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Fwd: Apply now or share: Master in Diplomacy with IG specialisation
by Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) 02 Jul '13

02 Jul '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Tanja Nikolic <tanjan(a)diplomacy.edu> Date: 11 June 2013 16:46 Subject: Apply now or share: Master in Diplomacy with IG specialisation To: "Grace Mutung'u (Bomu)" <nmutungu(a)gmail.com> ** ** ** ** Dear Grace,**** We are now accepting applications for the Master in Diplomacy with IG specialisation begins on 29 January 2014 (starting with a 10 day workshop in Malta) The application deadline is October 1, 2013. Please share it with anyone whom you think can benefit from this specialisation, or who may be interested.**** Your help is very much appreciated!**** ** ** Thanks,**** Tanja Nikolic**** ** ** ** ** Is this email not displaying correctly? View this email in your browser<http://us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=89e7299f9fe54eed66d45cf3d&id=d5f0e5ab3d…> **** ******** Master in Contemporary Diplomacy****with an Internet Governance Specialisation**** ------------------------------ *Accelerate your career with this online diplomacy programme, offered by DiploFoundation and the University of Malta.***** ------------------------------ ** ** This unique programme gives current and future Internet policymakers a solid foundation in diplomatic skills and techniques, necessary to engage effectively in international global policy processes. **** ** ** ****’The IG route in the MA Contemporary Diplomacy Programme has enabled me to situate the focus of my work on Internet Governance in Africa in a space that is directly relevant to the mandate of the NEPAD Agency. I have found immense value in being able to bring together the two worlds of Internet Governance and Diplomacy.’**** *Towela Nyirenda-Jere** Programme Manager, e-Africa Programme, NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency***** ** ** How the programme works**** - First, you attend a 10-day residential workshop in Malta. Here you will get a clear overview of the programme, meet your classmates and some of the faculty members, and develop skills in critical areas of diplomacy including negotiation, protocol, and language.**** - Next, you participate in five online courses, each lasting ten weeks. You will attend three or four courses in IG-related topics and choose the remaining courses from our wide range of diplomacy topics<http://diplomacy.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=89e7299f9fe54eed66d45cf…>. Online study involves reading and discussing lecture texts with course lecturers and fellow participants, completing learning activities and assignments, and joining online meetings. Once you have completed these courses, you are eligible to receive a Postgraduate Diploma in Contemporary Diplomacy awarded by the University of Malta.**** - If you continue to the Master's degree, the final part of the programme is writing your dissertation, focussed on an IG-related topic, under the personal guidance of a faculty member. On successful completion, you will receive a Master’s degree in Contemporary Diplomacy awarded by the University of Malta.**** - The IG courses you attended – as well as other courses – will be listed in a detailed transcript which you can order on completion of the programme to supplement your diploma or degree in Contemporary Diplomacy. **** ** ** *Faculty members*<http://diplomacy.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=89e7299f9fe54eed66d45cf…> include practising and retired diplomats, academics, and specialists in IG with both theoretical expertise and practical experience in the field. *Online learning* takes place in small groups and is highly interactive, drawing on the experience and knowledge of participants as well as lecturers. Course work is flexible: within a weekly schedule, you decide when and where to study. The programme requires 5–7 hours of study per week. **** Interested in a traditional diplomacy programme? You can also register without the Internet governance (IG) specialisation - see the programme website<http://diplomacy.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=89e7299f9fe54eed66d45cf3…>for more details. **** ** ** The Master/PGD in Contemporary Diplomacy is recognised worldwide and has European postgraduate accreditation through the Faculty of Arts at the University of Malta. Graduates of Diplo's IG courses<http://diplomacy.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=89e7299f9fe54eed66d45cf…> hold key positions in national and international bodies working in Internet Governance, including the Internet Governance Forum Multistakeholder Advisory Group.**** Who should apply**** Diplomats, government officials, and other individuals interested in or responsible for IG, cybersecurity and other Internet-related policy issues; business and civil society activists involved in multistakeholder IG processes; postgraduate students, journalists, staff of international and non-governmental organisations wishing to take an active part in Internet policy-making.**** How to apply**** The next programme begins on 29 January 2014. *Apply by 1 October 2013*. 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Available courses include:**** - *Cybersecurity***** - *Consular and Diaspora Diplomacy***** - *Development Diplomacy***** - *Language and Diplomacy***** - *Economic Diplomacy***** This is an excellent way to get a head start on your Master’s studies.**** - You can try out one of our courses before committing to the full programme.**** - You complete one online course before the programme begins, leaving just four to complete after registering for the Master’s programme.**** - The University of Malta will screen and accept your application early, making the Master’s programme application process quicker and easier.**** - Tuition fees paid for the online course will be deducted from your Master’s programme fees.**** The application deadline for University of Malta accredited online courses beginning in October 2013 is *5 August 2013*. For more information, visit www.diplomacy.edu/courses<http://diplomacy.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=89e7299f9fe54eed66d45cf3…> or contact admissions(a)diplomacy.edu **** **** <http://diplomacy.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=89e7299f9fe54eed66d45cf3…> **** Like us on FaceBook<http://diplomacy.us5.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=89e7299f9fe54eed66d45cf…> **** ** ** <http://diplomacy.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=89e7299f9fe54eed66d45cf…> **** Follow us on Twitter<http://diplomacy.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=89e7299f9fe54eed66d45cf3…> **** ** ** <http://diplomacy.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=89e7299f9fe54eed66d45cf3…> **** Our website<http://diplomacy.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=89e7299f9fe54eed66d45cf3…> **** ** ** <http://diplomacy.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=89e7299f9fe54eed66d45cf…> **** Our network<http://diplomacy.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=89e7299f9fe54eed66d45cf3…> **** **** ** ** **** *Copyright © 2013 DiploFoundation, All rights reserved.***** ** ** ------------------------------ **** **** ** ** -- Grace L.N. 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Digital & One Laptop - Woes
by Matunda Nyanchama 01 Jul '13

