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African Satellite & Wireless Broadband Conference & VoIP Forum]
by alice 25 May '07

25 May '07

African Satellite & Wireless Broadband Conference & VoIP Forum Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi, 11-13 June 2007 "Broadband bridges across Africa: First and last mile solutions" SPEAKERS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRY LEADERS: Keynote: Efficient bandwidth delivery mechanisms Peter Gbedemah, MD, Gateway Communications, UK Keynote: Next Generation Networks: Selecting the right migration path Renato Goodfellow, Solutions Manager, ME & Africa, BT Global Solutions, UK Keynote: Creating wireless communities Paul Munnery, CEO, Wireless Digital Cities, UK Optimising satellite services in the region's approaching new fibre era Joe Luel, Market Development, SkyVision Global Networks, UK Fiber optic vs. satellite-based connectivity: Do they compete or do they complete? Avihu Bergman, Executive VP Sales & Marketing, Gilat Satcom, Israel DVBS2: Its role in trunking Malcolm Brew, Director, Bushnet, Uganda Developing wireless skills Gary Chalmers, CEO Africa, Torque-IT, South Africa Rural Wireless: The role of WiMAX, WiFi, CDMA and hybrid technologies Badru Ntege, Director, Big Dish, Uganda VoIP survival strategies for telcos, ISPs and cyber cafes Russell Southwood, CEO, Balancing Act, UK Build vs. buy: VoIP solutions for Africa Colin Blou, Director, Reseller Group, Deltathree, USA Providing a VoIP service over a WiMAX network Yves Desmet, Senior Vice-President, Worldwide Sales, Verso, Belgium Maximising international VoIP services Mawuli Tse, Director for International Sales - Africa, iBasis, Ghana MASTERCLASSES Wireless Security Strategies - Maiendra Moodley, Security Advisor, South African Reserve Bank Building Wireless Communities - Paul Munnery, CEO, Wireless Digital Cities, UK TRAINING WORKSHOPS An introduction to VoIP for corporate users - Sunday Folayan, MD, Skannet, Nigeria VoIP: Survival Strategies for telcos, ISPs and cyber-cafes - Russell Southwood, CEO, Balancing Act, UK To request full details, email info(a)aitecafrica.com or log on to www.aitecafrica.com

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Fwd: Re: Holding our Leaders Accountable
by Alex Gakuru 24 May '07

