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Re: [kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 72, Issue 8
by Joel Macharia 02 May '13

02 May '13

Brian, Hussein Try Twitter @safaricomltd. I raised a complaint and it seemed to work, for the most part. I've received 3 or 4 messages in the last year or so. Cell +254 712 210 600 Sent from my BlackBerry® -----Original Message----- From: kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke Sender: "kictanet" <kictanet-bounces+macharia=macharia.co.ke(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke>Date: Thu, 02 May 2013 17:39:12 To: Macharia<macharia(a)macharia.co.ke> Reply-To: kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke Subject: kictanet Digest, Vol 72, Issue 8 Send kictanet mailing list submissions to kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke You can reach the person managing the list at kictanet-owner(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of kictanet digest..."

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Spain's Extremadura starts switch of 40, 000 government PCs to open source
by Evans Ikua 02 May '13

02 May '13

"The government of Spain's autonomous region of Extremadura has begun the switch to open source of it desktop PCs. The government expects the majority of its 40,000 PCs to be migrated this year, the region's CIO Theodomir Cayetano announced on 18 April. Extremadura estimates that the move to open source will help save 30 million euro per year." Read more here: https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/community/osor/news/spains-extremadura-starts-s… *My estimation that for every 300 dollars of my tax money that the Government spends on MS Office licensing, 250 dollars is wasted.* -- *---------------------------------------------------- Kind Regards, Evans Ikua,* lanetconsulting.com, lpi-eastafrica.org, ict-innovation.fossfa.net, Twitter: @ikuae Cell: +254-722-955831

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SPAM/OPT IN/OPT OUT MARKETING FROM THE TELCOS - DEATH BY SMS
by Ali Hussein 02 May '13

02 May '13

Listers If you are like me you must by now be going out of your mind with useless SMS messages from the different players in the Telco sector. Is there some rule somewhere that CCK can dust off and ask them to stop sending these SMSs to 'abused' subscribers like myself. Or at the very least could you at least give us an option to Opt Out of this deluge of useless (in my opinion) SMSs? In my case I am specifically referring to Safaricom. I know that Safaricom has sophisticated Mass Customisation tools and if they use their Analytic Tools they would have known that for a Muslim (assuming in the majority of cases they would make deductions by name usage) a message that reads:- *'Watch Pastor Tim's Sunday Sermon...' * is particularly useless for a Muslim. If I were a Conspiracy Theorist (Luckily I am not. :-)) I may start making assumptions that Safaricom wants to convert me to a Christian. Dear Safaricom, please give me an option to opt out of your SMS deluge.. Death by SMS :-) *Ali Hussein* *CEO, 3mice interactive media ltd* *Partner, Telemedia Africa Ltd * Tel: +254713601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim<http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> Blog: www.alyhussein.com Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with.

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ICANN News Alert -- Fellowship Application Round Opens for ICANN 48 in Buenos Aires, Argentina
by Alice Munyua 02 May '13

02 May '13

ICANN <http://www.icann.org/> News Alert http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-01may13-en.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fellowship Application Round Opens for ICANN 48 in Buenos Aires, Argentina 1 May 2013 How Do I Apply for the Fellowship Program The Fellowship Program has demonstrated success in its mission to build capacity in the ICANN multi-stakeholder environment through focused interactive engagement between newcomers to ICANN and community members at each of the ICANN meetings. The program seeks to identify members of the Internet community who either have not previously been able to participate in ICANN processes and constituent organizations, or those who require further exposure to the Internet community and its work but cannot travel and attend a meeting without financial support. This outreach program seeks participants from developing regions and countries of the world, in order to help create a broader base of knowledgeable constituents who will become the new voice of experience in their regions and beyond. Applications to become an ICANN Fellow are assessed for each meeting by an independent selection committee. Priority is given to applicants who: meet minimum program requirements; are current residents of developing and least developed nations; and are interested in participating in the ICANN multi-stakeholder process and its supporting organizations, advisory committees or stakeholder groups. An effort will be made to include participants from the African region as it is the site of this ICANN meeting. All confirmed fellowship participants must comply with the terms and conditions of the Fellowship program, as outlined at http://www.icann.org/en/about/participate/fellowships/terms-conditions. As stated within these terms and conditions, ICANN is a California non-profit public benefit corporation and must therefore comply with all the laws and regulations of California and the United States. Fellows are responsible for obtaining all travel visas once accepted into the program. ICANN will purchase tickets for Fellows after all necessary documentation has been obtained and Fellows demonstrate that they have obtained all necessary travel visas. Once all of the requirements for travel are met, the Fellowship program arranges for and covers the costs for airfare and hotel, as well as providing a stipend to assist with some meeting and subsistence costs. The stipend is provided after each selected candidate successfully completes the requirements of the Fellowship program, Recipients will be expected to actively participate in and contribute to ICANN processes during and after the meeting. As always, registration for ICANN's meetings is free for anyone wanting to attend. Find out more » <http://www.icann.org/en/about/participate/fellowships>

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Chipuka Software Developer Certification
by John Matogo 02 May '13

02 May '13

Dear colleagues. See the link below with information on the Chipuka Software Certification. This may be of interest to some of you. http://ilabafrica.ac.ke/index.php/what-we-do/programs/chipuka-certification Do share it with others who may benefit from this information. -- Regards, John Matogo Manager Incubation Centre, @iBizAfrica Strathmore University P.O. Box 59857-00200 Nairobi, KENYA Tel: +254 070 303 4280 (direct line) Personal Mobile:+254 722 813 533 Twitter: @jmatogo LinkedIn: http://tinyurl.com/avcn7qu Web: www.strathmore.edu and http://www.ibizafrica.co.ke/ -- Note: All emails sent from Strathmore University are subject to Strathmore's Email Terms & Conditions. Please click here<http://www.strathmore.edu/aboutus.php?id=184>to read the policy. "Visit our Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/StrathmoreUniversity>Page and Twitter <https://twitter.com/StrathU>Account".