01 Jul '13

FYI ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matunda Nyanchama, PhD, CISSP; mnyanchama(a)aganoconsulting.com Agano Consulting Inc.; www.aganoconsulting.com; Twitter: nmatunda; Skype: okiambe ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manage your ICT risks! We are the experts you need! The trusted partners you deserve! Call: +1-888-587-1150 (Canada) +254-20-267-0743 (Kenya) or info(a)aganoconsulting.com In Kenya - Licensed by Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The best revenge is massive success" - Frank Sinatra----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail, including attachments, may be privileged and may contain confidential or proprietary information intended only for the addressee(s). Any other distribution, copying, use, or disclosure is unauthorized and strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and permanently delete the message, including any attachments, without making a copy. Thank you.

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FYI: Somalia; the next frontier
by robert yawe 01 Jul '13

01 Jul '13

Listers, A quick update, I spent the past weekend participating in a conference on opportunities in Somalia, it was sponsored by KePSA, I was representing all of you and therefore me input was deemed to be from the entire ICT industry what a responsibility. Somalia is ripe for the picking especially for those providing software development, I will keep you posted on the developments. Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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Re: [kictanet] Day-time Vulgar Conversations on Kenya Media
by Matunda Nyanchama 01 Jul '13

01 Jul '13

Two comments - Kudos Robert Yawe for the you take in the presence of vulgar stuff. Good for you. That said, ask yourself how many hours you spend with your kids in a day. If you are as busy as most parents are, you will find that your children are spending more time with other people than with you. And those that interact with, what they do when together, what they share when they so interact you probably wouldn't know. But eh! You are doing the best in challenged circumstances! - Peter Kenduiywo: Even in societies (like in the west with a high degree of liberalism) there are guidelines on these matters. Everything that is shown on TV, theatre, etc.has a code and (where necessary) there are warning before and during the show asking those that don't want such content to switch channels or choose to watch. In fact, there are strict guidelines on in public, even when people know it happens. Peter: there is no absolute freedom; indeed, yours ends where mine stops. That said, social mores and what is acceptable in public or not changes with time. For instance I recall debates regarding women wearing trousers, mini-skirts and the like, which today will likely look out of order. Finally on homosexuality, former Canadian PM (the late Pierre Trudeau) had it right: what two consenting adults do in the privacy of their homes is their business. Just don't shove things in others' faces. Vulgar material in Kenyan media is like the latter: shoving stuff in our faces, regardless of our feelings. Kudos CCK for the initiative. I hope the process will be speeded up. Have a good weekend. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matunda Nyanchama, PhD, CISSP; mnyanchama(a)aganoconsulting.com Agano Consulting Inc.; www.aganoconsulting.com; Twitter: nmatunda; Skype: okiambe ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manage your ICT risks! We are the experts you need! The trusted partners you deserve! Call: +1-888-587-1150 (Canada) +254-20-267-0743 (Kenya) or info(a)aganoconsulting.com In Kenya - Licensed by Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The best revenge is massive success" - Frank Sinatra----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail, including attachments, may be privileged and may contain confidential or proprietary information intended only for the addressee(s). Any other distribution, copying, use, or disclosure is unauthorized and strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and permanently delete the message, including any attachments, without making a copy. Thank you.

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Re: [kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 73, Issue 154
by Baiju Shah 30 Jun '13