24 May '07

Excusing, not explaining, their failure to embrace ICTs considering that we are coming from crying foul from "lack of high level leadership" does not help any one of us much. [at least Hon. Raila sent a note] Nobel Laureate Prof. Wangari Maathai said entered politics upon realising how much these political leaders determine our fate. Leaders Absence Projections: 2007 No available >> looking for votes 2008 No available >> Homecoming and thanking rural voters 2009 No available >> Very Busy "studying diverse aspects of ICTs" 2010 No available >> Reviewing [possibly fault] all "previous" ICT projects 2011 No available >> Countrywide campaign alliances, strategies formulation 2012 No available >> Election Year! Looking for votes that matter...you know ...re-start sequence To fix a stalled car, one mechanic may choose a spray job and take snaps shots of the nice looking repainted chassis, while the other starts by dismantling , re-assembling, overhauling, and then fine tunings the spark plugs fox max efficiency. ICTs drives industry, no excuse stand. Perhaps we invite Hon. Kamotho to further share his below vision? ["Kenya's legislators have surprisingly added their voice in support of the transformation to electronic governance in their operations, both within parliament and in at the constituency level."http://allafrica.com/stories/200704250544.html] Odhiambo WASHINGTON <wash(a)wananchi.com> wrote: Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 14:07:05 +0300 From: Odhiambo WASHINGTON <wash(a)wananchi.com> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Holding our Leaders Accountable To: Alex Gakuru <alex.gakuru(a)yahoo.com> * On 24/05/07 13:42 +0300, Judy Okite wrote: | Chelimo, | | The future is ICT and ICT is the future....its not something that you pray | it goes away........Is it too difficult to be humble/open minded to say 'Am | not all that knowledgeable,in this arena,but I would be more confortable | with a discussion,since we are both going to be learning from each | other,than an interview!!' | In the next 7 months,one of these guys is gonig to be the President of | Kenya....so as the ICT sector, what are we looking at in the next 5 years,if | they do not want to mention it or as U said its not of importance? >From where I sit, I've always thought that politicians don't run the country, but rather the advisors (the bureaucrats). The bureaucrats work on the policy papers, and the implementation! Let's look at it this way: Whenever the country's CEO reshuffles the cabinet, does s/he take into consideration any qualifications the ministers posses, as to put them in charge of some ministry? The answer is NO. It's all political expediency. It's with this in mind that I still support Chelimo. Politicians will only go for something that will yield political mileage - aka votes. I do take cognizance of the fact that the buck stops with the CEO, but I also believe, as a matter of fact, that whatever speeches I hear from CEO or his horde of lieutenants are normally not from their minds but those of the bureaucrats. I recently heard that Kenya, Malaysia and S.Korea were economic age-mates at some point. What I did not hear are the finer details of what was being used in the comparison, and even if there was any that I missed, I seriously doubt it would boil down to ICT. It would be "general economy". I may be losing course, but I still believe that it is not the country's CEO who sits down to lay down the fine details of the ingredients that will make the economy grow, if not jump. There must be a different way of approaching this, which is different than calling the aspirants of that office to a "small" (sic!) debate on ICT:-) I am tempted to ask Dr. Ndemo about the levels at which such decisions as facilitating ICT growth are made in govt., and at what juncture. Is the president the chief decision maker or just the person whose "goodwill" makes things move? Did we invite H.E. The President for the debate as well, given he's one of the aspirants? Did he confirm attendance? I'd yell at the top of my voice if he did, and failed to turn up, because I know it is possible, within the next 6 months, for him to put in place policies towards growing the ICT field, which we can then use to gauge the performance of future leaders. cheers - wash +----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ Odhiambo Washington . WANANCHI ONLINE LTD (Nairobi, KE) | wash () WANANCHI ! com . 1ere Etage, Loita Hse, Loita St., | GSM: (+254) 722 743 223 . # 10286, 00100 NAIROBI | GSM: (+254) 733 744 121 . (+254) 020 313 985 - 9 | +---------------------------------+------------------------------------------+ "Oh My God! They killed init! 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Day 5 - Statistics on Affordability - CCK Internet Study Report
by John Walubengo 24 May '07

24 May '07

Day 5- Statistics on Affordability. I acknowledge an interesting thread filtering in on Trust relationships b/w IGOs/ISPs...feel free to continue contributing on that as well as on today's theme on affordability (multi-tasking encouraged by internet technologies ...) and just to pick up from Kai's projection of KDN fiber hitting Bungoma in early August 2007. This would be quite a welcome and timely development, but at what cost to the consumer? To what extend will the (internet) services be affordable to the rural/average communities? Affordability is a subjective term gven that what is considered cheap by the Bill Gates of this world is probably not so for the average Kenyan on the street. In trying to get an objective measurement for affordability, the Report pegged it on the national average incomes. In other words, if the monthly average income in Kenya is around 100USD and if the average monthly cost for internet access is also around 100USD then obviously the average Kenyan will not bother with accessing the Internet - it just becomes way beyond their means or too expensive or not affordable. The report indicated that access through the more convenient Internet Dial-up/Desktop services costed over 200% the average incomes (too expensive), while the same access through mobile phones was costing just 8% of the average incomes (quite affordable). What needs to be done in order to make Internet Services more afforable to Kenyans? 1 day deliberation on this one. walu.

