the kind of data mining that Cambridge Analytica allegedly carries out? Interesting times....

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10 Breakthrough Technologies 2017 - MIT Technology Review
by Ali Hussein 10 May '17

10 May '17

These technologies all have staying power. They will affect the economy and our politics, improve medicine, or influence our culture. Some are unfolding now; others will take a decade or more to develop. But you should know about all of them right now. Read on:- https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/technologies/2017/ Regards 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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Should a Technology be regulated? - The current state of blockchain regulation
by Ali Hussein 09 May '17

09 May '17

Dear Listers BlockChain Technology is in its infancy the world over. From the US to China to Europe, countries and players haven't really figured out how to play this ground breaking Technology when it comes to regulation. It doesn't help that the Technology is marred by the criminal elements that use Bitcoin to launder money and generally use it to hide from law enforcement agencies. For example Kidnappers and Denial of Service Hackers insist on being paid by Bitcoins because of its potential anonymity. However, criminals since time immemorial have always conducted their activities using mainstream financial engineering methods and tools to hide their ill gotten wealth. Should we confine a Technology that has the biggest potential to positively impact the world in a way not seen since the advent of the internet to criminality because it is being used by criminal elements? Or should we harness its great potential while mitigating its darker side? Many of us know that the Internet has a darker side - The dark web, where activities like Mass Identity Theft, Child Pornography and DDoS Ransoms routinely happen. This hasn't stopped it becoming mainstream and being unequivocally a force for good. http://weartv.com/news/local/dark-web-542017 So why then is the conversation around Bitcoins, other cryptocurrencies and the Technology that makes them possible so marred in controversy? The article below and a research linked therein seeks to answer some of these questions. https://t.co/ZV903HSohf However, even as we read global stories on BlockChain we must chart our own path. This will take players from diverse backgrounds and motivations to pull together to ensure we are not left behind and we harness the full potential of BlockChain Technologies to advance ourselves. 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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Do we need a legal framework for online dispute resolution in Kenya?
by Alvin Gachie 09 May '17

09 May '17

Dear Colleagues, In 2016, I approached some of you on this list to participate in my study on the 'Legal Framework for Online Dispute Resolution in Kenya.' You agreed, and indeed your participation was essential to the successful conclusion of my Masters' Thesis, titled 'An Evaluation of the Need for Regulation of Online Dsipute Resolution (ODR) in Kenya' in December 2016, now available online! Please click on this link or copy and paste the link in your browser to access the *abstract*: http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/handle/11295/98426 Please click on this link or copy and paste the link in your browser to access the *full thesis*: http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/bitstream/handle/11295/98426/Gachie_An%20Eva… I am also pleased to let you know that a paper I prepared, based on my research, was published in the Alternative Dispute Resolution Journal by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Kenya Branch) in its January 2017 issue! The full citation for this text is: Alvin Gachie, ‘Do we need to regulate online dispute resolution in Kenya?’ 5 Alternative Dispute Resolution Journal 1 (Chartered Institute of Arbitrators – Kenya Branch 2017) 189. Please click on this link or copy and paste the link in your browser to access the full text of the *journal*: http://www.ciarbkenya.org/assets/volume-5-issue--one--dummy.pdf I have attached a Pdf version of the journal article, for your reference and use. Once again, thank you very much for offering your insight on the interaction between technology, law and dispute resolution, without which putting together this research project would have been impossible. Feel free to share this email and the attachment with your networks, and contacts who you feel would be interested in discussing this subject. I would be happy to discuss further opportunities to engage in this area, or other areas you may recommend. I look forward to hearing from you. Regards, Alvin Gachie gachiea(a)gmail.com Tel: +254 720 803 535

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Internet Economy: African Regional Internet and Development Dialogue (RIDD 2017)
by WANGARI KABIRU 09 May '17

09 May '17

https://livestream.com/internetsociety/riddafrica2017/ African Regional Internet and Development ... Science & Technology / Other Science & Technology More event details ...Mon, May 8 2017 10:00 AM — Tue, May 9 2017 6:00 PM Today's discussions on the Internet Economy in Africa. Catch up with Alice Munyua on the Chair, Michuki Mwangi on and ISOC KE President Martin Obuya. Valuable insights shared. I am keen on the transition of Internet Development into Internet Sector and now a Real Internet Economy - where rubber meets the road for the Internet to add real value to small businesses (quality life, social, financial, efficiency, competitiveness etc) into peoples livelihoods for national development. Be blessed. Regards/Wangari --- Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth".

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Reminder: Policy Brief - Mobile Data Plans in Kenya
by Berhan Taye Gemeda 09 May '17

09 May '17

Dear Listers, This is to kindly remind you to comment on the policy brief that examines which mobile data plans people use in Kenya drafted by the Alliance for Affordable Internet <http://a4ai.org/>. The full draft of the policy brief is also linked at the end of the summary. Our results indicate that there are a few significant policy implications. We kindly ask you to review the policy brief linked below and leave your comments and suggestions and/or send comments directly to me @ berhan.taye(a)webfoundation.org by *12 May 2017*. We are grateful for any comment and feedback you may be able to provide. --- *Mobile Data Plans in Kenya * In this policy brief, we explore the level of Internet access Kenyan women and men have via their mobile phones. Using a quota sampling approach, we administered a set of mobile phone-based surveys to 500 female and 500 male Kenyans that use the Internet on their cell phones.[1] We classify mobile data bundles offered by Safaricom, Airtel Kenya, and Orange Kenya as full-cost, service specific, and zero-rated data packages.[2] Our result indicates that *women, in general, are more likely to use full-cost data bundles and pay the full advertised amount for their data than men *(when controlling for age, education, employment, and other factors) - 74% of Kenyan women use full-cost plans, while only 67% of men use the same package. However, *even though women prefer to pay for the advertised price of a data plan, they buy the smallest data bundles when compared to men*.[3] For instance, 35% of women buy 150MB of data, spending less than 199Ksh weekly, while only 24.7% of men resort to the cheapest data bundles. Women also tend to buy 350MB and 1024MB more frequently.[4] However, men categorically buy data bundles that are larger than 1GB when compared to women. This finding is a significant indicator of the limited spending power of Kenyan women and their ability to purchase mobile data packages and connect to the digital world. Moreover, we also find that the reverse is true for service-specific and zero-rated data plans: *more men prefer to use service-specific and zero-rated services than women.*[5] 15% and 2.8% of men use service-specific and zero-rated data bundles while only 4.4% and 1% of women use these bundles, respectively. This result indicates that men are more likely to use cheaper and subsidized data packages that offer access to a few websites and apps. This is possibly because in some cases (e.g., sports tv data bundles) the services appeal more to men. In sum, we postulate that these findings have a few policy implications: first, our analysis raises questions about why there should be different patterns in mobile data consumption between men and women. To better understand this it is essential that the Communications Authority of Kenya mandates operators and its institutions to gender disaggregate the data they publish. Second, seeing that women can only afford to buy the smallest data bundles, it is essential that we pursue policy and regulatory reform to lower industry cost structures which can help improve affordability for all. Lastly, to the extent where service-specific and zero-rated programs are allowed under the Kenyan laws and related net neutrality principles, the content of service-specific and zero-rated programs should better target the needs of both women and men. For more details, please refer to the draft full policy brief here <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C_wAlfHwgoaIURrp3DR_oBs3sd0FKRsxSeWn_MJ…> . ------------------------------ [1] We used mobile phone Internet users as our primary focus because 99% of Internet subscriptions are via mobile phones in Kenya <http://www.ca.go.ke/images/downloads/PUBLICATIONS/ANNUALREPORTS/Annual%20Re…>. Surveys were carried out between January-March 2016. [2] Full-cost data bundle customers pay the full advertised amount for a data bundle and can access the entire content of the web; Service specific subscribers pay a cheaper or subsidized price and access very limited websites and apps like Facebook and Whatsapp; Zero-rated data plans are free, and the content is limited to zero-rated websites like Wikipedia and Facebook Zero. [3] The data bundles offered by the MNOs range from 150MB to 6144MB and cost between 199Ksh and 1000Ksh. [4] Data bundles that women buy more than men are all data packages provided by Safaricom. [5] When holding age, education, employment, and other factors at a constant, this finding still holds true. *--* *Berhan Taye * Ford-Mozilla Open Web Fellow +1 347 445 1968 @btayeg <http://twitter.com/btayeg> Subalterntones.wordpress.com <http://subalterntones.wordpress.com/>

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Can Facebook fix its own bug? and what lessons for Kenya Elections 2017?
by Ali Hussein 08 May '17

08 May '17

Listers There's no doubt that Facebook has become THE News Platform that humanity relies on. The numbers are staggering. Nearly 2 billion people use Facebook every month and 1.2 billion daily. It has become a mirror of our lives. In more ways than we can imagine. In 2016 however, Facebook's huge influence in our lives became its biggest liability - During the U.S. election, propagandists — some working for money, others for potentially state-sponsored lulz — used the service to turn fake stories into viral sensations, like the one about Pope Francis’ endorsing Trump (he hadn’t <http://www.factcheck.org/2016/10/did-the-pope-endorse-trump/>). And fake news was only part of a larger conundrum. With its huge reach, Facebook has begun to act as the great disseminator of the larger cloud of misinformation and half-truths swirling about the rest of media. It sucks up lies from cable news and Twitter, *then precisely targets each lie to the partisan bubble most receptive to it.* Locally we are seeing similar versions of the problems of the US Election being enacted. The most visible one was during the months long doctors' strike where pro and against teams were using not only Facebook but twitter and Whatsapp to spread truths, half-truths and outright lies. Should Facebook be held responsible for 'fact-checking' (which by the way they have already instituted certain measures to do this) and hire editors to 'police' what people post? Or is this a reflection of how society is and has nothing to do with Facebook or Social Media at large. The only problem with this is that Pre-Social Media lies and fake news usually were confined to certain social groups, parties, families etc. Today, you can be an instant famous or infamous person by a click of the button. What can we do in Kenya and Africa in general to ensure this doesn't adversely affect our socio and cultural foundations? Read on:- https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/25/magazine/can-facebook-fix-its-own-worst-… *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.

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The Data that turned the world upside down...
by Ngigi Waithaka 08 May '17

08 May '17

Listers, The other side of big firms is big data... https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/how-our-likes-helped-trump-win This is the world we live in.... The excerpt below from the article above helps to put things into perspective... *In 2012, Kosinski proved that on the basis of an average of 68 Facebook "likes" by a user, it was possible to predict their skin color (with 95 percent accuracy), their sexual orientation (88 percent accuracy), and their affiliation to the Democratic or Republican party (85 percent). But it didn't stop there. Intelligence, religious affiliation, as well as alcohol, cigarette and drug use, could all be determined. From the data it was even possible to deduce whether someone's parents were divorced.* *Seventy "likes" were enough to outdo what a person's friends knew, 150 what their parents knew, and 300 "likes" what their partner knew.* And guess which other country is a reference for Big Data in politics by the same firm running Trumps Big Data? https://sclgroup.cc/elections/projects/kenya/ -- *Regards,* *Wait**haka Ngigi* Chief Executive Officer | Alliance Technologies | MCK Nairobi Synod Building T +254 20 525 0750 |Office Mobile: +254 716 201061 | M +254 737 811 000 www.at.co.ke

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Facebook to hire 3, 000 moderators to stop suicides, crimes from being streamed - Business Insider
by Ali Hussein 08 May '17

08 May '17

CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Wednesday that Facebook plans to hire 3,000 more content moderators to keep crimes, suicides, and other violent acts from being shared on the social network. Read on:- http://ow.ly/YpCD30bp9Dd 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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Kenyans set to enjoy cross-network mobile money transfer from July - Business Daily
by Ali Hussein 07 May '17

07 May '17

Kenyans could in the next three months send and receive money across the different telecommunication networks following an agreement to implement interoperability among the service providers. Read on:- http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/corporate/Kenyans-enjoy-crossnetwork-mob… 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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Re: [kictanet] Regulating the internet giants- The world’s most valuable resource is data.
by Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu 07 May '17

07 May '17

Hello listers, The article below features an emerging school of thought in regards to regulating tech giants, previously viewed as 'untouchables', from an anti-trust point of view. http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21721656-data-economy-demands-new-app… Kind regards Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu Lawyer -FinTech and ICT Policy On May 3, 2017 9:36 PM, "Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Thank you Wangari, > > But you and I both know that the New York times can not one day wake up > and decide to become a social network. We need to respect businesses for > what they want to become not what they are meant to become. > > Ahmed > > On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 12:15 PM, WANGARI KABIRU via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> Blessed Wednesday! >> >> I am compelled to imagine my village chief running after every mad man , >> or sending troops after each of us presumably relatively sane ones as we >> have our private gatherings and share our opinions with family and friends. >> >> However, where the line is drawn in the instance of the Facebooks and >> other media touted as "social" and "not editorial news media" is when it >> appears (real or imagined) that they propagate certain kind of views to go >> viral. This was the wholabaloo and yes for the Kenyan elections(or >> anywhere) it should be cause for concern. >> >> Do the Facebooks have the ability and capacity to do this? I suspect we >> may perhaps need to ask the algorithms used. >> >> There is no bargaining, digital consumer education is a must must to be >> enhanced and it is not to be left just to the private sector who creates >> the solutions. >> >> Secondly, with the digital developments, in the real police, there must >> be a new kind of "digital police service", which perhaps should be an >> algorithm. >> >> >> Have a blessed day. >> >> Regards/Wangari >> >> --- >> Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored >> Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on >> Earth". >> >> >> On Wednesday, 3 May 2017, 11:24, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >> >> The buck here does not only end with Facebook. >> >> This discussion is very similar to the Privacy Policy discussion. For >> instance, we can enact Privacy Policy on Software and Services but does it >> help that much if the consumer is not aware what a Privacy Policy is and >> what its meant to be all about? >> >> Facebook can add to the situation by making it easier to spot fake news. >> But then, we will argue that: >> >> 1. This will suppress freedom of expression. >> 2. Will beat the purpose or need to have Facebook become a "social >> platform" instead of a "news platform". >> >> This is why you can report a post as well as have facebook flag a news >> item, but Facebook is not in a position to block it, unless there is >> significant action on the side of the consumer for it to be done so. To >> block it from the source is equal to *censorship*. >> >> There should be more of a drive to have consumers aware of what fake news >> is, how to spot it, and how to report it, and how to get awareness out >> there on what the truth is. >> >> On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 6:55 AM, Ali Hussein via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >> Listers >> >> There's no doubt that Facebook has become THE News Platform that humanity >> relies on. The numbers are staggering. Nearly 2 billion people use Facebook >> every month and 1.2 billion daily. It has become a mirror of our lives. In >> more ways than we can imagine. >> >> In 2016 however, Facebook's huge influence in our lives became its >> biggest liability - During the U.S. election, propagandists — some >> working for money, others for potentially state-sponsored lulz — used the >> service to turn fake stories into viral sensations, like the one about Pope >> Francis’ endorsing Trump (he hadn’t >> <http://www.factcheck.org/2016/10/did-the-pope-endorse-trump/>). And >> fake news was only part of a larger conundrum. With its huge reach, >> Facebook has begun to act as the great disseminator of the larger cloud of >> misinformation and half-truths swirling about the rest of media. It sucks >> up lies from cable news and Twitter, *then precisely targets each lie to >> the partisan bubble most receptive to it.* >> >> Locally we are seeing similar versions of the problems of the US Election >> being enacted. The most visible one was during the months long doctors' >> strike where pro and against teams were using not only Facebook but twitter >> and Whatsapp to spread truths, half-truths and outright lies. >> >> Should Facebook be held responsible for 'fact-checking' (which by the way >> they have already instituted certain measures to do this) and hire editors >> to 'police' what people post? Or is this a reflection of how society is and >> has nothing to do with Facebook or Social Media at large. The only problem >> with this is that Pre-Social Media lies and fake news usually were confined >> to certain social groups, parties, families etc. Today, you can be an >> instant famous or infamous person by a click of the button. >> >> What can we do in Kenya and Africa in general to ensure this doesn't >> adversely affect our socio and cultural foundations? >> >> Read on:- >> >> https://www.nytimes.com/2017/ 04/25/magazine/can-facebook- >> fix-its-own-worst-bug.html?_r= 0 >> <https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/25/magazine/can-facebook-fix-its-own-worst-…> >> >> *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> >> <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. >> >> ______________________________ _________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> <https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet> >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ KICTANet/ >> <https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/> >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ >> mailman/options/kictanet/ ultimateprogramer%40gmail.com >> <https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/ultimateprogramer%40g…> >> >> 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. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> *Ahmed Maawy* >> Principal Product Management Specialist - Al Jazeera Media Network >> Skype: ultimateprogramer >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/wangarikabiru%40yahoo.co.uk >> >> 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/ultimateprogramer%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. >> > > > > -- > *Ahmed Maawy* > Principal Product Management Specialist - Al Jazeera Media Network > Skype: ultimateprogramer > > _______________________________________________ > 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/chemukoechk%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. >

