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Interesting Story on Kenya, MOIC. Kudos Dr Ndemo & team!
by Marie-Ann Kinyanjui 17 Nov '12

17 Nov '12

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-kenya-tech-20121115,0,4… Main News; Foreign Desk COLUMN ONE; A Kenyan cyber-revolutionary; Official cultivates a 'Silicon Savannah' that even offers an iCow app Robyn Dixon 15 November 2012 NAIROBI, KENYA Along Nairobi's dusty Ngong Road, so many start-up incubators and IT labs have popped up that the busy neighborhood has been nicknamed "Silicon Savannah." Techies, geeks and innovators race one another to come up with the next big thing. They rush from meeting to meeting, work late, skip weekends. Every other day there's a pitch night for tech start-ups, a creative Web workshop, or a meeting of mobile app developers. The result is a surge in innovative Kenyan apps, most designed to work with the not-so-smart phones most Kenyans can afford. There's iCow, a virtual veterinary advice service that coaches small farmers on how to tend their dairy herds, avoid illness and improve production. And mFarm, which helps small farmers determine the right price for their produce, find buyers and sell it. And Huduma, which allows people to report and map government service failures such as water cutoffs and potholes, and track how long it takes to fix the problem. Why is this happening in Kenya? People here have two words: Bitange Ndemo. In his youth, Ndemo gave up on his country and went to study in America. Kenya was too corrupt, too undisciplined to make it, he thought. The contrast with America seemed stark. Now Ndemo, the 52-year-old head of the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology, is at the heart of Kenya's startling IT revolution. In a region where bureaucrats often do more to constrain change than to encourage it, IT leaders here speak of Ndemo in reverential tones. Erik Hersman, co-founder of Kenya's best-known technology hub and the son of American missionaries, says the nation's expansion in IT couldn't have happened without Ndemo. "We are in that phase where the government is fully onboard with the tech revolution that is happening, but also the people, normal citizens, are really embracing change," Hersman said. "I have to give it to [Ndemo]. That guy, over the past five years has really pushed things along, and other people -- regulatory bodies and the government itself -- have seen this and gone with him on it." In 2006, a year after he became the director of the information ministry, Ndemo tired of the endless delays as 23 African countries bickered over plans for a joint fiber-optic cable for high-speed Internet. Instead, he linked up with one from the United Arab Emirates. When the cable was switched on in 2009, Ndemo made sure universities got unlimited Internet capacity. He pressed the government to put money into IT research and start-up incubators. He persuaded the president to make all unclassified Kenyan government data open source -- available to anyone online -- a move nothing short of revolutionary on a continent where reflexive secrecy is the rule. Part of Kenya's advantage in the world of African IT is its good education system, with results in literacy, science and mathematics far outshining its main rival in the field, South Africa. But leaders in Kenya's IT community say the government also got some other important things right, including subsidizing Internet access. >From fewer than 2 million Internet users five years ago, now there are more than 12 million in this East African country of 40 million people. Nearly 90% of the population has access to cellphones, according to the Government Communications Commission of Kenya. Kenya is the undisputed world leader in mobile money (bankless transactions via cellphones), a development introduced in 2007 by cellphone operator Safaricom, which now handles more than half the world's mobile money transfers. As Kenyans leapfrogged from no bank accounts or Internet into cellphones and mobile money, the transfers took off. Mobile money users can pay school fees, buy items in shops, pay utility bills, buy tickets and pay for services. They can send money to a relative in a remote village without spending two days getting there and back by bus. The system has huge implications for the developing world. When American techies Ben Lyon and Dylan Higgins got together in a Seattle basement just over two years ago to sketch out their idea for a joint mobile money app and software business, they didn't move to the Silicon Valley. Instead, they came to Nairobi and launched a mobile money software firm, Kopo Kopo. "Mobile money is the payment system of the emerging market," Lyon said. "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create a billion-dollar business in an emerging market." Ndemo gets to work at 6:30 a.m., is in his office until 11 p.m. and sends out emails into the early hours of the morning. Unlike many Kenyan bureaucrats and politicians, he's accessible, he attends weekend meetings, and he deplores wasted time. He grew up in the remote Kisii district in southwestern Kenya, a son of a man with five wives and 40 children. His mother, the last wife, had nine children. When Ndemo was 7, his father died, triggering a bitter battle to seize his mother's land. "My mother was constantly under threat that they would kick her out and take the land," he said. "Sometimes we actually had to leave school to be at home to make sure that wasn't happening." There was not enough money for more than one child's high school fees at a time, so he kept repeating his final year of primary school, he says, waiting for his turn. Then when he graduated with good enough marks for university admission, he had to wait while younger siblings had their turns at high school. Taking a low-level clerk job at the Kenya state power company, he scraped up $3,000, enough to travel to the United States. When he wasn't in class studying finance at the University of Minnesota, he cleaned bathrooms, washed dishes, drove trucks and delivered pizzas. One job in 1989 involved cleaning a sports arena. The stadium owner introduced him to a friend who was chief executive of a medical technology company. Ndemo was hired as a financial systems analyst. After returning to Kenya in 1993, he got a job at the University of Nairobi, helping computerize its systems and those of other government departments. His work in the president's office led to his appointment as director of the Ministry of Information in 2005. Despite Kenya's recent tech advances, there are doubters. Ndemo says he's even received death threats from those opposed to his efforts to make the government more accountable online. "We are getting a lot of criticism that nobody's going to use it, that this is silly," Ndemo said. But he's convinced that education, agricultural development, commerce and opportunity will explode when everyone's online. When IBM set up its first African research lab in August, it selected Nairobi as its base, just as Google chose Kenya for its first African operation in 2007. And when Nokia judged its 2010 global tech inventions contest, it was a Kenyan, John Waibochi, who took the million-dollar prize for his mobile phone system, Virtual City, that automates small businesses' supply, distribution, inventory, cashless sales and receipts. A group of Kenyans is putting together a Nairobi supercomputer cluster, among them the influential Hersman, who was raised in Sudan and Kenya, and whose Twitter handle is @whiteafrican. Hersman, who splits his time between Kenya and the United States, and others recently launched a Nairobi-based venture capital fund, the Savannah Fund, to help promising tech start-ups relevant to Africa. There's a vitality about Kenyan start-ups, grappling with the life-and-death problems of the developing world, that gives them an edge somehow lacking in Western apps designed to, say, find a parking space, or play a game, or shop or wake up on time. More start-ups are brewing in iHub, a meeting place on Ngong Road where developers and designers brainstorm. IHub manager Tosh Juma, 26, a hip young Kenyan, isn't the kind of person you would expect to hear praising anyone in government. "The Ministry [of Information and Communications Technology] is supportive and they recognize what we do," he said. Kenyans go to the polls next year and, given the influential enemies he has made, there's no guarantee that Ndemo will keep his post. But he says that even if he's not in government, he has plenty to do, like spreading the IT revolution across Africa. "People see the benefits of liberalization," he said. "Other countries will see what we have done and will want to do it the Kenyan way." -- robyn.dixon(a)latimes.com PHOTO: A YOUNG MAN SURFS THE INTERNET at a Nairobi cyber cafe over the summer. "We are in that phase where ... people, normal citizens, are really embracing change," says Erik Hersman, co-founder of Kenya's best-known technology hub.;PHOTOGRAPHER:Tony Karumba AFP/Getty Images;PHOTO: NEARLY 90% of the population has access to cellphones, the Government Communications Commission of Kenya says.;PHOTOGRAPHER:Simon Maina AFP/Getty Images;PHOTO: A CYBER CAFE beckons Kenyans in Nairobi. There are more than 12 million Internet users in this East African country of 40 million.;PHOTOGRAPHER:Tony Karumba AFP/Getty Images Tribune Publishing Company Document LATM000020121115e8bf00018

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Kenya open data initiative has hit a dead end, says PS
by S.M. Muraya 16 Nov '12

16 Nov '12

<BudgetTo> Convert data (formats) into reports that are easily accessible by relevant parties in the organization, after people realize how difficult nut necessary it is to consolidate (for analysis) information in 4 or 5 different systems used within... </BudgetTo> http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Open+data+initiative+has+hit+a+dead+e… By CHARLES WOKABI cwokabi(a)ke.nationmedia.com Posted Saturday, November 10 2012 at 17:35 IN SUMMARY - The Kenya open data initiative was officially launched in July last year by President Kibaki, with the aim of putting Kenya among the first Third World countries to make government information freely available to its citizens in a single portal - At its inception, the open data initiative was expected to set off a spirited boom in application development, but according to Information and Communications permanent secretary Dr Bitange Ndemo, only a few more of 50 new applications have come up based on the initiative - Dr Ndemo told the *Sunday Nation* that the ministry was getting frustrated because of the low amount of data supplied by organisations

