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CAK now forces Safaricom to cut the cost of mobile banking - Business Daily
by Ali Hussein 17 Mar '17

17 Mar '17

Listers And the drama continues.. Kenya’s competition watchdog – the CAK – has compelled Safaricom to disclose and lower its third-party mobile banking service charges in a move that intensifies the heat on the dominant telecoms operator. It has emerged that Safaricom last month signed an agreement with the Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) to cut the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) prices for financial transactions going through its network. Read on:- http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/corporate/CAK-forces-Safaricom-cut-cost-… 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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Israel Innovation Authority
by S.M. Muraya 16 Mar '17

16 Mar '17

Funding innovation (not just infrastructure:) “The idea of electrifying vehicles from the road is trendy right now and you can see several companies trying to do a similar concept to us, but our technology is totally different, from the coils under the asphalt to the transfer of energy to the bus,” Ezer tells ISRAEL21c. ElectRoad received funding in October 2015 from the European Union’s €18 billion Horizon 2020 project to refine its objectives, define its market segment and woo strategic partners. “We can use the grants to create pilots in Europe, where we already have several partners, and will apply for Phase 2 Horizon 2020 grants at the end of 2017,” says Ezer. He expects to start a pilot project in 2018 in a European city modeled on the one in Tel Aviv..... ElectRoad also gets funding from the Israel Innovation Authority and the ministries of Transportation, Energy and Economy. https://www.israel21c.org/recharge-electric-vehicles-from-under-the-road/

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Safaricom dominance report proposes an impractical solution
by Walubengo J 16 Mar '17

16 Mar '17

I finally got a sneak preview of the leaked report on telecommunications dominance that has been repeatedly analysed in the media and even made it to editorial pages despite not being officially launched.Given that the ICT cabinet secretary has also jumped into the fray of analysing this report that is yet to be made public, I suppose I can also take advantage and make my analytical contribution. More @ WALUBENGO: Safaricom dominance report proposes an impractical | | WALUBENGO: Safaricom dominance report p... | | walu.

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How police spy on Kenyans mobile communications
by Francis Monyango 16 Mar '17

16 Mar '17

Does this report by Privacy International confirm what has been denied by powers at be over and over? http://mobile.nation.co.ke/news/Kenya-police-spying-on-mobile-communication…

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Re: [kictanet] Use and provide feedback
by Dorcas Muthoni 16 Mar '17

16 Mar '17

Hi Kanini, I appreciate your feedback. On Mar 16, 2017 9:34 AM, "kanini mutemi via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: Good job. I haven't used it but I like the UI. Simple. Clear. On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 11:46 PM, Dorcas Muthoni via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Please try our Android Point of Sale (POS) and provide feedback. > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ke.co.openbusiness > > Regards, Muthoni > > _______________________________________________ > 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*. _______________________________________________ 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/dmuthoni%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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Use and provide feedback
by Dorcas Muthoni 16 Mar '17

16 Mar '17

Please try our Android Point of Sale (POS) and provide feedback. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ke.co.openbusiness Regards, Muthoni

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Bank Done Different
by Mbugua Njihia 16 Mar '17

16 Mar '17

There have been many suitors to the millennial throne, trying to rush through the phases of brand love for financial products and services. While commerce powers our day to day, the relationships that inform these transactions cannot be ignored as they form the scaffolding of how we live and ultimately how we spend. Curious to see how CBA's Loop service does over time. It reminded me of NIC Bank's move brand. More here ~ https://goo.gl/wNqZZI *Regards,* Mbugua Njihia ᐧ

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Re: [kictanet] Track, Capture, Kill: Communication Surveillance in Kenya
by Sidney Ochieng 15 Mar '17