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Will the Trademark Clearinghouse Fulfill its Potential-Will Trademark Owners Even Use it?
by Alice Munyua 02 May '13

02 May '13

By Thomas Barrett ICANN created the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) as a way to streamline the repetitive process forced on trademark owners during the launch of new top-level-domains. With the expected tsunami of hundreds of new TLD's starting later this year, the TMCH should generate a clear benefit for trademark owners who elect to participate in Sunrise and Claims Periods. The side effect of introducing new TLDs is that the legacy TLDs will be making changes to make sure they are competitive against the new TLDs. This means they will be relaxing restrictions and opening up unused namespaces at the second and third-levels. Many of these will follow a Sunrise or Grandfathering process as a way to implement the changes. Already three existing TLDs (one sTLD and two ccTLDs) have announced such policy changes and decided they would like to utilize the TMCH Sunrise tokens for their Sunrise Period. This includes .Jobs, Radio.AM and Radio.FM. Donuts, the largest applicant with over 300 TLD applications, have also indicated they will use the Sunrise token from the TMCH for a universal blocking service called Domain Protected Marks List (DPML). All this is happening before the TMCH has even supported its first new TLD. While ICANN has welcomed the use of TMCH by .Jobs, it remains to be seen if ICANN will also welcome use of the TMCH by ccTLDs. The eventual benefits and viability of the TMCH will hinge on a few factors: • Will trademark owners even use it? • Will the main driver be participation in Sunrise or Claims? • Will other existing TLDs want to use it? Will Trademark Owners Even Use it? It is a given that trying to participate in every future Sunrise Period would overwhelm the budgets of nearly every trademark owner. Every sage legal advisor is counseling that the trademark owner must be ultra-selective about which Sunrise Periods they engage in. On the other hand, a review of the Trademark Agents published on the TMCH website show a good number of law firms have already advanced the TMCH the minimum $15000 required to be an Agent. If this trend continues, then it is a clear indicator that law firms will aggressively market the TMCH to their clients. (Disclosure: My firm, TM.Biz is offering a portal for these Trademark Agents). Will the Main Driver Be Participation in Sunrise or Claims? Trademark Claims provides some protection in every new TLD. But it is for exact matches only and only for the first 90 days. This forces trademark owners to also subscribe to a watching service that catch confusingly similar registrations not caught by the Claims service. I predict trademark owners will elect to do both Claims and watching to ensure they catch domains that might confuse their customers. Will other existing TLDs want to use it? There are actually two parts to the TMCH. The validation service is performed by Deloitte and CHIP. They are issuing Sunrise tokens called Signed-Mark-Data (SMD) files to trademark owners as proof that a trademark has satisfied the requirements for the typical Sunrise Period. The Database Administrator for the TMCH is IBM. They actually help Registries and Registrars operate the Sunrise and Trademark Claims Periods. The validation service initially launched on March 26. The database part is expected to launch in July. But there are applications for just the TMCH Sunrise tokens that do not require IBM to be used. This is because the SMD file is portable. For example, any country-code TLD who decides to change their policies and wanted to conduct a Sunrise Period first, could accept SMD files from trademark owners. Also, any TLD that wanted to accept SMD files for a new Rights Protection Mechanism, as Donuts is planning; also do not need IBM in the process. The .Jobs Sunrise Period The .Jobs TLD has decided to eliminate the current restriction that .Jobs domain names must match company names. This means that product and division names will be eligible for .Jobs. Before this change takes effect, .Jobs will first conduct the Sunrise Period that is designed for new TLDs. .Jobs will utilize both parts of the TMCH. Thus they need to wait for IBM, their Back-end Registry and Registrars all to be operational before they can conduct their Sunrise Period. The Radio Global Domains The .AM and .FM ccTLD's, have long been re-purposed for the Radio industry. They are now introducing new namespaces, called Radio Global Domains, which are designed to target new market segments within the Radio industry. These will be radio.am and radio.fm. Before these changes take place, they will also undergo a Sunrise Period starting May 28. Validation for the Radio Global Domains Sunrise Period will be performed on either trademark data or the Sunrise tokens called Signed-Mark-Data (SMD) files issued by the TMCH. All this is happening without the need for the involvement of IBM, or even for Registrars to support the new protocols required for the new TLD Sunrise Periods. (Disclosure: My firm, TM.Biz will be handling the trademark validation, SMD validation and direct submission of Sunrise registrations to the Registry). It is still an open issue whether the TMCH will be capable of issuing SMD files by May 28 for use by the Radio Global Domains. Or if the TMCH is capable of issuing SMD files by this date, whether ICANN will allow the TMCH to release the SMD files so that the ccTLDs can use them. There are no doubt other ccTLDs that are interested in changing their registration rules and restrictions that might consider holding a Sunrise Period first. I predict that these ccTLDs would be interested in using the SMD files as well, if allowed by ICANN. Additional Rights Protection Mechanisms The largest TLD applicant, Donuts, is also planning to accept SMD files for its universal blocking service called Domain Protected Marks List, or DPML. As applicant of over 300 TLD's, with half of those uncontested, a DPML represents a good value for trademark owners. There may be other applicants that decide to offer new Rights Protection Mechanisms that utilize the SMD file. Hopelessly Optimistic The Trademark Clearinghouse has enormous potential to support the domain name industry. The portability of the SMD files enables many uses that were not originally envisioned by its creators. Certainly, the days of a TLD manually checking trademark databases should be coming to an end with SMD files becoming the new de facto standard for trademark validation. It will be interesting to see how this evolves over time. http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130501_will_the_trademark_clearinghouse_ful… --