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Re: [kictanet] How Cloud Technology helped Obama win
by Gabe Shompole 16 Nov '12

16 Nov '12

Interesting how Big Data Analytics plus Scale up, Scale out Cloud Computing can be used to harness tons of information and make it useful. In this case, "the billion dollar election" Could we see the same happen in Kenya with the Open Data Project or future elections? http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2012/11/aws-in-action-behind-the-scenes-of-a-pre… http://m.npr.org/news/Politics/164979755 Gabe Shompole VCP, CCNP, MCTS, MCP, NCDA, NCIE, BCFA | Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Founder | Kentelcom IT Infrastructure Consulting | Phone +1-678-905-0522 | www.kenyacloud.blogspot.com<http://www.kenyacloud.blogspot.com> The content of this e-mail from Kentelcom (including any attachments) is strictly confidential and may be commercially sensitive. If you are not, or believe that you may not be, the intended recipient, please advise the sender immediately by returning the e-mail, deleting it and destroying any copies. This Email has also been Scanned for Viruses by MailScanner and is believed to be clean. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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by sylvia machini 16 Nov '12

16 Nov '12

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Interesting Story on Kenya, MOIC. Kudos Dr Ndemo & team!
by Gideon 16 Nov '12

16 Nov '12

++1 Walu, Congratulation to Dr. Ndemo for leading from the front . He is a good example to emulate. Gideon Rop DotConnectAfrica. On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 11:11 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: Interesting Story on Kenya, MOIC. Kudos Dr Ndemo & team! > (Walubengo J) > 2. Re: Interesting Story on Kenya, MOIC. Kudos Dr Ndemo & team! > (Grace Githaiga) > 3. Re: Interesting Story on Kenya, MOIC. Kudos Dr Ndemo & team! > (Ali Hussein) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:22:04 -0800 (PST) > From: Walubengo J <jwalu(a)yahoo.com> > To: Mugo Kibati <mugo(a)vision2030.go.ke> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Interesting Story on Kenya, MOIC. Kudos Dr > Ndemo & team! > Message-ID: > <1353046924.48369.YahooMailNeo(a)web160603.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > +1 > > its always better to acknowledge the heroes while they are still alive. > saying it the african way - when they are six feet under - rarely helps :-) > > walu. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mugo Kibati <mugo(a)vision2030.go.ke> > To: jwalu(a)yahoo.com > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 5:13 PM > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Interesting Story on Kenya, MOIC. Kudos Dr Ndemo & > team! > > Great stuff! > > Sent from my iPad > > On 15 Nov 2012, at 17:09, Marie-Ann Kinyanjui <MARIEKIN(a)ke.ibm.com> wrote: > > > or > > _______________________________________________ > 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. >

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Of Dr. Ndemo and humor.
by Paul Roy 16 Nov '12

16 Nov '12

I was at the launch of Windows 8 yesterday and got my ribs aching from Dr. Ndemo's humor. Well delivered speech and great policies. BTW I work with Microsoft and next to me was my colleague from South Africa and couldn't stop to notice as he marveled when Dr. Ndemo mentioned the availability of 100Mbps in a middle of nowhere in this country after elections and Kenya being the only country in Africa to have open data. Once again thank you for getting this country at the top in ICT infrastructure and innovation in Africa. -- "Change is slow and gradual. It requires hardwork, a bit of luck, a fair amount of self-sacrifice and a lot of patience." Paul Roy.

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Re: [kictanet] Interesting Story on Kenya, MOIC. Kudos Dr Ndemo & team!
by Charlesnduati2002 16 Nov '12

16 Nov '12

hi listers, i am sure anybody who has interacted with daktari ndemo know that he is truely a status quo challenger this is the same staff all icons are made off. keep going daktari charles Sent from Samsung Mobile Edith Adera <eadera(a)idrc.or.ke> wrote: Great Story! I've always told Ndemo to stand for President...we will raise campaign funds bottom-up the Obama way! ________________________________________ From: kictanet [kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.or.ke(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Marie-Ann Kinyanjui [MARIEKIN(a)ke.ibm.com] Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 5:09 PM To: Edith Adera Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: [kictanet] Interesting Story on Kenya, MOIC. Kudos Dr Ndemo & team! http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-kenya-tech-20121115,0,4… [cid:_1_0A095A8C0A09559C004DBFED43257AB7] Main News; Foreign Desk COLUMN ONE; A Kenyan cyber-revolutionary; Official cultivates a 'Silicon Savannah' that even offers an iCow app Robyn Dixon 15 November 2012 NAIROBI, KENYA Along Nairobi's dusty Ngong Road, so many start-up incubators and IT labs have popped up that the busy neighborhood has been nicknamed "Silicon Savannah." Techies, geeks and innovators race one another to come up with the next big thing. They rush from meeting to meeting, work late, skip weekends. Every other day there's a pitch night for tech start-ups, a creative Web workshop, or a meeting of mobile app developers. The result is a surge in innovative Kenyan apps, most designed to work with the not-so-smart phones most Kenyans can afford. There's iCow, a virtual veterinary advice service that coaches small farmers on how to tend their dairy herds, avoid illness and improve production. And mFarm, which helps small farmers determine the right price for their produce, find buyers and sell it. And Huduma, which allows people to report and map government service failures such as water cutoffs and potholes, and track how long it takes to fix the problem. Why is this happening in Kenya? People here have two words: Bitange Ndemo. In his youth, Ndemo gave up on his country and went to study in America. Kenya was too corrupt, too undisciplined to make it, he thought. The contrast with America seemed stark. Now Ndemo, the 52-year-old head of the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology, is at the heart of Kenya's startling IT revolution. In a region where bureaucrats often do more to constrain change than to encourage it, IT leaders here speak of Ndemo in reverential tones. Erik Hersman, co-founder of Kenya's best-known technology hub and the son of American missionaries, says the nation's expansion in IT couldn't have happened without Ndemo. "We are in that phase where the government is fully onboard with the tech revolution that is happening, but also the people, normal citizens, are really embracing change," Hersman said. "I have to give it to [Ndemo]. That guy, over the past five years has really pushed things along, and other people -- regulatory bodies and the government itself -- have seen this and gone with him on it." In 2006, a year after he became the director of the information ministry, Ndemo tired of the endless delays as 23 African countries bickered over plans for a joint fiber-optic cable for high-speed Internet. Instead, he linked up with one from the United Arab Emirates. When the cable was switched on in 2009, Ndemo made sure universities got unlimited Internet capacity. He pressed the government to put money into IT research and start-up incubators. He persuaded the president to make all unclassified Kenyan government data open source -- available to anyone online -- a move nothing short of revolutionary on a continent where reflexive secrecy is the rule. Part of Kenya's advantage in the world of African IT is its good education system, with results in literacy, science and mathematics far outshining its main rival in the field, South Africa. But leaders in Kenya's IT community say the government also got some other important things right, including subsidizing Internet access. From fewer than 2 million Internet users five years ago, now there are more than 12 million in this East African country of 40 million people. Nearly 90% of the population has access to cellphones, according to the Government Communications Commission of Kenya. Kenya is the undisputed world leader in mobile money (bankless transactions via cellphones), a development introduced in 2007 by cellphone operator Safaricom, which now handles more than half the world's mobile money transfers. As Kenyans leapfrogged from no bank accounts or Internet into cellphones and mobile money, the transfers took off. Mobile money users can pay school fees, buy items in shops, pay utility bills, buy tickets and pay for services. They can send money to a relative in a remote village without spending two days getting there and back by bus. The system has huge implications for the developing world. When American techies Ben Lyon and Dylan Higgins got together in a Seattle basement just over two years ago to sketch out their idea for a joint mobile money app and software business, they didn't move to the Silicon Valley. Instead, they came to Nairobi and launched a mobile money software firm, Kopo Kopo. "Mobile money is the payment system of the emerging market," Lyon said. "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create a billion-dollar business in an emerging market." Ndemo gets to work at 6:30 a.m., is in his office until 11 p.m. and sends out emails into the early hours of the morning. Unlike many Kenyan bureaucrats and politicians, he's accessible, he attends weekend meetings, and he deplores wasted time. He grew up in the remote Kisii district in southwestern Kenya, a son of a man with five wives and 40 children. His mother, the last wife, had nine children. When Ndemo was 7, his father died, triggering a bitter battle to seize his mother's land. "My mother was constantly under threat that they would kick her out and take the land," he said. "Sometimes we actually had to leave school to be at home to make sure that wasn't happening." There was not enough money for more than one child's high school fees at a time, so he kept repeating his final year of primary school, he says, waiting for his turn. Then when he graduated with good enough marks for university admission, he had to wait while younger siblings had their turns at high school. Taking a low-level clerk job at the Kenya state power company, he scraped up $3,000, enough to travel to the United States. When he wasn't in class studying finance at the University of Minnesota, he cleaned bathrooms, washed dishes, drove trucks and delivered pizzas. One job in 1989 involved cleaning a sports arena. The stadium owner introduced him to a friend who was chief executive of a medical technology company. Ndemo was hired as a financial systems analyst. After returning to Kenya in 1993, he got a job at the University of Nairobi, helping computerize its systems and those of other government departments. His work in the president's office led to his appointment as director of the Ministry of Information in 2005. Despite Kenya's recent tech advances, there are doubters. Ndemo says he's even received death threats from those opposed to his efforts to make the government more accountable online. "We are getting a lot of criticism that nobody's going to use it, that this is silly," Ndemo said. But he's convinced that education, agricultural development, commerce and opportunity will explode when everyone's online. When IBM set up its first African research lab in August, it selected Nairobi as its base, just as Google chose Kenya for its first African operation in 2007. And when Nokia judged its 2010 global tech inventions contest, it was a Kenyan, John Waibochi, who took the million-dollar prize for his mobile phone system, Virtual City, that automates small businesses' supply, distribution, inventory, cashless sales and receipts. A group of Kenyans is putting together a Nairobi supercomputer cluster, among them the influential Hersman, who was raised in Sudan and Kenya, and whose Twitter handle is @whiteafrican. Hersman, who splits his time between Kenya and the United States, and others recently launched a Nairobi-based venture capital fund, the Savannah Fund, to help promising tech start-ups relevant to Africa. There's a vitality about Kenyan start-ups, grappling with the life-and-death problems of the developing world, that gives them an edge somehow lacking in Western apps designed to, say, find a parking space, or play a game, or shop or wake up on time. More start-ups are brewing in iHub, a meeting place on Ngong Road where developers and designers brainstorm. IHub manager Tosh Juma, 26, a hip young Kenyan, isn't the kind of person you would expect to hear praising anyone in government. "The Ministry [of Information and Communications Technology] is supportive and they recognize what we do," he said. Kenyans go to the polls next year and, given the influential enemies he has made, there's no guarantee that Ndemo will keep his post. But he says that even if he's not in government, he has plenty to do, like spreading the IT revolution across Africa. "People see the benefits of liberalization," he said. "Other countries will see what we have done and will want to do it the Kenyan way." -- robyn.dixon(a)latimes.com PHOTO: A YOUNG MAN SURFS THE INTERNET at a Nairobi cyber cafe over the summer. "We are in that phase where ... people, normal citizens, are really embracing change," says Erik Hersman, co-founder of Kenya's best-known technology hub.;PHOTOGRAPHER:Tony Karumba AFP/Getty Images;PHOTO: NEARLY 90% of the population has access to cellphones, the Government Communications Commission of Kenya says.;PHOTOGRAPHER:Simon Maina AFP/Getty Images;PHOTO: A CYBER CAFE beckons Kenyans in Nairobi. There are more than 12 million Internet users in this East African country of 40 million.;PHOTOGRAPHER:Tony Karumba AFP/Getty Images Tribune Publishing Company Document LATM000020121115e8bf00018 _______________________________________________ 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/charlesnduati2002%40y… 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. 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Stakeholders meeting on WCIT-12
by Wambua, Christopher 14 Nov '12