15 Mar '17

How does a company as powerful as Safaricom say it feels like it can't say no? It need to put its lobbying power into protecting its users instead of just pushing for moves that protect profits. I'm disappointed On 15 Mar 2017 12:41 p.m., "Mose Karanja via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > It is indeed government’s role to surveil and keep people safe. However, > this MUST be done within the legal boundaries. Unlawful access and sharing > of data is the main issue here, not that there is surveillance. > > > On 15 Mar 2017, at 12:13, Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> wrote: > > Moses > > I'm really not surprised. It would be folly for us to think there's no > widespread surveillance going on the world over - Not after Wikileaks and > Snowden. America, that country that is supposed to know better is at the > vanguard of this new widespread and impunity minded surveillance. So what > makes us think our Government will be immune to this virus spreading the > world over? > > > *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, Mar 15, 2017 at 11:15 AM, Mose Karanja via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> Privacy International just released a chilling report on how Kenya’s >> National Security organs, and especially the Intelligence office, carries >> out unregulated communication surveillance with the aid of >> telecommunication companies and shares this with units of law enforcement >> outside the legal procedures. >> >> ----- >> >> *Key Revelations:* >> >> - Communications surveillance is being carried out by Kenyan state >> actors, essentially without oversight, outside of the procedures required >> by Kenyan laws. Intercepted communications content and data are used to >> facilitate gross human rights abuses - to spy on, profile, locate, track >> and ultimately arrest, torture, kill or 'disappear' suspects. >> - Intelligence gained by intercepting phone communications, primarily >> by the National Intelligence Service (NIS), is regularly shared with units >> of the police to carry out counter-terrorism operations, particularly the >> GSU-Recce company and Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU). These police units >> have well-documented records of abuses including torture and extrajudicial >> killing >> - Despite constitutional and other privacy protections, >> telecommunications operators regularly hand over customer data to both >> intelligence and law enforcement agencies. Sources who spoke with PI feel >> that they cannot decline agencies’ requests. >> - The NIS appears to have direct access to communication networks >> across Kenya. Direct access means an actor has backdoor access the phone >> communications that flow through service providers. In this case, it is >> unlikely that the network operators had knowledge of the state's >> interception. >> - NIS officers use various techniques to access both call content and >> call data records, including using mobile interception devices. Further >> methods are documented in the report. >> - Law enforcement agents are present within telecommunications >> operators’ facilities with the providers’ knowledge. NIS are also >> informally present in the telecommunication operators’ facilities, >> apparently undercover, according to current and former telecommunications, >> Communications Authority and NIS staff interviewed by Privacy >> International. This investigation details both the 'above the board' and >> informal practices. Agency and company responses to requests for comment by >> Privacy International are included in the report. >> - In advance of the August 2017 Presidential elections, the >> Communications Authority has launched several disturbing initiatives, >> including a project to monitor social media content, whose potential >> capacities are discussed in this report. >> >> —— >> >> You can read the full report here: https://privacyinternati >> onal.org/reports >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/sidney.ochieng%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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Re: [kictanet] Track, Capture, Kill: Communication Surveillance in Kenya
by Ali Hussein 15 Mar '17

15 Mar '17

Moses I'm really not surprised. It would be folly for us to think there's no widespread surveillance going on the world over - Not after Wikileaks and Snowden. America, that country that is supposed to know better is at the vanguard of this new widespread and impunity minded surveillance. So what makes us think our Government will be immune to this virus spreading the world over? *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, Mar 15, 2017 at 11:15 AM, Mose Karanja via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Privacy International just released a chilling report on how Kenya’s > National Security organs, and especially the Intelligence office, carries > out unregulated communication surveillance with the aid of > telecommunication companies and shares this with units of law enforcement > outside the legal procedures. > > ----- > > *Key Revelations:* > > - Communications surveillance is being carried out by Kenyan state > actors, essentially without oversight, outside of the procedures required > by Kenyan laws. Intercepted communications content and data are used to > facilitate gross human rights abuses - to spy on, profile, locate, track > and ultimately arrest, torture, kill or 'disappear' suspects. > - Intelligence gained by intercepting phone communications, primarily > by the National Intelligence Service (NIS), is regularly shared with units > of the police to carry out counter-terrorism operations, particularly the > GSU-Recce company and Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU). These police units > have well-documented records of abuses including torture and extrajudicial > killing > - Despite constitutional and other privacy protections, > telecommunications operators regularly hand over customer data to both > intelligence and law enforcement agencies. Sources who spoke with PI feel > that they cannot decline agencies’ requests. > - The NIS appears to have direct access to communication networks > across Kenya. Direct access means an actor has backdoor access the phone > communications that flow through service providers. In this case, it is > unlikely that the network operators had knowledge of the state's > interception. > - NIS officers use various techniques to access both call content and > call data records, including using mobile interception devices. Further > methods are documented in the report. > - Law enforcement agents are present within telecommunications > operators’ facilities with the providers’ knowledge. NIS are also > informally present in the telecommunication operators’ facilities, > apparently undercover, according to current and former telecommunications, > Communications Authority and NIS staff interviewed by Privacy > International. This investigation details both the 'above the board' and > informal practices. Agency and company responses to requests for comment by > Privacy International are included in the report. > - In advance of the August 2017 Presidential elections, the > Communications Authority has launched several disturbing initiatives, > including a project to monitor social media content, whose potential > capacities are discussed in this report. > > —— > > You can read the full report here: https://privacyinternational.org/ > reports > > _______________________________________________ > 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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Track, Capture, Kill: Communication Surveillance in Kenya
by Mose Karanja 15 Mar '17