30 Jun '13

Dear All, There are 2 elements to managing content during watershed periods, this is done particularly well in the MiddleEast. If we have legal requirement then the CCK should enforce this, additionally it also requires maturity from the Broadcasters and the stakeholders involved include the advertisers to provide a self governing model. From an advertisers point what do they want their brand to be associated with? If they are happy with the current association and ploughing their brand with the misappropriate content then it is their call or they can pull out advertisement, this put breaks. CCK, have invested heavily in monitoring technology, and people, are they applying the guidelines provided by our constitution on content? The public, have the option to switch off. Broadcaster Management, we can provide you with the links to technology companies that will provide systems to blackout any language that is out of context on defined key words... The solution involves all the stakeholders... Best Regards, Baiju Shah Managing Partner|Telemedia Africa Ltd Suite 12|Chaka Court | Argwings Kodek Road, P.O. Box 14556-00100, Nairobi, Kenya. T: +254 737 751409 | M: +254 787332247 E: baiju(a)tele2media.com On 30 Jun 2013, at 12:00, 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: FW: Day-time Vulgar Conversations on Kenya Media (Kivuva) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 00:18:20 +0300 > From: Kivuva <Kivuva(a)transworldafrica.com> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] FW: Day-time Vulgar Conversations on Kenya > Media > Message-ID: > <CAEhPqwo4=JweCZs+F-SEy_tKGCBPN0MG6vd-VS1h1N3ieh_6mQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > It's not the first time sensible citizens have raised this issue of > morality in this forum and elsewhere. > > But is there too much appetite for such content? Who tunes into the > station? Is society usually attracted to tabloid like material? Do > the stations with x-rated content have more following than sober > stations therefore they attract bigger advertisers, that translates to > abnormal high revenue? Have Media Owners Association failed in their > much touted self regulation? I am sure the shareholder is more > inclined to urge the presenters to add more notoriety as they eye the > balance sheet. > > The only way out is for civil society and consumer representatives to > come out very strongly in condemning these acts or further still going > to court, otherwise we will still be singing the same song ten years > from now. > > It's time to come up with solutions. > > Warm regards > > -- > ______________________ > Mwendwa Kivuva > twitter.com/lordmwesh > kenya.or.ke | The Kenya we know > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > > ------------------------------ > > End of kictanet Digest, Vol 73, Issue 154 > *****************************************

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Cyber Schools
by Edith Adera 29 Jun '13

29 Jun '13

Listers, Does anyone know if cyber schools (used to offer digital curriculum content to secondary schools) is still in operation? If so, kindly share contact name and number of someone there. Thanks Edith

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ICT; the new whipping boy
by robert yawe 28 Jun '13

28 Jun '13

Hi, The IEBC has now placed the fiasco of the general elections squarely on a technology issue, http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086823&story_title=iebc-admit… If only we had a mouth piece that could defend the industry, let us hope that we shall not be caught with our pants on the laptops for class 1 students issue. Regards Whipping boy definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whipping_boy Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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Day 5 : Ensuring Effective Implementation of the Laptop Project - The Key Variables (Day 5:Wrap up and Way Forward (Key declarations, what next)
by Barrack Otieno 28 Jun '13

28 Jun '13

Listers, Many thanks to all who have contributed to this weeks discussion the threads are still open, today we discuss any issues that are significant to the project and that may have been overlooked, the discussion is open. Best Regards -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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Re: [kictanet] Day-time Vulgar Conversations on Kenya Media (Barrack Otieno)
by Matunda Nyanchama 28 Jun '13

28 Jun '13

Colleagues Thanks for the very positive response we have had on this subject. Question to CCK and other parties: (b) when can we expect real action on this, at least something happening? And (b) is there anything this group and others can do to speed up the process? I mean where is the bottleneck/resistance/etc to effect policy/regulation of some kind? Shukrani. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matunda Nyanchama, PhD, CISSP; mnyanchama(a)aganoconsulting.com Agano Consulting Inc.; www.aganoconsulting.com; Twitter: nmatunda; Skype: okiambe ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manage your ICT risks! We are the experts you need! The trusted partners you deserve! Call: +1-888-587-1150 (Canada) +254-20-267-0743 (Kenya) or info(a)aganoconsulting.com In Kenya - Licensed by Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The best revenge is massive success" - Frank Sinatra----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail, including attachments, may be privileged and may contain confidential or proprietary information intended only for the addressee(s). Any other distribution, copying, use, or disclosure is unauthorized and strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and permanently delete the message, including any attachments, without making a copy. Thank you.

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Invitation to the CIO100/Transform Africa Pre-Launch, Kigali, Rwanda
by Harry Hare | African eDevelopment Resource Centre 27 Jun '13

27 Jun '13

Dear Colleagues, The Rwanda Ministry of Youth and ICT, the Rwanda Development Board, the Rwanda Private Sector Federation and CIO East Africa, would like to invite to the third CIO100 Symposium and Awards and event that pre-launches the Transform Africa 2012 activities. Transform Africa International Conference, which will be hosted by H.E Paul Kagame, co-chair of the Broadband Commission, and the Secretary General of ITU, Dr Hamadoun Toure later this year. The conference will feature four key events: The Transform Africa Leader Summit, Youth Entrepreneurship & Innovation Extravaganza, International Exhibition, and Award Ceremony. The theme of this pre-launch event is ³innovation for Business Value² and aims at recognizing 100 companies in the East African Region that have been using Technology to add value to their businesses. Winners of the awards will be showcased at the Transform Africa Summit. The Symposium and awards will be held from 11th July- 12th July at the Serena Hotel, Kigali, Rwanda. Other than the awards, this will be a valuable peer education and networking event that every IT professional should not miss. The programme can be fiund here http://cio100.cio.co.ke/cio-100-symposium/agenda/ You may register here http://cio100-kigali.eventbrite.com/ Or contact ellen.magembe(a)cio.co.ke for more details Kindest Regards Harry Hare Director | African eDevelopment Resource Centre PO Box 49475 00100 | Nairobi, Kenya Tel +254 20 4041646 | Cel +254 725 650044

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