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Consorting With The Frenemy: Ad Tech Players Partner For Shared Identity Matching | AdExchanger
by Ali Hussein 07 May '17

07 May '17

Listers As a result of perceived dominance by Facebook and Google in the digital advertising space some players are already working in consortium to counter this. And it’s a shot across the bow of Facebook and Google, which suck in a majority of digital ad dollars. “The big giants have had an advantage over the open internet in that they have their own deterministic identities for users that allows more precise targeting and cross-device matching,” said AppNexus product VP Patrick McCarthy. Read on:- https://adexchanger.com/online-advertising/consorting-frenemy-ad-tech-playe… 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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Safaricom - Bundle Auto Renew
by S.M. Muraya 06 May '17

06 May '17

Attn: Safaricom Please advise on how to activate an auto renew option (if any) for 7 day, 30 day or 90 day bundles. Regards

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INVITATION TO THE ANNUAL ICT WEEK
by Mark O. Okuttah 05 May '17

05 May '17

Good afternoon lister, You are invited by the Director General of the Communications Authority of Kenya to the Annual ICT Week which will be held from 17th to 19th May, 2017 at Laico Regency Hotel, Nairobi. The forum offers an opportunity for the Authority and industry stakeholders to have structured discussions on specific market segments. Kindly fill in the attached registration form and email it back CPA(a)ca.go.ke. Also find the attached programme. We look forward to your confirmation of participation. Your prompt response will be highly appreciated. Kind Regards, Mark Okuttah Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) Mobile: 0703042400 |Website: www.ca.go.ke |Twitter: @CA_Kenya Facebook: Communications Authority of Kenya |YouTube: CA Kenya Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/cck-kenya

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AI - What's now, what's new and what's next
by Ali Hussein 05 May '17

05 May '17

Listers This may be interesting for some of you. Artificial intelligence (AI) is already becoming entrenched in many facets of everyday life, and is being tapped for a growing array of core business applications, including predicting market and customer behavior, automating repetitive tasks and providing alerts when things go awry. As technology becomes more sophisticated, the use of AI will continue to grow quickly in the coming years. See attached for more detailed reading. Courtesy of IBM. *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.

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Fwd: [AfrICANN-discuss] May 10: deadline for ICANN 60 fellowship application
by Bob Omondi 04 May '17

04 May '17

ENGLISH: This is just a reminder. Please read the text below FRANCAIS: Ceci est un rappel. Lire le texte plus bas. Thanks/Merci -- Yaovi Atohoun Stakeholder Engagement & Operations Manager – Africa Tel. +229 66015649/ 97891228 / 65209067 www.icann.org *From: *Yaovi Atohoun <yaovi.atohoun(a)icann.org> *Date: *Friday, March 31, 2017 at 7:59 AM *To: *AfrICANN Community List <africann(a)afrinic.net> *Subject: *ICANN 60 fellowship application period open ENGLISH: *ICANN 60 takes place from 28 October – 03 November 2017 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates* - Application Round close: 10 May, 2017 - Selected Fellows announcement: 21 July 2017 Please read more at https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2017-03-29-en *FRANCAIS* *La 60 ème réunion de l’ICANN aura lieu du 28 Octobre au 03 Novembre 2017 à Abu Dhabi aux Emirats Arabe Unis* - Fin de la période de soumission des demandes de bourse : 10 mai 2017 - Publication de la liste des candidats sélectionnés le 21 Juillet 2017 Plus d’information à https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2017-03-29-en Thanks/Merci -- Yaovi Atohoun Stakeholder Engagement & Operations Manager – Africa Tel. +229 97891228 / 65209067 www.icann.org _______________________________________________ AfrICANN mailing list AfrICANN(a)afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/africann

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You're invited to AfChix TechWomen Summit (Saturday, May 27, 2017)
by Dorcas Muthoni 04 May '17

04 May '17

BACKGROUND AfChix is a network of African Women in Technology registered as non-profit in Kenya. AfChix originated in 2004 as Linux Chix Africa and has over the years evolved to what is now AfChix. We create opportunities and platforms for nurturing women in technology so they succeed in their careers. We also address the pipeline issues related to limited women taking up academic programmes in computer science and related fields. We conduct career guidance seminars and events targeting high school girls and encourage them to take up STEM subjects. We use our mailing lists, website and social media platforms to demystify computer science and information technology – with a goal of increasing the number of women in these important sectors. AfChix has a membership across the African continent and is represented in Northern, Southern, Eastern, Central and Western Africa. Since 2007, AfChix has collaborated with the African Network Operators Group (AFNOG), Internet Society (ISOC) and Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC) to hold the AFNOG Chix series to train African Women Engineers in intensive Unix System Administration and Networking. OBJECTIVES OF THE SUMMIT The AfChix TechWomen Summit is planned alongside the 2017 AFNOG Events that will lead up to the Africa Internet Summit conference (AIS’17) in Nairobi, Kenya. The objectives of the AfChix TechWomen Summit are: 1. Provide a platform for African Women in Technology to learn from each other through the various summit sessions 2. Provide opportunities for network and inspiration for African Women in Technology 3. Strengthen the AfChix Network through increased visibility of AfChix’s work and programs TARGET PARTICIPANTS 1. Women already working in the Information Technology, Computer Science and related sectors 2. Women entrepreneurs who are aligning technology in the businesses 3. Female university or college students undertaking Information Technology, Computer Science courses 4. Young girls in high school who would like to learn more about careers in Information Technology, Computer Science HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EVENT - Panel Sessions - Guest Presentation - Speed Mentoring - An evening cocktail event for networking HOW TO PARTICIPATE Please register here (Registration is Free): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/afchix-techwomen-summit-tickets-34276609261 OUR PARTNERS 1. AfChix <http://www.afchix.org/> 2. AFRINIC <https://www.afrinic.net/> 3. Africa Network Operators Group (AFNOG) <https://afnog.org/> 4. Internet Society (ISOC) <http://www.internetsociety.org/> 5. Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC) <https://www.nsrc.org/> 6. Anita Borg Institute (ABI) <https://anitaborg.org/> 7. Africa Internet Summit (AIS) <https://internetsummitafrica.org/> SUMMIT DETAILS <https://anitaborg.org/> Venue: Boma Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya Hall Name: Room, Ndovu. Date: 27th May 2017 CONTACT DETAILS If you have questions, please contact: Miss Lillian Achom. AfChix Program Coordinator Email: lillian.achom(a)afchix.org -- Muthoni -------------------------------------------- Mahatma Gandhi once said:- First they ignore you, Then they laugh at you, Then they fight you, AND THEN YOU WIN!!!

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Fwd: [Internet Policy] Join us at World Press Freedom Day this week!
by Barrack Otieno 03 May '17

03 May '17

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Nicolas Seidler <seidler(a)isoc.org> Date: Wed, 3 May 2017 07:41:28 +0000 Subject: [Internet Policy] Join us at World Press Freedom Day this week! To: "internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org" <internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org> Hi everyone, A free and independent press, including online, is a pillar of vibrant societies. Yet, its future is in jeopardy. Press freedom is declining <https://rsf.org/en/2017-world-press-freedom-index-tipping-point> across the world, as surveillance of journalists and violations of the confidentiality of sources become more common. Reporters are often victims of government orders to shut down media websites or blogs in the name of national security or public order. Journalists and their sources are taking enormous risks right now in making sure crucial stories get told. In today's environment, where trust in online information is at an all-time low, we need free, safe and independent journalists more than ever. This is why, as the Internet Society participates in World Press Freedom Day <http://en.unesco.org/wpfd> (WPFD) in Indonesia on 3-4 May, we are calling on governments to support encryption <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/5909451ce4b084f59b49fe04#> rather than seeing it as a threat, and on all journalists to use encryption to protect their research, their communications, their sources, and themselves. ISOC’s Senior Director for Global Internet Policy, Constance Bommelaer, has been invited to draft with other stakeholders the Jakarta Declaration <http://en.unesco.org/world-press-freedom-day-2017/jakarta-declaration>. Based on our input, the Declaration should encourage the deployment of encryption to ensure trust online and to support the safety of journalists and the confidentiality of their sources. This is an important and positive signal to the international community. We believe everyone has a role to play to make the Internet more trusted and secure. Here is what you can do: * Read and share Constance Bommelaer’s piece on the importance of encryption for journalists <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/5909451ce4b084f59b49fe04#> * Secure your data: EFF <https://ssd.eff.org/en/playlist/journalist-move>, CPJ <https://www.cpj.org/reports/2012/04/journalist-security-guide.php> and RSF <https://rsf.org/en/online-survival-kit> offer security tips for journalists and non-journalists to secure their communications * Watch our Twitter feed <https://twitter.com/internetsociety> and retweet any and all calls to action for the week. You can use the hashtags #pressfreedom and #WPFD2017 * Participate in World Press Freedom Day celebrations around the world <https://en.unesco.org/datasets/event/27484/map> * Tune in <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX00NGuAJHNV1MVCVPEeKRQ> on May 4, 2:15 pm (UTC+7) to see Constance on UNESCO’s panel on a Universal Internet <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX00NGuAJHNV1MVCVPEeKRQ> As we celebrate World Press Freedom Day, we must remember that rebuilding trust in the news is a complex and long process and we each have a role to play. Encryption can be one of the steps towards a brighter future for a free and independent press. Nicolas Seidler Senior Policy Advisor Internet Society seidler(a)isoc.org -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Policy Brief - Mobile Data Plans in Kenya - Quantifying Women’s Access to the Digital World
by Berhan Taye Gemeda 03 May '17

03 May '17

Dear Listers, Kindly see below a summary policy brief that examines which mobile data plans people use in Kenya drafted by the Alliance for Affordable Internet <http://a4ai.org/>. The full draft of the policy brief is also linked at the end of the summary. Our results indicate that there are a few significant policy implications. We kindly ask you to review the policy brief linked below and leave your comments and suggestions and/or send comments directly to me @ berhan.taye(a)webfoundation.org by 12 May 2017. Thank you very much in advance for your comments and feedback. --- *Mobile Data Plans in Kenya - Quantifying Women’s Access to the Digital World * In this policy brief, we explore the level of Internet access Kenyan women and men have via their mobile phones. Using a quota sampling approach, we administered a set of mobile phone-based surveys to 500 female and 500 male Kenyans that use the Internet on their cell phones.[1] We classify mobile data bundles offered by Safaricom, Airtel Kenya, and Orange Kenya as full-cost, service specific, and zero-rated data packages.[2] Our result indicates that *women, in general, are more likely to use full-cost data bundles and pay the full advertised amount for their data than men *(when controlling for age, education, employment, and other factors) - 74% of Kenyan women use full-cost plans, while only 67% of men use the same package. However, *even though women prefer to pay for the advertised price of a data plan, they buy the smallest data bundles when compared to men*.[3] For instance, 35% of women buy 150MB of data, spending less than 199Ksh weekly, while only 24.7% of men resort to the cheapest data bundles. Women also tend to buy 350MB and 1024MB more frequently.[4] However, men categorically buy data bundles that are larger than 1GB when compared to women. This finding is a significant indicator of the limited spending power of Kenyan women and their ability to purchase mobile data packages and connect to the digital world. Moreover, we also find that the reverse is true for service-specific and zero-rated data plans: *more men prefer to use service-specific and zero-rated services than women.*[5] 15% and 2.8% of men use service-specific and zero-rated data bundles while only 4.4% and 1% of women use these bundles, respectively. This result indicates that men are more likely to use cheaper and subsidized data packages that offer access to a few websites and apps. This is possibly because in some cases (e.g., sports tv data bundles) the services appeal more to men. In sum, we postulate that these findings have a few policy implications: first, our analysis raises questions about why there should be different patterns in mobile data consumption between men and women. To better understand this it is essential that the Communications Authority of Kenya mandates operators and its institutions to gender disaggregate the data they publish. Second, seeing that women can only afford to buy the smallest data bundles, it is essential that we pursue policy and regulatory reform to lower industry cost structures which can help improve affordability for all. Lastly, to the extent where service-specific and zero-rated programs are allowed under the Kenyan laws and related net neutrality principles, the content of service-specific and zero-rated programs should better target the needs of both women and men. For more details, please refer to the draft full policy brief here <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C_wAlfHwgoaIURrp3DR_oBs3sd0FKRsxSeWn_MJ…> . ------------------------------ [1] We used mobile phone Internet users as our primary focus because 99% of Internet subscriptions are via mobile phones in Kenya <http://www.ca.go.ke/images/downloads/PUBLICATIONS/ANNUALREPORTS/Annual%20Re…>. Surveys were carried out between January-March 2016. [2] Full-cost data bundle customers pay the full advertised amount for a data bundle and can access the entire content of the web; Service specific subscribers pay a cheaper or subsidized price and access very limited websites and apps like Facebook and Whatsapp; Zero-rated data plans are free, and the content is limited to zero--rated websites like Wikipedia and Facebook Zero. [3] The data bundles offered by the MNOs range from 150MB to 6144MB and cost between 199Ksh and 10,000Ksh. [4] Data bundles that women buy more than men are all data packages provided by Safaricom. [5] When holding age, education, employment, and other factors at a constant, this finding still holds true. *--* *Berhan Taye * Ford-Mozilla Open Web Fellow @btayeg <http://twitter.com/btayeg>