14 Nov '12

Listers I wish to remind those who have expressed interest in participating in the stakeholders meeting scheduled for tomorrow that the programme kicks off at 830a.m. The venue of the meeting is Laico Regency Hotel in Nairobi. Participants are encouraged to come with laptops or iPads as the meeting will be paperless. See you there. Christopher Wambua Manager/Communications Consumer and Public Affairs Division Communications Commission of Kenya P.O. Box 14448, NAIROBI 00800 KENYA

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JKUAT
by S.M. Muraya 14 Nov '12

14 Nov '12

Interesting story about the founding of JKUAT... http://www.thetrumpet.com/article/10046.19.0.0/society/education/herbert-w-…

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Keeping the internet open
by alice＠apc.org 14 Nov '12

14 Nov '12

Recalling strong support to keep the internet open during our WCIT discussions yesterday, here are some Interesting reports. Best Alice Mckinsey, Sizing the Internet Economy in Emerging Markets: http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/mgi/in_the_news/sizing_the_internet_econom… Google Africa market insights: http://google-africa.blogspot.de/2012/04/insights-into-internet-in-africa.h… Internet Matters report for South Africa: highlighting economic impact of the internet in South Africa and can be used to extrapolate potential in the rest of Africa: http://www.internetmatters.co.za/2.

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First National Study of Internet Governance Arrangements in Kenya Detailed in New Internet Society Report
by Barrack Otieno 13 Nov '12

13 Nov '12

Listers, http://www.internetsociety.org/news/first-national-study-internet-governanc… Best Regards -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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FW: Where the Internet lives ...
by John Matogo 13 Nov '12

13 Nov '12

Dear colleagues. An interesting look at Google data Centres around the world. Breathtaking!! Check it out http://www.google.com/about/datacenters/gallery/#/ -- 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 Email: jmatogo(a)strathmore.edu 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.

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Stay in the Loop with Voices of Africa
by Voices of Africa Foundation 13 Nov '12

13 Nov '12

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Support for CS to engage with WCIT and ITRs
by Alice Munyua 12 Nov '12

12 Nov '12

Dear Civil Society colleagues, Those following/engaging with WIT and ITR related issues please see below a call for proposals for ITU-related micro-grants by Mozilla to engage and participate at the upcoming WCIT in December 2012. best Alice ------------------------ *_Open Internet Microgrants to Support Civil Society Engagement with the ITU_* On December 3rd, the world's governments will begin a ten-day meeting in Dubai to update a key treaty of a UN agency called the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Some proposed changes to that treaty could threaten Internet openness and innovation, increase access costs, and erode human rights online. We are urgently calling for projects that will help give civil society organizations that support an open Internet a stronger voice before and during that key meeting, the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT). *What We Want to Support* * Efforts to engage with your government in the lead up to the WCIT meeting. * Costs for civil society representatives to participate at WCIT in Dubai, provided you are already a part of your country's delegation or have otherwise demonstrated commitment and expertise in this area. * Provision of basic technical infrastructure and tools that let civil society representatives on the ground in Dubai coordinate and communicate with each other, their home organizations, and the media. *The Details* * The call for proposal opens up on Nov. 12 and closes at 12 AM GMT Nov. 15 (i.e., midnight the night of the 14th). * This is a micro grant fund. There is a total of $10,000 available. Ideally, we will be supporting 8-10 projects from that amount. That means your grant will be approximately $1,000. * You need to be able to receive a wire transfer to a bank account. It can be your personal bank account. Individuals can apply. * We will contact you if we have any questions or to award you the grant. If you have not heard from us by November 16, we will have chosen not to provide support to your project. * Once a decision has been made, you will receive a letter from us summarizing the project you've proposed and agreeing to provide you the funds. * When the project is done, you will need to provide us a letter telling us what happened, how it went, and what you think you accomplished. *The Criteria* We will give preference to proposals that: * Ideally, show 1:1 matching support * Demonstrate your capacity to effect positive change * Facilitate regionally diverse participation in the WCIT * Can be implemented quickly *What We Need to Know* Send an e-mail to apply(a)mozillafoundation.org with the following information. If you are applying for travel support, be sure to tell us whether or not you are already included in your country's delegation. * Name: * E-mail: * Organization (if applicable): * Country: * URL (if applicable): * Project Title: * What are you going to do? * Why are you the one to do it? * How will you spend the money? --

