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IG Discussion 2009, Day 7 of 10 - Data and Infrastructure Security
by mwende njiraini 07 May '09

07 May '09

Good morning! Today we continue our discussions on cybersecurity specifically data and infrastructure security. It now not uncommon to hear about cyber terrorism, cyber crime, cyber attacks, Information Warfare, etc. Recent examples of cyber attacks in Estonia and Georgia show that the Internet offers an inexpensive and easy weapon of modern warfare. Fortunately, we as a country may not have yet experienced critical security threats possibly because majority of users/organizations have access to ‘less than broadband speeds’ thus providing no incentive for meaningful exploits. This presents a situation where low usage and poor connectivity has acted as our “security”. However, with the growing use of the Internet, encouraged by the availability broadband connections locally, nationally (Fibre optic national project, operator networks) and internationally (TEAMS, SEACOM), the number of incidences of online security breaches are set to increase. Thank you Harry Delano (email 29th April) for raising the following important questions for our discussion today. - What is our level of cybersecurity preparedness (as government, operator, service providers, private sector organizations and educational institutions)? - Have we made an assessment of our cybersecurity preparedness levels, to date, particularly with the impending landing of international submarine fibre optic cable? - What is needed to protect our data and infrastructure from increased threats and at what cost? Regards Mwende

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IG Discussion 2009, Day 8 of 10 - National Cybersecurity strategies
by mwende njiraini 06 May '09

06 May '09

Good morning! Today we continue to build on previous discussions on cybersecurity, with a view of seeking your contributions in the development a national cyber-security strategy. The Kenya Communications (Amendment) Act, 2009 ( http://www.communication.go.ke/media.asp?id=775) contains the following provisions with regard to cybersecurity: - Unauthorized access to computer data, - Access with intent to commit offences - Unauthorized access to and interception of computer service, - Unauthorized modification of computer material, - Damaging or denying access to computer system, - Unauthorized disclosure of password, - Unlawful possession of devices and data, - Electronic fraud, - Tampering with computer source documents, - Publishing of obscene information in electronic form, - Publication for fraudulent purpose and - Unauthorized access to protected systems Harry Delano (email 29th April) “Are our cybersecurity regulations (law) up to the task, to protect us...?” In answering this question we may wish to consider the issue of jurisdiction, the ability of the judicial system to make a ruling with regards to a crime committed through the internet by extra-territorial elements and secondly the role of arbitration as an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanism (http://www.ciarbkenya.org/) Kind regards Mwende *Disclaimer: Views expressed here (apart from those quoted/referenced) are the author’s own*

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IG Discussion 2009, Day 6 of 10
by mwende njiraini 06 May '09

06 May '09

Good morning, The focus of our discussion this week is on cybersecurity and trust. We will seek to address privacy and data security issues. Like many other Kenyans, we frequently register to use various online services provided by the government and businesses. The registration process requires that we provide personal information including physical, postal address, telephone numbers, credit card numbers, etc. The younger generation and the young-at-heart are readily sharing “personally identifiable information” including photos and events through social networking sites including facebook, youtube, myspace, flickr, twitter, etc. Personal information collected and made available in the public domain such as the electoral register, telephone directory can be combined with information for example from supermarkets loyalty cards to create valuable market information to track individual preferences and purchase profiles. This information may unfortunately be subject to abuse and theft. Consequently, ‘trust’ in policies and the security measures that the government and businesses establish to protect user information is therefore an essential element for the success of e-transactions (both e-government and e-commerce) - How can we create a cyber security culture in Kenya? What is the role of the educators, peers and parents in digital literacy with respect to privacy and security? - Does the current legal environment provide for the protection of privacy on the internet? How can we establish a balance between security and right to privacy? Looking forward to hearing from you. Kind regards Mwende References 1. Protecting your Privacy on the Internet: http://privacy.gov.au/internet/internet_privacy/index.html#2 2. Privacy Policies: http://www.facebook.com/policy.php?ref=pf, http://twitter.com/privacy 3. Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights : http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml#a12 4. Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada: Protecting Your Privacy on the Internet: http://www.priv.gc.ca/fs-fi/02_05_d_13_e.cfm 5. Privacy illustrations: http://www.priv.gc.ca/information/illustrations/index_e.cfm 6. http://www.diplomacy.edu/ISL/IG/ *Disclaimer: Views expressed here are the author’s own*

