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Fw: Facebook Web Conference for Non-profits Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis
by Grace Githaiga 03 Jun '20

03 Jun '20

Listers This might be of interest to some of you. Rgds. Subject: Facebook Web Conference for Non-profits Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis We are excited to announce an online conference presented by non- profits, experts, and Facebook on how to drive engagement and fundraising growth during this moment of crisis. We will be looking at some of the key challenges that non-profits are currently facing and how the shift to digital and leveraging platforms like Facebook and Instagram can present a host of opportunities to engage with your supporters. Key topics that will be covered include: * How to drive fundraising growth and pivot strategically to digital * The importance of creativity and innovation during a crisis * How to tell your organization’s story and effectively communicate on digital platforms * New opportunities and growth hacks on Facebook and Instagram using ads, donation tools and more. Date: May 28 at 9:30am BST/10:30am CET.

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Facebook employees hold virtual walkout over Mark Zuckerberg's refusal to act against Trump
by Grace Githaiga 03 Jun '20

03 Jun '20

Good morning Listers I hope you are all keeping well despite the challenging times. This article might be of interest to some of you. Rgds. Facebook employees are staging a rebellion over Mark Zuckerberg’s refusal to act against Donald Trump, expressing their dissatisfaction with their boss on social media in a rare public display of dissent and, in some cases, staging a “virtual” walkout. Disagreement came from employees at all levels of the company, including some senior staff. Particular criticism was levelled at Zuckerberg’s personal decision to leave up <https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/may/29/facebook-trump-twitter-s…> the Facebook version of a tweet sent by Trump in which the president appeared to encourage police to shoot rioters. By contrast, Twitter hid the message behind a warning <https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/may/29/twitter-hides-donald-tru…> . https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jun/01/facebook-workers-rebel-m…

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What the Pandemic Means for Technology Acceleration
by Adam Lane 03 Jun '20