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Re: [kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 119, Issue 85
by DRAKE 02 May '17

02 May '17

Morning Fellow Listers, In reference to the .Ke Domain Costs conversation, our response as DRAKE is 1. Pricing (Toilem) In 2014, the call for a price drop that had reigned since the beggining of .KE was ended with a resolution to cut prices. The only caveat to the conversation was an increase in domain numbers to the 105,000 target which is feasible for normal operations at our registry. We stand at 67,972 domains https://registry.kenic.or.ke/statistics.jsp Our commitment as DRAKE is to rally registrars to push that number to and beyond the 105,000 mark triggering a review back to Kshs 500+VAT for renewals. Modalities of this were shared during our DRAKE AGM last week and I urge both registrars and ICT stakeholders to subscribe to our mailing list for updates - http://bit.ly/2oT9ySV 2. .KE's 30Billion Ecosystem (Ali) In line with the National Broadband stratergy, we've formulated a work plan that will create a Kshs 30B ecosystem and employing 10,000 ICT professionals over the next 5 years. The current .KE ecosystem is estimated at Kshs 2B creating an average 600 jobs/annum It's not perfect but we are constantly engaging partners to help us grow this conversation. More on this conversation will be communicated in either Q3/Q4 Looking forward to working together towards making .KE the internet ecosystem for Africa Kind Regards Kariba Moko - DRAKE Chairman On 28 April 2017 at 20:12, <kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Send kictanet mailing list submissions to > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > You can reach the person managing the list at > kictanet-owner(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of kictanet digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Is It Time to Break Up Google? (Mark Kipyegon) > 2. Re: .Ke Domain Costs (Toilem Godwin) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 09:24:34 +0000 > From: Mark Kipyegon <mkipyegon(a)outlook.com> > To: "kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Is It Time to Break Up Google? > Message-ID: > <DB5PR03MB11897CB345B9230AD9FC7C54B9130@DB5PR03MB1189. > eurprd03.prod.outlook.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > In defence of Google, the number of services they have developed to > support their core business are quite simply top of their class. The likes > of Gmail, the Chrome browser, Google Maps and Google search itself have few > if any comparable competitors. > > Why should innovation be punished? > > On 28 Apr 2017, at 11:55, "kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke" < > kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > > > > Listers, > > > > https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/22/opinion/sunday/is-it- > time-to-break-up-google.html?_r=0 > > > > Here we go, again.... > > > > It seems these *BIG* issues have been and will continue being with us > for a > > long while. > > > > Before @Ali shoots back, this is a different debate from the Risk > > Management one, although they have certain areas where they intersect. > > > > I quite think the closing words are very appropriate... > > > > > > *"...Woodrow Wilson was right when he said in 1913, ?If monopoly > persists, > > monopoly will always sit at the helm of the government.? We ignore his > > words at our peril....* > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 20:06:49 +0300 > From: Toilem Godwin <toilemgodwin(a)gmail.com> > To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] .Ke Domain Costs > Message-ID: > <CAHg_bSjbQOKC6wfrACaaJY_kPSzT1ybZH_yeBS4OpUBJU6jb9w@ > mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dear Listers, > > What is DRAKE's take on this? haven't seen any comment from them on this > issue. > > Being a Registrars Association in Kenya was expecting maybe an explanation > on how this was arrived at. > > To KeNIC what has led to the frastic change in pricing and why change only > Renewal. > > On Apr 28, 2017 09:58, "Brian Nyali via kictanet" < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > > Dear Waudo, > > > > The number of total domains stands at 68,062. > > The breakdown is as below: > > > > > > CO.KE 63144 > > > > OR.KE 2027 > > > > SC.KE 999 > > > > AC.KE 766 > > > > GO.KE 384 > > > > ME.KE 341 > > > > NE.KE 200 > > > > INFO.KE 153 > > > > MOBI.KE 48 > > > > Kind regards, > > Brian M. Nyali. > > brian(a)kenic.or.ke > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From: *"waudo siganga via kictanet" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > > *To: *"Brian Nyali" <brian(a)kenic.or.ke> > > *Cc: *"waudo siganga" <emailsignet(a)mailcan.com>, "Josh Kinoti" < > > jkinoti(a)gmail.com> > > *Sent: *Thursday, 27 April, 2017 18:10:57 > > *Subject: *Re: [kictanet] .Ke Domain Costs > > > > What are the current registration numbers for .ke? > > > > W. > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 27, 2017, at 01:06 PM, Ali Hussein via kictanet wrote: > > > > I'm not surprised by this turn of events. > > > > A little bird told me that the reason behind this change of strategy is > > simply that Registrars haven't met jointly agreed set targets and hence > > putting KeNIC in an untenable situation. KeNIC is a critical public > > resource and it's incumbent on the industry to support its growth. > > > > I've always been against growth by price reduction. Especially in the > > ccTLD Domain Name Space. The largest ccTLDs include .uk, .co and .de and > > it's never been about pricing. > > > > Back to the drawing board KeNIC and Drake? > > > > 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 > > > > On 26 Apr 2017, at 8:09 PM, Odhiambo Washington via kictanet < > > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > > > > > https://eacdirectory.co.ke/ke-renewal-price-change.php > > > > On 25 April 2017 at 22:50, Josh Kinoti via kictanet < > > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > > > Seen communication that Kenic had revised pricing for domains upwards. > > > > Has the registry abandoned the campaign to make the .ke pricing > > competitive? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/odhiambo%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. > > > > > > > > -- > > Best regards, > > Odhiambo WASHINGTON, > > Nairobi,KE > > +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 > > "Oh, the cruft." > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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%40campusciti.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/emailsignet%40mailcan.com > > > > The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform > > for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and > > regulation. 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Risks to Safaricom outstrip mere business - we should be concerned
by Grace Githaiga 02 May '17

02 May '17

Last week Safaricom, the largest mobile service provider in East and Central Africa, suffered a serious disruption to its services. Myguessabout how Safaricom’s exclusive success story might present a huge risk to the Kenyan economy came to pass. No doubt Safaricom, the mother of the legendary mobile money service M-Pesa, has brought accolades to Kenya, both here and abroad and we hope it continues to do so. http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/walubengo/2274560-3910726-7oojsx/in… [1] 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. Links: ------ [1] http://Last week Safaricom, the largest mobile service provider in East and Central Africa, suffered a serious disruption to its services. My guess about how Safaricom’s exclusive success story might present a huge risk to the Kenyan economy came to pass. No doubt Safaricom, the mother of the legendary mobile money service M-Pesa, has brought accolades to Kenya, both here and abroad and we hope it continues to do so.

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Re: [kictanet] Is It Time to Break Up Google?
by Ali Hussein 02 May '17

02 May '17

@Ngigi Interesting article. Though I think its abit shallow. To say Google controls the Digital Ad business is to stretch the truth abit because there are many aspects of this business not just search. And increasingly search is being replaced by Social. As we focus on one company's dominance (Microsoft, IBM etc) we fail to acknowledge the changing aspects of the industry itself. I think the major question we need to ask is this:- Should Google, Facebook and Amazon be declared public utilities? Is advertising as crucial as say communication via telephone, internet and mobile money? I think not. Can we live without search and social media? absolutely. Can we live without communication and the internet? Maybe. We just need to back to the stone age. :-) And closer to home should the Kenya Government declare MPesa a public utility? For us to answer this question we need to transport ourselves back in history when the US Government declared AT&T a public utility. There was a case then for 'approving' a monopoly through a series of government regulatory actions and AT&T's acquisitive strategy. The main case was about *INTEROPERABILITY *(emphasis deliberate). Is there a case now for say pushing towards MPesa being a utility? We cannot understate the impact MPesa has on our lives. Should we then because of this force the Utility Status on MPesa and force Safaricom to open it up to other players? *Ali Hussein* *Principal* *Hussein & Associates* Tel: +254 713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim <http://t.sidekickopen16.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XYg4…> 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 Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 11:27 AM, Ngigi Waithaka via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Listers, > > https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/22/opinion/sunday/is-it- > time-to-break-up-google.html?_r=0 > > Here we go, again.... > > It seems these *BIG* issues have been and will continue being with us for > a long while. > > Before @Ali shoots back, this is a different debate from the Risk > Management one, although they have certain areas where they intersect. > > I quite think the closing words are very appropriate... > > > *"...Woodrow Wilson was right when he said in 1913, “If monopoly persists, > monopoly will always sit at the helm of the government.” We ignore his > words at our peril....* > > -- > *Regards,* > > *Wait**haka Ngigi* > Chief Executive Officer | Alliance Technologies | MCK Nairobi Synod > Building > T +254 20 525 0750 |Office Mobile: +254 716 201061 | M +254 737 811 000 > www.at.co.ke > > _______________________________________________ > 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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Request to Participate in a Survey to Identify Growth Drivers for ICT Innovators in Kenya
by Alwala, Rachel 01 May '17

01 May '17

Dear Listers, This is your associate, Rachel. I wish to seek your co-operation in a research that seeks to identify the growth drivers for ICT innovators in Kenya. This survey is part of an academic research for my dissertation as a partial fulfillment of the Masters Degree in Communication Management at the Buckinghamshire New University. I wish to invite innovators on this platform to take part in this study. You will be asked to complete an online questionnaire on the eSURV web site. The confidentiality and anonymity of information from participants is assured as no names are requested. It will take you approximately 20 minutes or less to fill the questionnaire. Your participation in this research is entirely voluntary. I would equally appreciate your reference to other innovators who are not on this platform. Email me if you have any questions/enquiries. To begin the survey, please click the link below: https://eSurv.org?u=Growth_Drivers-Innovators2 Regards, Rachel Alwala

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.Ke Domain Costs
by Josh Kinoti 28 Apr '17

28 Apr '17

Seen communication that Kenic had revised pricing for domains upwards. Has the registry abandoned the campaign to make the .ke pricing competitive?

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Re: [kictanet] Is It Time to Break Up Google?
by Mark Kipyegon 28 Apr '17

28 Apr '17

In defence of Google, the number of services they have developed to support their core business are quite simply top of their class. The likes of Gmail, the Chrome browser, Google Maps and Google search itself have few if any comparable competitors. Why should innovation be punished? On 28 Apr 2017, at 11:55, "kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke" <kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > Listers, > > https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/22/opinion/sunday/is-it-time-to-break-up-go… > > Here we go, again.... > > It seems these *BIG* issues have been and will continue being with us for a > long while. > > Before @Ali shoots back, this is a different debate from the Risk > Management one, although they have certain areas where they intersect. > > I quite think the closing words are very appropriate... > > > *"...Woodrow Wilson was right when he said in 1913, ?If monopoly persists, > monopoly will always sit at the helm of the government.? We ignore his > words at our peril....*

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Is It Time to Break Up Google?
by Ngigi Waithaka 28 Apr '17

28 Apr '17

Listers, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/22/opinion/sunday/is-it-time-to-break-up-go… Here we go, again.... It seems these *BIG* issues have been and will continue being with us for a long while. Before @Ali shoots back, this is a different debate from the Risk Management one, although they have certain areas where they intersect. I quite think the closing words are very appropriate... *"...Woodrow Wilson was right when he said in 1913, “If monopoly persists, monopoly will always sit at the helm of the government.” We ignore his words at our peril....* -- *Regards,* *Wait**haka Ngigi* Chief Executive Officer | Alliance Technologies | MCK Nairobi Synod Building T +254 20 525 0750 |Office Mobile: +254 716 201061 | M +254 737 811 000 www.at.co.ke

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Safaricom Hits Back!
by Francis Monyango 27 Apr '17

27 Apr '17

Good evening, Safaricom faults CA, says its voice service is quality. “Our internal independent studies indicated different values. However, of more concern is the fact that we (alongside other industry players) noted significant anomalies that would impact the scores in the report,” http://www.nation.co.ke/business/Safaricom-faults-CA--says-its-voice-servic… -- Francis Monyango Lawyer | ICT Policy and Legal Consultant www.monyango.com 0726792792

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Safaricom may face sanctions over network outage
by Sidney Ochieng 27 Apr '17

27 Apr '17

Safaricom may face sanctions over network outage http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/news/Safaricom-may-face-sanctions- over-network-outage/539546-3902518-15d86gnz/index.html That one network has this much power over economy is frightening and must be addressed. Today has proven that it's not enough that Safaricom says they won't misuse their dominance, it's enough that if they fail the country slows to a crawl. Sent on the move, kindly excuse any typos. Sidney

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Conference speakers - Block Chain Technology, Cryptocurrencies; Innovation
by Matunda Nyanchama 26 Apr '17

26 Apr '17

Good evening friends. Please send me names of individuals that can speak on the following subjects. If possible, they need to come from the East African region and/or have experience on the same from the region. 1. Cryptocurrency: It's fate in East Africa 2. Implementing Block-Chain Technology: Idea v/s Reality 3. RegTechs: Innovation for Regulation Shukrani. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Matunda Nyanchama, PhD, CISSP; Director & Managing Consultant, <mailto:mnyanchama@aganoconsulting.com> mnyanchama(a)aganoconsulting.com Agano Consulting Inc.; <http://www.aganoconsulting.com/> www.aganoconsulting.com; Twitter: <http://twitter.com/#%21/nmatunda> nmatunda; Skype: okiambe ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------- Manage your ICT risks! We are the experts you need! The trusted partners you deserve! Call: +254-20-267-0743 (Kenya) or info(a)aganoconsulting.com Licensed by Communications Authority of Kenya (CA)

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Fwd: [Internet Policy] UNHCHR survey
by Barrack Otieno 26 Apr '17

26 Apr '17

Listers, For your Information. Best Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Richard Hill <rhill(a)hill-a.ch> Date: Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 6:15 PM Subject: [Internet Policy] UNHCHR survey To: internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org The United Nations Human Rights Office is defining its strategic direction for the next four years and would appreciate input. They ask all interested persons to fill in a questionnaire to help us them make the best strategic choices to stand up and stand out for defense, protection and promotion of all human rights for all. The questionnaire is at: http://ohchr-survey.unog.ch/index.php/288665?lang=en Feel free to forward as appropriate. Best, Richard _______________________________________________ To manage your ISOC subscriptions or unsubscribe, please log into the ISOC Member Portal: https://portal.isoc.org/ Then choose Interests & Subscriptions from the My Account menu. -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Re: [kictanet] Safaricom may face sanctions over network outage-of market shares and competition
by Ali Hussein 25 Apr '17