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Net Neutrality - A Perspective as a Precursor to tomorrow's WCIT Discussions
by Ali Hussein 12 Nov '12

12 Nov '12

Listers As a followup to my posting on *Africa (and Kenya's?) Position to WCIT, Dubai, *I thought I would pen some thoughts on Net Neutrality as a way to get our minds thinking ahead of tomorrow morning's Stakeholders Meeting on WCIT-12 at the Grand Regency. According to Wikipedia:- *Network neutrality* (also *net neutrality*, *Internet neutrality*) is a principle <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle> that advocates government regulation of Internet service providers<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_service_provider> ,[1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality#cite_note-Information_Week-1> preventing ISPs from restricting consumers' access to networks that participate in the Internet <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet>. Specifically, network neutrality would prevent restrictions on content, sites, platforms, types of equipment that may be attached, and modes of communication. Network owners can't interfere with content, applications, services, and devices of users' choice and remains open to all users and uses. Since the early 2000s, advocates of net neutrality and associated rules have raised concerns about the ability of broadband providers to use their last mile <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_mile> infrastructure to block Internet applications and content (e.g. websites, services, and protocols), and even block out competitors. (The term "net neutrality" didn't come into popular use until several years later, however.) The possibility of regulations designed to mandate the neutrality of the Internet has been subject to fierce debate, especially in the United States. Neutrality proponents claim that telecom companies seek to impose a tiered service <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiered_service> model in order to control the pipeline and thereby remove competition, create artificial scarcity <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_scarcity>, and oblige subscribers to buy their otherwise uncompetitive services. Many believe net neutrality to be primarily important as a preservation of current freedoms. [5] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality#cite_note-no-tolls-5> Vinton Cerf <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinton_Cerf>, considered a "father of the Internet" and co-inventor of the Internet Protocol, Tim Berners-Lee<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee>, creator of the Web, and many others have spoken out in favor of network neutrality. Opponents of net neutrality claim that broadband service providers have no plans to block content or degrade network performance.[8]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality#cite_note-books.google.com-8> Despite this claim, there has been a single case where an Internet service provider, Comcast, intentionally slowed peer-to-peer<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer> (P2P) communications.[9]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality#cite_note-9> Still other companies have begun to use deep packet inspection<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_packet_inspection> to discriminate against P2P, FTP, and online games, instituting a cell-phone style billing system of overages<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellphone_overage_charges>, free-to-telecom "value added" services, and bundling.[10]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality#cite_note-10> Critics of net neutrality also argue that data discrimination<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_discrimination> of some kinds, particularly to guarantee quality of service<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_of_service>, is not problematic, but is actually highly desirable. Bob Kahn<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Kahn>, co-inventor of the Internet Protocol, has called the term net neutrality a "slogan" and states that he opposes establishing it, but he admits that he is against the fragmentation of the net whenever this becomes excluding to other participants.[11]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality#cite_note-kahn-vid-11> Opponents of net neutrality regulation also argue that the best solution to discrimination by broadband providers is to encourage greater competition among such providers, which is currently limited in many areas.[12]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality#cite_note-podhoretz-post-12> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality So what does the Africa Position on ITRs (International Telecommunications Regulations) mean to us? >From the proposal one can deduce that we now intend to turn around Net Neutrality on its head and give ISPs/Telcos a legal standing to charge content providers and application service providers for the privilege of their customers to access any website. What would be the effect of this? As I said in my earlier posting the principle around this is flawed. Why? Because this opens up the opportunity for discrimination and anti-competitive tendencies. We are aware now that some Telcos and ISPs are moving into Content Provision through the Triple Play Mantra (TV, Phone and Internet). What is to stop discrimination in the guise of competition? We must be careful that we do not put a regulator's stamp in a competitiveness environment in favor of one player /industry against another. Nation, Standard, Citizen, Iqra, Google, CIO East Africa, Ma3Racer, Pesapal, Facebook, Twitter etc will all then be bundled together and the prerogative of the ISP/Telco will be what rules and NOT Market Conditions. I have argued before about the ISP/Telco space and whether the current scenario calls for a re-thinking of the business as usual model. There seems to be a tacit agreement that something is amiss where some players (the majority it seems) seem to be bleeding red ink. I cannot presume to be an expert in this space but could the logical step be one of sharing infrastructure to reduce Capex as opposed to everyone running around digging up the whole country in an 'arms race'? Is this an area where the regulator can assist? There is a legend around how Dr.Ndemo (Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information & Communication) managed to get the first undersea cable landed in Nairobi despite industry not pulling in the same direction (I don't know how true or false this is but the fact that it is being bandied around is in itself a red flag). I suggested possibly that the industry may want to embrace the Principles of 'Frenemy'? Let's ensure we maintain the current status quo that has enabled innovation and entreprenuership in the ICT Sector to blossom. The current discourse about whether 'Silicon Savannah' needs to grow up and move towards creating viable and sustainable businesses is what we should discuss NOT seek to change the very environment that made this possible. My two cents (with a bull-dog mentality) :-) Ali Hussein PS. It would be interesting to know the position of KICT Board, KITOS, iHub, Nailab (and other hubs), TESPOK etc. On Nov 9, 2012, at 3:27 PM, "Wambua, Christopher" <Wambua(a)cck.go.ke> wrote: Ali**** ** ** Thanks for submitting substantive comments on the African Common Proposals on the ITRs. **** ** ** I wish to invite you to the Stakeholders Meeting on WCIT-12 scheduled for Tuesday 13th November 2012 at the Laico Regency Hotel starting from 9.00a.m. Your input together with others that have been raised to date shall be addressed during the said stakeholders meeting. **** ** ** Listers wishing to participate in the meeting are requested to send their confirmations to Mary Kioko through kioko(a)cck.go.ke as soon as possible.**** ** ** Best regards,**** ** ** *Christopher Wambua* *Manager/Communications* *Consumer and Public Affairs Division * *Communications Commission of Kenya* *P.O. Box 14448, NAIROBI 00800* *KENYA* ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** *From:* kictanet [ mailto:kictanet-bounces+wambua=cck.go.