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[Fwd: Fwd: [KABUNGE] Fwd: Re: [Fwd: presidential aspirants' debate on ICT enabled Kenyan Economy]
by alice 24 May '07

24 May '07

From Shem Ochuodho -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Fwd: [KABUNGE] Fwd: Re: [Fwd: [kictanet] presidential aspirants' debate on ICT enabled Kenyan Economy Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 09:57:06 +0200 From: Shem Ochuodho <shem.ochuodho(a)rita.rw> Reply-To: KIPlist <kiplist-cl(a)lyris.idrc.ca> To: KIPlist <kiplist-cl(a)lyris.idrc.ca> --- the forwarded message follows --- --- Submitted by: Dr. Shem Ochuodho - CEO - RITA -RWANDA <shem.ochuodho(a)rita.rw> 2007-05-24 04:03:08 EDT4 (Please reply to original submitter for private communication) --- You are currently subscribed to kiplist-cl as: [alice(a)apc.org] To unsubscribe, forward this message to leave-kiplist-cl-100946B(a)lyris.idrc.ca

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Govt Operations To Go online
by Bill Kagai 24 May '07

24 May '07

24-May-2007: Transparency is finally beckoning for land and court registries – two of the most difficult institutions to do business with in Kenya – following the signing of a $135 million (Sh9 billion) World Bank loan to build an information super highway that will put all government operations online. http://bdafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1170&Itemid=4… -- -- With Kind Regards, Bildad Kagai MD - MediaCorp Limited Suite B2, Tetu Apartments StateHouse Avenue P. O. Box 20311-00200 Tel. 254 20 272 8332 URL. www.mediacorp.co.ke --

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Kenya wins UN award
by Alex Gakuru 24 May '07

24 May '07

[Hypothetically, supposing the government become more efficient than the private sector, what would happen?] Kenya wins UN award By Susan Anyangu Kenya has won the 2007 United Nations Public Service award for introducing performance contracts. The award is divided in three categories and Kenya scooped the top honours in the first category of "improving transparency, accountability and responsiveness in the public sector". Minister for Public Service, Mr Moses Akaranga, announced the award during a luncheon in Nairobi on Wednesday. Said he: "The performance contracting process was subjected to competition with other management systems from the rest of the world and we managed to win." Kenya came top of category one, beating Singapore, India, Austria, Chile, Azerbaijan and Australia. Four years ago the Government embarked on implementing broad Public Service reforms, which were geared at improving efficiency and transparency. The reforms focused on various aspects, including performance contracting in the Civil Service, computerisation and implementation of the Public Officer Ethics Act 2003. The Head of Public Service, Mr Francis Muthaura, said the success of performance contracts has been evident and the Government is still keen on its resolve to transform the public service. To this regard, the Government will soon extend the process to other public agencies and Government institutions that are not on performance contract. <http://www.eastandard.net/hm_news/news.php?articleid=1143968999> --------------------------------- You snooze, you lose. Get messages ASAP with AutoCheck in the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta.

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Invitation to the Meeting of High-Level Experts on Competitive Platforms for the Delivery of Digital Content, to be held on 21-22 June 2007, at EBU Headquarters , Geneva, Switzerland]
by alice 23 May '07