25 Apr '17

@Ngigi I will concede the point on ITU... :-) As for being a Safaricom Hardliner...All I can say is that my contributions on this list speaks for itself. I'm an equal opportunity offender. :-) Mine is to declare my deep commitment to free markets and to eschew the 'Market Failure' conversation that leads to a declaration of dominance and 'dishing' out of market share to undeserving entities who will do nothing with it but proceed to lose it as quickly as they were given it. So let's say for arguments sake we declare Safaricom dominant. What are the remedies? What tools does the regulator have to ensure we don't punish well run companies for being winners while rewarding failure. Let's have this conversation on 'correcting' 'dominance' as opposed to simply bashing. I'm on record severally disagreeing with something Safaricom has done. The other issue is of Regulators who are ill equipped to deal with a fast paced tech landscape. Read my blog on this issue:- https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/pitfalls-runaway-innovation-regulators-who-s… Bottom line is this:- This is a mixed conversation - Market Dynamics and a 22nd century Regulatory Toolbox will do the trick. This is a surgeon's scalpel not an executioner's axe conversation. Ali Hussein +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 Get Outlook for iOS _____________________________ From: Ngigi Waithaka <ngigi(a)at.co.ke> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 8:13 PM Subject: Re: [kictanet] Safaricom may face sanctions over network outage-of market shares and competition To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Cc: Admin CampusCiti <info(a)campusciti.com> @Ali, Mr, you can shoot the messenger, just not the message! ITU is not *irrelevant*. They have their study/studies on these issues, before you dismiss them in total, how about you look indepth at what they have to say, then counter that, point by point. Otherwise I will label thee a *Safaricom hardliner* and ask you to declare any interests (Do they owe you any Bonga Points?) ; past, current, future :-) Rgds On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 8:00 PM, Admin CampusCiti via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: @Walu I'm hard pressed to take anything from ITU seriously.. :-) I'm sorry but those guys still think we live in the Telegram era... The dynamics of the Telco market are simply too fluid to label dominant any player st this point. Ali Hussein Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 / 0770906375 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim Blog: www.alyhussein.com "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad On 25 Apr 2017, at 7:44 PM, Walubengo J <jwalu(a)yahoo.com> wrote: @Ali, ITU has a simplified way of calculating degree of competition in a specific market segment e.g mobile money market. It has a strange name, the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI), but it seeks to determine market concentration beyond - 'how many players exists in a market?'. It attempts to measure 'effective competition' by delving into the market share each of the players controls. In other words, a market of 4 players could actually be LESS competitive than a market of just TWO players -depending on their market shares. As an example, If two players exist in a market and split it equally on a 50:50 basis, that market is more competitive than one with 4 players where the share ratio is say 70:15:10:5. Tafakari hayo :-) walu From: Admin CampusCiti via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> To: jwalu(a)yahoo.com Cc: Admin CampusCiti <info(a)campusciti.com>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 6:13 PM Subject: Re: [kictanet] Safaricom may face sanctions over network outage @Ngigi We have ourselves to blame. Or competitors for being 'weak' I'm simply not for the idea of 'rectifying' so called 'Market Failure' with the heavy hand of regulation. Dominance/Monopolies are a thing of the past. It maybe simplifying an issue but let's face it. Even with Mpesa being so dominant 90+% of our transactions in this country are still cash based. So where's the Dominance? :-) Ali Hussein Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 / 0770906375 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim Blog: www.alyhussein.com "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad On 25 Apr 2017, at 5:39 PM, Ngigi Waithaka <ngigi(a)at.co.ke> wrote: @Ali, My concern is between now and when the so called 'market' takes care of this issue. As we have seen yesterday, We are one hack away from the entire country being taken down almost completely by the failure of a single firm. Twendeleeni vivyo hivyo! On 25 Apr 2017 5:24 p.m., "Admin CampusCiti" <info(a)campusciti.com> wrote: @Ngigi I'm with Tom on this one. I actually don't see how the Dominance conversation has crept into this discussion :-) We have a choice. For Mpesa 1. Airtel Money. 2. PesaLink 3. MULA - I actually now use Mula for all my bill payments. It's just super useful. Even the Safaricom App that's been launched doesn't hold a candle to Mula. 4. Orange money. For Connectivity 1. Orange 2. Liquid 3. Airtel (by the way there are other parts of this country like Kilifi for example that Airtel has a far better network.. 4. Surf by Facebook 😜 5. Zuku 6. JTL As Kenyans we simply cannot go back to having this Dominance conversation since we are in a free market and there is choice. Vote with your wallet, like I have. Safaricom will continue to improve or it will become irrelevant. Think Microsoft, Think Compac, Think Kodak , Think Nokia. C'mon guys..The market will take care of this issue. And guess what? YOU ARE THE MARKET (Chukua control wewe mwenyewe!!) Don't punish Safaricom for weakness in competitors and your own 'laziness' :-) to choose a different service provider if you are unhappy with current services. Ali Hussein Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 / 0770906375 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin. com/in/alihkassim Blog: www.alyhussein.com "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad On 25 Apr 2017, at 10:43 AM, Ngigi Waithaka via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: Ali, Do you now see the wisdom of declaring Safaricom dominant and at least getting 2-3 other players with a sizeable market share to spread the risk? When Safcom goes down and it will inevitably will at times, the following happens: 1. 80% of the country citizens are without communication 2. 80% of the country's citizens are without access to money & banking services. 3. 100% of the police security & communication system is offline. We put all our country's eggs in that one basket... and the basket is bound to drop once in awhile.... On 25 Apr 2017 9:35 a.m., "Admin CampusCiti via kictanet" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: Listers This issue continues to have serious ramifications. Yesterday Bob, the CEO, made a very impassioned statement on the downtime. I liked the fact that he said there's no excuse for such a thing to happen and that they are working on restoring full services. However, I think Bob's statement simply didn't go far enough. We are seeing a different Safaricom - one that seems attuned to the customer and more open that's why I'm disappointed that Mpesa is still down today morning and we have had nothing from Safaricom. A simple use of SMS to update us on an hourly basis is not too much to ask. It's clear that Safaricom is now so embedded in our lives that total openness is not only a must it's a Business Continuity Conversation. Ali Hussein Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 / 0770906375 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.c om/in/alihkassim Blog: www.alyhussein.com "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad On 24 Apr 2017, at 11:18 PM, Sidney Ochieng via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: Safaricom may face sanctions over network outage http://www.businessdailyafrica .com/news/Safaricom-may-face-s anctions-over-network-outage/5 39546-3902518-15d86gnz/index.h tml That one network has this much power over economy is frightening and must be addressed. Today has proven that it's not enough that Safaricom says they won't misuse their dominance, it's enough that if they fail the country slows to a crawl. Sent on the move, kindly excuse any typos. Sidney ______________________________ _________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m ailman/listinfo/kictanet Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTA Net/ Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m ailman/options/kictanet/info%4 0campusciti.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/m ailman/listinfo/kictanet Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTA Net/ Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m ailman/options/kictanet/ngigi% 40at.co.ke 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% 40campusciti.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/jwalu%40yahoo.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/ngigi%40at.co.ke 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. -- Regards, Waithaka Ngigi Chief Executive Officer | Alliance Technologies | MCK Nairobi Synod Building T +254 20 525 0750 |Office Mobile: +254 716 201061 | M +254 737 811 000 www.at.co.ke

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On Critical Infrastructure & Safaricom Outage
by Matunda Nyanchama 25 Apr '17

25 Apr '17

Friends, It is important that critical infrastructure be assessed holistically. For example, in the communications sector, we would examine the resilience of the entire sector collectively and singly. Indeed, the law/regulations should compel "coopetition" where players compete for business and yet cooperate for collective survival. A good example is where (say) both main and failover links for Safaricom fail; yet at the same time, Airtel/Telkom/etc. have available links in operation. Safaricom traffic should failover to this capacity at pre-negotiated rates and vice versa. In addition, sectors should regularly review threats they face and share solutions and approaches to tackle those threats. It means a degree of information-sharing that allows for the sector to survive, but which doesn't compromise business for anyone of them. Take the example of technology. Most of these competitors have common vendors and have implemented the same or similar technologies. This is in addition to have similar processes, types of skills and quality standards of operation. Indeed, they even employ from the same pool with employees hopping from one company to the other. . clearly then, all of them share the same or similar structural strengths and weaknesses. As such, if one of them discovers such weaknesses it is good for the sector to share such findings with all other players. . in the end this should strengthen the sector and serve the national interest as well. ..we should do the same across all sectors deemed critical to the nation's survival: energy, transportation, banking, water, health care, etc. Baadaye. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Matunda Nyanchama, PhD, CISSP; Director & Managing Consultant, <mailto:mnyanchama@aganoconsulting.com> mnyanchama(a)aganoconsulting.com Agano Consulting Inc.; <http://www.aganoconsulting.com/> www.aganoconsulting.com; Twitter: <http://twitter.com/#%21/nmatunda> nmatunda; Skype: okiambe ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------- Manage your ICT risks! We are the experts you need! The trusted partners you deserve! Call: +254-20-267-0743 (Kenya) or info(a)aganoconsulting.com Licensed by Communications Authority of Kenya (CA)

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Call for volunteers for the 2017 Kenya IGF steering team
by Mwendwa Kivuva 25 Apr '17

25 Apr '17

Listers, The Kenya Internet Governance Forum (KIGF) is an annual meeting that brings together various stakeholder groups to dialogue on ICT and Internet policy. While the discussions give soft policy outcomes, KIGF is a knowledge sharing platform that informs and inspires policy actors in both the public and private sectors. The national forum also feeds into the regional and global IGFs through a chain of reporting and representation to the regional and global IGFs to ensure a bottom up Internet policy development processes and a strong link between global internet policies and the national one. KICTANet wishes to invite volunteers from all stakeholder groups to assist in preparation of the 2017 KIGF edition, which is slated for 6th July 2017. The volunteers will form a local Multistakeholder Advisory Group that will be expected to: 1. Reach out to the community to source community participation and KIGF subject focus areas. 2. Lead online discussions prior to the KIGF. 3. Coordinate logistics and resources for the meeting. 4. Coordinate the actual event. 5. Report on outcomes of the event. To express interest, please send an email to info(a)kictanet.or.ke indicating your stakeholder group, expertise and state your particular interest in steering KIGF 2017 by 23rd April 2017. Membership to the steering team is voluntary and all materials produced by KICTANet are published under creative commons licenses. Organisations from various stakeholder groups are encouraged to nominate representatives. For more information or clarification, kindly email Barrack Otieno on otienobarrack(a)gmail.com. About KICTANet The Kenya ICT Action Network is an open multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interests and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reforms in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. Learn more at www.kictanet.or.ke The report for the very successful 2016 Kenya IGF is available at https://www.kictanet.or.ke/?p=26623 and http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/african-regional-group Sincerely, ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya

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Safaricom may face sanctions over network outage
by Matunda Nyanchama 25 Apr '17

25 Apr '17

Friends This matter underlines a key aspect that should trigger comprehensive assessment of the way critical infrastructure is managed in this country. As the Treasury indicated a while back, Safaricom's role and especially its MPESA service is a critical cog in the Kenyan economy. A while back there was a task force dealing with regulations to govern critical infrastructure to ensure that this is protected accordingly. This would require designs that assure resilience in the face of potential vulnerabilities (both logical and physical) with continuity at the core of these. I suppose that Safaricom continually assesses (through audits and self-assessment) its vulnerabilities, examines associated exposures and potential impacts with clear action plans on how to address those weaknesses. . I am sure the regulator seeks the same from an assurance perspective as part of the entity's licensing requirements. Without thinking of the worst: cyber-related risks abound too! Regards. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Matunda Nyanchama, PhD, CISSP; Director & Managing Consultant, <mailto:mnyanchama@aganoconsulting.com> mnyanchama(a)aganoconsulting.com Agano Consulting Inc.; <http://www.aganoconsulting.com/> www.aganoconsulting.com; Twitter: <http://twitter.com/#%21/nmatunda> nmatunda; Skype: okiambe ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------- Manage your ICT risks! We are the experts you need! The trusted partners you deserve! Call: +254-20-267-0743 (Kenya) or info(a)aganoconsulting.com Licensed by Communications Authority of Kenya (CA)

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Safaricom may face sanctions over network outage - Business Daily
by Nanjira Sambuli 25 Apr '17

25 Apr '17

"“I want to say that those are the risks of probably having too much dominance in the market by a few players or so, because you don’t spread the risk,” said Mr Wangusi." http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/news/Safaricom-may-face-sanctions-over-n… Regards, Nanjira. Sent on the move.

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ICANN 59 (Joburg) Tech talk panel on DNSSEC Deployment Challenges
by Mark Elkins 24 Apr '17

24 Apr '17

ICANN-59 will be held in Johannesburg at the Sandton convention centre from 26-29 June, 2017. One of the technical days is shared between DNSSEC (morning) and ccTLD Technical Talks (afternoon). We (the DNSSEC Workshop Program Committee) are looking for a few people that would like to participate in a panel discussion on “DNSSEC Deployment Challenges” on the African Continent. Officially- The program committee is seeking input from those that are interested in implementation of DNSSEC but have general or particular concerns with DNSSEC. In particular, we are seeking input from individuals that would be willing to participate in a panel that would discuss questions of the nature: — What are your most significant concerns with DNSSEC, e.g., implementation, operation or something else? — What do you expect DNSSEC to do for you and what doesn't it do? — What do you see as the most important trade-offs with respect to doing or not doing DNSSEC? We are interested in presentations related to any aspect of DNSSEC such as zone signing, DNS response validation, applications use of DNSSEC, registry/registrar DNSSEC activities, etc. So, I'm looking for a handful of volunteers (anyone from Africa). Talks would be no longer than ten minutes long. You get a free lunch :-) -- Mark James ELKINS - Posix Systems - (South) Africa mje(a)posix.co.za Tel: +27.128070590 Cell: +27.826010496 For fast, reliable, low cost Internet in ZA: https://ftth.posix.co.za

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Safaricom network breakdown
by Victor Kapiyo 24 Apr '17

24 Apr '17

Morning, I don't know about everyone else, but this is not encouraging. Would be happy to hear from Safaricom and CA about the cause of the problem and safeguards put in place to ensure such incidences are avoided in the future. *Millions of Safaricom customers were unable to make calls Monday morning after the mobile service provider experienced a technical hitch. The technical problem affected subscribers countrywide with the company saying it is working to resolve the issue. “Sorry we are having a slight technical fault with the network services countywide but the issue is being resolved,” the company posted on its Twitter account. Data from Communications Authority of Kenya shows that Safaricom has the highest number of mobile subscribers with 26.6 million customers.* http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Safaricom-network-breakdown-affects-millions/1… *Victor Kapiyo* Partner | *Lawmark Partners LLP* *Web: www.lawmark.co.ke <http://www.lawmark.co.ke> * ==================================================== *“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude” Zig Ziglar*

