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Fwd: [Igfregionals] Published & for distribution: New IGF resources now available
by Barrack Otieno 25 Jan '17

25 Jan '17

Listers, For your information and attention, Dear Internet Governance Stakeholders, We are glad to let you know that the IGF has just published all of the tangible outcomes from its intersessional activities conducted in 2016. These outputs include: BPF Gender: Outcome resource 2016 (access and gender) & recommendations roadmap (online abuse and gender-based violence); BPF on Internet exchange points (IXPs); BPF on commercial and economic incentives to deploy IPv6; BPF Cybersecurity (‘Building Confidence and Security in the use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) through Enhanced Cooperation and Collaboration’); and Policy Options for Connecting and Enabling the Next Billion(s) (Phase II). These resources are the outputs from bottom-up, inclusive, and community-driven activities of the IGF that took place over the course of 2016 (for more information about these initiatives, please see the Notes at the end of this email). The IGF, along with the facilitators and rapporteurs for all of the respective intersessional activities, are grateful for the invaluable support given and time invested in these activities by numerous stakeholders and volunteers. We would also like to recognise the leadership and dedication of the coordinators, facilitators, and lead experts who supported the IGF’s intersessional work over the past year, including Aaron Hughes, Anri van der Spuy, Brian Gutterman, Constance Bommelaer, Douglas Onyango, Izumi Okutani, Jac SM Kee, Maarten Van Horenbeeck, Marco Hogewoning, Markus Kummer, Salanienta Tamanikaiwaimaro, Sumon A. Sabir, Renata Aquino Ribeiro, Segun Olugbile, and Wim Degezelle, among many others. What can you do with the IGF’s intersessional resources? We encourage all stakeholders to share these resources with their respective communities to ensure that the IGF resource outputs also become useful inputs into other processes of relevance to the Internet and its governance in 2017 and beyond. We hope these resources will not only be useful for policymakers and other stakeholders, but will also continue to symbolise the IGF community’s belief that multistakeholder collaboration is fundamental in effectively addressing pertinent Internet policy challenges. What’s next for the IGF’s intersessional activities? All outputs from the IGF’s intersessional activities are intended to be living documents that can be updated at any time. At the first Open Consultations and IGF multistakeholder advisory group (MAG) meeting in March 2017, stakeholders will discuss potential themes for the next cohort of intersessional activities, including what will happen with the 2016 BPFs and their outputs. The IGF Secretariat invites stakeholders to submit written contributions to the current public consultation stock-taking exercise. In these contributions, stakeholders are also welcome to send recommendations and proposed themes for intersessional activities in 2017. Written inputs should be sent to takingstock(a)intgovforum.org by Friday 27 January. Kind regards, IGF Secretariat NOTES About the IGF The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) serves to bring people together from various stakeholder groups as equals in discussions on public policy issues relating to the Internet. While the IGF has no negotiated outcomes, it serves the important function of informing and inspiring those with policymaking power in both public and private sectors. The IGF facilitates a common understanding of how to maximise Internet opportunities and address risks and challenges that arise. One of the ways in which it does so is through its intersessional activities, which are conducted following recommendations from the UN CSTD Working Group on Improvements to the IGF and form part of a broader effort by the IGF community to produce more tangible outputs to “enhance the impact of the IGF on global Internet governance and policy”. About the IGF’s intersessional activities The IGF Best Practice Forums (BPFs) continue to offer unique platforms to investigate topical Internet policy challenges by collecting community input and experiences in a flexible and bottom-up manner. Through their substantive outreach efforts and continued calls for input and contributions, the BPFs have already enabled more diverse and varied participation in IGF processes, including from a richer variety of regions and stakeholder groups. By continuously involving new people in their work, the various BPFs also contributed to enlarging the global footprint of the IGF. BPFs worked throughout the year in an open and inclusive way via open mailing lists, regular virtual meetings, and BPF workshops during the 11th IGF meeting in Guadalajara, Mexico, from 6 to 9 December 2016. About the BPF Gender The BPF Gender’s second publication, entitled ‘Overcoming Barriers to Enable Women’s Meaningful Internet Access’, builds on its work in 2015, when it also published an extensive resource on online abuse and gender-based violence. In 2016, the BPF furthermore produced a user-friendly infographic roadmap for addressing online abuse and gender-based violence, based on the key recommendations for diverse stakeholder groups from its 2015 report. The BPF Gender is also partnering with ITU and UN Women’s EQUALS partnership, a global initiative aimed at addressing gender inequality, to raise awareness of its outputs. Further details of this collaboration will soon be announced. About the BPF Cybersecurity The 2016 IGF BPF on Cybersecurity built upon the previous work of the IGF CSIRTS and SPAM BPFs. Its work was also guided by the WSIS +10 review process which produced an outcome document with a strong focus on "building confidence and security in the use of information and communications technologies", making an IGF BPF related to cybersecurity even more relevant. The 2016 discussions and output report addressed cooperation and collaboration on cybersecurity issues between stakeholder groups as an overarching theme. About the BPF on Internet exchange points (IXPs) The BPF Contributing to the Success and Continued Development of Internet exchange points (IXPs) collected best current practices that have proven to contribute to building strong and successful IXPs. Exchanging traffic at an IXP has a number of benefits that can contribute to a more affordable, stable, faster and more reliable Internet of a higher quality in a region. The success of an IXP will be measured by its ability to sustainably contribute to the development of its local Internet ecosystem. The BPF on IXPs focused on the management and operation of an IXP and identified factors that can contribute to success. About the BPF IPv6 IPv6 is the Internet’s addressing system that was developed to deal with IPv4 exhaustion and to make the Internet future-proof. The fast growing number of networks that already supports IPv6 today proofs that IPv6 is a technically feasible option for business. The BPF Understanding the commercial and economic incentives behind a successful IPv6 deployment collected case studies on commercial experiences with IPv6 deployment to better understand challenges and incentives, and provide an opportunity to learn from each other. About Policy Options for Connecting and Enabling the Next Billion(s) - Phase II In 2016, the IGF furthered its seminal work on Policy Options for Connecting and Enabling the Next Billion(s) by investigating challenges and opportunities for addressing and overcoming barriers to meaningful Internet access, promoting meaningful access in diverse contexts and regions, and ensuring that meaningful access also supports the achievement of the UN sustainable development goals. Read the report here. Brian Gutterman | Associate Programme Officer Secretariat of the Internet Governance Forum United Nations Office at Geneva | Dependance La Pelousse Email: bgutterman(a)unog.ch | Tel: +41229173423 | intgovforum.org -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Time sensitive: Accreditation for Election Observer Group to Observe the Electoral Process
by Grace Githaiga 25 Jan '17