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Report on ICANN 46
by Grace Githaiga 01 May '13

01 May '13

>From Africa for the World Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Friend on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend In this newsletter 1. Introduction 2. GAC topics - GAC Advice 3. Trademark Clearinghouse – an update 4. ZACR and AfTLD MOU signing– a momentous occasion Note from the editor The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) held its 24th meeting in Beijing, Republic of China. This ICANN meeting was the most well attended meeting in the history of ICANN meetings, with the numbers totalling 2600-registered participants. With that said, it was indeed a scramble to get one’s hands on the most sought after commodity at ICANN… the Gala dinner tickets. The dotAfrica team did not attend, alas. The spectacular event was held at the Great Hall of the People, Beijing. This 24th meeting was of great interest to the dotAfrica team, particularly with regard to the much-anticipated GAC Advice, issued for the new gTLDs, and the requirements for the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH). Full reports on these two topics are included below. Overall, the meeting was a success for the dotAfrica team, with many people engaging us on the progress of our application, the dates for the delegation of the .africa gTLD, and so on. The spirited and very exciting debate still continues for .africa and we eagerly anticipate the completion of the initial evaluations. We wish Durban a successful ICANN meeting, and we are sure Africa will make us proud! A full report on the proceedings of the meeting can be downloaded here: https://www.centr.org/CENTR-Report-ICANN46 Until next time... Octavia Kumalo dotAfrica Marketing & PR Manager2. GAC Communiqué - GAC Advice (Alice Munyua) GAC advice on new gTLDs contained in the GAC Beijing communiqué GAC advice represents a consensus position among member states that a particular new gTLD application potentially raises sensitivities, thereby creating strong presumptions that the ICANN Board of Directors should not approve the application. The Beijing meeting Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) communiqué issued on 11 April 2013 was an important one, as ICANN was expecting GAC Advice on new gTLDs, as defined in the Applicant Guidebook. The GAC communiqué serves as the official notification to applicants of GAC Advice and triggers a 21-day response period as per the Applicant Guidebook (Module 3.1). The guidebook states: "If the Board receives GAC Advice on new gTLDs stating that it is the consensus of the GAC that a particular application should not proceed, this will create a strong presumption for the ICANN Board that the application should not be approved. If the Board does not act in accordance with this type of advice, it must provide its rationale for not doing so." Read More 3. Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) - an update (Ed Pascoe) Here are some of the highlights of the meetings and discussions around the TMCH at ICANN Beijing. The pricing for the trademark holders and the ability to pay for the trademarks have been finalised. Everything else is still under development or in discussion. All the TMCH meetings were very well attended and fairly vocal. They have received lots of feedback and objections to some of the proposals so expect some of them to change. In particular IBM are still implementing email notifications of status changes. The SMD has yet to be implemented. The full strawman process is yet to be implemented. The text for rights holders’ notice of domain name registration has yet to be discussed. The TMCH will verify trademarks automatically where they have direct access to a trademark database. Otherwise the rights holder will have to submit trademark documentation. TLD is required to give 30 days’ advance notice of sunrise. It is expected that the first TLD to use the TMCH for sunrise will be .jobs. .jobs was delegated in 2005 but has recently changed its charter and has never had a sunrise period. TMCH are predicting a very short testing phase before it goes live. Some of the changes that have happened to the TMCH in the past few weeks include the following: - The claims notice period has changed from 60 days to 90 days. - The TMCH will provide brand holders with 30 days’ notice prior to the start of any sunrise period. This means that no TLD can start its sunrise without giving prior notice to the TMCH. If the TMCH does not have the resources/bandwidth to process the sunrise period, the TLD will have to delay sunrise until capacity is available. - Brandholders will be able to register up to 50 variants of their marks in the TMCH as long as those variants have been the subject of successful litigation or UDP arbitration in the past. Read More 4. ZACR and AfTLD MoU signing - a momentous occasion AFRICAN INTERNET COLLABORATION RECEIVES BOOST WITH "BEIJING AGREEMENT" A landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between the ZA Central Registry (ZACR) and the African Top Level Domains Organisation (AfTLD) at ICANN's 46th Public Meeting in Beijing, People's Republic of China. Dubbed the "Beijing Agreement", the MoU is the foundation of the relationship between AfTLD - the representative of African country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) managers - and ZACR - the registry that is set to be awarded the right to operate the new dotAfrica (.africa) registry by ICANN. The agreement is a culmination of collaboration in existence since 2011 when AfTLD and its members endorsed the ZACR dotAfrica application. The agreement was signed by AfTLD President Dr Paulos Nyirenda, ZACR CEO Neil Dundas and the dotAfrica Steering Committee Chair Mohammed El Bashir. The key deliverable from the MOU is the allocation of a portion of dotAfrica’s surplus revenue for programmes aimed at enhancing African ccTLD capacity as administered by AfTLD. The AfTLD capacity building programme includes technical, policy and regulatory training, workshops and conferences. The investment in AfTLD’s ccTLD programme is not the only key deliverable for the ZACR dotAfrica project. Other key deliverables are African registrar development, African content development and ancillary socio-economic objectives. Read More Remember to follow us on Twitter & on Facebook. Check out our website for daily news: africainonespace.org Until next time ... follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend Copyright © 2013 dotAfrica, All rights reserved. General notices and communications from the dotAfrica SteerCom and Project Team Our mailing address is: dotAfricaCOZA HouseGazelle Close, Corporate ParkMidrand, Gauteng 1685 South Africa Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences

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Africa's sexy tech: Death by innovation?
by Gideon 01 May '13