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke<kictanet-bounces+wambua=cck.go.ke(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke>] *On Behalf Of *Ali Hussein *Sent:* Friday, November 09, 2012 9:28 AM *To:* Wambua, Christopher *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions *Subject:* [kictanet] Africa (and Kenya's?) Position to WCIT, Dubai**** ** ** Listers**** ** ** I have serious misgivings about the Africa Position to WCIT as presented by CCK. **** ** ** I will highlight the main & pertinent proposed changes. There are good clauses within the proposal that are pertinent and in line with current trends. For example:-**** ** ** *38A 4.3A Members States shall ensure transparency of end-user prices and the provision of clear information on how to access the services and the prices thereof, in particular to avoid unreasonable or surprising bills for international services (e.g. mobile roaming and data roaming), and shall ensure that Operating Agencies take the necessary measures to fulfill these requirements.***** *Reasons: This provision considers the users' right to have transparent information on the international charges, bearing in mind the current excessive data charges for roaming users.***** * * *My Comments***** *This deals with consumer protection and it is high time that it becomes an issue of international concern.* * * *54A 6.5A* *Member states shall ensure that each party in a negotiation or agreement related to or arising out of international connectivity matters, will have access to alternative dispute resolution mechanisms and will have recourse to the relevant regulatory or competition authorities of the other party's state.* * * *Reasons: To provide for alternative dispute resolution and other mechanisms, to preserve the interests of Member States and avoid abuse on their small market power operators.* * * *My Comments*** *Commendable as this sets clear guidelines on dispute resolution and possibly can guide against monopolistic behavior from dominant players.* * * *Environmental Issues* *Reasons: To address the importance of the issue of saving the environment. ADD AFCP/xyzA1/89* *57B 8A.1 Member States shall cooperate to encourage operating agencies and industry to adopt energy efficiency international standards and best practices, including disclosure and labeling schemes, so as to reduce energy consumption of communications facilities and installations.* *Reasons: To request Member States to cooperate to encourage taking measures to reduce energy consumption.* *57C 8A.2 Member States shall cooperate to encourage operating agencies and the industry to take-back schemes and recycling management facilities to reduce e-waste resulting from communications facilities and installations, [and to avoid causing harm to other Member States from such e-waste.] | [and to ensure that such practices does not cause harm to other Member States.]* *Reasons: To request Member States to cooperate to encourage operating agencies and the industry to consider avoid causing harm to other Member States as a result of e-waste and should address also not causing harm due to disposal of e-waste.* * * *My Comments*** *Commendable as these are in line with the current popular discourse on environmental issues.* * * *The next three clauses leave me cold as they:-* **** 1. Propose to redefine Telecommunication regulation to include content developers and providers**** **** 2. Redefine the rules of engagement in Commercial Negotiations and Contracts as this seems to allude that regulators can compel parties in the content development and distribution space to sign revenue share agreements with Service Providers in the Telco sector**** **** I would like CCK to please clarify these clauses below and to please clear the air if what I have said above and below is inaccurate. **** **** *ADD AFCP/xyzA1/63***** *41K 6.0.4 Member States shall take measures to ensure that fair compensation is received for carried traffic (e.g. interconnection or termination).* * * *Reasons: promotes to a more sustainable model for the international telecommunications ecosystem. Huge investments are needed to respond to the dramatic traffic growth, this should not be generated mainly and from the general user side, but from fair and innovative commercial agreements between infrastructure operators and telecommunications applications providers* * * *My Comments*** *This seems to allude to the issue of Telecommunications Applications Providers (TAPs). What I found interesting is that the definition of TAPs has not been defined in the document. Or did I miss it? So, if I'm to let my imagination go I would assume that TAPs here alludes to platform Providers, developers and owners (read: Facebook, Google, The different Ad Networks, Media Houses, gaming developers like Ma3Racer, ihub, ilab mlab developers and my nephew who is just about to launch the next Facebook etc). * * * *Who is to define this 'fair compensation'? is it the purview of the regulator to purport to define this? This I believe goes beyond the issue of Telecommunications Regulation and starts to touch on the issue of how free markets operate. We are treading on very thin ice here..* * * *41L 6.0.5 Member States shall ensure that their regulatory frameworks drive the Operating Agencies to establish mutual commercial agreements with providers of international communication applications and services in alignment with principles of fair competition, innovation, adequate quality of service and security.* *Reasons: To foster increase in the customer base and enhancement in the quality of experience (QoE), by offering more choices and more confidence in those offerings.* * * *My Comments*** *.....drive the Operating Agencies (defined in the document as **Any individual, company, corporation or governmental agency which operates a telecommunication installation intended for an international telecommunication service or capable of causing harmful interference with such a service.) **to establish mutual commercial agreements with providers of international communication applications and services in alignment with principles of fair competition, innovation, adequate quality of service and security.* * * *What does this really mean really? Is the state now going to purport to 'coerce' or compel commercial enterprises to enter into commercial agreements? My earlier comments also apply.* * * *41M 6.0.6 The Member States shall take measures to ensure that Operating Agencies have the right to charge providers of international communication applications and services appropriate access charges based on the agreed quality of service.* *Reasons: To balance the revenues across the ecosystem, thus avail revenues for operating agencies to invest in high bandwidth international infrastructures, which will benefit the end users and provide them with innovative services, while lowering ultimately their connectivity charges.* * * *My Comments*** *Is the state now abrogating to itself the right to tell content providers to pay (to Telcos) for people to access their platforms and websites? I'm well aware this is primarily targeted to the big boys - Facebook, Google, the big global media houses etc. however, who is to stop the telco or ISP in Mongolia or Thailand where Ma3Racer (a Kenyan popular gaming platform that has most of its users in Asia) from blocking it and asking it for access fees? *** * * *Correct me if I'm wrong, aren't these content providers already paying for hosting anyway? What really is going on here? *** * * *Contrary to what this Africa Proposal purports to do 'benefit the end users and provide them with innovative services, while lowering ultimately their connectivity charges' my humble opinion is that it will have the long term effect of killing innovation and the openness of the Internet which has basically been responsible for a lot of the innovations that we are currently seeing in this space.*** * * *Overall I believe that these proposals are misinformed and look suspiciously similar to the ETNO Proposals:-*** * * http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number10.19/wcit-etno-proposals-not-so-bad** ** *Dear all, I propose that we agree on a high level principle on how we propose this country to move where the ITRs are involved (the lawyers can then draft it in legalese). We in Kenya are at the forefront of ICT innovation in Africa and indeed in the world. It would be a shame to be seen by the rest of the world as traitors to the principals that made this possible. And I believe that the Africa Position is exactly that..*** * * *I know that this posting may make a number of constituents unhappy but I urge all of us to put the country first.. *** ** ** Ali Hussein**** CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd**** Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd**** ** ** +254 773/713 601113**** ** ** Sent from my iPad****