23 May '07

------------------------------------------------------------------------ *De :* DigitalContent(a)itu.int [mailto:DigitalContent@itu.int] *Envoyé :* mercredi 23 mai 2007 10:25 *À :* DigitalContent(a)itu.int *Objet :* Invitation to the Meeting of High-Level Experts on Competitive Platforms for the Delivery of Digital Content, to be held on 21-22 June 2007, at EBU Headquarters , Geneva, Switzerland Dear Madam/Sir, Under the aegis of the Shaping Tomorrow’s Networks Initiative <http://www.itu.int/stn>, we are pleased to invite you to a Meeting of High-Level Experts entitled “*Competitive Platforms for the Delivery of Digital Content <http://www.itu.int/digitalcontent>*”, to be held in Geneva (Switzerland) on 21-22 June 2007. The digital landscape has been transformed over the past decade. New communication technologies, modern media, the Internet and devices with new functionalities are expected to meet consumers’ demand for seamless, converged and user-friendly digital tools providing access to a broad range of services and content. In order to respond to the challenges of convergence, media players and standardization bodies need to understand better trends in the creation and delivery of content. Soon, there will be a wide range of alternatives for delivering content, which are rapidly converging and it is not yet clear which systems and services will succeed. In line with the stated objectives of the WSIS Geneva Declaration of Principles (December 2003), which affirms /“…the common desire and commitment to build a people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented Information Society, where everyone can create, access, utilize and share information and knowledge, enabling individuals, communities and peoples to achieve their full potential in promoting their sustainable development and improving their quality of life…”/ the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) will jointly organize a Meeting of High-Level Experts to identify global trends and to address the new technological and policy challenges in the digital content delivery environment. Thematic papers will be commissioned in advance of the meeting, as the basis for discussion. Written contributions are welcome and may be sent to digitalcontent(a)itu.int <mailto:digitalcontent@itu.int> The draft agenda, the meeting concept document as well as regularly updated information concerning the meeting may be found on the ITU website at http://www.itu.int/digitalcontent. You are invited to register at http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/stn/digitalcontent/registration_form.html or by fax (No. +41 22 7474 736). The registration form is enclosed (one form to be completed for each participant) and should be sent as soon as possible but not later than 15 June 2007. We hope you are able to accept our invitation to participate in this meeting and can join us in June. If you have any questions or require further information, please do not hesitate to contact Ms Cristina Bueti (ITU) or Ms Lina Vanberghem (EBU) at digitalcontent(a)itu.int <mailto:digitalcontent@itu.int> We look forward to welcoming you at this important event. Yours faithfully, /(signed)/ /(signed)/ Hamadoun I. Touré Secretary-General Jean Réveillon Secretary-General

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Consequences of Media Regulation??
by Bill Kagai 22 May '07

22 May '07

Bwana PS, Taking que from your latest post, allow me to express myself in 4 quick/short bullets regarding my personal concern on Media Regulation. 1. I run a company <www.mediacorp.co.ke> whose business is modelled in doing research on capital markets including the NSE and selling our findings to subscribed clients. The proposed regulation that researchers and analysts including their families not to trade in shares is of great concern. 2. Regulating local companies will give international competition undue advantage. e.g. Will the same rule apply to researchers and analysts employed by Reuters, Bloomberg, CNBC who run similar services and are busy setting up shops in Kenya?? 3. If our main mode of dispatch is via internet, will regulation still be enforced because our website is locally registered?? If we change to a <.com>, and register the company outside the country, will we enjoy immunity enjoyed by foreign competition?? 4. Is media sent via internet also within the regulation ambit?? Will this apply only to <.co.ke> or will Kenyans prefer to use <.com> to 'avoid' regulation. Sir, before the proposed regulation, our concern was getting accurate research to many Kenyans who have invested in stocks especially those in the diaspora who do not have access to newspapers and local news. Many were requesting more infomation on how the law protects their investments if say.. a brokerage closes down...but it seems our efforts will be nipped right in the bud by the proposed regulation. Sir, Please guide me if my fears are unfounded...Source of my concern is from the story posted on Business Daily here <http://bdafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1070&Itemid=3…> -- With Kind Regards, Bildad Kagai MD - MediaCorp Limited Suite B2, Tetu Apartments StateHouse Avenue P. O. Box 20311-00200 Tel. 254 20 272 8332 URL. www.mediacorp.co.ke --

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How the ODM presidential hopefuls 'answered' quiz
by Alex Gakuru 22 May '07