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Re: [kictanet] IG Discussion 2009, Day 6 of 10
by Harry Delano 05 May '09

05 May '09

John, thanks a lot, for your moderation last week. Since you have thrown the challenge, I will take it up. As you can see, am still right up until now (0300Hrs) checking out the postings. Indeed I dove right into the cyber security discussion at the very onset of your discussion on the much anticipated under sea Fibre Cable, last week. Why so..? Having witnessed the exponential growth in the Information and Communications Technology sector in this country for the last over 10 years, especially from the advent of Internet and later the mobile technology, I believe in the next few months we stand at the doorstep of another very important milestone in this sector, that promises to revolutionize virtually all sectors of our economy - The Undersea optic Fibre. But, just as we stand to gain more on it's good side (benefits that cannot be enumerated), we need to prepare ourselves, and put properly co-ordinated measures in place to mitigate the challenges that will come with this connectivity - Cyber Security. I strongly believe with the landing of this cable - Service Providers, Government, Institutions, and other Data banks urgently need to work on their cyber security capacities that will take care of any imminent threats that are about to land, in hot pursuit. I will reproduce my last posting, just incase. However,it is important to emphasize that we will significantly open up our local 'cyber space' given the Super fast connectivity to the outside. While we stand to derive a lot of expanded cruising room on this Super highway at super speeds, blended threats, in the form of possible cyber based crimes including Network security breaches (hacking),identity thefts, Data Thefts, Denial of service (DOS)cyber attacks, cyber espionage activities and others will come hurtling along, albeit much faster this time. Simply put in another way - with the marine fibre in place, picture your typical smart hacker sitting across the room, with the capability to access your pc and data in a matter of less than 50 msec, and before you could spell H-A-C-K-E-R, he will be off with your valuable personal or organizational information if you are not secured. As I argued last week, presently our slower Internety connectivity to the outside via Satellite Technology, and our congested international bandwidth effectively frustrates many would be hackers and other cyber crime activities. By this, I mean our cyber security capacities have not been really challenged enough, and tested possibly to the limit, to enable us assess our capabilities - our strengths and weaknesses. So we could be enjoying some unparalleled peace now, but it might be shortlived. Having observed the local cyber space over a period of time now, I can safely conclude that we are yet to witness much locally generated cyber crime activity or the capacity to do so. It's for this very reason that we have to a expect with certainity an estimated 90% - 95 % of this cyber traffic to emanate from outside. With End user systems that are poorly secured, or not secured at all - this exposure is likely to spell a disaster-in-waiting, especially for the most sensitive of our institutions, and other organizations. As we continue to embrace technology, a number of our key national infrastructure and installations are already getting online, but could also pose a major target in a cyber attack intended to sabotage provision of badly needed services.Let's ensure proper inbuilt security, with an eye on any future challenges that need to be dealt with. The ministry under whose portfolio ICT lies, will be key in formulating policy & other security standards for all arms of government that need to be reviewed from time to time in order to keep up to the ever mutating challenges in this arena. Efforts geared towards establishing a national Cyberspace security strategy would be needed, and of course there is a wide array of expertise and talent in the private sector that could be drafted up to help with the establishment, enforcement and monitoring of compliance with the various Cyber Security standards and benchmarks. I'm sure, we are prepared are we to act. Are we...? Harry Delano, 2404207 Securing Networks ******************* -----Original Message----- From: kictanet-bounces+harry=inds.co.ke(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry=inds.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 9:52 PM To: Harry Delano Subject: kictanet Digest, Vol 24, Issue 9 Send kictanet mailing list submissions to kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://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: IG Discussion 2009, Day 6 of 10-Security (John Walubengo) 2. Re: IG Discussion 2009, Day 6 of 10 (Evans Kahuthu) 3. Re: IG Discussion 2009, Day 6 of 10 (Judy Okite) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 04:36:37 -0700 (PDT) From: John Walubengo <jwalu(a)yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [kictanet] IG Discussion 2009, Day 6 of 10-Security To: mwende njiraini <mwende.njiraini(a)gmail.com> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Message-ID: <512644.447.qm(a)web57805.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 mmhh, very quiet on the list...where are those guys Harry and Evans who had jumped onto security last week ;-): walu. --- On Mon, 5/4/09, mwende njiraini <mwende.njiraini(a)gmail.com> wrote: > From: mwende njiraini <mwende.njiraini(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [kictanet] IG Discussion 2009, Day 6 of 10 > To: jwalu(a)yahoo.com > Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Date: Monday, May 4, 2009, 9:59 AM > Good morning, > > > > The focus of our discussion this week is on cybersecurity and trust. > We will seek to address privacy and data security issues. > > > > Like many other Kenyans, we frequently register to use various online > services provided by the government and businesses. The registration > process requires that we provide personal information including > physical, postal address, telephone numbers, credit card numbers, etc. > The younger generation and the young-at-heart are readily sharing > ?personally identifiable information? including photos and events > through social networking sites including facebook, youtube, myspace, > flickr, twitter, etc. > > > > Personal information collected and made available in the public domain > such as the