03 Jun '20

In case this may be of interest or useful.. https://blog.huawei.com/2020/06/03/what-the-pandemic-means-for-technology-a… What the Pandemic Means for Technology Acceleration ByAdam Lane June 3, 2020 As countries start to come out of lockdowns, or loosen other restrictions, what might the world look like and how might technology play a role? Education It looks like around the world some students will be going back to school earlier than others whilst some will be taking it in turns in order to ensure classrooms are not so crowded. Whether this is a rotation on a daily, weekly, bi-weekly or other basis, it has important implications for the use of technology for teaching. Some students will be studying online at home, some may not have access to technology to do so (or not have the caregivers available to support this), and others may be at school. Each of these groups will have different experiences, and technology will need to adjust to try to keep each at the same pace as the others. This means that just watching recorded videos or doing online worksheets will not be enough. Those at home need to be getting the same experience as those in class. This requires live teaching using video conference software and interactive whiteboards in schools. In the short-term this might be possible just using tablets or PCs, but in the medium-term, professional interactive whiteboards with video conference functions would be preferable, and probably with one camera at the back of the classroom looking towards the teacher as well. In much of the world, if schools are not already online, they can get online fairly easily using a CPE<https://consumer.huawei.com/en/routers/5g-cpe-pro/> (or a modem with a SIM card), particularly the outdoor type, and use a 4G or 5G signal. In the long-term, schools can benefit from the deployment of fiber or use microwave connections . In emerging economies where some schools may not have internet coverage, the live teaching will have to be from schools or other government buildings that do have coverage, whilst expanding connectivity over time to other locations, for example through a low-cost base station such as the Rural Star. After COVID passes, those interactive whiteboards and internet connections will continue to be useful, enabling access to the Internet in class and use of videos and other content, accelerating the transition to blended learning<https://blog.huawei.com/2018/10/04/is-education-today-delivering-the-skills…> that is already underway. Meanwhile a whole generation of children will have become accustomed to online learning, and there will be a huge library of content that will have been created that can be used. Read more: How school moved to cloud this semester<https://www.huawei.com/en/about-huawei/publications/winwin-magazine/36/clou…> Health * [https://blog.huawei.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/shutterstock_1644744847.…] As countries around the world explore the use of different apps to trace contacts, these apps can also be linked into public health hotlines for voice or video consultations and telemedicine - not just for COVID-related issues, but for any health issues. If many residents download these apps, it will dramatically speed-up what was already becoming a trend pre-COVID. Countries are hiring armies of contact tracers, supercharging community health workers, and arming them all with smartphones and apps to manage their contact tracing as well as providing online training materials and communication tools for peer discussion and engagement with central ministries. There has been at least a decade's efforts in the developing world to digitalize the health workforce, but it has been a struggle. No longer. Now the urgency of the effort during the pandemic will require digitalization. From a fairly limited remit, it will be possible to expand the application and roles of the digital tools from just a response to COVID-19 to the whole gamut of health data collection and community information-sharing, from nutrition to STDs, vaccines and non-communicable diseases. Hospitals and their labs, especially in the developing world which was mostly paper-based, are being upgraded to ensure the rapid collection of medical data to quickly diagnose and flag potential COVID cases, as well as transmit test results, and even use AI and machine learning tools to predict the spread of the virus. These systems may be fairly limited now, but they can be upgraded and expanded to be more comprehensive. Video conference facilities are being installed, and health workers are becoming more used to using them for training. There has been a huge boon in private telemedicine and e-pharmacy services around the world, partly helped by governments issuing temporary or emergency legislation such as accepting e-prescriptions, or managing liability for online consultations allowing such services where before there was hesitation. It will be hard to remove these even after everything eventually returns to normal, when citizens have become accustomed to them, and regulators realize their previous reservations have been overcome. These must become permanent to enable dramatic increases in access to healthcare. Read more: How telemedicine can help combat the pandemic<https://www.huawei.com/en/about-huawei/publications/winwin-magazine/36/tele…> Politics For centuries politicians have had to physically be present inside buildings to hold debates and to vote. For various reasons, they have been slow to adapt to technology until COVID-19 arrived and forced change. These changes are likely to continue, with politicians using video-conference facilities and online voting software. It may help open up politics further to younger generations. Will politicians have to keep travelling so frequently between constituencies and parliaments? And what about all those international trips for conferences, especially considering climate change? Media The media industry has been turned upside down, with traditional approaches of mostly having guests come to studios being replaced by guests recording from home. New forms of concerts, music, and theatre are being developed, with participants performing remotely and synching together, something that is much easier now with 5G and fast fiber. As latencies reduce further, and speeds increase, this will become more common and not just for domestic, but also international media events. [https://blog.huawei.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/shutterstock_1252038760.…] Will there be a return to cinemas in the future? Will everyone who has signed up to streaming services keep their subscriptions? These questions were already being asked pre-COVID, and will certainly come to the fore in the next few months. Agriculture Agricultural systems have become quite resilient, and technology has helped ensure that delivery and supply chains have remained generally intact during COVID-19. Social distancing has supercharged e-commerce, forcing more retailers online, as well as wholesalers and distributers. Supply chains have become more diverse and technology will help manage this more in the future, with data analytics and IoT helping track products and commodities, as well as predicting and managing risks. [https://blog.huawei.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/shutterstock_1129777829.…] Tourism Tourism has taken a massive hit, and the paths to slowly opening up may require carefully planned trips, with frequent testing, with fairly limited movement in case of spreading or picking up the virus. It is likely that a number of IoT products will be developed to help track tourists (with geofencing functions as well as the ability to trace contacts), who will happily temporarily consent to these in order to have a vacation. [https://blog.huawei.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/shutterstock_1172512777.…] Meanwhile, tourism destinations may look to enhance their offerings using AR and VR when there may be limited contacts with locals or limits on certain destinations. Such tools will be crucial in marketing efforts, and - in conjunction with the increasing maturity of cloud VR powered by 10G PON and gigabit broadband - will lead to the growth of the consumer VR industry. Read more: China Telecom Sichuan powers cloud VR with dual-gigabit services<https://www.huawei.com/en/about-huawei/publications/communicate/88/china-te…> Huawei Global Industry Vision 2025: Super Vision<https://www.huawei.com/minisite/giv/cn/predictions.html?id=2> [https://blog.huawei.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/giv.png] Retail Retail has of course been moving online rapidly in many countries. During COVID-19 new products that people rarely bought online are now being tried out and then bought online, even products such as furniture or entire houses. Real estate agencies that had not used VR, 360 or 3D technologies to showcase their properties will have to develop those rapidly, and they may become the norm in the future - at least a bare minimum before someone physically visits a house. For products like furniture or furnishings, there may not be a return to physical retail outlets, especially with new AR capabilities on smartphones that will help place items in homes virtually first. Where people do return to the high street it may be driven a lot more by experiences than by shopping, though even some of those may be moving online. Activities such as Escape Rooms may take place virtually sooner than we think. Gaming Online gaming had been growing significantly, especially in countries without high-end PCs, thanks to the growing capabilities of fairly cheap smartphones and tablets. Large industry players have already developed advanced online platforms for gaming which have been in great demand so far. It is likely that this will continue in the future as social distancing continues and continue to be a big growth industry, particularly with the advent of platforms that don't require downloading games first now that Internet speeds and latencies, especially with 5G rollout, are good enough to stream directly from cloud. [https://blog.huawei.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/shutterstock_1146784925.…] Read more: Thailand's 3BB wins gamer market with smart home broadband<https://www.huawei.com/en/about-huawei/publications/communicate/88/thailand…> There is no doubt that all the lives lost, the jobs lost, and the disruption to lives of almost every person on this planet in the last 6 months have been awful. But it is also clear that the availability and ability of technology has helped mitigate some of these affects. Many people may not know the term "digital economy" but during recent months of social distancing, almost everyone has now become a part of the digital economy. As we look to the future, tentatively and cautiously, since there is still no sign that we will go back to normal anytime soon, we have a choice as to how we will take advantage of technology to return our economies to growth, and by accelerating already existing trends, kick-start vital industries that are the source of jobs. We need to analyze each industry in our local economy and think how technology can contribute to re-establishing them and creating a base for expansion in the future of the digital economy. The investment in ICT infrastructure in the last decade or two has held up well. Now is the time to accelerate that investment, applications that bring economic, social and environmental benefits, and the digital skills to take part in the digital economy.