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Vodafone takes home Sh1bn of M-Pesa revenue
by Grace Githaiga 10 Nov '12

10 Nov '12

IN SUMMARYAt the board level, the number of Vodafone representatives has increased from three in 2008 when it had Michael Joseph as CEO and directors Collymore and Gavin Darby, to five, giving the UK firm a critical muscle in Safaricom.The government has three seats in the board represented by Esther Koimett (the Investment Secretary at Treasury), Susan Mudhune and Nicholas Nganga (chairman).Vodafone is represented by Mr Collymore, Timothy Harrabin, Karen Witts, Nicholas Read and former Safaricom CEO Michael Joseph, currently director of mobile money at Vodafone.http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate+News/Vodafone+takes+h…

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EAIGF Report
by Grace Githaiga 09 Nov '12

09 Nov '12

ListersPlease find attached the EAIGF report. Have a great weekend.RgdsGG

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Africa (and Kenya's?) Position to WCIT, Dubai
by Ali Hussein 09 Nov '12

09 Nov '12

Listers I have serious misgivings about the Africa Position to WCIT as presented by CCK. I will highlight the main & pertinent proposed changes. There are good clauses within the proposal that are pertinent and in line with current trends. For example:- 38A 4.3A Members States shall ensure transparency of end-user prices and the provision of clear information on how to access the services and the prices thereof, in particular to avoid unreasonable or surprising bills for international services (e.g. mobile roaming and data roaming), and shall ensure that Operating Agencies take the necessary measures to fulfill these requirements. Reasons: This provision considers the users' right to have transparent information on the international charges, bearing in mind the current excessive data charges for roaming users. My Comments This deals with consumer protection and it is high time that it becomes an issue of international concern. 54A 6.5A Member states shall ensure that each party in a negotiation or agreement related to or arising out of international connectivity matters, will have access to alternative dispute resolution mechanisms and will have recourse to the relevant regulatory or competition authorities of the other party's state. Reasons: To provide for alternative dispute resolution and other mechanisms, to preserve the interests of Member States and avoid abuse on their small market power operators. My Comments Commendable as this sets clear guidelines on dispute resolution and possibly can guide against monopolistic behavior from dominant players. Environmental Issues Reasons: To address the importance of the issue of saving the environment. ADD AFCP/xyzA1/89 57B 8A.1 Member States shall cooperate to encourage operating agencies and industry to adopt energy efficiency international standards and best practices, including disclosure and labeling schemes, so as to reduce energy consumption of communications facilities and installations. Reasons: To request Member States to cooperate to encourage taking measures to reduce energy consumption. 57C 8A.2 Member States shall cooperate to encourage operating agencies and the industry to take-back schemes and recycling management facilities to reduce e-waste resulting from communications facilities and installations, [and to avoid causing harm to other Member States from such e-waste.] | [and to ensure that such practices does not cause harm to other Member States.] Reasons: To request Member States to cooperate to encourage operating agencies and the industry to consider avoid causing harm to other Member States as a result of e-waste and should address also not causing harm due to disposal of e-waste. My Comments Commendable as these are in line with the current popular discourse on environmental issues. The next three clauses leave me cold as they:- 1. Propose to redefine Telecommunication regulation to include content developers and providers 2. Redefine the rules of engagement in Commercial Negotiations and Contracts as this seems to allude that regulators can compel parties in the content development and distribution space to sign revenue share agreements with Service Providers in the Telco sector I would like CCK to please clarify these clauses below and to please clear the air if what I have said above and below is inaccurate. ADD AFCP/xyzA1/63 41K 6.0.4 Member States shall take measures to ensure that fair compensation is received for carried traffic (e.g. interconnection or termination). Reasons: promotes to a more sustainable model for the international telecommunications ecosystem. Huge investments are needed to respond to the dramatic traffic growth, this should not be generated mainly and from the general user side, but from fair and innovative commercial agreements between infrastructure operators and telecommunications applications providers My Comments This seems to allude to the issue of Telecommunications Applications Providers (TAPs). What I found interesting is that the definition of TAPs has not been defined in the document. Or did I miss it? So, if I'm to let my imagination go I would assume that TAPs here alludes to platform Providers, developers and owners (read: Facebook, Google, The different Ad Networks, Media Houses, gaming developers like Ma3Racer, ihub, ilab mlab developers and my nephew who is just about to launch the next Facebook etc). Who is to define this 'fair compensation'? is it the purview of the regulator to purport to define this? This I believe goes beyond the issue of Telecommunications Regulation and starts to touch on the issue of how free markets operate. We are treading on very thin ice here.. 41L 6.0.5 Member States shall ensure that their regulatory frameworks drive the Operating Agencies to establish mutual commercial agreements with providers of international communication applications and services in alignment with principles of fair competition, innovation, adequate quality of service and security. Reasons: To foster increase in the customer base and enhancement in the quality of experience (QoE), by offering more choices and more confidence in those offerings. My Comments .....drive the Operating Agencies (defined in the document as Any individual, company, corporation or governmental agency which operates a telecommunication installation intended for an international telecommunication service or capable of causing harmful interference with such a service.) to establish mutual commercial agreements with providers of international communication applications and services in alignment with principles of fair competition, innovation, adequate quality of service and security. What does this really mean really? Is the state now going to purport to 'coerce' or compel commercial enterprises to enter into commercial agreements? My earlier comments also apply. 41M 6.0.6 The Member States shall take measures to ensure that Operating Agencies have the right to charge providers of international communication applications and services appropriate access charges based on the agreed quality of service. Reasons: To balance the revenues across the ecosystem, thus avail revenues for operating agencies to invest in high bandwidth international infrastructures, which will benefit the end users and provide them with innovative services, while lowering ultimately their connectivity charges. My Comments Is the state now abrogating to itself the right to tell content providers to pay (to Telcos) for people to access their platforms and websites? I'm well aware this is primarily targeted to the big boys - Facebook, Google, the big global media houses etc. however, who is to stop the telco or ISP in Mongolia or Thailand where Ma3Racer (a Kenyan popular gaming platform that has most of its users in Asia) from blocking it and asking it for access fees? Correct me if I'm wrong, aren't these content providers already paying for hosting anyway? What really is going on here? Contrary to what this Africa Proposal purports to do 'benefit the end users and provide them with innovative services, while lowering ultimately their connectivity charges' my humble opinion is that it will have the long term effect of killing innovation and the openness of the Internet which has basically been responsible for a lot of the innovations that we are currently seeing in this space. Overall I believe that these proposals are misinformed and look suspiciously similar to the ETNO Proposals:- http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number10.19/wcit-etno-proposals-not-so-bad Dear all, I propose that we agree on a high level principle on how we propose this country to move where the ITRs are involved (the lawyers can then draft it in legalese). We in Kenya are at the forefront of ICT innovation in Africa and indeed in the world. It would be a shame to be seen by the rest of the world as traitors to the principals that made this possible. And I believe that the Africa Position is exactly that.. I know that this posting may make a number of constituents unhappy but I urge all of us to put the country first.. Ali Hussein CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd +254 773/713 601113 Sent from my iPad

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An assessment of the Kenya Internet Governance Forum
by alice＠apc.org 09 Nov '12

09 Nov '12

Dear all, Great study of the Kenya IGF by ISOC. http://www.internetsociety.org/sites/default/files/ISOC%20study%20of%20IG%2… best Alice

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FW: Vodafone takes home Sh1bn of M-Pesa revenue
by Grace Githaiga 09 Nov '12

09 Nov '12

> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Vodafone takes home Sh1bn of M-Pesa revenue > To: ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com > From: n_macharia(a)yahoo.co.uk > Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 20:07:43 +0000 > > > To put the record straight, the gvt has four directors, Ng'ang'a, Koimett, Mudhune and Nancy Macharia. > > > Tel: +254727746156Sent from my BlackBerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com> > Sender: "kictanet" > <kictanet-bounces+n_macharia=yahoo.co.uk(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 19:33:03 > To: <n_macharia(a)yahoo.co.uk> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: [kictanet] Vodafone takes home Sh1bn of M-Pesa revenue > > _______________________________________________ > 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/n_macharia%40yahoo.co… > > 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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U.N. Must Lead Internet Regulation Effort
by Davis Onsakia 08 Nov '12

08 Nov '12

Dear listers, Found this interesting op-ed piece in the Wired by ITU Secretary General - http://www.wired.com/opinion/2012/11/head-of-itu-un-should-internet-regulat… '*This is why, at the behest of all the world’s nations, the UN must lead this effort. Otherwise, the alternative is siloed, scattered discussions – which would put a brake on expanding connectivity to the communities that need it most*.' With due respect to him, I don't agree with him on this at all. Best Regards, Davis M Onsakia "One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time."

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Fwd: How this happened (How Obama used Technology to stay ahead during the campaign)
by Ali Hussein 08 Nov '12

08 Nov '12

Listers Obama continued to stay ahead and the closeness of this election (despite the electorate college votes big margin the battle ground states were won with the slightest of margins) because of his team's sleek use of technology - especially the use of Big Data. The ability to crunch the numbers and glean nuggets of pure gold in terms of voter trends and getting out the voters to vote for him really is the biggest lesson here. In my opinion of course. Are there lessons here for our politicians? How can we engage (through proper use of technology) with all Kenyans to ensure we vote in the right leaders? Or am I being an idealist and romantic and all this is just wishful thinking? Ali Hussein CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd +254 773/713 601113 Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > From: Barack Obama <info(a)barackobama.com> > Date: November 7, 2012, 8:54:23 AM GMT+04:00 > To: <info(a)alyhussein.com> > Subject: How this happened > Reply-To: info(a)barackobama.com > > > Friend -- > > I'm about to go speak to the crowd here in Chicago, but I wanted to thank you first. > > I want you to know that this wasn't fate, and it wasn't an accident. You made this happen. > > You organized yourselves block by block. You took ownership of this campaign five and ten dollars at a time. And when it wasn't easy, you pressed forward. > > I will spend the rest of my presidency honoring your support, and doing what I can to finish what we started. > > But I want you to take real pride, as I do, in how we got the chance in the first place. > > Today is the clearest proof yet that, against the odds, ordinary Americans can overcome powerful interests. > > There's a lot more work to do. > > But for right now: Thank you. > > Barack > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > PAID FOR BY OBAMA VICTORY FUND 2012, A JOINT FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE AUTHORIZED BY OBAMA FOR AMERICA, THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE, AND THE STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTIES IN THE FOLLOWING STATES: CO, FL, IA, NV, NH, NC, OH, PA, VA, AND WI. > Contributions or gifts to Obama Victory Fund 2012 are not tax deductible. > > The first $2,500 from a contributor to Obama Victory Fund 2012 will be allocated to Obama for America, designated for the general election. The next $30,800 from a contributor will be allocated to the Democratic National Committee. Any additional amount(s) from a contributor will be divided among the State Democratic Party Committees as follows, up to $10,000 per committee and subject to the biennial aggregate limits: OH (24%), FL (15%); WI (12%); IA (10%); NV (10%); VA (9%); CO (7%); NC (7%); PA (3%); and NH (3%). A contributor may designate a contribution for a particular participant. This allocation formula may change if following it would result in an excessive contribution. Contributions will be used in connection with a Federal election, may be spent on any activities of the participants as each committee determines in its sole discretion, and will not be earmarked for any particular candidate > > This email was sent to: info(a)alyhussein.com. > If that is not your preferred email address, you can update your information here. We believe that emails are a vital way for the campaign to stay in direct contact with supporters. Click here if you'd like to unsubscribe from these messages. This campaign is a community, and all ideas are welcome. We appreciate any feedback you might have -- positive or negative. Click here to contact the campaign with any questions or concerns. >

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How this happened (How Obama used Technology to stay ahead during the campaign)
by Gideon 08 Nov '12