electoral register, telephone directory can be combined > with information for example from supermarkets loyalty cards to > create valuable market information to track individual preferences > and purchase profiles. > This information may unfortunately be subject to abuse and theft. > Consequently, ?trust? in policies and the security measures that the > government and businesses establish to protect user information is > therefore an essential element for the success of e-transactions (both > e-government and e-commerce) > > > > - How can we create a cyber security culture in Kenya? > What is the role > of the educators, peers and parents in digital literacy with > respect to > privacy and security? > - Does the current legal environment provide for the protection of > privacy on the internet? How can we establish a balance between > security > and right to privacy? > > Looking forward to hearing from you. > > > > Kind regards > > Mwende > > > > References > > 1. Protecting your Privacy on the Internet: > http://privacy.gov.au/internet/internet_privacy/index.html#2 > > 2. Privacy Policies: > http://www.facebook.com/policy.php?ref=pf, > http://twitter.com/privacy > > 3. Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human > Rights : > http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml#a12 > > 4. Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada: > Protecting Your Privacy > on the Internet: > http://www.priv.gc.ca/fs-fi/02_05_d_13_e.cfm > > 5. Privacy illustrations: > http://www.priv.gc.ca/information/illustrations/index_e.cfm > > 6. http://www.diplomacy.edu/ISL/IG/ > > > > *Disclaimer: Views expressed here are the author?s own* > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > This message was sent to: jwalu(a)yahoo.com Unsubscribe or change your > options at > http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jwalu%40yahoo.com ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 08:53:30 -0700 From: Evans Kahuthu <ifani.kinos(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [kictanet] IG Discussion 2009, Day 6 of 10 To: mwende njiraini <mwende.njiraini(a)gmail.com> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Message-ID: <184bd1560905040853r4858aba4l752d280fdffeed87(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" The purpose of Information Security/Cybersecurity is to protect an organizations's valuable resources, such as information, hardware and software. Through the selection and application of appropriate safeguards, Information Security helps the organization's mission by protectiing its physical and financial resources, reputation, legal position, employees, and other tangible and intangible assets. The issue of cybersecurity/Information security simply comes down to three things: 1) Confidentiality, 2) Integrity and Availability. Information Security management/cybersecurity entails the identification of an organisation's information assets and developemt, documentation, and implementation of policies, standards, procedures and guidelines, which ensure their Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability. Unfortunately, cybersecurity is sometimes viewed as hindering the mission of the organisation by impossing poorly selected bothersome rules and procedures on users, managers and systems. On the contrary, if well implemented, Cybersecurity rules and procedures can support the overall organisational mission. In the case of Kenya, the way to create a culture of cybersecurity is through management tools such as data classification, security awareness traininig, risk assesment and risk analysis in order to identify threats, classify assets, and rate their vulnerabilities so that effective security controls can be implemented. Regards, Evans On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 10:59 PM, mwende njiraini <mwende.njiraini(a)gmail.com>wrote: > Good morning, > > > > The focus of our discussion this week is on cybersecurity and trust. > We will seek to address privacy and data security issues. > > > > Like many other Kenyans, we frequently register to use various online > services provided by the government and businesses. The registration > process requires that we provide personal information including > physical, postal address, telephone numbers, credit card numbers, etc. > The younger generation and the young-at-heart are readily sharing > ?personally identifiable information? including photos and events > through social networking sites including facebook, youtube, myspace, > flickr, twitter, etc. > > > > Personal information collected and made available in the public domain > such as the electoral register, telephone directory can be combined > with information for example from supermarkets loyalty cards to > create valuable market information to track individual preferences and purchase profiles. > This information may unfortunately be subject to abuse and theft. > Consequently, ?trust? in policies and the security measures that the > government and businesses establish to protect user information is > therefore an essential element for the success of e-transactions (both > e-government and e-commerce) > > > > - How can we create a cyber security culture in Kenya? What is the role > of the educators, peers and parents in digital literacy with respect to > privacy and security? > - Does the current legal environment provide for the protection of > privacy on the internet? How can we establish a balance between security > and right to privacy? > > Looking forward to hearing from you. > > > > Kind regards > > Mwende > > > > References > > 1. Protecting your Privacy on the Internet: > http://privacy.gov.au/internet/internet_privacy/index.html#2 > > 2. Privacy Policies: http://www.facebook.com/policy.php?ref=pf, > http://twitter.com/privacy > > 3. Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights : > http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml#a12 > > 4. Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada: Protecting Your > Privacy on the Internet: http://www.priv.gc.ca/fs-fi/02_05_d_13_e.cfm > > 5. Privacy illustrations: > http://www.priv.gc.ca/information/illustrations/index_e.cfm > > 6. http://www.diplomacy.edu/ISL/IG/ > > > > *Disclaimer: Views expressed here are the author?s own* > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > This message was sent to: ifani.kinos(a)gmail.com Unsubscribe or change > your options at > http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/ifani.kinos%40gma > il.com > >

