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CoVID 19 Advisory Committee:- Building Forward Stronger “Beyond response & recovery towards resilient collaboration.”
by Walubengo J 08 Oct '20

08 Oct '20

Listers, worth attending.. ===COVID19 pandemic has accelerated technological adoption and fundamentally transformed how we live, learn and work. These rapid changes have largely been catalyzed by the prowess of innovative young people in the continent, leveraging on their unique talents towards address the direct and indirect challenges proffered by COVID19. The Government of Kenya, in recognition of this potential, gazetted an ICT Committee on COVID19, that has in the last several months, received presentations on technologies, their potential use, challenges in their adoption and what are the potential enablers for their scale-up. One key characteristic of successful technological adoption in this period of rapid change can be attributed to multi-stakeholder collaboration and co-creation. While response to COVID19 was primarly a Government prerogative, innovators, especially within ICT, creating unique collaborations with Ministries, Departments and Agencies across the Continent to deliver digital public goods. These collaborations have re-emphasized the importance of the African Technology Ecosystem and its ability to respond to crisis. It has also affirmed the importance of building resilient technology based SMEs: through policy and regulatory enablers, capacity and finance. The Building Forward Stronger Showcase will feature some notable collaborations from South Africa, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Ghana and Namibia, with a view to provide a practical understanding on how to build resilient and mutual beneficial collaborations between multiple stakeholders.=== Flyer: Registration Link below, feel free to spread/share with your networks Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Building Forward Stronger “Beyond response & recovery towards resilient collaboration.”. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. | | | Welcome! You are invited to join a webi... |

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Article on the loopholes in investigating and adjudicating cybercrimes in Kenya
by tevin mwenda 08 Oct '20

08 Oct '20

Hi Listers, October being cyber security awareness month my friend I co-wrote an article that was published in the October issue of The Platform Magazine page 67 on the loopholes in investigating and adjudicating cybercrimes in Kenya. https://theplatform.co.ke/issue-58-october-2020/ The article explores some of the challenges that hinder successful prosecution of cyber crimes in Kenya and gives recommendations. Some of the recommendations we gave include developing public private partnerships, training of legal enforcement personnel, enhanced international cooperation and increasing awareness among the public. Happy reading. Thank you Kind Regards Tevin Mwenda Gitonga

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Africa’s Mobile Phone and Population Growth in the 21st Century
by Eric M K Osiakwan 07 Oct '20

07 Oct '20

https://blogs.harvard.edu/eric Eric here Sent from my iPad

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Fwd: Launch of the Compendium of Digital Government Initiatives in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
by Keith Andere 07 Oct '20

07 Oct '20

Listers, This may be of interest to you. The compendium lists selected initiatives according to major categories of action areas of: 1.Information sharing, 2. E-participation, 3. E-health, 4. E-business, 5. Contact tracing, 6. Social distancing and virus tracking, 7. Working and learning from home 8. Digital policy 9. Partnerships. You can access the Compendium here <http://bit.ly/EGOV_COVID19_COMP>. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Benedicte Francoise Niviere <niviere(a)un.org> Date: Wed, Oct 7, 2020 at 12:01 PM Subject: Launch of the Compendium of Digital Government Initiatives in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic To: [image: Compendium launch banner .png] <http://bit.ly/EGOV_COVID19_COMP> Dear all, The Compendium of Digital Government Initiatives in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic 2020, prepared by the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), aims to capture emerging trends in digital responses of UN Member States against the COVID-19 pandemic, and provide a preliminary analysis of their main features. These cases are shared for exchange of information so that Member States can learn from each other and possibly create new partnerships. The initiatives listed in this compendium were submitted by Member States in response to a call for inputs launched by UN DESA/DPIDG in April/May 2020. The compendium lists selected initiatives according to major categories of action areas of: 1.Information sharing, 2. E-participation, 3. E-health, 4. E-business, 5. Contact tracing, 6. Social distancing and virus tracking, 7. Working and learning from home 8. Digital policy 9. Partnerships. You can access the Compendium here <http://bit.ly/EGOV_COVID19_COMP>. Best Regards, UNPAN Team United Nations Public Administration Network | Department of Economic and Social Affairs | United Nations | Email: unpan(a)un.org | https://publicadministration.un.org | www.unpan.un.org -- Keith Andere Internet Governance | Policy | Cyber Peace & Security | Sustainable Development W: wa.me/+254722565212 <http://wa.me/254722565212> E: keith(a)auyc.org / keith.andere(a)unmgcy.org Twitter: @AndereKE Skype: Keithess LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com> [image: linkedin icon] <https://www.linkedin.com/ke/andereke> [image: twitter icon] <https://twitter.com/AndereKE> *Please consider the data privacy and confidentiality of this e-mail or it's contents.*

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Safaricom repossessing numbers (What the heck!)
by Brian Munyao Longwe 05 Oct '20