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Is the blockchain overhyped?
by Ali Hussein 22 Apr '17

22 Apr '17

Listers A lot is being said about the potential of the BlockChain to 'disrupt' everything we do. From Financial Services, to the Land Registry and beyond. Is this reputation being overhyped? https://www.mobilepaymentstoday.com/articles/is-the-blockchain-overhyped/?u… 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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Re: [kictanet] Why Net Neutrality Matters for SEO and Web Marketing - Whiteboard Friday - Moz
by florence mwangangi 21 Apr '17

21 Apr '17

The current position in Kenya - as with other jurisdictions - is support for net neutrality premised on the law. That is the position being exemplified by Rand Fishkin, and I share it too. However, if there's a shift in the big net market in the US, it would affect us too as will be the case with other nations. Question is whether we can "make noise enough" to have net neutrality retained at the international level, noting the huge influence the rich and mighty ISPs wield. On 21 Apr 2017 10:43, "Admin CampusCiti via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Listers > > Back to my favorite subject. :-) > > Net neutrality is a hot-button issue lately, and whether it's upheld or > not could have real ramifications for the online marketing industry. In > this Whiteboard Friday, Rand covers the potential consequences and fallout > of losing net neutrality > > Read on:- > > https://moz.com/blog/net-neutrality-seo-whiteboard-friday > > > *Ali Hussein* > *Hussein & Associates* > +254 0713 601113 / 0770906375 > > Twitter: @AliHKassim > > Skype: abu-jomo > > LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim > <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> > > Blog: www.alyhussein.com > > "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking > what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi > > Sent from my iPad > > _______________________________________________ > 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/fmwangangi1%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. >

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Why Net Neutrality Matters for SEO and Web Marketing - Whiteboard Friday - Moz
by Admin CampusCiti 21 Apr '17

21 Apr '17

Listers Back to my favorite subject. :-) Net neutrality is a hot-button issue lately, and whether it's upheld or not could have real ramifications for the online marketing industry. In this Whiteboard Friday, Rand covers the potential consequences and fallout of losing net neutrality Read on:- https://moz.com/blog/net-neutrality-seo-whiteboard-friday Ali Hussein Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 / 0770906375 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim Blog: www.alyhussein.com "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad

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The growing use of social media in the political landscape
by Joash Moitui 21 Apr '17

21 Apr '17

Dear listeners, On behalf of my colleagues, we would like to inform you we are conducting a research on the growing use of social media in the political landscape. The research has particular relevance in Kenya, where elections have repeatedly been flashpoints of violence, and where crowdsourced violence reporting via social and new media has been a feature of peacebuilding and violence mitigation. Research highlights significant ‘technology gaps’ between members at margins of society, and those whose voices are amplified by social media; reflecting concerns that social media does not equally reflect experiences of the most vulnerable, including women and girls, or populations with limited digital access, who are often key crisis response targets. How timely are reports from social media and conventional media, and how can these be used in real-time by policymakers in the real-time case of the Kenyan elections? Little research has rigorously tested the nature or extent of data gaps, meaning policymakers develop responses without robust evidence on data reliability and comprehensiveness. Findings will be discussed, validated workshops in Nairobi with policy, research, and civil society experts on Kenyan political violence, to assess comprehensiveness of both data sources and implications for response. We would like to collaborate with interested individuals. I welcome further discussions Joash Moitui [image: https://]about.me/jmoitui <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/ef1335b18d6e114c12808a4e9fa13ecdf78f3336?ur…>

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Communications Authority of Kenya CA'sAnnual Report
by Mark O. Okuttah 20 Apr '17

20 Apr '17

Dear listers, Kindly click on to link below to access Communications Authority of Kenya latest Annual Report for the Financial Year 2015/2016 released recently. http://www.ca.go.ke/index.php/annual-reports Mark Okuttah. [cid:image002.png@01D2261C.358E6570] [Description: http://digital.scanad.com/signature/ca-logo.jpg]

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Re: [kictanet] Freedom of Information laws and records management/ e- discussion continued
by Ali Hussein 20 Apr '17

20 Apr '17

Henry Must have given Google a headache to fish out that old email from Dr. Ndemo, of October 19th, 2011. :-) I see what you did there.. :-) To your point, that discussion is a relevant today as it was 6 years ago. To Ndemo's point on cultural re-orientation. The point he was making is best used to re-orient government. Citizens are evolving with the use of information and data. This issue of Army worms started making headlines weeks ago in Southern and Central Africa. What made us think we were immune as a country? *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 Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 1:31 PM, henry--- via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Dear All, > > The demand side for information is clear but it continues to be frustrated > by the bureaucracy. For instance, we have the Fall Army Worm attacks in a > number of counties in the country. Farmers sought information on what could > be done to mitigate and the type of seeds, pesticides to use and at what > frequency? > > The government remained talking of settling aside 300million and hiring > NYS to help. How then can we have farmers ask other questions if the > information given is irrelevant and if not incomplete and delayed. > > I ended speaking to agronomists and proposed a set of pesticides by an NGO > Acre Fund long before bureacrats in Govt run an advert a week ago. > > Kind regards > > Henry > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: bitange(a)jambo.co.ke > To: henry(a)article19.org > Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 4:17:22 AM > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Freedom of Information laws and records > management/ e- discussion continued > > Grace, > I am sort of disappointed with the discussion on FOI. We are delving much > into theoretical assumptions. The whole issue of FOI has not built demand > for the information into the kind of model we are discussing. Let us not > allow foreigners dictate why we need information to be available to our > citizens. > > What needs to be done is more of cultural reorientation to make our people > use information. We rarely make informed decisions. I mean use of > science to make decisions. Poverty keeps on going up yet science tells us > our productivity has dropped to the extent those we call farmers cannot > make ends meet. Whereas we need qualified people in work place we do not > require qualification for farmers. We now have novice farmers as wen > grapple with food insecurity. If we cannot use available information on > how we can be food secure, what more information you need that would > change our lives? > > For as long as we have lived on earth no Kenyan community has information > on their own recipes. The assumptions is that if you want Ugali you just > get to know how to cook it. There are more than fifteen Ugali recipes and > none is documented. There are more than 100 Githeri recipes and none is > documented to create rich information that application developers can > proudly create apps. Until we move from our oral culture, information > will be confined to storage places where it will occasionally be used. > > We are also confusing information and data. The Government can release > data and unless someone converts it into information, it will never > translate to your theoretical assumptions. We generally want to listen to > someone tells us what information is available. You recall some > communities did not read the constitution since the leaders had read it. > I had difficulty explaining some sections of the constitution even though > we all had the document. > > FOI will pass as has been many legislations that were key. We have fought > for these legislations but after they are passed nothing happens. We > wanted the ICT policy but many of it's advocates have not gone out there > to tell Kenyans how to benefit from it. This certainly will happen the > same way to FOI. We are rebels without a cause. I have met dozens of > women groups and taken them through our census report highlighting the > glaring disparities between men and women but in spite the fact that they > promise to do something, none has ever done anything even bringing the > issue up for debate. > > We must aim to change our culture. We must make our people to demand to > know what information they require in order to change from where they are > to a desired future. We must build institutional frameworks to move date > into information. As we debate, let us put a side theories from textbooks > and begin from the end. Ask questions such as what formats are we to get > the information? Who will set the standards for information? How will the > poor benefit from the information? How will the information be > disseminated? > > Picture our problems and create the vision on how information can be used > to bring better life for our people. Work the food security issue I > mentioned backwards. We have mapped our soils in the country and the > result is available on the open data yet you see farmers growing crops > that will never give them the desired productivity. For example, in > Ukambani, farmers can grow cassava or water Mellon which will give them > more money to buy maize from the north rift instead of them growing the > maize that would impoverish them. How can we effectively communicate > this. > > We must create language institutes for every ethnic group in Kenya. > Language is dynamic yet we have not kept pace with technological > advancement with our languages. This is why we fail to communicate. > There is no African language that has a translation of break-even point or > productivity yet these two words determine whether you will be poor or > not. Information is information if the medium of communication is > understood by all. We all need FOI but we have a lot to do if it is to > making meaning in our lives. > > > Ndemo. > > > > > > > > > > Harry, thanks for those probing questions that have kept this discussion > > going and continue to raise more questions. As a result, our attention > > has been drawn to a very important document. Kudos to Kerubo for the > > responses. > > > > Rosemary, the Africa Platform on Access to Information Declaration is a > > great document. It is comprehensive and we appreciate your bringing it to > > our attention. It will contribute to the review of the IRMT/IDRC study on > > aligning records management with ICT, e-goverment and freedom of > > information, which has been the basis of this e-discussion. > > > > In your contribution, you point out that access to information cannot > > succeed unless government takes initiative to develop legislation and > > ensure its implementation. Harry felt that the State must at all costs > > avail information. The question to listers is: > > > > What demands would Freedom of Information (FOI) legislation place on > > government? > > > > > > Henry, you have unpackaged the Right to Information (RTI) concept in a > > very practical and relevant manner. The local example using Mavoko is on > > spot. I know listers will take you up on your offer to seek more > > information on the topic. > > > > You point out the need to have information in retrievable formats and > > proactively making as much of such information public. Also, that public > > servants/officers have a duty to assist citizens who may not know where > to > > find information they may need. > > > > What strategies could be developed to synchronize Freedom of Information > > and records management initiatives? > > > > And finally to Harry: did you find out what the citizens' responsibility > > would be in all this? > > > > A great day to all of you listers. Lets hear your views. > > > > Rgds > > Grace > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ----------------------- > > If you have the strength to survive, you have the power to succeed. Life > > is all about choices we make depending upon the situation we are in. Go > > forth and rule the World! > > > > > > > > > > > > From: harry(a)comtelsys.co.ke > > Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:58:44 +0300 > > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Freedom of Information laws/ e- discussion > > continued > > CC: kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > To: ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com > > > > > > > > > > Many thanks Kurubo/Grace, > > > > I suppose then, in light of the foregoing, State must at all costs avail > > "information" under it's possession. > > > > Citing the "Freedom of information" clause within this context however, > > makes it imperative for State to > > do so within universally adopted benchmarks. But within the same > context, > > what is the citizen's > > responsibility? > > > > I could check this out. But does the clause in the same vein confer a > > mandatory responsibility upon the > > citizen to ensure their exercise of this "Right to access" does not go to > > waste, or does he/she have the > > freedom to exercise this right/liberty liberally. > > > > One can argue that for instance, a mother who fails to vaccinate her > > child against polio, because of "failure" > > to access information as opposed to "lack" of access to information > should > > be held responsible. Is this > > enforceable in law..? How? > > > > Lastly but not least, State has only a tiny custody of information > > consumable by the public. I dare say that > > a lot of information/knowledge sought after by information consumers fall > > well outside the State domain. > > > > How do we police those outside, who hoard information desperately needed > > by consumers...? And what > > of those who deliberately avail misleading information/knowledge, > > including state..? > > > > Harry > > > > > > > > ______________________________ > _________________ > > kictanet mailing list > > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > > > Unsubscribe or change your options at > > http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/ > bitange%40jambo.co.ke > > > > 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 > http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ > mailman/options/kictanet/henry%40article19.org > > 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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Fwd:Defamatory Blog Publication by Moses Kuria & Demand For Apology
by Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) 20 Apr '17

20 Apr '17

Dear all, the suit between Muite & Others versus Moses Kuria, which I understand is proceeding to court, should be a very interesting one to watch. Hopefully it shall give some insights on content control vs freedom of expression. See below. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ngunjiri <ngunjiri(a)kikuyusforchange.com> Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:05:07 +0300 Subject: {K4c} Defamatory Blog Publication by Moses Kuria & Demand For Apology To: KC4 <kikuyusforchange(a)googlegroups.com> This will most probably interest some of us, and help all of us be careful about what we write on our blogs. --- Ngunjiri [image: Issa & Co Advocates] Our Ref: M/058/001/L**** **** Tuesday, October 4, 2011**** **** Moses Kuria**** P. O. Box 1838-00200 ‘*Advance copy by email*’**** *NAIROBI***** **** Dear Sir,**** **** *RE: DEFAMATORY PUBLICATION ***** ------------------------------ We have been instructed by our clients, Wambugu Ngunjiri, Paul Muite, Ndung’u Wainaina, Maina Kiai and Hassan Omar.**** **** Our instructions are that you published in your widely read blog the following words of and concerning our clients.**** **** *‘I have said Ocampo has no case. All he has are fake witnesses coached by Hassan Omar, Wambugu Ngunjiri, Paul Muite, Ndungu Wainaina, Njonjo Mue and Maina Kiai.’***** **** Your insinuations are unfounded and baseless and our clients’ professional respective standings, characters and reputations have been severely tarnished by your publication.**** **** Our instructions are to demand a retraction, an apology and an admission of liability on your part for the publication of the defamatory words. This we hereby do. We shall address the issue of the damages payable to our clients upon receipt of your apology and admission.**** **** *NOTE* that if you do not publish an apology and retraction on your blog within the next *Seven (7) Days* of the receipt of this letter we shall proceed to the law for redress at your risk as to costs. **** **** Yours faithfully,**** *ISSA & COMPANY ADVOCATES***** **** **** *MANSUR M. ISSA***** **** cc. Clients**** **** *Issa & Co Advocates* <info(a)issadvocates.co.ke>**** ------------------------------ 5th Floor, City House, Wabera Street P.O. Box *24210 - 00100*, Nairobi, Kenya *ph*: *+ 254 20 340 150 · * *fx*: *+ 254 20 340 151* *em*: *info(a)issadvocates.co.ke · ***** ------------------------------ *CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE:* This email and any attachments may contain information that is confidential, legally privileged and protected by law. Access by the intended recipient is authorized. Any liability (in negligence or otherwise) arising from any third party acting, or refraining from acting, or any information contained in this email is hereby excluded. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediatelyand do not disclose the contents to any other person, use it for any purpose or store or copy the information in any medium.**** -- --- Fear makes men act even against their own interests- changing them from men of reason to blubbering fools. -- Grace L.N. Mutung'u (Bomu) Kenya Skype: gracebomu Twitter: GraceMutung'u (Bomu)

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Fwd: [AfrICANN-discuss] Recordings of the webinar on April 19, 2017
by Bob Omondi 20 Apr '17