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FW: Google Groups: You've been added to BIDII AFRIKA
by Patrick Mburu 04 May '09

04 May '09

Good morning, Should such type of notification be allowed? I assume that I am not the only who didn't subscribe to this mail-list? Or perhaps am missing something....? Best regards, Patrick M. Mburu Director IT& Co-Founder Advanced Technical Solutions -Africa Tel/Fax: +254203577894 Mob: +254737185675 +254728273959 Email:patrick.mburu@ats-africa.com Website: www.ats-africa.com -----Original Message----- From: noreply(a)googlegroups.com [mailto:noreply@googlegroups.com] Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 10:17 PM To: patrick.mburu(a)ats-africa.com Subject: Google Groups: You've been added to BIDII AFRIKA mike mikeoketch(a)gmail.com has added you to the BIDII AFRIKA group with this message: welcome to bidii afrika Here is the group's description: Welcome to BIDII AFRIKA group. This is a group which is surely interested in promoting the understanding of issues ranging from politics, religion, culture and career between young Africans. Send us your business stories and ideas to bidiiafrika(a)googlegroups.com. ----------------------- Google Groups Information ---------------------- The owner of the group has set your subscription type as "Email", meaning that you'll receive a copy of every message posted to the group as they are posted. Visit this group on the web by using this URL: http://groups.google.com/group/bidiiafrika?hl=en You can unsubscribe from this group using the following URL: http://groups.google.com/group/bidiiafrika/unsub?u=GsP1lggAAACCRB2FPb3Iwu9ym XrliAup&hl=en -------------------- Information About This Message -------------------- If you feel that this message is abuse, please inform the Google Groups staff by using the URL below. http://groups.google.com/groups/abuse?direct=YQAAAAAANMZOAAAAAAyo62kAAAAABt_ Bbg&hl=en

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INVITATION TO THE 2009 KENIC AGM
by Vincent Ngundi 04 May '09

04 May '09

<reminder> The KENIC board is pleased to invite you to the sixth KENIC Open Public Forum to be held on Friday 8th of May 2009 at the Sarova Panafric Hotel from 0800hrs. The forum will be a focal point for bottom-up discussions of the KENIC policies and developments. Thereafter, the same venue will host KENIC's fifth Annual General Meeting (AGM) to which you are invited to witness. Details of the AGM are available on the KENIC website http://www.kenic.or.ke. We look forward to your participation at the events. Kind Regards, Vincent Ngundi For: Chairman, KENIC -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [kictanet] IG Discussion 2009, Day 5 of 10- Criticical Internet Resources, IXPs and NOFB
by Shem Ochuodho 01 May '09