05 Oct '20

Hi folk, It's been a long time. I hope you are all well? So - mimi niko na issue. My Safaricom number 0715964281 has apparently been repossessed and sold to someone else. The other day I opened up my Safaricom app to send some m-pesa to my daughter as she transits through Nairobi from Malaysia and shock on me! It displayed the name as "Beatrice Chelangat" As many of you know - I have been "diaspora" for a good number of years (close to 9) and am currently based in Malawi. I went to the Kenyans in Malawi Whatsapp group and mentioned the issue and was told that my line is gone because I failed to top up in over 6 months. (This is very true, I think the last time I used the line was more than 8 months ago). What I find surprising is that this has never been a problem in the preceding 9+ years that I have been diaspora. My line has many times gone more than 6,7,8 months without a topup - but always "wakes up" when I load airtime. And m-pesa has always worked. What gives? I am distressed because my m-pesa, my e-Citizen, NTSA, bank accounts and many other digital assets / identity related items are linked to this number which I have had for the past 15+ years. My digital identity (and that of many others in similar predicament) is at risk. How did CA allow this kind of reappropriation to happen without an extensive process? I would expect that at a minimum - after the expiry of a period of non-use, and several alerts sent to the number Safaricom (or any other mobile operator) should publish a gazette notice listing numbers (and associated registered persons) they want to deactivate/repossess and allow a period (3 months?) for the owners to claim their number. At the end of this period then admittedly no one should complain. Otherwise as far as I am concerned I have just been the victim of a sim-cloning scam perpetrated by the same company that provides me with the telecoms service! I would like to hear what the thoughts of the many much brighter people than me on this group are.... Best regards, Mblayo

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Thank You for Attending the Talk2Facebook Webinar
by Kelvin Kariuki 01 Oct '20

01 Oct '20

Greetings Listers, We are sincerely thankful to all that managed to join the Webinar, we hope you enjoyed the conversation and learnt a lot about Facebook! I cannot overstate how diverse, well prepared, clear & concise the Facebook team was, Tunasema Asante Sana! Thank you @Mercy for coordinating a great team! Asante Walu for the great moderation that you did and moreso for ensuring we could get the most out of the webinar within the "short" 90mins that we had. We captured the questions raised by participants via the chat, we will share them with FB and incorporate them in the final report which we will share here in due course. Looking forward to the next "Talk2" series and indeed to the next "Talk2Facebook" session. Thank you for your continued engagement! Thankful, Tr. Karis

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Reminder: Talk2Facebook Webinar Starting at 3:30Pm
by Kelvin Kariuki 01 Oct '20

01 Oct '20

Dear Listers, A few slots remaining for this webinar. The attached document has the summary questions that Facebook will be responding to, during the* 90 mins* webinar, we will also pick a few questions from the floor through audio & the zoom chat feature. A final report will then be compiled after the webinar and shared on the list. Please *register* via this link in advance: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUrc--oqDspHNIAi6zOVxnx7NK9cfcy0x_v *You want to get a better grasp of Facebook?* Then join us on time for the *3:30PM* webinar! *Looking forward to seeing you!* Warm Regards, Tr. Karis & Walu <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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Talk2Facebook Webinar 30th Sept 2020
by Kelvin Kariuki 29 Sep '20

29 Sep '20

Dear Listers, Trusting you are well, *tomorrow *is the big day when we get to hear from the Facebook team about the concerns raised here last week during the Talk2Facebook series. The attached document has the summary questions that Facebook will be responding to, during the* 90 mins* webinar, we will also pick a few questions from the floor through audio & the zoom chat feature. A final report will then be compiled after the webinar and shared on the list. Please *register* via this link in advance: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUrc--oqDspHNIAi6zOVxnx7NK9cfcy0x_v *You want to get a better grasp of Facebook?* Then join us on time for the *3:30PM* webinar! *Looking forward to seeing you!* Warm Regards, Tr. Karis & Walu <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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Invitation to Talk to Facebook dissemination webinar 30th September 2020
by Mwendwa Kivuva 28 Sep '20

28 Sep '20

Greetings, The 'Talk to Facebook' session provided an avenue for us to discuss issues on Content Moderation, Data Protection, Human Rights & Transparency, and Connectivity. A report has been compiled and will be shared with Facebook during this webinar. You are invited to the Zoom meeting. When: Sep 30, 2020 03:30 PM Nairobi Register in advance for this meeting: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUrc--oqDspHNIAi6zOVxnx7NK9cfcy0x_v After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya https://www.linkedin.com/in/mwendwa-kivuva

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Is Zero-rating broken?
by Alex Comninos 28 Sep '20

28 Sep '20

Hi All, I recently just wrote about President Ramaphosa’s announcement that South Africa’s new COVID Alert contact tracing app (https://researchictafrica.net/2020/09/25/has-south-africas-covid-alert-app-… <https://researchictafrica.net/2020/09/25/has-south-africas-covid-alert-app-…>). The app is great and I gave the thumbs up in the RIA podcast on https://researchictafrica.net/2020/05/28/covid-19-contact-tracing/ <https://researchictafrica.net/2020/05/28/covid-19-contact-tracing/> Our President however said that the app had been zero-rated for download. This is as the blog post tries to prove, inaccurate and to a certain extent impossible. This is as we have encrypted connections to the Google Play and Apple Stores, operators can see we are connected to the stores, but not what apps we are downloading, so how can it be zero-rated for downloads on these stores? I am not arguing that we should somehow break encryption for zero-rating, I am rather arguing that zero-rating is an impractical system for reducing digital inequality in access to information and the use of the modern internet and apps. I would be interested to know your thoughts on the matter, and your reflections on the opportunities and challenges of zero rating in general. Take care, Alex

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