15 Mar '17

Privacy International just released a chilling report on how Kenya’s National Security organs, and especially the Intelligence office, carries out unregulated communication surveillance with the aid of telecommunication companies and shares this with units of law enforcement outside the legal procedures. ----- Key Revelations: Communications surveillance is being carried out by Kenyan state actors, essentially without oversight, outside of the procedures required by Kenyan laws. Intercepted communications content and data are used to facilitate gross human rights abuses - to spy on, profile, locate, track and ultimately arrest, torture, kill or 'disappear' suspects. Intelligence gained by intercepting phone communications, primarily by the National Intelligence Service (NIS), is regularly shared with units of the police to carry out counter-terrorism operations, particularly the GSU-Recce company and Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU). These police units have well-documented records of abuses including torture and extrajudicial killing Despite constitutional and other privacy protections, telecommunications operators regularly hand over customer data to both intelligence and law enforcement agencies. Sources who spoke with PI feel that they cannot decline agencies’ requests. The NIS appears to have direct access to communication networks across Kenya. Direct access means an actor has backdoor access the phone communications that flow through service providers. In this case, it is unlikely that the network operators had knowledge of the state's interception. NIS officers use various techniques to access both call content and call data records, including using mobile interception devices. Further methods are documented in the report. Law enforcement agents are present within telecommunications operators’ facilities with the providers’ knowledge. NIS are also informally present in the telecommunication operators’ facilities, apparently undercover, according to current and former telecommunications, Communications Authority and NIS staff interviewed by Privacy International. This investigation details both the 'above the board' and informal practices. Agency and company responses to requests for comment by Privacy International are included in the report. In advance of the August 2017 Presidential elections, the Communications Authority has launched several disturbing initiatives, including a project to monitor social media content, whose potential capacities are discussed in this report. —— You can read the full report here: https://privacyinternational.org/reports <https://privacyinternational.org/reports>

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Press Statement on Competition Study
by Alwala, Rachel 14 Mar '17

14 Mar '17

Dear listers, For clarity, Please see the statement from CA on the Competition Study. Regards Rachel

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Fellowship Opportunity on information controls
by Mose Karanja 14 Mar '17

14 Mar '17

Hello listers. The Open Technology Fund is sending out its last call for applications (deadline on 19 March 2017). Fellows get to choose between 3, 6 or 12 months of research on information controls (topics like censorship, surveillance, repressive laws and narrative manipulation). For more on timelines, previous work by fellows and stipends, please visit https://www.opentech.fund/requests/icfp <https://www.opentech.fund/requests/icfp> CIPIT, based at Strathmore Law School, is a host organization, among many others across the globe. -Moses

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Regulator seems to have made up its mind
by Sidney Ochieng 14 Mar '17

14 Mar '17

Telecoms regulator CA says will not implement proposal to break up Safaricom http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/corporate/539550-3849288-83vahdz/index.h… I thought that we would have some input on this but I guess not. Meanwhile has anyone other than a few special few even read this report? I'm feeling very left out of this process and its extremely frustrating.