01 May '13

Here is an interesting article by Michelle Atagana http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/30/opinion/africa-innovation-tech-atagana/in… *(CNN)* -- In today's world of catchy buzzwords, a current favorite is "Africa is rising." Africa's tech scene is a soaring firebird and all the techies on the continent will tell you something game-changing is coming and Africans will build it. In case you haven't heard, apparently the next Facebook, Google or Microsoft will come from Africa. That's what the young mavericks are working towards. *In Africa, we worship at the altar of innovation* Innovation is the fountain from which most African entrepreneurs drink -- their raison d'etre. This is hardly surprising on a continent that leapfrogged the tech scene, producing insanely useful mobile solutions. It seems it is only logical that the continent will build the next big thing. [image: Michelle Atagana] Michelle Atagana But innovation has become quite formulaic for the quick-talking 20-somethings just itching to change the world. Just like any formula, it has strict rules: find a problem, build an app to solve it, develop for smartphone and add social integration. Gideon Rop

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Re: [kictanet] Why Barr the Media from PS Interviews?
by ICT Researcher 01 May '13

01 May '13

Mr. Makali, Its interesting that you raise this question. Does the constitution envisage only critical or also praiseful public participation?Aware that the latter may be thornier for PSC and/or whomever interviee might be. ------------------------------ On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 10:18 AM MSKS dmakali(a)yahoo.com wrote: >Mayb we need to interrogate the meaning of "public participation" threshold of the constitution. Does watching or holding a recruitment process in the open space - on tv or a physical venue like kicc - constitute public participation or is it that every citizen is free and has an opportunity to be considered and to raise any matter pertinent to the recruitment and potential recruits that counts? > >Methinks the latter, which has been complied with by psc advertising and inviting any1 interested to apply. That also meets the "competitive" criterion. > >The next demand we should put on them is to facilitate or make it possible for any1 who wants to sit in the room to observe the process or to submit any information that may assist it to recruit the right candidates do so. That complies with the transparency requirement. > >The interviews can otherwise become a farce at this stage if the template is applied across the 155 applicants. The live broadcast can come at the final stahe wen the shortlisted go before Parliament where scrutiny should be even more thorough and of a different kind - political and ideological. > >David > > >Sent from my BlackBerry® > >-----Original Message----- >From: Edith Adera <eadera(a)idrc.ca> >Sender: "kictanet" <kictanet-bounces+dmakali=yahoo.com(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:25:20 >To: <dmakali(a)yahoo.com> >Cc: mediaeditors $mediaeditors-bounces+dmakali=yahoo.com(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke$<mediaeditors-bounces+dmakali=yahoo.com(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke>; KICTAnet - Media Editors Forum<mediaeditors(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >Subject: Re: [kictanet] Why Barr the Media from PS Interviews? > >_______________________________________________ >kictanet mailing list >kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > >Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/dmakali%40yahoo.com > >The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. > >KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >_______________________________________________ >kictanet mailing list >kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > >Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/ict.researcher%40yaho… > >The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. > >KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.

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Why Barr the Media from PS Interviews?
by Edith Adera 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

Listers, Can someone explain the logic of the Chair of PSC barring the media from interviews of Principal Secretaries? Aren't they public servants who are supposed to be vetted publicly even with citizens giving their submissions? Judges, commissioners of various commissions were vetted publicly infront of "live" media cameras, why not PS' ? What are they shielding? The argument that interview questions will be known by others does not fly, the same argument would also have applied to judges, commissioners etc, but it did not. If you're good you're good and we'll see it (otherwise, you appear too "rehearsed" when you cram interview responses") Where's citizen participation which is enshrined in the constitution? I think these are the kind of issues that COFEK needs to take up, Mutoro? Edith

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Pasha (Digital Villages) Update
by Paul Kukubo 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

Listers further to the discussion last week, please see below: 1. Link to the review report developed by Deloitte on the Pasha centers. This report is developed quarterly. http://www.scribd.com/doc/138670682/2013-04-30-Brief-Pasha-Project. 2. Our press release following the meeting with Pasha Centre owners yesterday and the subsequent announcement of our bandwidth subsidy program. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Government to offer bandwidth support to Digital Villages Nairobi, 29th April 2013: The Government through the Kenya ICT Board will from May this year offer a 90 per cent subsidy on internet purchase to all Digital villages (Pasha Centres). The bandwidth support will be provided under the Transparency Communication Infrastructure Project (TCIP), which is funded by World Bank. The objective of the Bandwidth Capacity Support is to enable the 63 Digital villages to purchase high quality and affordable connectivity for their centres to enable information sharing and offer affordable access in rural areas. Speaking during a workshop in Nairobi with Pasha Managers, The Kenya ICT Board CEO, Mr Paul Kukubo said, “We have recognized that the major challenges surrounding internet access for Pashas centres are connectivity and affordability. As a solution we have decided to subsidise the internet costs.” The government will pay 90 per cent of the internet access costs while Pasha Managers will pay the remaining 10 per cent. The Initial support will last 18 months and will cover internet connection costs but exclude the purchase of connectivity equipment. To qualify for the internet access subsidy both pasha managers will first identify the Internet Service Providers (ISP’s) that they will work with and submit prescribed documents in order to take advantage of the support. ISPs will have to be registered by CCK as a provider of the services. “Pasha centres are strategically placed to bring ICT services to their communities. To succeed they need to take advantage of devolution opportunities and respond to the government agenda of delivering digital education in remote areas,” challenged Mr Kukubo. The workshop brought together heads of digital villages and leading ISP companies to agree on the modalities that will be applicable on the subsidy. ENDS -- Phyllis Nyambura Communication Writer Kenya ICT Board Telposta Towers, 12th Floor, Kenyatta Ave P.O. Box 27150 - 00100 Nairobi, Kenya t: + 254-020-2211960/62 | m: + 254 (0) 789396433 | e: pnyambura(a)ict.go.ke -- Paul Kukubo Chief Executive Officer, Kenya ICT Board PO Box 27150 - 00100 Nairobi, Kenya 12th Floor, Teleposta Towers Koinange Street Tel +254 20 2089061, +254 20 2211960 Fax: +254 20 2211962 website: www.ict.go.ke local content project: www.tandaa.co.ke, www.facebook.com/tandaakenya twitter:@tandaaKENYA BPO Project: www. doitinkenya.co.ke Digital Villages Project: www.pasha.co.ke personal contacts _______________ Cell: + 254 717 180001 skype: kukubopaul googletalk: pkukubo personal blog: www.paulkukubo.co.ke personal twitter: @pkukubo ____________________ Vision: Kenya becomes a top ten global ICT hub Mission: To champion and actively enable Kenya to adopt and exploit ICT, through promotion of partnerships, investments and infrastructure growth for socio economic enrichment