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Fwd: [ALAC] Fwd: ICANN News Alert -- Register for ICANN68 Prep Sessions (Update)
by Barrack Otieno 03 Jun '20

03 Jun '20

Listers, Might be of interest to you. Best Regards ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Maureen Hilyard <maureen.hilyard(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2020, 2:04 am Subject: [ALAC] Fwd: ICANN News Alert -- Register for ICANN68 Prep Sessions (Update) To: ALAC <alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> [image: ICANN Announcement Alerts] *Register for ICANN68 Prep Sessions (Update) <https://newsalerts.icann.org/B100dC2EN00000vR08jPg2d>* 02 June 2020 *This Announcement is an update to a previous Announcement published on 28 May 2020. <https://newsalerts.icann.org/u0N0008R0P0d0W02xg2CE10>* LOS ANGELES – 2 June 2020 – Today, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced live interpretation for multiple ICANN68 Prep Sessions. *To attend any of the webinars, please register here <https://newsalerts.icann.org/CRg00e0kP0vC0Nd82201E00> by Friday 5 June 2020* to receive instructions on how to join. You may also submit questions during the registration process. The ICANN Open Data Program Update scheduled for Tuesday 16 June 2020 has been cancelled. Q&A with ICANN Org Executive Team on Thursday 18 June 2020 has been moved from 18:00 UTC to 19:00 UTC. The revised schedule is as follows: *Date / Time* *Title* *Language* *Monday, 8 June 2020* 12:00-13:00 and 22:00-23:00 UTC Interpretation Platform Kick-off Webinar Six U.N. languages *Tuesday, 9 June 2020* 16:00-17:00 UTC ICANN Org Operations Planning Team Update English *Thursday, 11 June 2020* 16:00-17:00 UTC Universal Acceptance Annual Strategic Action Plan Webinar English *Monday, 15 June 2020* 16:00-17:00 UTC Enhancing the Effectiveness of ICANN's Multistakeholder Model – Next Steps Six U.N. languages *Tuesday, 16 June 2020* 07:00-08:30 UTC ICANN Policy Development (PDP) Working Group Roleplay for Fellows (for ICANN68 Fellows only) English *Wednesday, 17 June 2020* 12:00-13:30 UTC Pre-ICANN68 GNSO Webinar English *Wednesday, 17 June 2020* 16:00-17:00 UTC NomCom Review: Implementation Milestones English *Thursday, 18 June 2020* 16:00-17:00 UTC Policy Webinar Six U.N. languages *Thursday 18 June 2020* 19:00-20:00 UTC Q&A with ICANN Org Executive Team Six U.N. languages (The U.N. six languages includes the following: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.) We recommend that community members attend one of the Interpretation Platform Kick-off Webinars. This will allow participants to familiarize themselves with the remote simultaneous interpretation platform that will be used during ICANN68. Instructions on how to use the interpretation service and access to recordings, presentation materials, and a pre-recorded webinar from the Multistakeholder Strategy and Strategic Initiatives (MSSI) team will be posted *here* <https://newsalerts.icann.org/NR00lC2d0001gvE0fN0082P>. If you have trouble accessing the registration link <https://newsalerts.icann.org/CRg00e0kP0vC0Nd82201E00> and you are using Chrome, try the following: 1. Clear your browser cookies and caches. 2. Enable third-party cookies. 3. If issues still persist, please try using a different browser, such as Safari. About ICANN ICANN's mission is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global Internet. 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by Mwende Njiraini 02 Jun '20