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Re: [kictanet] Fwd: [AfrICANN-discuss] Call for Public Comment on the Draft 2016 African Domain Name System Market Study
by ceo 11 Mar '17

11 Mar '17

Boss! I can see we are number 2! Regards, AbdallaOn Mar 11, 2017 9:36 PM, Bobs via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > >> From: Yaovi Atohoun <yaovi.atohoun(a)icann.org> >> Date: March 11, 2017 at 11:05:15 AM GMT+3 >> To: AfrICANN Community List <africann(a)afrinic.net> >> Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Call for Public Comment on the Draft 2016 African Domain Name System Market Study >> Reply-To: AfrICANN Community List <africann(a)afrinic.net> >> > ENGLISH: Please read more at https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-03-11-en . The draft report will be presented on March 13, 2017 at 12h45 UTC > > Adobe Connect https://participate.icann.org/cph58-hallc13 > English Audio (Low Bitrate) http://stream.icann.org:8000/cph58-hallc13-en-lo.m3u > English Audio http://stream.icann.org:8000/cph58-hallc13-en.m3u > > > > FRANCAIS: C’est un appel à commentaires https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-03-11-en . Il y aura l’interprétation en Français lors de la présentation de ce rapport le lundi 13 Mars de 12h45 a 14h UTC > > Adobe Connect https://participate.icann.org/cph58-hallc13 > French Audio (Low Bitrate) http://stream.icann.org:8000/cph58-hallc13-fr-lo.m3u Le lundi 13 mars de 12h45 à 14hUTC > French Audio http://stream.icann.org:8000/cph58-hallc13-fr.m3u Le lundi 13 mars de 12h45 à 14hUTC > > > > Thanks/Merci > > -- > > Yaovi Atohoun > > Stakeholder Engagement & Operations Manager – Africa > > Tel. +229 66015649/ 97891228 / 65209067 > > www.icann.org

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Fwd: [AfrICANN-discuss] Call for Public Comment on the Draft 2016 African Domain Name System Market Study
by Bobs 11 Mar '17

11 Mar '17

> From: Yaovi Atohoun <yaovi.atohoun(a)icann.org> > Date: March 11, 2017 at 11:05:15 AM GMT+3 > To: AfrICANN Community List <africann(a)afrinic.net> > Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Call for Public Comment on the Draft 2016 African Domain Name System Market Study > Reply-To: AfrICANN Community List <africann(a)afrinic.net> > > ENGLISH: Please read more at https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-03-11-en . The draft report will be presented on March 13, 2017 at 12h45 UTC > Adobe Connect https://participate.icann.org/cph58-hallc13 > English Audio (Low Bitrate) http://stream.icann.org:8000/cph58-hallc13-en-lo.m3u > English Audio http://stream.icann.org:8000/cph58-hallc13-en.m3u > > FRANCAIS: C’est un appel à commentaires https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-03-11-en . Il y aura l’interprétation en Français lors de la présentation de ce rapport le lundi 13 Mars de 12h45 a 14h UTC > Adobe Connect https://participate.icann.org/cph58-hallc13 > French Audio (Low Bitrate) http://stream.icann.org:8000/cph58-hallc13-fr-lo.m3u Le lundi 13 mars de 12h45 à 14hUTC > French Audio http://stream.icann.org:8000/cph58-hallc13-fr.m3u Le lundi 13 mars de 12h45 à 14hUTC > > Thanks/Merci > -- > Yaovi Atohoun > Stakeholder Engagement & Operations Manager – Africa > Tel. +229 66015649/ 97891228 / 65209067 > www.icann.org

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Fwd: [AfrICANN-discuss] Internet Society "Youth and the Internet" Survey and Community Forum
by Barrack Otieno 10 Mar '17

10 Mar '17

Dear Listers, This is for your information and attention. Best Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Victor Ndonnang <ndonnang(a)isoc.org> Date: Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 7:22 PM Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Internet Society "Youth and the Internet" Survey and Community Forum To: AfrICANN Community List <africann(a)afrinic.net> Dear all, The Internet Society is holding a community Forum on Youth and the Internet on 16 March 2017 at 16:00 UTC to discuss how young people (ages 13-25) feel about the Internet including challenges and opportunities. I would like to invite young people on this list to complete our below “3 questions” Youth and the Internet Survey. For those who are less young, please share it with your respective youth communities. Here are the links to the survey: English: http://bit.ly/2mQ0k4k Français: http://bit.ly/2mlYBGp español: http://bit.ly/2n6vXr1 Português: http://bit.ly/2mGgIbf Thank you. Wishing you a great weekend. Best regards, Victor. --- Victor Ndonnang Chapter Development Manager, Africa & Middle East. Internet Society The Internet is for Everyone! http://www.internetsociety.org/ Skype ID: Ndonnang _______________________________________________ AfrICANN mailing list AfrICANN(a)afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/africann -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Re: [kictanet] [isoc_ke] All things Safaricom
by Erick Mwangi 09 Mar '17