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Re: [kictanet] Dr Ndemo Farewell
by Matunda Nyanchama 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

Dakitari You did a good job during your tenure at the MOIC; you have a permanent record in there and there are many, many in the "wins" column. Some wise person (I don't know who) said that "quit while you are ahead". You are ahead and should be happy about that. Good luck with your upcoming interview; take on the next assignment (public, personal, or private) with as much gusto as you did at MOIC. And regardless of Thursday's outcome, consider doing your memoirs while your memory is fresh; they will be good for the record and posterity. Cheers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matunda Nyanchama, PhD, CISSP; mnyanchama(a)aganoconsulting.com Agano Consulting Inc.; www.aganoconsulting.com; Twitter: nmatunda; Skype: okiambe ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Be prepared for ICT security failures & know how to respond when they happen! Call: +1-888-587-1150 or info(a)aganoconsulting.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The best revenge is massive success" - Frank Sinatra----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail, including attachments, may be privileged and may contain confidential or proprietary information intended only for the addressee(s). Any other distribution, copying, use, or disclosure is unauthorized and strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and permanently delete the message, including any attachments, without making a copy. Thank you.

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kictanet Digest, Vol 71, Issue 198
by eonchari＠lynxbits.com 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

+1 ----- Original Message ----- From: kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.keTo: eonchari(a)lynxbits.com Sent: 4/30/13 4:07 AM Subject: kictanet Digest, Vol 71, Issue 198 Send kictanet mailing list submissions to kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke You can reach the person managing the list at kictanet-owner(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of kictanet digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Reviewing Kenya ICT Board Performance- You can write a guest post (David Otwoma) 2. Re: [mediaeditors] Why Barr the Media from PS Interviews? (Eng. Wainaina Mungai) 3. The emperors new shoes. An interesting take for Daktaris Ndemo and Matian?gi (Mbugua Njihia) 4. Re: Dr Ndemo Farewell (Matunda Nyanchama) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:17:55 +0300 From: David Otwoma <otwomad(a)gmail.com> To: bitange(a)jambo.co.ke Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Reviewing Kenya ICT Board Performance- You can write a guest post Message-ID:

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The emperors new shoes. An interesting take for Daktaris Ndemo and Matian’gi
by Mbugua Njihia 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

Dear Diary, I am really having a tough time figuring where and how to get started on this job. I have no idea how CGH and his wingman got wind of me. I heard that he lamented about the lack of a human resource index and I chuckled, as even I, am not on LinkedIn, at least not yet which is sad for a man having in my docket. I have never really needed to be LinkedIn per se, my offline networks have served me just fine this far, but being made an *emperor* I must move and behave like these Romans do…though I am told that they behave like spartans on occasion with their many mailing lists and self styled ninja bloggers cum activists who gave one Bitange a run for his payslip. http://www.ifiwaske.org/the-emperors-new-shoes-ifiwascabsec.html

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This week in your outstanding Public Service Career
by Gideon 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

Greetings Dr. Ndemo, May i take this opportunity to thank and appreciate you for the years of extraordinary work in the Ministry of Information and Communications. Indeed throughout your term the Country has exprerienced tremendous leadership and revolution in ICT. We wish you well in your upcoming interview. Gideon Rop On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 8:03 AM, <kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke>wrote: > Send kictanet mailing list submissions to > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > You can reach the person managing the list at > kictanet-owner(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of kictanet digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: This week in your outstanding Public Service Career > (Sammy Buruchara) > 2. Re: This week in your outstanding Public Service Career > (Harry Delano) > 3. Why Barr the Media from PS Interviews? (Edith Adera) > 4. Re: Why Barr the Media from PS Interviews? (alice-apc) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 06:22:06 +0300 > From: Sammy Buruchara <buruchara(a)me.com> > To: FRED MATIANGI <fredmatiangi(a)gmail.com>, buruchara(a)mac.com > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] This week in your outstanding Public Service > Career > Message-ID: <CDA51283.A00F3%buruchara(a)me.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Dr. Ndemo, > > We thank you for your exemplary work in the Ministry of Information. Kenya > has moved leaps and bounds in ICT under your leadership. We wish you well > in > your interview Thursday as you seek to engage your valuable talent in > another area of government. > > Dr. Matingi, Welcome to the ICT fraternity. You have certainly been with us > albeit quietly. The projects you have sponsored in this areas under your > previous job are well known. > > We are confident that you will be successfully in the confirmation and look > forward to work with you in this ministry. > > Kind regards > Sammy Buruchara > > From: FRED MATIANGI <fredmatiangi(a)gmail.com> > Date: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 6:08 AM > To: <buruchara(a)mac.com> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: [kictanet] This week in your outstanding Public Service Career > > Dear Dr. Ndemo, > > I take this early opportunity to wish you all the best in your interview > for > the position of Principal Secretary coming up later this week. I very > sincerely hope the Lord will guide you, bless you indeed and see you > continue to succeed. Your service to our nation has been outstanding. Your > performance at the Ministry of Information speaks for itself. I thank you > in > my private capacity as a Kenyan citizen and wish you well as a friend and > former colleague at the University of Nairobi. > > I am hesitant to address any issues presumptively at this stage as I > deliberately remain below the radar as expected and patiently await to go > before the vetting committee in Parliament. I am sure that there will be > plenty of opportunities to compare notes and share experiences. I look > forward to learning more from you and others in the this sector and that > together we can make our humble contribution in this part of the journey of > life. > > Fred Matiangi > _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or > change > your options at > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/buruchara%40mac.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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New gTLD Update: Program Timeline
by Alice Munyua 29 Apr '13