08 Nov '12

Thanks Andrea Bohnstedt for the piece. Gideon Rop. On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 7:33 PM, <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: Fwd: How this happened (How Obama used Technology to stay > ahead during the campaign) (Andrea Bohnstedt) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2012 19:26:44 +0300 > From: Andrea Bohnstedt <andrea.bohnstedt(a)ratio-magazine.com> > To: Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Fwd: How this happened (How Obama used > Technology to stay ahead during the campaign) > Message-ID: > <CAFaobUAkQS3URPZW1QG9hQ= > pmcC5-4FuLToiu-XpxVTw491LpA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > Here's an interesting piece on data management by the Obama campaign: > > > http://swampland.time.com/2012/11/07/inside-the-secret-world-of-quants-and-… > > On 7 November 2012 16:47, Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> wrote: > > > Kivuva > > > > I agree with you especially on issues you raised regarding volunteerism. > > However let me assure you that there was no cold calling involved. It was > > crisp, precise and to the point using technology and direct Marketing at > a > > level never seen before. The use of Big Data was as important as the legs > > on the ground. > > > > On the money issue...For sure. I agree with you. It was humongous. But if > > you put it in context politicians here are also using serious money from > a > > Kenyan context. How much of it is actually used efficiently? > > > > These are the lessons I'm talking about here... > > > > Ali Hussein > > CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd > > Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd > > > > +254 773/713 601113 > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > On Nov 7, 2012, at 4:56 PM, Kivuva <Kivuva(a)transworldafrica.com> wrote: > > > > Onchari, you think its possible to do research without money? > > > > Most the volunteers in US just knock on doors, or do cold calling to > > encourage and influence voters to vote in a certain way. > > How many Kenyans volunteer on election? We see the observers carrying > > leaves on the streets with hakiyangu! > > > > Back to the issues, to be able to map out demographics, > > voter psychology ,e.t.c., you need to spend with top-notch research and > > polling firms. Apart from adverts, that is where the $920M went for > > democrats. > > > > And the entire US elections cost Ksh0.6 trillion. That is like what KRA > > collects in a year. > > > > On 7 November 2012 15:22, Edwin Onchari <eonchari(a)lynxbits.com> wrote: > > > >> Kivuva,**** > >> > >> ** ** > >> > >> Any of them can achieve it ? They do not need billions of $$ for > >> campaigning, why? USA is 9million sqkm wide, with 52 mini countries > while > >> Kenya is a mere 500K sqkm, US population is over 300M while Kenya is > 40M, > >> costs are low in Kenya with plenty of volunteers including myself and I > >> believe millions like me. All they have to do is campaign on non > tribally > >> inclined issues and get the ?laggard? middle class involved. I envision > >> some concession speeches come March 5th 2013 from some very unlikely > >> quarters!**** > >> > >> ** ** > >> > >> Kind Regards,**** > >> > >> Edwin **** > >> > >> *From:* kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+eonchari= > >> lynxbits.com(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke] *On Behalf Of *Kivuva > >> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 07, 2012 3:03 PM > >> *To:* Edwin > >> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions > >> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Fwd: How this happened (How Obama used > >> Technology to stay ahead during the campaign)**** > >> > >> ** ** > >> > >> Lets not beat ourselves so much. Who cannot achieve that much with > >> $920,000,000 campaign budget, with thousands of UNPAID volunteers!**** > >> > >> ** ** > >> > >> On 7 November 2012 14:37, Edwin Onchari <eonchari(a)lynxbits.com> > wrote:*** > >> * > >> > >> + 1 Ali,**** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> Obama managed to precisely target each demographics with the right > >> message at the right time using the right tools**** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> In our case, however, our leaders and political parties would prefer not > >> to do that ? why? My guess would be that it will expose the fact they do > >> not stand for much other than their tribal affiliations. Media (just > like > >> you experience with CNN, NBC, FOX etc) embracing such technologies > could be > >> a starting point, although I doubt that it will happen any time > soon.**** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> The scenario is true even in private sector. I remember 5 years ago, I > >> tried to introduce the use of business intelligence tools such as data > >> mining, six sigma, business process modeling, etc to companies and > >> parastatals in Kenya and the response I got ? ?This is Kenya young man, > we > >> are making profits and therefore we do not need to do any of that?. > There > >> are enormous amounts of raw data within these organizations? ?data > banks?, > >> that if modern analytical techniques and tools were to be applied > properly, > >> could see the realization of efficiencies ranging from public sector > >> service delivery to improving private sector organizational > performance.* > >> *** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> I keep hoping non-the-less J**** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> Regards,**** > >> > >> Edwin**** > >> > >> *From:* kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+eonchari= > >> lynxbits.com(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke] *On Behalf Of *Ali Hussein > >> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 07, 2012 12:29 PM > >> *To:* Edwin > >> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions > >> *Subject:* [kictanet] Fwd: How this happened (How Obama used Technology > >> to stay ahead during the campaign)**** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> Listers**** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> Obama continued to stay ahead and the closeness of this election > (despite > >> the electorate college votes big margin the battle ground states were > won > >> with the slightest of margins) because of his team's sleek use of > >> technology - especially the use of Big Data.**** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> The ability to crunch the numbers and glean nuggets of pure gold in > terms > >> of voter trends and getting out the voters to vote for him really is the > >> biggest lesson here. In my opinion of course.**** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> Are there lessons here for our politicians? How can we engage (through > >> proper use of technology) with all Kenyans to ensure we vote in the > right > >> leaders? **** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> Or am I being an idealist and romantic and all this is just wishful > >> thinking? **** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> Ali Hussein**** > >> > >> CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd**** > >> > >> Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd**** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> +254 773/713 601113**** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> Sent from my iPad**** > >> > >> > >> Begin forwarded message:**** > >> > >> *From:* Barack Obama <info(a)barackobama.com> > >> *Date:* November 7, 2012, 8:54:23 AM GMT+04:00 > >> *To:* <info(a)alyhussein.com> > >> *Subject:* *How this happened* > >> *Reply-To:* info(a)barackobama.com**** > >> > >> Friend -- > >> > >> I'm about to go speak to the crowd here in Chicago, but I wanted to > thank > >> you first. > >> > >> I want you to know that this wasn't fate, and it wasn't an accident. You > >> made this happen. > >> > >> You organized yourselves block by block. You took ownership of this > >> campaign five and ten dollars at a time. And when it wasn't easy, you > >> pressed forward. > >> > >> I will spend the rest of my presidency honoring your support, and doing > >> what I can to finish what we started. > >> > >> But I want you to take real pride, as I do, in how we got the chance in > >> the first place. > >> > >> Today is the clearest proof yet that, against the odds, ordinary > >> Americans can overcome powerful interests. > >> > >> There's a lot more work to do. > >> > >> But for right now: Thank you. > >> > >> Barack > >> > >> **** > >> > >> [image: Image removed by sender. Donate]< > https://my.barackobama.com/page/m/55c1a59b/6c2c1b4c/2a82e8122/127f65c5/8864… > > > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> **** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> PAID FOR BY OBAMA VICTORY FUND 2012, A JOINT FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE > >> AUTHORIZED BY OBAMA FOR AMERICA, THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE, AND > THE > >> STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTIES IN THE FOLLOWING STATES: CO, FL, IA, NV, NH, > NC, > >> OH, PA, VA, AND WI.**** > >> > >> Contributions or gifts to Obama Victory Fund 2012 are not tax > deductible. > >> **** > >> > >> The first $2,500 from a contributor to Obama Victory Fund 2012 will be > >> allocated to Obama for America, designated for the general election. The > >> next $30,800 from a contributor will be allocated to the Democratic > >> National Committee. Any additional amount(s) from a contributor will be > >> divided among the State Democratic Party Committees as follows, up to > >> $10,000 per committee and subject to the biennial aggregate limits: OH > >> (24%), FL (15%); WI (12%); IA (10%); NV (10%); VA (9%); CO (7%); NC > (7%); > >> PA (3%); and NH (3%). A contributor may designate a contribution for a > >> particular participant. This allocation formula may change if following > it > >> would result in an excessive contribution. Contributions will be used in > >> connection with a Federal election, may be spent on any activities of > the > >> participants as each committee determines in its sole discretion, and > will > >> not be earmarked for any particular candidate **** > >> > >> This email was sent to: *info(a)alyhussein.com*. > >> If that is not your preferred email address, you can update your > >> information here< > https://my.barackobama.com/page/m/55c1a59b/6c2c1b4c/2a82e8122/127f65ed/8864… > >. > >> We believe that emails are a vital way for the campaign to stay in > direct > >> contact with supporters. Click here< > https://my.barackobama.com/page/m/55c1a59b/6c2c1b4c/2a82e8122/127f65e9/8864…>if > you'd like to unsubscribe from these messages. This campaign is a > >> community, and all ideas are welcome. We appreciate any feedback you > might > >> have -- positive or negative. 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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.**** > >> > >> > >> > >> **** > >> > >> ** ** > >> > >> -- > >> ______________________ > >> Mwendwa Kivuva > >> For > >> Business Development > >> Transworld Computer Channels > >> Cel: 0722402248 > >> twitter.com/lordmwesh > >> www.transworldAfrica.com | Fluent in computing > >> kenya.or.ke | The Kenya we know**** > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > ______________________ > > Mwendwa Kivuva > > For > > Business Development > > Transworld Computer Channels > > Cel: 0722402248 > > twitter.com/lordmwesh > > www.transworldAfrica.com | Fluent in computing > > kenya.or.ke | The Kenya we know > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/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. 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07 Nov '12