25 Jan '17

Listers Greetings! KICTANet is in the process of making an application to the IEBC to observe the elections.This has been necessitated by the level of interest on deployment of technology in the upcoming elections. As part of the application process, we would wish to know who would be interested to be an election observer, and in which constituency/county. Kindly send an email to info(a)kictanet.or.ke to express your interest. This is time sensitive so kindly respond by 5.00pm Thursday 26th, 2017. Please provide your Name Nationality Full Address National ID Number (Kenyan Observers) or Passport Number (International Observers) Telephone Regards Grace

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Taking the digital dividends to the constituencies for prosperity
by Ali Hussein 25 Jan '17

25 Jan '17

Listers An interesting article penned by our very own CS. Insightful and needed. Taking the digital dividends to the constituencies for prosperity <http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/digital-dividends/440808-3784614-m2kqr…> I'm hoping that the Abdis, The Kamaus, The Karisa, The Poghishios, The Omaris, The Nyachaes...(You get the drift..) in the farthest corners of Kenya - From Wajir to Kakuma to Lamu will access Broadband everywhere and anywhere sooner rather than later. 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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'Net Neutrality' Foe Ajit Pai Is New FCC Head in Trump admin
by waudo siganga 24 Jan '17

24 Jan '17

This could interest some on the list: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/net-neutrality-foe-ajit-pai-fcc-…

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ICANN Africa GAC Workshop: Day 2: Remote Participation Details
by Bob Omondi 24 Jan '17

24 Jan '17

Listers, Just to note that the 2ND day of the ICANN Africa GAC workshop will proceed today from 06.00 Hrs UTC / 09.00 AM Nairobi time. Live stream available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0U_rzTVc5M Remote participation is also here: https://participate.icann.org/gac-workshop. PGI bridge for this so phone only participants will be able to join up. Dial-In Numbers: https://www.myrcplus.com/cnums.asp?bwebid=8369444&ppc=7502538295&num=1-605-… Participant Passcode: 7502538295 Host Passcode: 5947442318 Regards Bob

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The Final Days of Obama’s Tech Surge
by Ali Hussein 23 Jan '17