22 May '07

[Daily Nation] Story by MACHARIA GAITHO Publication Date: 2007/05/22 <snip> THOSE RUNNING, OR pretending to run, on an ODM-Kenya presidential ticket are having to return application forms with answers to a very interesting quiz. I suspect the quiz was designed by an enemy of the party. For if the aspirants were to be rated on how they have answered the questions, then the whole lot and caboodle of them will be disqualified. The questionnaire has a lot of trick questions, designed to catch all the applicants off-guard. Some of them have expressed fear that the questionnaire is designed to favour one candidate. They have also wondered whether being allowed to vie for the nomination will hinge on how satisfactorily they have responded to the queries. And, as is well known, they are concerned about how the questionnaire will be assessed and by whom, all linked again, to the fears, that the party secretariat and the so-called Council of Elders are organs serving one candidate who has virtually declared victory. One item that really irks them is where they are supposed to outline the role they played in the fight for the second liberation. But what they are not seeing is that the questionnaire is not just about the second liberation, but also about germane issues such as commitment to democracy and human rights. I repeat, below, some of the questions in the quiz and how I imagine they have been answered: Provide evidence of your performance promoting democracy, human rights, people's rights and the Second Liberation. RAILA ODINGA: I was in at the very beginning when my rivals were still learning to walk. The 1982 military coup attempt speaks for itself. KALONZO MUSYOKA: I faithfully served the Moi regime in resisting attempts to subvert democracy . UHURU KENYATTA: I learnt to respect democracy under the feet of the Father of the Nation, and his successor. WILLIAM RUTO: I was still in school when all these things were happening. And when I came of age, I democratised Kanu from within. MUSALIA MUDAVADI: I faithfully served the Moi regime in resisting attempts to subvert democracy. Have you ever been convicted in a court of law on a criminal offence? RAILA: No. My 1983 treason case was withdrawn. But I hold the record for the longest stints in detention without trial. KALONZO: No. But that little matter of the 1991 High Court finding that a land case my law firm was involved in amounted to fraud was dredged out of old files by Mr Odinga's dirty tricks campaign squad. UHURU: No. And all the land my family holds was legitimately acquired. We have been accused, but never convicted, of land-grabbing. RUTO: No. The court case I am presently facing is politically motivated. So are all those unfounded allegations in the Ndung'u report. MUSALIA: No. I was Finance minister during part of the Goldenberg scandal, but I was not personally culpable. I have been cleared by the courts. Have you ever been declared bankrupt? RAILA: Me? the owner of a Sh40 million Hummer and the Kisumu Molasses plant? KALONZO: No. I served in the Moi Cabinet from the mid-1980s. UHURU: Bankrupt? The son of Jomo? RUTO: No. I was in YK '92. MUSALIA: No. I was Moi's Finance minister. Would you describe yourself as a corruption free leader committed to achieving a corruption free Kenya? RAILA : Pass KALONZO : Pass UHURU: Pass RUTO: Pass MUSALIA : Pass <snip> http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=25&n…

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Re: [kictanet] Media Bill
by bitange＠jambo.co.ke 21 May '07

21 May '07

Dear All, I feel compelled to respond to Kanja's surprising response to the Media Bill. Media especially MOA has decided to distort information with blatant disregard of a journalist's cardinal rule (objectivity) to poison the People of Kenya with lies and propaganda; Here are the Facts . The Bill was drafted by stakeholders among then Kanja himself; The content especially on the code of conduct for journalist were transposed from the current code of conduct with the Media Council; All stakeholders were kept informed throughout the stages of the Bill and Kanja as the former Chair of MOA received letters informing him of the progress; The Bill does not seek to control, it simply gives some teeth to the Media council to regulate professional journalists; Regulation is not control (think, we all are free to drive but we must drive on the left hand side); Without regulation you have quacks as journalists who may plunge the country into chaos (just listen to Venacular FM stations to understand why we need professionalism in Journalism and remember what happened with Hope FM); The controversy in the Bill arises from funding. MOA and KUJ did not want to fund the Advisory Board and the Media Council instead they asked the Government to finance; and Government funding comes with certain strings as you all understand and even if you were to fund you will expect the recipient to adhere to certain rules (we have gone through this with the World Bank even though we did not like it). Bitange Ndemo ---------------------------------------------- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Jambo MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. --------------------------------------------- "easy access to the world"

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