02 Jun '20

https://www.diplomacy.edu/calendar/webdebate-gendered-impact-covid-19-towar…

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Fw: UNESCO/UNOCT Webinar - Youth and Digital Spaces: Countering the exploitation of the COVID-19 pandemic using Media and ICTs in Eastern Africa
by Grace Githaiga 02 Jun '20

02 Jun '20

Listers Calling on our youth to see if they can attend. @Keth, mpo? Rgds. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grace Githaiga Twitter: @ggithaiga Skype: gracegithaiga Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracegithaiga ...the most important office in a democracy is the citizen. So, you see, that’s what our democracy demands. It needs you!----Barrack Obama. ________________________________ From: Okande, John Otieno <jo.okande(a)unesco.org> Sent: 02 June 2020 12:29 PM To: Okande, John Otieno <jo.okande(a)unesco.org>; Onyango, David <d.onyango(a)unesco.org> Subject: UNESCO/UNOCT Webinar - Youth and Digital Spaces: Countering the exploitation of the COVID-19 pandemic using Media and ICTs in Eastern Africa Dear Colleagues, I trust that you are all fine and keeping safe. UNESCO in partnership with UNOCT wishes to invite you to a regional Expert Webinar on Youth and Digital Spaces: Addressing and Countering the exploitation of the COVID-19 pandemic using Media and ICTs in Eastern Africa on Tuesday, 02 June 2020 from 14.30pm to 18.00pm (EAT). The webinar aims at identifying and discussing issues, challenges and opportunities for good practices related to countering and preventing online hate speech, cyber bullying, racism, and violent extremism arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic, using Media and ICTs, and to identify effective measures that can be adopted by young people to prevent and combat these issues. Find attached the final Concept and programme for todays Webinar. Please use link below on this email to join the webinar. We look forward to your participation. Best, John ________________________________________________________________________________ Join Microsoft Teams Meeting<https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MmE0NWE4ODEtY2U1MS00…> Learn more about Teams<https://aka.ms/JoinTeamsMeeting> | Meeting options<https://teams.microsoft.com/meetingOptions/?organizerId=77233194-0829-48d3-…> [https://teamsnet.unesco.org/sites/S4B/Documents/Teams-Logo.png] You could join Teams meeting using either Teams application, Google Chrome or Edge Chromium, on a mobile, tablet, computer. Follow the below “Help” link Help<https://teamsnet.unesco.org/sites/S4B/Documents/How%20to%20join%20a%20Micro…> ________________________________________________________________________________

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Website Resource guide for SMEs By Botlab and Legibra
by Mercy Njue 02 Jun '20

02 Jun '20

Dear All, Botlab and Legibra have put together a website guide for SMEs. This guide is for those who are coming up with one, have one but it’s inactive, or those looking at improving their websites during this period. We have attached it below, you can also view it here <https://botlab.biz/the-ultimate-website-guide-for-smes/> Feel free to share with others. Regards -- Mercy Njue Founder and CEO Botlab *Endless possibilities :* www.botlab.biz *"* What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God. - Eleanor Powell

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Fwd: [ALAC-Announce] At-Large ICANN68 Highlights Webinar
by Barrack Otieno 02 Jun '20