01 May '09

Nd. Michuki writes: I cant wait for Kenya pipeline, Kenya Railways and others take the same approach. The more cable we have the lower the access costs. KPC was actually granted an interim license in 2004! Rgrds, Shem Shem J. Ochuodho, MSc (Eng), PhD, LLD (Hon) Senior Advisor Ministry of Telecom & Postal Services Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS), Juba Kenya Community Abroad (KCA) 2007 Excellence Award Winner AfricaOnline 2005 Industry Pioneer Award Recipient Father of Internet in Kenya (2000 - CSK) Cell: +249-955-021-040/+256-477-232025/+254-734-137371 Skype: shem.ochuodho --- On Fri, 5/1/09, Michuki Mwangi <michuki(a)swiftkenya.com> wrote: From: Michuki Mwangi <michuki(a)swiftkenya.com> Subject: Re: [kictanet] IG Discussion 2009, Day 5 of 10- Criticical Internet Resources, IXPs and NOFB To: "Shem Ochuodho" <shemochuodho(a)yahoo.com> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: Friday, May 1, 2009, 1:47 PM Hi Walu, et al, The KIXP has had a great impact in Internet scene in Kenya. There are currently 27 peering members with aggregate traffic during peak times averaging 45mbps. Question: is this optimal? I would say that this is not optimal utilization in view of the overall total transit (whats not passing at KIXP) capacity in Kenya. Therefore as you rightfully put it the greater percentage of our traffic is International Whats its use then?; Well for a start, this year i have to make my annual returns online and its pretty fast from my home connection. The Safaricom IPO had similar experiences. Most importantly is the ability to create a stable local internet infrastructure. It means that life can go on, should the satellites and cables go down (and they will). Whats missing; There are some missing items, as mentioned in previous emails which are dependencies. 1) With increased penetration (no of subscribers) we are bound to see this reaching 100mbs and higher - hence more affordable access for non-corporate users and more residential users online. 2) local content hosting - It means we need more collo facilities built. This will also attract CDNs who are keen to do edge caching and require reliable hosting services. It also means that theres a market opportunity for collo hosting services which is yet to be tapped - see my previous emails. 3) E-government - you will be surprised to note that KRA has more traffic at the KIXP than some well known service providers. It therefore means that we need more e-government traffic 4) This leads to the next point of creativity on relevant content. E-government content is one, we need alot more of Free SMS website (its a pity sasanet collapsed it had considerable traffic at the KIXP. E-learning is something that would attract home users to get online off-peak hours. Basically e-commerce as it were. On this point, i find it interesting that, we have skipped web content and moved directly to mobile content. It may require that we make steps to engineer mobile content solutions to work for the web too. on NFOB; The Government approach must be appreciated. I was also glad to hear that now KPLC has been issued with the license to sell the extra capacity on its fiber infrastructure. Can we have more of this please. I cant wait for Kenya pipeline, Kenya Railways and others take the same approach. The more cable we have the lower the access costs. Can Kenya power, TKL and city/municipal councils lease out sections of their poles to fiber/cable infrastructure builders please. If we dont cease the opportunities to build the last mile in respect to telco's concerns the we cannot achieve complete access. If there alot of fiber on the ground - it will not really matter who runs it; the person who runs it will be the one who can raise the highest revenue for the investor in a highly competitive market space. All sorts of models will come up and interesting ones too. Walu, its not possible for such an infrastructure to replace an IXP. Even if dark fiber was dirt cheap, its a logistical nightmare and financially unrealistic to maintain close to 30 connections to each provider you want to exchange (peer) traffic with. Buts its financially viable to have one connection to a single location where you connect to everyone via a layer 2 switch. In this case, you only pay for the half of your circuit to the IXP location and manage one link like everyone else. Regards, Michuki. _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: shemochuodho(a)yahoo.com Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/shemochuodho%40yahoo.c…

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FW: Mad About Maddo
by Patrick Mburu 30 Apr '09

30 Apr '09

Good evening, Thought you all may enjoy this :-)! Cheers & Happy Laby Day weekend! Patrick _____ From: Gogreen Support [mailto:info@gogreen.co.ke] Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 5:33 AM To: info(a)gogreen.co.ke Subject: Mad About Maddo mail drop