20 Apr '17

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Yaovi Atohoun <yaovi.atohoun(a)icann.org> Date: Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 7:16 PM Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Recordings of the webinar on April 19, 2017 To: AfrICANN Community List <africann(a)afrinic.net> ENGLISH: The presentation from SACF, the Adobe Connect Chat Room discussions and URL for recording are available at https://goo.gl/WtU2cC . Please do not forget to post your comment to the Public Comments area on ICANN website https://www.icann.org/public-comments/africa-dns-market- study-2017-03-11-en FRANCAIS: La Présentation de SACF, les discussions dans Adobe Connect ainsi que le lien pour re-ecouter la présentation sont disponibles à https://goo.gl/WtU2cC . N’oubliez pas d’envoyer vos commentaires sur la page des Commentaires publics sur le site de l’ICANN https://www.icann.org/public-comments/africa-dns-market-study-2017-03-11-en Thanks/Merci -- Yaovi Atohoun Stakeholder Engagement & Operations Manager – Africa Tel. +229 66015649 <+229%2066%2001%2056%2049>/ 97891228 / 65209067 www.icann.org _______________________________________________ AfrICANN mailing list AfrICANN(a)afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/africann

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Fwd: [AfrICANN-discuss] reminder: 27 April 1500 UTC: Quarterly Stakeholder Call for FY17 Q3
by Bob Omondi 20 Apr '17

20 Apr '17

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Yaovi Atohoun <yaovi.atohoun(a)icann.org> Date: 2017-04-20 6:31 GMT+02:00 Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] reminder: 27 April 1500 UTC: Quarterly Stakeholder Call for FY17 Q3 To: AfrICANN Community List <africann(a)afrinic.net> Hello everyone, this is just a reminder Bonjour à tous ; ceci est un rappel FRANCAIS: Cliquez ici <http://survey.clicktools.com/app/survey/go.jsp?iv=2lpync344lnf7> pour participer à cet appel du 27 avril et recevoir des instructions pour vous connecter à la salle de réunion virtuelle. Si vous ne parvenez pas à accéder au formulaire, merci de nous envoyer un courriel <icann.communications(a)icann.org> à icann.communications(a)icann.org avec votre nom et une adresse de courrier électronique pour vous inscrire. Plus d’information à l’adresse : https://www.icann.org/news/ announcement-2017-04-13-fr ENGLISH: Please click here <http://survey.clicktools.com/app/survey/go.jsp?iv=2lpync344lnf7> to register for the call and receive instructions on how to join. If you are unable to access the form, please email us <icann.communications(a)icann.org> your full name and an email address to be registered. More information at https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-04-12-en Thanks/Merci -- Yaovi Atohoun Stakeholder Engagement & Operations Manager – Africa Tel. +229 66015649 <+229%2066%2001%2056%2049>/ 97891228 / 65209067 www.icann.org _______________________________________________ AfrICANN mailing list AfrICANN(a)afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/africann

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Mobile money access: Rosy numbers that do not quite add up
by Nanjira Sambuli 20 Apr '17

20 Apr '17

http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/markets/news/Mobile-money-access--Rosy-n… Regards, Nanjira. Sent on the move.

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webinar on the draft report of the Africa DNS Market Study: Wednesday April 19, 2017 from 15:00 to 16:00 UTC
by Bob Omondi 19 Apr '17

19 Apr '17

Dear colleagues, On behalf of our team, we would like to inform you that a webinar for our community on the draft report of the Africa DNS Market Study is scheduled for Wednesday April 19, 2017 from 15:00 to 16:00 UTC. Please join this webinar using one of the following options: 1) OPTION I: ADOBE CONNECT at participate.icann.org/gse-afr . The default language in the Adobe Connect room is English. If you need audio in French, you can also dial-in (see option II). 2) OPTION II (audio only): Please dial into the Adigo Conference Center, using the ICANN Adigo International Dial-in Numbers: http://adigo.com/icann/ Once you reach the conference center, you have to enter the conference ID for the language channel you wish to join. Our Adigo language IDs will be as follows: English: 9001 French: 9002 Regards Bob.

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African governments that shut down the internet could lose it
by Walubengo J 19 Apr '17

19 Apr '17

In an unprecedented policy suggestion, some members of the AFRINIC community have proposed denying internet to African governments that shut it down in their respective countries.>>>more belowWALUBENGO: African governments that shut down the internet could | | | | | | | | | | | WALUBENGO: African governments that shut down the internet could On Kenya the jury is still out, but the government is giving mixed signals. | | | | walu.

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ANTI-SHUTDOWN-01 Policy
by Andrew Alston 18 Apr '17

18 Apr '17

Hi All, I've been looking through the archives from earlier this month and reading the discussions around the policy proposal that went into AfriNIC, and figured I'd add some more information and some clarifications. My apologies that this is coming a few days after the discussions initially occurred on this list - there was a problem with my list subscription. So firstly - let's talk a bit about the motivations behind this policy proposal. As many of you will be aware, there was a report out that showed $2.4 billion dollars in economic losses due to internet shutdowns in 2016 - this number is ever increasing and its hurting both the industry and those associated with the industry. Since 1995 when the first shutdown was recorded, the number of shutdowns being seen per year is ever increasing, each with its own cost. Interestingly, one of the most expensive shutdowns is judged to have been the shutdown in Morocco, which is estimated to have cost a whopping $355 million. In addition to this, there is the ongoing shutdown in Cameroon, now in its 91st day I believe and the statements issued by various organisations seem to have little effect. This got us thinking, if the statements from the various internet bodies are not having an effect, perhaps it's time for more drastic action. Now, to fully understand the approach taken, its necessary to go into how the policy development process works within AfriNIC. Firstly - anyone is free to propose policy within AfriNIC - this is then submitted and debated on the AfriNIC mailing lists and finally on the floor at a policy meeting (The next meeting is end of May in Nairobi at the Boma hotel). If the policy reaches consensus it will then go into a last call phase, and if it gets through that it then gets ratified and implemented. Now, this matters - because it means that any policy proposed is subject to modification based on the communities feelings and thoughts - and this played heavily into the authors thoughts when we wrote this - we knew full well that what we were proposing wasn't potentially perfect - it's the start of an idea - and yes - it takes strong action, but the key here is that what triggers that action and the actions we take are now up for debate so that we can come to an ideal solution. Secondly, as I have stated on the policy lists - we are already considering some modifications as suggested - including but not limited to: exempting academia in the cases where academia is directly controlled by state and tightening the targeting of the proposal to aim at the executive branches if possible. Obviously we have absolutely no desire to impact the general population, and the purpose of this policy is to apply pressure to stop the shutdowns -no create further problems for the general population of the countries affected. We also realize that this policy pushes the boundaries of what an organisation like AfriNIC normally is involved in, and asks the question about if an RIR should be involved in what is essentially a political matter. To answer this, we have to look at the AfriNIC mandate as stated in section 3.4 of the bylaws. We believe that section 3.4.(v) when combined with section 3.4.(ix) of those bylaws does actually allow AfriNIC to implement a policy like this within its mandate. The critical point here however is that we get more discussion, both to fine tune the policy to reach consensus within the wider African community and also to continue to shine a spotlight on the issue. The mere existence of this policy and the heavy debate around it may in and of itself encourage governments to think twice about what they are looking at when they attempt to turn off the Internet. So, I'd welcome further questions as I'm sure the other co-authors would, but I'd also encourage everyone to get on the AfriNIC policy mailing lists and get involved in the discussions - as well as to attend the policy meeting at the end of May in Nairobi so that we can have a robust and productive debate on the issue on the floor. I hope this clarifies some things and I welcome further discussions. Thanks Andrew

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When the Web Becomes a Whitelist | Digital - AdAge
by Ali Hussein 18 Apr '17

18 Apr '17

Listers The era of fake news, terrorism and other 'offensive' content is changing the face of the Internet. The ad-supported world wide web is abruptly in danger of shrinking from a sprawling, inventive and untamed territory to a set of safe spaces for advertisers, possibly changing the character of the internet in the process. Read on:- http://adage.com/article/print-edition/web-a-whitelist/308667/?utm_source=d… 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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The Future of Telecommuting
by Mildred Achoch 16 Apr '17

16 Apr '17

Hi Listers, Some food for thought: 1. "a new economic axis which separates industries, much like "blue-collar" and "white-collar" did in the early 20th century; location-dependent (LD) and location-independent (LI) jobs" 2. "Some jobs may even split up. Consider elementary and secondary education : teaching is really a fusion of two jobs, teaching and childcare...the separation of these jobs into two different things is already being pioneered by home-schooling co-ops." 3. Offshoring: simply a percusor to automation. A long but informative post on the future of telecommuting: https://medium.com/@yonatanzunger/the-future-of-telecommuting-4d019770d3e7 -- Check out the Rock 'n' roll film festival, Kenya TV Channel! http://kenyarockfilmfestivaljournal.blogspot.com

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IDG Connect – Bitcoin offered only a moment of reprieve for crisis-stricken Venezuela
by Ali Hussein 15 Apr '17

15 Apr '17

Listers As the Venezuelan crisis deepens, more people are struggling with necessities like food and electricity. Food shortages have even led to soldiers cracking down on bakeries using too much wheat. Now up to 81% of Venezuelans are living in income poverty. In the midst of this economic crisis, Venezuela’s currency, the bolivar, has been in steep decline and inflation has skyrocketed. The drop in oil prices in 2014 and ineffective policies have led to chaos, sending the economy into freefall with protesters taking to the streets to demand the resignation of President Nicolas Maduro. Read on:- http://www.idgconnect.com/blog-abstract/25907/bitcoin-offered-moment-reprie… 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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Values, biases automated
by S.M. Muraya 14 Apr '17

14 Apr '17

While we Africans argue, politic, loot, fail to fund our own innovation, other cultures document, automate their values, biases.. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/apr/13/ai-programs-exhibit-raci… And the AI system was more likely to associate European American names with pleasant words such as “gift” or “happy”, while African American names were more commonly associated with unpleasant words. The findings suggest that algorithms have acquired the same biases that lead people (in the UK and US, at least) to match pleasant words and white faces in implicit association tests. These biases can have a profound impact on human behaviour. One previous study showed that an identical CV is 50% more likely to result in an interview invitation if the candidate’s name is European American than if it is African American. The latest results suggest that algorithms, unless explicitly programmed to address this, will be riddled with the same social prejudices.

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IGF 2017 Call for Workshop Proposals
by Ilishebo Michael 14 Apr '17

14 Apr '17

*All stakeholders* are invited to submit proposals to hold workshops at the forthcoming IGF, which will be held in *Geneva, Switzerland, on 18-21 December 2017.* The proposed overarching theme for this year's annual meeting is* 'Shape Your Digital Future!'*, emphasizing both the IGF's participatory mechanisms and a forward-looking approach to the Internet governance discussion. The sub-themes for the meeting will be determined in part by the workshop proposals received, with proposers *writing in their own thematic tags.*Tags on new and emerging issues, such as 'Artificial Intelligence', 'Work in the Digital Age', 'Law Enforcement & Encryption', etc., are particularly welcome. *Pre-existing tags* to choose from include but are not limited to, Internet of Things; Internet Economy; Policies Enabling Access; Cybersecurity; Human Rights Online; Gender Issues; and Digital Literacy; among many others. All resources, including *the workshop proposal form*, and *guidelines* and *tips* for submitting proposals, can be found below. *The deadline for submission is Wednesday, 3 May 2017 23:59 UTC-11.* **First-time workshop proposers in particular are encouraged to read through this brief manual <https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/index.php?q=filedepot_download/441…> for FAQs, tips and links to all IGF workshop resources. * **All workshop proposers and future workshop speakers should consider joining the 'IGF 2017 Speaker-Session Collaboration Space' <https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/igf-2017-speaker-session-collabor…>, a forum for exchanging ideas and seeking out new collaborators.* http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2017-call-for-workshop-… *Michael L. Ilishebo,* *Kitwe, Zambia* *Social Media Handles* *Twitter: @ilishebo* *Skype: michael.ilishebo* *"walk a mile,for a while,with a smile"*

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What was that thing again about China and Privacy?
by Moses Karanja 13 Apr '17

13 Apr '17

A new report by CitizenLab details how Chinese authorities censor chats using keywords and images on WeChat and Weibo. https://citizenlab.org/2017/04/we-cant-chat-709-crackdown-discussions-block… -Moses -- Moses Karanja

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China emerges as digital rights champion with new info privacy law
by Nanjira Sambuli 13 Apr '17

13 Apr '17

What times we live in. China emerging as a Data privacy champion https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/11/china_emerges_as_digital_rights_ch… Regards, Nanjira. Sent on the move.

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Modern "Free Trade" Agreements and Internet Governance Negotiations
by Nanjira Sambuli 13 Apr '17

13 Apr '17

Been following this domain recently, and as they say, ni kufyam! https://www.cigionline.org/articles/modern-free-trade-agreements-are-not-ab… <https://www.cigionline.org/articles/modern-free-trade-agreements-are-not-ab…> Regards, Nanjira www.nanjira.com <http://www.nanjira.com/> About.Me <http://about.me/ninanjira> | Twitter <http://www.twitter.com/ninanjira> | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/nanjira> | Skype <http://hatscripts.com/addskype?nanjirasambuli> IM: +254722481566, +1(857)498-8934 (WhatsApp | Telegram | iMessage) PGP: 1DBE1F47A6878B0D

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Talk to Safaricom: Asanteni and some pics
by Grace Githaiga 13 Apr '17

13 Apr '17

Good morning Listers On behalf of the organizing team, we wish to express our gratitude to all of you who attended the face to face ‘Talk to Safaricom’ meet up. It was a pleasure to finally get to meet some of you face to face. We thank Safaricom and in particular Steve Chege and his team for the sponsorship, and appreciated the opportunity to discuss issues that had not been discussed during the online engagement. Some of you raised some hard questions! We trust that Safaricom will take on board our suggestions in their strategic direction. To get a feel of how things were, please check out some shots as captured by photography team among them Daniel Muniu, who was one of our participants at the 1st Kenya School of Internet Governance (KeSIG) 2016. https://www.flickr.com/photos/149878027@N06/sets/72157679956498042/ Once again, thank you and looking forward to seeing you during the Kenya Internet Governance Forum (KIGF) on July 6, 2017. 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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Re: [kictanet] China emerges as digital rights champion with new info privacy law
by Mark Kipyegon 13 Apr '17

13 Apr '17

The Chinese are not saints when it comes to civil rights. It's even noted in the linked article. 'But China's long history of censoring the internet, placing the entire country behind a firewall, placing restrictions on foreign companies, and undertaking widespread surveillance of internet communication – as well as the intimidation and prosecution of anyone who is deemed to be a threat to the state – means that the measures are ominous rather than purely protective.' On 13 Apr 2017, at 09:25, "kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet-request@lists.kictanet.or.ke>" <kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet-request@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote: After years of going through the Imperial narrative that China is the evil, despite Snowden and Wikileakes.. Following... On Apr 12, 2017 9:33 PM, "Nanjira Sambuli via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote: What times we live in. China emerging as a Data privacy champion https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/11/china_emerges_as_ digital_rights_champion_with_new_data_law/

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Kenya's Tech Hub Gets a Makeover
by Ali Hussein 13 Apr '17