29 Apr '13

For those following ICANN processes, here's an updated version of the new gTLD programme timeline: http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about/program/timeline best Alice

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ICANN Newsletter -- 26 April 2013
by Alice Munyua 29 Apr '13

29 Apr '13

ICANN Weekly Newsletter News from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers *http://www.icann.org/* *Week ending 26 April 2013* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcements This Week *ICANN to Open Istanbul Hub <http://www.icann.org/en/news/press/releases/release-25apr13-en.pdf>* [PDF, 104 KB] */Istanbul, Turkey.../* ICANN President and Chief Executive Officer Fadi Chehadé today announced the organization will open its first hub office in Istanbul, Turkey. 25 April 2013 *New gTLD Board Committee Consideration of GAC Safeguard Advice <http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-23apr13-en.htm>* To solicit input on how the New gTLD Board Committee should address GAC advice regarding safeguards applicable to broad categories of New gTLD strings. 23 April 2013 *Proposed Final 2013 RAA <http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-22apr13-en.htm>* After an extended period of negotiations, ICANN is posting a Proposed Final 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) for public comment. 22 April 2013 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Upcoming Events 14 - 18 July 2013: 47th International Public ICANN Meeting - Durban <http://durban47.icann.org/> *14 - 18 July 2013: 47th International Public ICANN Meeting - Durban <http://durban47.icann.org/>* About ICANN *ICANN Bylaws <http://www.icann.org/en/general/bylaws.htm>* Our bylaws are very important to us. They capture our mission of security, stability and accessibility, and compel the organization to be open and transparent. Learn more at *www.ICANN.org <http://www.icann.org/>*. *Strategic Plan, 2012 - 2015 <http://www.icann.org/en/planning/>* *Adopted FY13 Operating Plan and Budge <http://www.icann.org/en/financials/budget-opplan.htm>* Email Marke

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One Laptop Per Child still not changing the world enough for Silicon Valley bloggers
by S.M. Muraya 29 Apr '13

29 Apr '13

Just a thought. Children can use solar latops to read/study at night, where there is no electricity. + Interesting reader comments... http://pandodaily.com/2012/10/31/one-laptop-per-child-still-not-changing-th…

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Re: [kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 71, Issue 183
by Aquinas Wasike 29 Apr '13

29 Apr '13

Dr. Ndemo, Please accept my compliments as I am sure you have received thousands already. All the best for the on-coming interview! Whatever the outcome, I wish you all success in whatever ventures you engage in. In my opinion the best performing and practical PS in the NARC and subsequent coalition government. Certainly you would never please everyone but on the balance of things, by far a very dedicated public servant. As Paul Kukubo alluded to in a recent post, even any private sector business would be an envy of its competition and certainly a successful entity with such a hard driving and focused CEO. I guess this is all one can say in such a public fora. God speed and Best Wishes, Aquinas Sent from my iPad, Powered by: LANTech (Africa) Limited Unified Communications System On Apr 29, 2013, at 3:41 PM, "kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke" <kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Send kictanet mailing list submissions to > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > You can reach the person managing the list at > kictanet-owner(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of kictanet digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Dr Ndemo Farewell (Grace Githaiga) > 2. Re: Dr Ndemo Farewell (Alice Munyua) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:29:36 +0000 > From: Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com> > To: Warigia Bowman <warigia(a)gmail.com> > Cc: "kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Dr Ndemo Farewell > Message-ID: <BAY151-W52AEB43440B6535A61A9CDB4B20(a)phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > Dr. Ndemo > Best of luck with the interview on Thursday. We appreciate your support in all ways and still hope to continue seeing you 'here'. So for us, it is not exactly goodbye but best wishes in whichever position or institution you will be moving to as you continue to build this nation. > RgdsGrace > Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:05:16 -0500 > From: warigia(a)gmail.com > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Dr Ndemo Farewell > CC: kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > To: ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com > > Dr. Ndemo > We will miss you. You are one of the best permanent secretaries in Kenya. If every PS in Kenya performed at your level, the country would be in excellent condition. > > Sincerely, Warigia > > On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 6:32 AM, Walubengo J <jwalu(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > @ Ndemo, > > You will go down as one of the few PS who opened up Government at at time when Government Ministers and Permanent Secretaries had no time to entertain non-government actors (like most listers here :-). I doubt any big shot in Govt would have been humble enough to take in their stride both the criticism and compliments from the grassroots as you have done. > > > > Eng. Rege before you started this type of culture and I am glad you took it to the next level. I can only hope that the new Minister/Cabinet Sec and Principal Secretaries will follow suit as we endevour to make Kenya the best ICT destination in Africa. > > > regards. > > walu.nb: took the liberty to tweak the subject line :-) > > From: Bitange Ndemo <bitange(a)jambo.co.ke> > To: jwalu(a)yahoo.com > > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 1:30 PM > > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Reviewing Kenya ICT > Board Performance- You can write > a guest post > > Listers, > It is an open secret that my departure from the Ministry of Information > and Communications is imminent. As seconds, minutes and days tick by; I > take this opportunity to bid you all farewell. > > > During the last seven years that I have worked here, I have learned a lot > from you all. I could not have benefited from the learning experience > without your constant support, criticism and encouragement. If I have to > > do it all over again, I would not change anything to perform my duties > well. In my position as Permanent Secretary, I have gained considerable > knowledge and thus I shall always cherish this, as one of the most > satisfying phases in my career. > > > Further, I have shared a special bond with all of you both virtually and > in reality. I shall take away with me special memories of our time > together. I remain committed to ideals > of Kictanet and would remain active > in its deliberations. I must admit that I may have underestimated the > amount of pressure there is to aspire for a job. There are politicians > from my county trying to create a wedge between myself, Dr. Matian?gi and > > Hon. Nyachae. Others from other parts of the country can be summed as > extortionists and possible toll collectors at every level. I shall > however, take the interview on Thursday and if fate has it that I shall > once more serve my country then I shall proudly do so. > > > It is now my singular honour to introduce Dr. Fred Matian?gi, our Cabinet > Secretary nominee whom I have had the privilege of knowing for the past > many years. While I was in Standard 7, Dr. Matian?gi had just started > > standard 1 at Manga Primary School. His sister Margaret was my classmate. > I have known him as an honest person and devout Seventh Day Adventist. > He > has an impeccable record of integrity having served in several > governance programs. > > Dr. Matian?gi is a fast learner and has extensively published. We taught > at University of Nairobi together and his record as a lecturer was > > faultless. We simply have a great mind to steer our sector. I want to > take the earliest opportunity to wish him the best. Although Dr. Matian?gi > is a good friend, it will not be practical for us to work together. The > > constitution demands diversity. We shall create fodder for politicians to > drive further wedge between us. I have chosen friendship and will look > for alternative areas to serve my country. > > Let me therefore wish each one of you the very best in all of our future > > endeavors. > > Bitange Ndemo. > > > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jwalu%40yahoo.com > > > The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. > > > KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do > not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. > > > _______________________________________________ > > kictanet mailing list > > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > > > Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/warigia%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. > > > > -- > Dr. Warigia Bowman > Assistant Professor Clinton School of Public ServiceUniversity of Arkansaswbowman@clintonschool.uasys.edu------------------------------------------------- > > View my research on my SSRN Author page: > > http://ssrn.com/author=1479660 > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/ggithaiga%40hotmail.c… > > 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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The Right to Share Principles
by Henry Maina 29 Apr '13