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Looking for a Senior Application Developer.
by Moses Kemibaro 30 Apr '09

30 Apr '09

Do you love to write code? Want to work smarter, not harder? Do you thrive in an work environment that enables you to work on exciting and challenging projects, day in and day out? Do you like to change the status quo and create value that has long- term impact and rewards? If you answered yes to any of these questions then we need to talk. The majority of our client development work is with Open Source such as PHP, Python, AJAX, Javascript, CSS and MySQL. We are looking for a talented, proven senior web application developer to join our team. The skills previously listed are highly desirable, but there's always something to be said for talent, potential, and attitude, so if you happen to be a developer with more expertise in other languages (.NET, Ruby, etc.) and are open to adding Python, PHP, AJAX, etc. to your arsenal, we want to hear from you. We are looking for the following qualities in a candidate: > Interested in learning and have a creative mind that enjoys the challenges of application development > Gets excited about clean code but knows that ugly code is out there and dealing with it is an necessity sometimes > Enjoys client interaction and problem solving, in a passionate way. > Knows the tools of your trade > Wants to raise the skill level of the whole team, not just themselves > Has the ability to play well with others - we will be welcoming you into our team > Has the ability to work independently - coding, testing, gathering requirements, and communicating with clients > Knows the value of a great user experience when it comes to building applications > Accepts the fact that mistakes will be made and that every experience is an opportunity to get better and improve the working processes within the agency > Appreciates that meetings are necessary but detests unnecessarily long or unproductive ones. You can't wait to leave a meeting and go back to writing code! > Knows that open, honest and productive communication is key to project success > Believes that working less hours smarter is better than working more hours harder > Knows that perfection may not be possible but aiming for excellence is realistic > Wants a full-time position in a growing company Are you an application developer who is savvy enough to deal with an intensively customer service oriented digital agency? We are that company. We consistently deliver for not only long lived and well-maintained clients, but also our new projects. They range from Flash intensive brand micro-sites with a major focus on user experience, to ordinary database driven content management systems such as Joomla and Typo3. We also work on unconventional projects with interesting and occasionally not so interesting features thrown in the mix. We will build anything that creates value and pass up those projects that are too cumbersome, outrageous or simply unsustainable. On any given day you could be part of a large team building a cutting edge web site or you may be "solo" coding feature enhancements or fixes for a client's online forms. We thrive in a results oriented environment because our team is treated well and our clients are treated even better. What we need from you: > Provable, quantifiable expertise as an application developer (code samples and/or project descriptions) > Provable experience working on web application projects (work history) > Salary expectations. What we don’t need from you: > We don't enjoy reading lists - especially not a list of the 50 technologies you know. If your resume doesn't make it clear that you have focus on a specific web technology(s) then you're just wasting both of our time sending us your CV - and nobody enjoys having their time wasted. > If you are looking to ladder climb and want to play politics this is also not the place for you. You are happy to work and are ready to address and solve problems as they arise. We do not pretend to know everything and mistakes are likely in every endeavor. Where you will work: We have a great office in one of Nairobi's quieter suburbs near the city centre with lots of windows and a very open floor plan. We dress down most of the time, but are always at our best in front of clients. We are professional and the management team is very hands on and engaged with the work that is done. We try very hard not to require more hours that are required of anyone and we strive to work 8.30 to 5.00 pm every day with a one hour lunch break. That said, we're flexible and recognize that we all have lives outside of the office - and we also know that sometimes, especially when deadlines demand it, normal working hours just won't get the job done. When it doesn't, we act accordingly - and we show our appreciation when people step-up. We use our leave days and so will you, for your sanity and ours. If think that your that special talent we may be looking for, kindly send us your CV on jobs(a)dotsavvyafrica.com

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Kaspersky Internet Security...
by Mike Bullut 30 Apr '09

30 Apr '09

Greetings, Does anyone know where I can get a genuine copy of Kaspersky Internet Security & at what price? Please contact me off the list. Thank you... Kind regards, Mike. *-- "The computer programmer . . . is a creator of universes for which he alone is the lawgiver. . . . No playwright, no stage director, no emperor, however powerful, has ever exercised such absolute authority to arrange a stage or a field of battle and to command such unswervingly dutiful actors or troops." ~ Joseph Weizenbaum... --*

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