13 Apr '17

Listers Interesting article. NAIROBI, Kenya After a decade of buzz that brought bold headlines but few profits, Kenya's "Silicon Savannah" technology hub is retooling to put income before activism. A homegrown African tech community is rising in this city: bootstrapped but profitable businesses using technology and the internet to solve commercial problems connecting the biggest names in tech and finance. Read on:- http://news.morningstar.com/all/dow-jones/us-markets/201704112073/kenyas-te… 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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Interesting Internet Anti-shutdown policy draft floated at AFRINIC PDWG
by Mwendwa Kivuva 12 Apr '17

12 Apr '17

An interesting policy on anti-Internet shutdown which the authors think is "Draconian" in nature has been floated at the AFRINIC Policy Development Working Group. The draft policy says 13.0 Internet shutdown order by governments An internet shutdown is deemed to have occurred when it can be proved that there was an attempt, failed or successful, to restrict access to the internet to a segment of the population irrespective of the provider or access medium that they utilize. 13.1 In the event of an internet shutdown performed at the order of a government that is either total or partial: a) For a period of 12 months following the end of the shutdown – AFRINIC will allocate no resources to the government of the countryThis also applies to all government owned entities and entities that have direct provable relationships with said government. b) In the event of a transfer policy existing, AFRINIC shall not assist or participate in any transfers to any of the entities above. c) All sub-allocations of space within said country involving the referred to entities shall equally cease for a period of 12 months. Published in this link https://afrinic.net/en/community/policy-development/policy-proposals/2061-a… Regards ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya twitter.com/lordmwesh

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Second Summit on Community Networks in Africa to be held in Nairobi
by Mwendwa Kivuva 11 Apr '17

11 Apr '17

https://www.internetsociety.org/events/summit-community-networks-africa/2017 The 2nd Summit on Community Networks will be held on 25 – 26 May in Nairobi, Kenya and aims to build on the successful discussions that took place at the inaugural summit, held in November 2016. The 2nd summit will be preceded by a 3-day technical workshop on wireless networking technologies from 22 - 24 May 2017. Community established networks also referred to as “Community Networks” (CN) have existed for many years and, provide a sustainable solution to address the connectivity gaps that exist in urban, remote, and rural areas around the world. In Africa, where these gaps are more evident, a recent survey was able to identify 37 community networks initiatives in 12 African countries, of which 25 are considered active. The objective of the summit is to promote the creation and growth of Community Networks, increase collaboration between community network operators in the region and to provide an opportunity for them to engage with other stakeholders. It is for this reason that the 2nd Summit will be held alongside the Africa Internet Summit (AIS) event in Nairobi, Kenya. The synergies that exist between these communities can only lead to more innovation and collaboration! Who Should Attend: Community Network operators, Wireless Network researchers, Policy Makers, Regulators and Regulatory Associations, Civil Society organizations and members of the public interested on the topic. ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya twitter.com/lordmwesh

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How Affordable is the Internet across Africa?
by Nanjira Sambuli 10 Apr '17

10 Apr '17

Check out this Africa regional report <http://1e8q3q16vyc81g8l3h3md6q5f5e.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploa…>, off the Alliance for Affordable Internet’s 2017 Affordability Report <http://a4ai.org/affordability-report/report/2017/>. Some highlights: Only 5 out of 27 African countries surveyed have “affordable” internet (defined as 1GB of mobile prepaid data for 2% or less of average monthly income). Kenya is NOT among the top 5; Ghana, Nigeria and ECOWAS have endorsed this redefined Internet Affordability target (expected to incorporate in their policies). The 5 countries are Mauritius, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and Sudan. The gender gap in Internet use is real. Refer to http://webfoundation.org/about/research/womens-rights-online-2015/ <http://webfoundation.org/about/research/womens-rights-online-2015/>, where, e.g., where Nairobi had one of the widest gender gaps in Internet use of the 10 cities assessed. Policy recommendations here: http://a4ai.org/affordability-report/report/2015/#policy_recommendations <http://a4ai.org/affordability-report/report/2015/#policy_recommendations> Regards, Nanjira www.nanjira.com <http://www.nanjira.com/> About.Me <http://about.me/ninanjira> | Twitter <http://www.twitter.com/ninanjira> | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/nanjira> | Skype <http://hatscripts.com/addskype?nanjirasambuli> IM: +254722481566, +1(857)498-8934 (WhatsApp | Telegram | iMessage) PGP: 1DBE1F47A6878B0D

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Microsoft President Brad Smith Calls For a Digital Geneva Convention | Fortune.com
by Ali Hussein 09 Apr '17

09 Apr '17

Listers A worthy conversation to have. Technology companies must retain the trust of their customers and must not assist governments with their hacking schemes even though world leaders may request them to do so. As an example of how technology companies can work together, he cited how Microsoft was impressed with other big tech companies like Google (GOOG, -0.39%) and Facebook (FB, -0.28%) in how they notified their users when their accounts may have been compromised in state-sponsored attacks. Read on:- http://fortune.com/2017/02/14/microsoft-president-digital-geneva-convention/ 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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CA and ITU hold workshop on Kenya’s National Digital Innovation | Balancing Act -
by Nanjira Sambuli 07 Apr '17

07 Apr '17

I'm hoping the hubs mentioned were invited to the discussion. Which other stakeholders were represented? http://www.balancingact-africa.com/news/telecoms-en/40302 Regards, Nanjira. Sent on the move.

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IGF 2017 Call for Open Forums
by Ilishebo Michael 07 Apr '17

07 Apr '17

IGF 2017 Call for Open Forums The IGF Secretariat is currently accepting requests to hold Open Forums at this year's IGF in Geneva, Switzerland. *The deadline for submissions is Wednesday 21 June 2017, midnight UTC-11. * All Governments, treaty-based international organizations, and global organizations with international scope and presence dealing with Internet governance-related issues, are invited to submit requests for an Open Forum slot through *this e-form <https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2017-open-forum-submis…>.* The inclusion of a *background paper *with the request is strongly encouraged. *Open Forums should focus on a Government or organization’s IG-pertinent activities during the past year and allow sufficient time for questions and discussions. *The standard duration for the session is 60 minutes. *Governments and treaty-based international organizations will be given slots on a priority basis.* *Michael L. Ilishebo,* *Kitwe, Zambia* *Social Media Handles* *Twitter: @ilishebo* *Skype: michael.ilishebo* *"walk a mile,for a while,with a smile"*

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Re: [kictanet] Guidelines for Network Redundancy- CA
by Matthew Saisi 07 Apr '17

07 Apr '17

Thanks for the share Mercy . Ali you raise some important questions . In the science of citizen engagement , there needs to be a way to close the "*Feedback loop*" . I daresay that there needs to be a way of gathering feedback from stakeholders on the final document even after it has been launched . That way there is a continuous adjustment of the law *pari passu* with the environment in which t operates . A fixed deadline doesn't cut it On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 12:00 PM, <kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Send kictanet mailing list submissions to > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > You can reach the person managing the list at > kictanet-owner(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of kictanet digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: It?s Not Their Pop Idol, but a Bot. Fans Cheer Anyway. - > The New York Times (kanini mutemi) > 2. Re: Guidelines for Network Redundancy- CA (Ali Hussein) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: kanini mutemi <kaninimutemi(a)gmail.com> > To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2017 09:42:31 +0300 > Subject: Re: [kictanet] It’s Not Their Pop Idol, but a Bot. Fans Cheer > Anyway. - The New York Times > See also Sophie Bot- Kenya's own AI. > > https://www.afidep.org/?p=6239 > > On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 6:59 PM, Ali Hussein via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> Listers >> >> Welcome to the Brave New World of Artificial Intelligence in the Celeb >> World.. >> >> In January, Christina Ausset, a 24-year-old Maroon 5 >> <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/m/maroon_…> >> fan in France, spotted an enticing Twitter post from another of the >> band’s followers: “I just had a conversation with Maroon 5! Awesome!” >> >> The interaction, it turned out, had been conducted on Facebook >> <http://www.nytimes.com/topic/company/facebook-inc?inline=nyt-org>Messenger >> with Maroon 5’s chatbot <https://www.messenger.com/t/maroon5> — an >> automated program designed to respond to basic commands. Not exactly a >> conversation with Adam Levine, Ms. Ausset noted, but it didn’t matter. She >> now happily talks to the bot, too. >> >> Read on:- >> >> https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/03/business/media/its-not-th >> eir-pop-idol-but-a-bot-fans-cheer-anyway.html?WT.mc_id=Smart >> Briefs-Newsletter&WT.mc_ev=click&ad-keywords=smartbriefsnl&_r=0 >> >> >> *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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/kaninimutemi%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. >> > > > > -- > *Mercy Mutemi, Advocate*. > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> > To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2017 09:54:58 +0300 > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Guidelines for Network Redundancy- CA > Kanini > > Thanks for sharing. The issue of public participation continues to dog us. > What is construed as Public Participation? > > 1. An Ad in the papers announcing a deadline for participation? > 2. What period is ideally right for public participation? > 3. What is the feedback mechanism to the public to ensure that there is > communication on the effects of the participation into the final document? > > Until we resolve these fundamental issues government agencies will be > making a mockery of this issue. > > *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 > > On 5 Apr 2017, at 9:38 AM, kanini mutemi via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > FYI. See the guidelines attached. > > Deadline for public consultations is 9th April, 2017. 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What you’re revealing to your ISP, why a VPN isn’t enough, and ways to avoid leaking it
by Nanjira Sambuli 06 Apr '17

06 Apr '17

While written for the US context, we need to have a discussion on what sector regulations in Kenya require operators to avail to CA. (Quite a lot, actually. Less clear on whether ISPs can sell our data). What you’re revealing to your ISP, why a VPN isn’t enough, and ways to avoid leaking it by Benjamin Hutchins Download Medium on the App Store or Play Store Regards, Nanjira. Sent on the move.

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Hakuna Metadata (1) - Exploring (one's) browsing history.
by Nanjira Sambuli 06 Apr '17