09 Mar '17

Listers, This article reminds me when I attended an event sometime back where Vodafone were trying to launch M-pesa in SA and the CEO said "M-pesa would only work where FS is not developed and a government willing to look the other way" Well here is a report that raises an issue what most of use have always thought re AML. https://qz.com/924977/us-state-dept-thinks-africas-leading-mobile-money-pla… E Njoroge Mwangi Technology| FINTECH | Big Data Cell +44 7539372742 Skype: Erick.mwangi On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 12:34 PM, Ali Hussein via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Grace > > I think Zuckerberg put it well when he said (albeit almost seven years > ago) that people really don't expect privacy anymore.. > > https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2010/jan/11/facebook-privacy > > I'm afraid that bird already flew the coop long time ago... > > The million dollar question now is how do we take our privacy > back..wittingly in unwittingly we gave it away long time ago.. > > *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 7 Mar 2017, at 1:40 PM, Grace B via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > Is no one worried about one company being too present in many aspects of > our Internet experience? If Facebook wifi becomes a big success, shall we > be in the same dominance debates we are in at the moment? > > On 7 Mar 2017 12:59 a.m., "Ali Hussein via isoc" <isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke> > wrote: > >> Alex >> >> No, that's Free Basics. Which is a different product. >> >> https://info.internet.org/en/story/free-basics-from-internet-org/ >> >> *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 7 Mar 2017, at 7:54 AM, alex watila via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >> my understanding was that the connectivity provided is only to access >> Facebook >> >> On 7 Mar 2017 07:29, Ali Hussein via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >> Listers >> >> The other day someone posted this story on the list. Here's more details >> on this:- >> >> Surf Internet partners with Facebook to offer affordable Internet >> <http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/corporate/Facebook-takes-on-telcos-with-…> >> >> Here's an interesting way for Facebook to spread the love.. >> >> 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. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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%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. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> isoc mailing list >> isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/isoc >> > _______________________________________________ > 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. 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Re: [kictanet] Ring of bank hackers busted - Daily Nation
by Mark Kipyegon 09 Mar '17

09 Mar '17

Even with the collusion claimed in the article, the failure of controls that should prevent unauthorised physical and remote access to systems is quite troubling. On 09/03/2017 06:18, kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke wrote: > > Today we get a glimpse of the magnitude of cyber crime in the country. > > Kenya Revenue Authority, several blue-chip banks, a parastatal and a supermarket chain are some of the institutions penetrated by an international cybercrime syndicate that took off with hundreds of millions of shillings ? before they were all seized on Monday and Tuesday. > > Read on:- > > http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Police-bust-ring-of-hackers/1056-3842558-11h7q… > >

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Fwd: [AFRINIC-Announce] Call for Hosting AFRINIC-27 is Open
by Mwendwa Kivuva 09 Mar '17

09 Mar '17

This is a call for proposals for AIS 17 to be held in Nairobi ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "AFRINIC Communication" <comm-announce(a)afrinic.net> Date: Mar 9, 2017 11:19 AM Subject: [AFRINIC-Announce] Call for Hosting AFRINIC-27 is Open To: <announce(a)afrinic.net> Cc: Dear Colleagues, The call for hosting AFRINIC’s 27th Public Policy Meeting, AFRINIC-27, is open. We invite potential organisations to submit a proposal to host this event. The tentative dates for hosting AFRINIC-27 is 25-30 November 2017. Hosting requirements for AFRINIC-27 can be found here at: http://www.afrinic.net/images/CFP_AFRINIC-27.pdf Kindly use the information provided as a guide to prepare Country Host Proposal and Budget. The deadline for submission of Country Host Proposals for AFRINIC-27 is 9 April. For more information or queries on Hosting Requirements for AFRINIC-27, please contact: meeting(a)afrinic.net Best regards, AFRINIC Communications Team _______________________________________________ Announce mailing list Announce(a)afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/announce

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WikiLeaks CIA Leaks
by Ngigi Waithaka 09 Mar '17