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Re: [kictanet] Fwd: How this happened (How Obama used Technology to stay ahead during the campaign)
by Kivuva 07 Nov '12

07 Nov '12

Onchari, you think its possible to do research without money? Most the volunteers in US just knock on doors, or do cold calling to encourage and influence voters to vote in a certain way. How many Kenyans volunteer on election? We see the observers carrying leaves on the streets with hakiyangu! Back to the issues, to be able to map out demographics, voter psychology ,e.t.c., you need to spend with top-notch research and polling firms. Apart from adverts, that is where the $920M went for democrats. And the entire US elections cost Ksh0.6 trillion. That is like what KRA collects in a year. On 7 November 2012 15:22, Edwin Onchari <eonchari(a)lynxbits.com> wrote: > Kivuva,**** > > ** ** > > Any of them can achieve it – They do not need billions of $$ for > campaigning, why? USA is 9million sqkm wide, with 52 mini countries while > Kenya is a mere 500K sqkm, US population is over 300M while Kenya is 40M, > costs are low in Kenya with plenty of volunteers including myself and I > believe millions like me. All they have to do is campaign on non tribally > inclined issues and get the “laggard’ middle class involved. I envision > some concession speeches come March 5th 2013 from some very unlikely > quarters!**** > > ** ** > > Kind Regards,**** > > Edwin **** > > *From:* kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+eonchari= > lynxbits.com(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke] *On Behalf Of *Kivuva > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 07, 2012 3:03 PM > *To:* Edwin > *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions > *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Fwd: How this happened (How Obama used > Technology to stay ahead during the campaign)**** > > ** ** > > Lets not beat ourselves so much. Who cannot achieve that much with > $920,000,000 campaign budget, with thousands of UNPAID volunteers!**** > > ** ** > > On 7 November 2012 14:37, Edwin Onchari <eonchari(a)lynxbits.com> wrote:**** > > + 1 Ali,**** > > **** > > Obama managed to precisely target each demographics with the right message > at the right time using the right tools**** > > **** > > In our case, however, our leaders and political parties would prefer not > to do that – why? My guess would be that it will expose the fact they do > not stand for much other than their tribal affiliations. Media (just like > you experience with CNN, NBC, FOX etc) embracing such technologies could be > a starting point, although I doubt that it will happen any time soon.**** > > **** > > The scenario is true even in private sector. I remember 5 years ago, I > tried to introduce the use of business intelligence tools such as data > mining, six sigma, business process modeling, etc to companies and > parastatals in Kenya and the response I got – “This is Kenya young man, we > are making profits and therefore we do not need to do any of that”. There > are enormous amounts of raw data within these organizations’ “data banks”, > that if modern analytical techniques and tools were to be applied properly, > could see the realization of efficiencies ranging from public sector > service delivery to improving private sector organizational performance.** > ** > > **** > > I keep hoping non-the-less J**** > > **** > > Regards,**** > > Edwin**** > > *From:* kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+eonchari= > lynxbits.com(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke] *On Behalf Of *Ali Hussein > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 07, 2012 12:29 PM > *To:* Edwin > *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions > *Subject:* [kictanet] Fwd: How this happened (How Obama used Technology > to stay ahead during the campaign)**** > > **** > > Listers**** > > **** > > Obama continued to stay ahead and the closeness of this election (despite > the electorate college votes big margin the battle ground states were won > with the slightest of margins) because of his team's sleek use of > technology - especially the use of Big Data.**** > > **** > > The ability to crunch the numbers and glean nuggets of pure gold in terms > of voter trends and getting out the voters to vote for him really is the > biggest lesson here. In my opinion of course.**** > > **** > > Are there lessons here for our politicians? How can we engage (through > proper use of technology) with all Kenyans to ensure we vote in the right > leaders? **** > > **** > > Or am I being an idealist and romantic and all this is just wishful > thinking? **** > > **** > > Ali Hussein**** > > CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd**** > > Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd**** > > **** > > +254 773/713 601113**** > > **** > > Sent from my iPad**** > > > Begin forwarded message:**** > > *From:* Barack Obama <info(a)barackobama.com> > *Date:* November 7, 2012, 8:54:23 AM GMT+04:00 > *To:* <info(a)alyhussein.com> > *Subject:* *How this happened* > *Reply-To:* info(a)barackobama.com**** > > Friend -- > > I'm about to go speak to the crowd here in Chicago, but I wanted to thank > you first. > > I want you to know that this wasn't fate, and it wasn't an accident. You > made this happen. > > You organized yourselves block by block. You took ownership of this > campaign five and ten dollars at a time. And when it wasn't easy, you > pressed forward. > > I will spend the rest of my presidency honoring your support, and doing > what I can to finish what we started. > > But I want you to take real pride, as I do, in how we got the chance in > the first place. > > Today is the clearest proof yet that, against the odds, ordinary Americans > can overcome powerful interests. > > There's a lot more work to do. > > But for right now: Thank you. > > Barack > > **** > > [image: Image removed by sender. Donate]<https://my.barackobama.com/page/m/55c1a59b/6c2c1b4c/2a82e8122/127f65c5/8864…> > > > > > > > > > > > > > **** > > **** > > **** > > PAID FOR BY OBAMA VICTORY FUND 2012, A JOINT FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE > AUTHORIZED BY OBAMA FOR AMERICA, THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE, AND THE > STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTIES IN THE FOLLOWING STATES: CO, FL, IA, NV, NH, NC, > OH, PA, VA, AND WI.**** > > Contributions or gifts to Obama Victory Fund 2012 are not tax deductible.* > *** > > The first $2,500 from a contributor to Obama Victory Fund 2012 will be > allocated to Obama for America, designated for the general election. The > next $30,800 from a contributor will be allocated to the Democratic > National Committee. Any additional amount(s) from a contributor will be > divided among the State Democratic Party Committees as follows, up to > $10,000 per committee and subject to the biennial aggregate limits: OH > (24%), FL (15%); WI (12%); IA (10%); NV (10%); VA (9%); CO (7%); NC (7%); > PA (3%); and NH (3%). A contributor may designate a contribution for a > particular participant. This allocation formula may change if following it > would result in an excessive contribution. Contributions will be used in > connection with a Federal election, may be spent on any activities of the > participants as each committee determines in its sole discretion, and will > not be earmarked for any particular candidate **** > > This email was sent to: *info(a)alyhussein.com*. > If that is not your preferred email address, you can update your > information here<https://my.barackobama.com/page/m/55c1a59b/6c2c1b4c/2a82e8122/127f65ed/8864…>. > We believe that emails are a vital way for the campaign to stay in direct > contact with supporters. Click here<https://my.barackobama.com/page/m/55c1a59b/6c2c1b4c/2a82e8122/127f65e9/8864…>if you'd like to unsubscribe from these messages. This campaign is a > community, and all ideas are welcome. We appreciate any feedback you might > have -- positive or negative. Click here to contact the campaign<https://my.barackobama.com/page/m/55c1a59b/6c2c1b4c/2a82e8122/127f6419/8864…>with any questions or concerns. > **** > > **** > > [image: Image removed by sender.]**** > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/kivuva%40transworldaf… > > 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.**** > > > > **** > > ** ** > > -- > ______________________ > Mwendwa Kivuva > For > Business Development > Transworld Computer Channels > Cel: 0722402248 > twitter.com/lordmwesh > www.transworldAfrica.com | Fluent in computing > kenya.or.ke | The Kenya we know**** > -- ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva For Business Development Transworld Computer Channels Cel: 0722402248 twitter.com/lordmwesh www.transworldAfrica.com | Fluent in computing kenya.or.ke | The Kenya we know

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