29 Apr '13

Dear Listers, ARTICLE 19 launched a new set of principles The Right to Share: Principles on Freedom of Expression and CopyRight in a Digital Age. See link.http://www.article19.org/resources.php/resource/3715/en/article-19-lau…. Happy to receive any comments Regards HENRY O. MAINA DIRECTOR ARTICLE 19 KENYA/EASTERN AFRICA P O BOX 2653,00100 NAIROBI TEL:+254 (20) 3862230/2 FAX:+254 (20) 3862231 EMAIL: henry(a)article19.org

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New top level domains and trademark protection
by Alice Munyua 29 Apr '13

29 Apr '13

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/04/201342312710292956.html Interesting article that begins to address issues of the ICANN trademark protection mechanism called the "Trademark Clearinghouse" (TMCH), which will create a global central registry for all trademarks that are registered/protected. Will it disadvantage African trademarks? Most African business/trademark holders etc have not been paying much attention to what has been going on at ICANN with the new gTLD processes and this discussion has not taken place in our region, yet it is an important one. A proposed African Mark Validation System (MVS) will be established for "holders of various proprietary-‐naming rights, in particular trade mark rights" and can soon start submitting their marks to the MVS with supporting documentation. " The MVS is expected to then feed to the ICANN TMCH. Best Alice --

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Fwd: Africa: ICANN To Open Istanbul Hub, Covering Africa
by Andrea Bohnstedt 29 Apr '13