23 Jan '17

Listers Good morning. This is an interesting read of how a President can inspire a whole nation and particularly Government to re-invent itself when it comes to using IT for Service Delivery. From Obamacare to the Pentagon; from Immigration Services to The Internal Revenue Authority the team now popularly known as the United States Digital Services (USDS) parachuted into various government departments and sorted out major problems using simple tools like Agile Project Management and Cloud Computing. Saving millions of dollars and availing critical G2C services to Americans. The team comprised Googlers, Amazonians, Microsofties and other tech giants who sometimes simply took a leave of absence to Serve. Here's an example to emulate. Read on:- https://backchannel.com/the-final-days-of-obamas-tech-surge-864b9bf60d34#.x… Have a lovely week ahead. 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] Remote Link for ICANN Capacity Building Workshop for the African Government Advisory Committee (GAC)
by Bonface Witaba 23 Jan '17

23 Jan '17

Hello members, For those who may want to follow the abovementioned meeting here are the remote link details: RemoteParticipation Details: Linkwill be https://participate.icann.org/gac-workshop. PGIbridge for this so phone only participants will be able to join up. The detailsfor that are below: Dial-InNumbers: https://www.myrcplus.com/cnums.asp?bwebid=8369444&ppc=7502538295&num=1-605-…: 7502538295HostPasscode: 5947442318 Kind regards BonfaceWitaba ICANN Fellow It does NOT matter how SLOWLY you GO so long as you do Not STOP. --Confucious (Chinese Philosopher and Reformer)

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United Airlines resumed operations Sunday night after a computer problem temporarily grounded all domestic mainline flights
by Nelson J kwaje 23 Jan '17

23 Jan '17

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/22/travel/united-grounds-domestic-flights-be… I remember the days when ICT experts would use examples like "fights will be grounded because of IT issues " to show the critical role of ICT in the society . Well, they can't use this example anymore , it is already happening. It is "amazing" how the airline's spokespersons handled the matter by saying flight were grounded due to "an IT issue" . We should be concerned at how "IT issues " are being used to justify, * Incompetence * Lack of proper processes * Negligence * and even theft at times The public should demand for an explanation beyond "This was an IT issue". It is like telling people that Nairobi water outage was due to "water issue". Nelson J. Kwaje

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Re: [kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 116, Issue 142
by June Tessy 21 Jan '17

21 Jan '17

Thanks for sharing this Rachel, Looking forward to gaining insights from this. On 20 Jan 2017 12:48 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. Updates on Statistics (Alwala, Rachel) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 21:19:09 +0000 From: "Alwala, Rachel" <Alwala(a)ca.go.ke> To: KICTAnet Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Cc: CPA <CPA(a)ca.go.ke> Subject: [kictanet] Updates on Statistics Message-ID: <D4A70960.973B%alwala(a)ca.go.ke> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Dear listers, The Authority, on 19th January 2017, released the Q1 Sector Statistics Report. Please see the story on our website: http://www.ca.go.ke/index.php/what-we-do/94-news/421- kenyans-increasingly-adopting-broadband-internet-use-report-shows. The statistics link is http://www.ca.go.ke/index.php/statistics For a quick read, the report and accompanying note on the decline is attached. Regards, Rachel Alwala Assistant Director/Communications and External Affairs Communications Authority of Kenya PO Box 14448 Nairobi 00800 Tel: +254 703042000 Email: alwala(a)ca.go.ke

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Invitation to the iAfrikan Annual Roundup
by Eric Mugendi 20 Jan '17

20 Jan '17

Hello Listers, iAfrikan is holdingthe Annual Roundup on January 26th, and we'll be looking back at some of the things that have shaped the tech, social and business scenes over the past year. You can view some of the highlights from the last Annual Roundup in December 2015here. The Roundup consists of a series of panel discussions on Governance and Policy in ICT, TheUse Of Technology In Education, Starting Up In Africa, Connecting One Billion Africans To The Internet, and Looking Forward to 2017. Panelists include Envir Fraser of Convergence Partners, Nanjira Sambuli of The Web Foundation, Ezekiel Mutua of the Kenya Film Classification Board, and Aaron Fu of Nest. The event will be at Metta's new space at 14 Riverside Drive, and it will start with breakfast at 8. We can give you tickets for anyone interested in attending. You can RSVPhere or emailblog(a)iafrikan.com. Looking forward to your response. Regards, Eric Eric MugendiEditor-at-Large, iAfrikan +254 721 672859 eric.mugendi(a)iafrikan.com|www.iafrikan.com Skype:eric.mugendi Subscribe to the weekly iAfrikan newsletter:Here

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