06 Apr '17

Highly enjoyable, and insightful read on metadata (and lack of protections thereof) to profile you for advertising etc. In the context of no privacy laws or regulations, our ISPs know quite a bit about us, and who knows what/how that info is (ab)used... http://www.privacypies.org/blog/metadata/2017/02/28/hakuna-metadata-1.html Hakuna Metadata (1) - Exploring the browsing history. Since I joined European Digital Rights (EDRi) in September 2016, one of most hottest topics that is being discussed in the Brussels bubble is the review of ePrivacy rules (ePR). As a complementary instrument to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), ePR mainly deals with data protection and privacy in the electronic communications sector, such as the tracking of users when they browse the internet. Since the GDPR has been already finalized, advocacy around the ePR is probably the last chance to defend European citizens digital rights. One of my key responsibilities as the Ford-Mozilla Open Web Fellow is to bring practical understanding to policy/political debate, and I agreed with Joe that I will work on the issues that needs more technical clarifications. One such blur area in the ePR happens to be “metadata and the impact on privacy”. So, this article is an explainer about the power of metadata and the reason why we need stronger policies in that context. What is metadata? Without getting too much into details about the technical or EU definitions of metadata, let us simply understand it as the data about the data. The table below illustrates the difference between the data and the metadata. Often we see that the data is considered to be sensitive and as a personal property it has to be protected. It is possible to protect your data using encryption technologies, for example GNU Privacy Gaurd (GPG) for emails. On the other hand, metadata is not treated to be very sensitive and for the same reason there are not many methods to encrypt it. It is due to the technical shortcoming of the basic building blocks of Internet Protocol (IP) stack. It does make sense to not encrypt the metadata right? Because if we encrypt the sender information on an email, your email client wouldn’t know whom to send it to. When the internet protocols were built, the intention was merely to establish a communication channel to connect the world. At that point of time, there were no much threats from government spying agencies, mass surveillance programs or from the advertisers. However, today we live in a world where everything we do on the Internet is being tracked and thus putting our privacy for sale on the data market. Even though the metadata has been a gold mine for Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Telecommunication providers from past two decades, the privacy risks of the metadata started to be a debatable topic since the Snowden revelations. Here are some of the quotes about the power of metadata from former big shots of government spying programs. “Metadata absolutely tells you everything about somebody’s life. If you have enough metadata, you don’t really need content.” - Stewart Baker, Ex- NSA General Counsel “We kill people based on metadata.” - Michael Hayden, former director of the NSA and ex- CIA Metadata by its virtue is not invented to help privacy invaders; instead it was intended to fasten the process of classification and indexing of any kind of bulk data, without looking at the data itself. So, by definition, metadata enforces data protection by letting someone process the data, without even looking at the content inside. However, that is also the fastest way to profile the whole internet users, right? Earlier in October 2015, Share Lab presented this piece of investigative journalism which articulates the hidden power of email metadata. Indeed, it is scary to see what one can understand about personal behavior just from the “To”, “From”, “Subject” and “Timestamp” fields. Other than the scary use-cases, there are a handful of projects such as Proofmode (earlier known as Informacam - CameraV) which harness the power of metadata for combating against fake news. However, the number of projects which exploits that power for advertisement tracking and surveillance outbeats the genuine use cases of metadata. Browsing history and the potential threat actors Modern browsers such as Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera and Internet Explorer stores the browsing history to provide a user-friendly browsing experience. By default, these browsers store the history of all the previously visited websites, cached copy of the websites, form filling history, cookie information and also bookmarks. Depending on the operating system and the browser, these information will be stored in a specific location on the hard disk of your computer in a lightweight database. Some of us rant about this default nature of the browsers, as it compels users to manually opt-out of browsing history storing mechanisms and the privacy concerns associated with it. Browser history - specifically the website information and cached copy has its own advantage in terms of usability: Automatic completion/suggestion of previously visited URLs. Locally cached copies of the previously visited websites to boost up the browsing speed, which is very helpful when the Internet connection is very slow. At this point, it is obvious that our browsing history is accessible to our browsers, which is why it is highly recommended to use open-source trustworthy browsers such as Mozilla Firefox ,which protects and respects your privacy. Whereas if you are using other browsers from the companies which are themselves the data brokers and advertisers, you end up giving away your browsing history to get tracked. So, assuming that we trust our browsers, let us exclude it from being a threat actor in our model. Entity Access to history Comments Malware in the computer Full Any program which has adequate privileges to start a browser process and browse the web potentially has the capacity to leak it. Such malwares have a high demand in the darknet. Other than that, there are browser hijacking malware which pollutes your history Wifi Hotspot Full Using captive Wi-Fi is a common practice in many places, especially when using public hotspots. Internet Service Providers (ISPs) Almost full ISPs can seek many insights, even when the traffic is encrypted. Have a look at “How Internet sees you” HTTP: The ISP knows which pages you're visiting and could see the data you send and receive. HTTPS: The ISP knows which domain you've visited but not the URL parameters, and not the contents of any data you send or receive. Domain Name Service (DNS) Providers Partial Only the domain name queries and not complete URL. Cookies (tracking, advertising and profiling companies) Partial to almost full (depending on who’s cookie it is) Based on cookie origin policies, cookies from Website A can collect the history related to that. Websites that you visit Partial Any websites that you visit would obviously know that you have visited them. Table 2: Access to browsing history In spite of the clear privacy implications, there is no clarity under the law about whether browsing history (more specifically the URLs) is to be protected as content or non-content metadata. Most of the lobbyists express their dissatisfaction about the changes between leaked and the official proposals of ePR. Out of many other concerns, the most questionable parts of the ePrivacy Regulations, at least for me is the permitted usage and exceptions of contents of communication. Things are a bit more complicated than that on two levels. Firstly, there are various cross-cutting issues (consent, tracking, ISPs, “value-added services”, etc…) where metadata analysis comes up. Exceptions for web analytics could imply serious privacy concerns without stronger guarantees of statistical privacy. Without getting much into that debate, let us explore browsing history as it provides a rich source of metadata of our daily interactions with the internet world. For the sake of simplicity and for understanding the power of this chunk of metadata, let us assume a malicious ISP (who can completely or partially see our browsing metadata) who does not respect the privacy policies to be the threat actor. Analytics about the web history Based on the browsing history contained in my computer, below is a simple analytics of the website domain names that I have visited the most. Like any other “normal” internet user I have used Google as the search engine; spent ample amount of time on social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn; watched videos over Youtube; used Wikipedia as the primary source of information; shopped on Amazon; sought programming help over Github and Stackoverflow; and so on. Figure 1: Most visited domain names According to ePR and as per the global norms of deducing useful insight of the users, ISPs can use such analytics for their survey purposes. Under genuine use cases, these kind of statistics are helpful for fine-tuning the bandwidth for specific websites that are used more by the users. Even though the top 20 websites remain the same across all parts of the world, depending on demographics and social structure of a region, the websites that will appear after the top 20 are not always the same. Your contribution to big data analytics, starts right from here - just by contributing the domain names of the websites that you have visited. The same chunk can be used for profiling you as well. May be these websites in Figure 1, is most common to all and does not really profile as you different. But, imagine some of the porn sites or your favourite political parties web page! Well, that makes you little different than others right? Figure 2 belows shows the suffixes or more technically the top-level domains (TLD) of the websites that I have visited the most. In many cases TLDs represent the countries that the websites are affiliated with. Also, websites like Google change the TLDs depending on the country from which you are browsing their website. For instance, even if you typed www.google.com from Belgium, it will be redirected to www.google.be automatically. Based on Figure 2, one can easily tell that I have connections with Finland (.fi), Belgium (.be), India (.in and .co.in) and some academic affiliation (.edu). While your ISP will obviously know these information, imagine the case when you are travelling! Figure 2: Suffix (TLDs) of most visited websites Even you are in a foreign country, you still visit websites related to your home country. So, along with the ISP of the foreign country, your geographic affiliation or affinity is now evident to the DNS providers as well. At this point, you have contributed second chunk of information to the big data and profiling to two of the entities which can collect data about you. Browsing patterns If the internet traffic is HTTP, everything will be transmitted in plain text. So, ISPs can see full path of the URL (http://www.facebook.com/zuck) Whereas, when it is HTTPs only partial path is visible (https://www.facebook.com/) to the ISPs. To know more about how Internet works, refer to EDRi’s paper on the same topic. Figure 3: Number of unique URLs visited over time Since the full path of URL is visible to the ISPs when your traffic is not encrypted, they can start analysing your behavior online. Figure 3 represents a graph of the total number of unique websites that have visited over time based on my browsing history. As one can see, I visit 10-150 unique URLs on an average over the period of November 2015 to January 2017. Some peaks in the graph beyond this range shows a lot of anomalies in my browsing pattern. These anomalies could potentially indicate certain specific events of my life. It could be increased workload, planning my travel, searching for a job or anything that you can imagine. Figure 4: Heatmap of browsing pattern - unique URLs visited over time Another way of looking at the browsing patterns is by plotting a heatmap of the same data i.e. the number of unique URLs visited over time as shown in Figure 4. While Figure 3 shows the anomalies in the browsing pattern, the heatmap gives a snapshot of the lifestyle in an easily understandable manner. Figure 5: Heatmap of browsing pattern - sleeping (idle) and leisure time There are consistent patterns in the lower half and the upper quarter of the graph. Even within those patterns, we can see two different sets, which depicts my work time browsing and after-work leisurely activities as it fades out from 20:00 hour onwards. In the figure 5, from 12:00 AM till 07:00 AM, there is a constant strip of dark patch which represents less activity over the internet, or in other words it is the time when I sleep. Figure 6: Heatmap of browsing pattern - travel As highlighted in the figure 6, there are certain patches within the strip of my sleeping pattern. When correlated with the change in name suffixes (with reference to figure 2), it was found out to be work-related travels. In other words, I had travelled to a different timezone and continued to work from 9.00 AM to 7:00 PM as I have done on any other regular day. Figure 7: Heatmap of browsing pattern - Holiday season If we zoom in the graph more (As represented in figure 7), there are patterns which show high number of browsing, a patch of almost no activities even during the regular working hours, then a sudden increase in browsing activities and finally resuming to normal working hour pattern. This depicts that I planned for my holiday (checking into flights, confirming hotel booking, etc.), took a break from work, returned from the holiday (sudden increase is possibly due to following up on emails and activities that I might have missed during my trip) and finally resuming my work. So, at this point, one can know about my working hours, sleep time, work-related travel and my holiday schedules just using my browsing metadata. That is quite a lot of information about me retrieved just from the metadata right? Potential adwords As mentioned earlier, browsing history falls into the grey area of whether to be treated and protected as content data or as the non-content metadata. Unlike many other metadata, where it is not possible to retrieve the complete content data just by using the metadata associated with it, it is possible to retrieve all the contents of the websites that you have visited by crawling over the list of URLs from your browsing history. Whether or not it happens in reality, to avoid giving the list of URLs directly to advertisers, the ISPs can automate their analytics system to crawl over the list to seek insight on what you might have seen while browsing. By giving away just the keywords deduced from the websites that you have visited to the advertisers, the ISPs can potentially bypass the privacy laws by claiming it as anonymized. Figure 8: Wordcloud generated by crawling over the list of URLs from the browsing history Figure 8 represents the wordcloud generated by crawling over the most visited websites by me. Not so surprisingly, being a security and privacy researcher, I can see those words in this cloud, along with other keywords related to my identity - both from professional and personal life. This cloud was derived by excluding all the social media and search engine related URLs. Yet another buzzwords which we hear often these days is - “Data mining” and “machine learning”. Data Mining refers to seeking useful insights programmatically from the collected bulk data, whereas machine learning is to use that insight for data-driven decision making. One of the features of these methods known as Named Entity Recognition (NER) which allows to classify the text into categories such as organizations, persons and locations. Figure 9: Wordcloud generated by Name-Entity Recognition - Organizational entities If we run NER algorithms on the text retrieved by crawling over the list of URLs that you have visited, it provides more clarity to the keywords that can be potentially generated. Figure 9 shows the keywords related to organizational entities from the websites that I have visited. This narrows down my generic profile to target me on the keywords found in this cloud. For example, I could be a potential customer for insurance companies, University and management related jobs. Further down the line, figure 10 represents the names of the people found in the websites that I have visited the most. Surprisingly, I turned out to be the self-obsessed person who visits websites of his own or the websites that talks about himself. In the Person names cloud, I can see some of my academic co-authors, role models or the people whom I follow. Imagine that there are the names of Tim Cook or Steve Jobs! I am probably a potential customer for Apple! So, the list of adwords targeted towards me could include Apple products here onwards. Figure 10: Wordcloud generated by Name-Entity Recognition - Person names How about my next travel destination? Can it be predicted from my web history? Possible yes - it could be Brazil, China or Singapore! Figure 11: Wordcloud generated by Name-Entity Recognition - Location entities As the Figure 11 represents, I might have visited the websites which contained those locations which could probably be my next travel destination. Even without doing any fancy machine learning processing, I could attest that these were actually some of the places that I am planning to visit! As mentioned before, if you are using HTTP, the ISPs can see the full URL path in clear text. Along with them, the websites that you visit will obviously have to know that full path to deliver you exactly what you are looking for. If you have searched for “vegetarian restaurants in Brussels”in Google , your Google query URL will be http://www.google.be/search?q=vegetarian+restaurant+brussel. Assuming that the ISPs will use the keywords you are searching to profile you again, it makes their job of deriving the adwords for your future targeted advertisements much more easier. Please note that Google auto-redirects HTTP traffic to HTTPS, however, for the sake of simplicity let us ignore that. Instead, there are many malicious things (like “man-in-the-middle”) that an ISPs can do in cooperation with advertisers to know more information even from the HTTPS traffic. Figure 12: Word frequency graph of Google search keywords Figure 12 represents the most searched words by me on Google. From this graph, it is evident that I use Python programming language, Latex for writing reports, use a computer with Ubuntu as the operating system, research on security/privacy, and so on. This itself along with the previous world cloud would be enough to profile me. So, at this point, the ISPs know what makes you highly likely to click an advertisement link! Pseudo social sphere Unlike the metadata related to emails and phone call logs, the browsing history can be treated as one-dimensional metadata. Because, it is just the metadata about what you have browsed and it does not contain the influence of other people’s interaction with you. On the other hand, email and phone call metadata contains the interaction you have done with others, along with the interactions done by others with you. However, it is possible to seek insight on your affinity towards the people within your social circle using the one-dimensional browsing history metadata. For example, you will visit your close friends social media profile more frequently than you visit your ex-colleague’s profile whom you know from first job. You might have visited the profile of your friend from the university more recently and frequently, than you visit your friend from high school. By capturing the number of visit counts and frecency (frequency + recency) from your browsing history, it is possible to reconstruct a pseudo social sphere (figure 13) , and thereby converting the browsing history to a two-dimensional data source. Figure 13: Representation of pseudo-social sphere derived from social media related URLs We all have different social circles - family members, childhood/high school friends, friends from work place, ex-colleagues , etc. Our affinity towards them is not necessarily unique. Even though they are not directly connected with each other, it is highly likely that our affinity towards them is similar. By capturing the social media URLs (Facebook and Twitter), Figure 13 represents one such social sphere. In circle 1, I saw a family member and my best friend; in circle 2, one of my colleagues, highschool friend and a family member were seen. This means I weigh them differently, but they can be grouped based on my affinity towards them. Just by knowing the browsing history, now the ISPs can tell who are my close friends, how much do they matter to me and who all have equal importance in my life. To summarize: I built a small/ naive tool to replicate the similar graphs shown in this article for almost anyone who is a Linux+Firefox user, browses Internet including social media like anyone else and most importantly stores the browsing history for a decent period of time. While making this tool as generic and simple as possible, I had to omit digging more information that could have been gathered from my own browsing history and exclude use of APIs (as they require individual users to obtain the API tokens). However, to know more about what browsing history could reveal about your personalities, refer to the case study by Share Lab. This provides lot more insights on what one can dig from your browsing history. Whether or not the culprit ISPs as depicted in this article evade your privacy by doing all these analytics, it is indeed important to realize the power of metadata and your contribution to big data processing in the wild. Since privacy of the metadata can not be protected by merely encrypting it, we need stronger policies to defend our digital rights. The tool which I call as Haukana metadata can be downloaded from here. Once you download it, follow these instruction: Unzip the folder a right click on a blank area Click on “open in terminal”. In the terminal, type sh requirements and press Enter. This will download all the necessary modules needed to run the tool. Once it is completed, type python tool.py and press Enter. It will take some time to process your browsing history. So, be patient until it opens a new browser tab as a result. Everything will be processed within your computer and hence, the tool does not send the data anywhere. The newly opened tab will contain some instructions and links to the visualizations derived from your browsing history. Please note that these graphs are interactive as shown here, here, here or here. It is important to note that some of the functionalities may not work as it is shown in this article, mainly because there are no reference data about browsing history. So, I had to build it based on my own browsing history. It goes without saying that the code is open source, and any contribution to the code to improvise and add more functionalities are more than welcome. Even otherwise, in case of issues, do not hesitate to contact me, either by sending an email with subject line “Hakuna Metadata” to sidtechnical(a)gmail.com or by raising an issue on Github. Regards, Nanjira. Sent on the move.

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Fwd: [Internet Policy] New Resolution on the right to privacy
by Barrack Otieno 06 Apr '17

06 Apr '17

Listers, We need to ensure we have a data protection act in the next August house. enjoy the read Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Richard Hill <rhill(a)hill-a.ch> Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2017 13:38:34 +0200 Subject: [Internet Policy] New Resolution on the right to privacy To: "Internetpolicy@Elists. Isoc. Org" <internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org> At its 34th session, 27 February-24 March 2017, the Human Rights Council adopted a new resolution on the Right to privacy in the digital age, see: http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/HRC/34/L.7/Rev.1 The resolution was adopted without a vote at the 56th meeting, 23 March 2017. Among other elements, this Resolution: * Recalls that any interference with the right to privacy should be consistent with the principles of legality, necessity and proportionality * Calls for data protection legislation, in particular to prevent the sale of personal data of personal data without the individual's free, explicit and informed consent * Calls on states not to interfere with the use of encryption. I reproduce below the relevant text from the Resolution. Best, Richard ====================== 2. Recalls that States should ensure that any interference with the right to privacy is consistent with the principles of legality, necessity and proportionality; 5. Calls upon all States: (f) To develop or maintain and implement adequate legislation, with effective sanctions and remedies, that protects individuals against violations and abuses of the right to privacy, namely through the unlawful or arbitrary collection, processing, retention or use of personal data by individuals, governments, business enterprises and private organizations; (i) To refrain from requiring business enterprises to take steps that interfere with the right to privacy in an arbitrary or unlawful way; (k) To develop or maintain legislation, preventive measures and remedies addressing harm from the sale or multiple resale or other corporate sharing of personal data without the individual's free, explicit and informed consent; 9. Encourages business enterprises to work towards enabling technical solutions to secure and protect the confidentiality of digital communications, which may include measures for encryption and anonymity, and calls upon States not to interfere with the use of such technical solutions, with any restrictions thereon complying with States' obligations under international human rights law; -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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It’s Not Their Pop Idol, but a Bot. Fans Cheer Anyway. - The New York Times
by Ali Hussein 06 Apr '17

06 Apr '17

Listers Welcome to the Brave New World of Artificial Intelligence in the Celeb World.. In January, Christina Ausset, a 24-year-old Maroon 5 fan in France, spotted an enticing Twitter post from another of the band’s followers: “I just had a conversation with Maroon 5! Awesome!” The interaction, it turned out, had been conducted on FacebookMessenger with Maroon 5’s chatbot — an automated program designed to respond to basic commands. Not exactly a conversation with Adam Levine, Ms. Ausset noted, but it didn’t matter. She now happily talks to the bot, too. Read on:- https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/03/business/media/its-not-their-pop-idol-bu… 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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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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