29 Apr '13

Apologies if that's been sent round already. Have a great week, Andrea ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: News Release - African Press Organization (APO) <no-reply(a)apo-opa.com> Date: 29 April 2013 13:03 Subject: Africa: ICANN To Open Istanbul Hub, Covering Africa To: "News Release - African Press Organization (APO)" <no-reply(a)apo-opa.com> If you cannot read that message, click here<http://appablog.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/icann-to-open-istanbul-hub-coverin…> .**** ** ** *[image: Icann.jpg]* <http://www.icann.org/>** * * *PRESS RELEASE* * * ****** **** *ICANN To Open Istanbul Hub, Covering Africa* ** * * *Infrastructure, growing technology sector, proximity to Africa, Middle-East and Europe make Istanbul ideal location* * * ****** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** * *** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** ** ** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** *** * **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** ISTANBUL, Turkey,** April 29, 2013/ *-- *Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) President and Chief Executive Officer Fadi Chehadé today announced the organization will open its first hub office in Istanbul, Turkey. **** ** ** Logo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/logos/icann.jpg **** ** ** Photo 1: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/index.php?level=picture&id=455 *(ICANN President and Chief Executive Officer Fadi Chehadé) ***** ** ** Photo 2: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/index.php?level=picture&id=456 *(ICANN President and Chief Executive Officer Fadi Chehadé with Binali Yıldırım, Turkey’s Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs, and Communications)***** ** ** The announcement marks a significant moment in the evolution of ICANN ( http://www.icann.org) as it prepares to spread its operational functions across three global headquarters - Los Angeles (current location), Istanbul and Singapore.**** ** ** “ICANN is becoming increasingly international in terms of our outlook, policies and the makeup of our staff. Now our global hub strategy will take our internationalism to an improved operational level,” said Chehadé. “These hub offices will become part of the core fabric of ICANN.”**** ** ** The Istanbul hub office will be led by David Olive, ICANN’s Vice President for Policy Development. A number of current ICANN staff will relocate to Istanbul over the coming months and local staff also will be hired. **** ** ** “We looked closely at a number of possible global locations,” said Fadi Chehadé. “We chose Istanbul because of the quality of its infrastructure, growing ICT sector, business-friendly environment and its close cultural and geographic proximity to Europe, the Middle-East and Africa.” **** ** ** “ICANN provides efficient and considered management of the Internet’s Domain Name System, and today marks the latest step in the organization’s journey of extending its global influence,” said Binali Yıldırım, Turkey’s Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs, and Communications. “The ICANN European HUB is being established in Istanbul to act as an epicenter that will help shape Internet policy to deliver a more connected community across Europe, Middle East and Africa.”**** ** ** ICANN currently is overseeing the implementation of more than 1,400 new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs), representing one of the biggest changes to the Internet since its inception. The first wave of these domains will come online in the coming months. As a result of this massive expansion of the Domain Name System (DNS), ICANN too is expanding as it continues its mission to ensure a stable, secure and unified global Internet.**** ** ** *Distributed by the African Press Organization on behalf of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).* ** ** ** ** *MEDIA CONTACTS:* * * Brad White, Director of Global Media Affairs**** Washington, DC, USA**** Tel. +1 202 570 7118 **** E: brad.white(a)icann.org**** ** ** Andrew Robertson, Edelman Public Relations **** London, U.K.**** Tel. + 44 7811 341 945 **** E: andrew.Robertson(a)edelman.com **** **** *About ICANN*: ICANN’s mission is to ensure a stable, secure and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet you have to type an address into your computer - a name or a number. That address has to be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN ( http://www.icann.org) coordinates these unique identifiers across the world. Without that coordination we wouldn't have one global Internet. ICANN was formed in 1998. It is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with participants from all over the world dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes competition and develops policy on the Internet’s unique identifiers. ICANN doesn’t control content on the Internet. It cannot stop spam and it doesn’t deal with access to the Internet. But through its coordination role of the Internet’s naming system, it does have an important impact on the expansion and evolution of the Internet. For more information please visit: http://www.icann.org. **** * * *SOURCE * ****** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** * *** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** ** ** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** *** * **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** * *** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** ** ** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** *** * **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** * *** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** ** ** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)****** ** ** Safe Sender Instructions <http://www.apo-opa.org/safe-sender-instructions/>* *** ** ** UNSUBSCRIBE <sec.sg(a)apo-opa.org?subject=UNSUBSCRIBE%20ICANN>**** ** ** ** ** -- Andrea Bohnstedt <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/andreabohnstedt> Publisher www.ratio-magazine.com www.africa-assets.com

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Broadcast, Film & Music Africa, KICC, 26-27 June 2013
by Sean Moroney 28 Apr '13

28 Apr '13

Dear Colleagues, Please diarise the dates for this year's BFMA conference and Expo: 26-27 June at KICC. The programme preview is attached. Attendance is free, but spaces are limited so please register online at www.aitecafrica.com<http://www.aitecafrica.com> Please let me know if you would like to make a presentation in one of the sessions - or participate in a panel discussion. BFMA also includes the Africa Media Business Exchange, with the following opportunities available for content creation start-ups: Ø Participate in an intensive full-day mentoring workshop at GrowthHub the weekend before BFMA to sharpen up your investment proposition and pitch. Ø Pitch your business ideas to 20 investment funds and other investors during BFMA Ø Pitch your production ideas to commissioning editors Full details of the great AMBE opportunity are attached. Yours sincerely, Sean PS Exhibition stands are still available in the expo. Let me know if you are interested and I'll send you full details. Sean Moroney Chairman AITEC Africa seanm(a)aitecafrica.com UK Tel: +44(0)1480-880774 UK Mobile: +44(0)7973-499224 Nigeria Mobile: + 234(0)701-196-1413 Kenya Mobile: +254(0)721-845674 Mozambique Mobile: +258-820880583 Skype: seanmoroney seanm(a)aitecafrica.com<mailto:seanmoroneyseanm@aitecafrica.com> www.aitecafrica.com<http://www.aitecafrica.comfollow/> [twitter]<https://twitter.com/aitecafrica> [facebook (2)] <https://www.facebook.com/pages/Aitec-Africa/143207745706922?ref=ts&fref=ts> Forthcoming Events: Finance for Your Future Expo AITEC Banking and Mobile Money West Africa, Lagos Broadcast, Film and Music Africa; Africa Media Business Exchange AITEC Banking and Mobile Money West Africa, Accra AITEC Banking and Mobile Money COMESA; Insure Africa AITEC Southern Africa ICT Summit AITEC East Africa ICT Summit; Afrihealth [cid:image001.jpg@01CE1692.C6F8E640] AITEC Africa is the trading name of AITEC Conferences Limited registered in England and Wales.Company registration number: 4698475

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Aramex - The company that seeks to fill the gap of Africa's ailing Postal Services
by Ali Hussein 27 Apr '13

27 Apr '13

Aramex has just reported a good quarter of profits and states that their next growth projectile will be in Africa. This at a time that our Postal Services in Africa are bleeding red ink.. http://www.ventures-africa.com/2013/04/aramex-q1-profits-soar-14-on-higher-… Ali Hussein CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd +254 713 601113 "The future belongs to him who knows how to wait." - Russian Proverb Sent from my iPad

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Consulting Services for Establishment of a Physical Address System for Nairobi City
by Ali Hussein 26 Apr '13

26 Apr '13

Listers An interesting FYI in relation to the debate a few days ago on Posta Kenya. I recall Robert Yawe saying something like this had already been executed. If so what is this all about? http://www.dgmarket.com/tenders/np-notice.do~9306612 And is the Governor's office involved? *Ali Hussein* *CEO, 3mice interactive media ltd* *Partner, Telemedia Africa Ltd * Tel: +254713601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim<http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> Blog: www.alyhussein.com Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with.

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