09 Mar '17

Hi, Anyone interested in top-notch cyber-war tools and techniques, it doesn't get better than this... https://wikileaks.org/ciav7p1/ As we discuss Internet privacy etc, it's important to know friendly countries have such an arsenal of tools that are or could be used to spy on us. -- *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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Re: [kictanet] WikiLeaks CIA Leaks
by simiyu mse 09 Mar '17

09 Mar '17

Of manufacturers and liability, Tesla chose to go it a different way. Sort of crowd sourcing the RnD with a hacking contest. https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2015/04/28/tesla-opening-car-to… I think this was a very transparent move and in retrospect would absolve such a manufacturer. ./ken On Mar 9, 2017 08:25, "Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: On Mar 9, 2017 11:00 AM, "Mark Kipyegon via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: If the locking mechanism makes the theft easier to accomplish, that is definitely a defect. And at a minimum the manufacturer has a responsibility to develop a stronger lock. The simplest rebuttal for your argument is accusing a lock manufacturer that a hacksaw can cut the lock _______________________________________________ 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/kensimiyu%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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Re: [kictanet] WikiLeaks CIA Leaks
by Mark Kipyegon 09 Mar '17

09 Mar '17

If the locking mechanism makes the theft easier to accomplish, that is definitely a defect. And at a minimum the manufacturer has a responsibility to develop a stronger lock. On 9 Mar 2017, at 10:42, "kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke" <kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > If I steal petrol from your car, is that a defect? Is the car > manufacturer liable? > > > > On 09/03/2017, alex watila via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> is vulnerability really a defect? >

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Invitation to Nairobi Innovation Week 2017
by Mwololo Waema Tim 09 Mar '17

09 Mar '17

Dear Listers, You are most welcome to the Nairobi Innovation Week being held next week from 6th to 10th March. More details can be found on: http://innovationweek.co.ke/ I am specifically also inviting you to a panel discussion on the National Innovation Policy on Thursday 9th at 11.40 am, for which I am the moderator. Details of this panel are shown below. *Panel 4: Kenya’s Innovation Policy* There is an STI policy which is still in draft form and which was the basis of the STI Act. The Act created the necessary institutional framework and almost all the institutions are operational. There is also visible innovation work going on in various ministries. What are the key elements of the policy framework that we need to create? How do we create this policy framework? How do we re-arrange the existing institutional framework for more effective coordination, while ensuring collaboration and exploitation of synergies? *Moderator * - Prof. Timothy Waema, UoN *Panelists* - Julius Korir, PS, State Department for Investment and Industr <http://www.industrialization.go.ke/index.php/top-management/principal-secre…> y - Eng. Victor Kyalo – PS, ICT and Innovation - Dr. Salome Gachu – Ag. CEO KENIA - Dr. Jemimah Onsare – Ag. CEO NRF - Nicholas Nesbitt, Country General Manager, IBM East Africa - Louis Otieno – Microsoft Africa Kind regards, T. Mwololo Waema | Professor of Information Systems | School of Computing & Informatics | University of Nairobi | PO Box 30197-00100, Nairobi | @timwololo

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Invitation to Online Speech and Social Change Event, 16 March 2017
by Grace Githaiga 09 Mar '17

09 Mar '17

Listers Facebook, in partnership with KICTAnet,would like to invite you to a conversation about hate speech and using social media to advocate for positive social change, on Thursday 16 March from 11.30am. We will host an interactive, Chatham House rules discussion about hate speech on social media platforms and using social media to advocate for positive social change. It will address platform community standards, privacy tips and reporting, as well as using social media platforms to counter hate speech. The event will take place at Dusit D2, 14 Riverside Park – Riverside Woods (off Riverside Drive), Nairobi. FB will also be soliciting feedback about its platforms, and highlighting local examples of counter speech, as well as identifying possibilities for collaboration. To attend, please register here: https:// onlinespeechandsocialchangenai .splashthat.com [1] We look forward to seeing you on the 16th March! 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://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__onlinespeechandsocialc…

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Re: [kictanet] WikiLeaks CIA Leaks
by Mark Kipyegon 09 Mar '17

09 Mar '17

If a manufacturer in any other industry sold a defective item they would rightly have a case to answer. Why should the tech firms be held to a lower standard? On 09/03/2017 06:18, kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke wrote: > > Wangare, we cannot hold any manufacturer liable for any vulnerability. > Indeed, most are not even aware of the Zero Day vulnerabilities that > CIA is exploiting. >

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