02 Jun '20

Listers, Might be of interest. Regards ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: ICANN Policy Calendar <PolicyCalendar(a)icann.org> Date: Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 11:10 PM Subject: [ALAC-Announce] At-Large ICANN68 Highlights Webinar To: Heidi Ullrich <Heidi.Ullrich(a)icann.org>, Silvia Vivanco < silvia.vivanco(a)icann.org>, Gisella Gruber <Gisella.Gruber(a)icann.org>, Evin Erdogdu <evin.erdogdu(a)icann.org>, Claudia Ruiz <claudia.ruiz(a)icann.org>, Michelle DeSmyter <michelle.desmyter(a)icann.org>, Alperen Eken < alperen.eken(a)icann.org>, Yesim Nazlar <yesim.nazlar(a)icann.org>, TEL ES-Teleconf-Interpretation <ES-Teleconf-Interpretation(a)icann.org>, TEL FR-Teleconf-Interpretation <FR-Teleconf-Interpretation(a)icann.org>, Sabrina Mosquera <sabrina.mosquera(a)icann.org>, Maria Vilardo < maria.vilardo(a)icann.org>, ALAC Announce < alac-announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> ***If you require a dial-out or need to state an apology, please contact At-Large staff at **staff(a)atlarge.icann.org <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org>* *with your preferred number.*** Dear All, In advance of the virtual ICANN68, the At-Large @ICANN68 Highlights Webinar will provide an overview of the At-Large policy sessions that will be taking place. Hear directly from the moderators of these sessions on the topics of DNS Abuse, Public Interest Commitments, Subsequent Procedures and new gTLDs, and Universal Acceptance with a specific focus on the importance to Internet end users. *At-Large ICANN68 Highlights Webinar *is scheduled for *Thursday, 04 June 2020 at 16:00 UTC for 60 minutes.* For other times: *https://tinyurl.com/y7pwpusd <https://tinyurl.com/y7pwpusd>* The agenda and call details can be found at: *https://community.icann.org/x/ZwcdC <https://community.icann.org/x/ZwcdC>* ICANN68 wiki workspace: *https://community.icann.org/x/OieJBw <https://community.icann.org/x/OieJBw>* ADIGO Conf. Bridge: English Conf. ID: 1638 Spanish Conf. ID: 1738 French Conf. ID: 1838 Toll-free access number (US and Canada): 800 550 6865 Other toll-free numbers: *http://adigo.com/icann/ <http://adigo.com/icann/>* *Zoom Room*: *https://icann.zoom.us/j/91305034081?pwd=eVd3M0ZjQWRlK1FxNk43bUxrOEF2dz09 <https://icann.zoom.us/j/91305034081?pwd=eVd3M0ZjQWRlK1FxNk43bUxrOEF2dz09> */ Meeting ID: 913 0503 4081 (no password needed) Thank you. Kind Regards, ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org Website: atlarge.icann.org Facebook: facebook.com/icannatlarge Twitter: @ICANNAtLarge _______________________________________________ ALAC-Announce mailing list ALAC-Announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac-announce At-Large Official Site: http://www.atlarge.icann.org _______________________________________________ By submitting your personal data, you consent to the processing of your personal data for purposes of subscribing to this mailing list accordance with the ICANN Privacy Policy (https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy) and the website Terms of Service (https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos) You can visit the Mailman link above to change your membership status or configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery or disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on. -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Building a versatile Career in Tech Webinar By Botlab
by Mercy Njue 01 Jun '20

01 Jun '20

Technology in itself is very Versatile. Knowing how to build your career in technology is a soft skill. Botlab in partnership with Adrian Kenya <https://adriankenya.com/> will be hosting Caroline Muthamburi <https://www.linkedin.com/in/caroline-muthambiri/?originalSubdomain=ch>, Corporate Operations Engineer at Google- Switzerland. She will talk more on - How to create a career vision board every three years, - How to build required skillsets over time in a particular specialisation and - How to increase individual visibility. To Register, click here <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/building-a-versatile-career-in-tech-tickets-10…> -- Mercy Njue Founder and CEO Botlab *Endless possibilities :* www.botlab.biz *"* What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God. - Eleanor Powell

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What is happening? Time to reflect
by David Indeje 31 May '20

31 May '20

Dear Listers, The weekend is still long, (Kenyans love holidays, I know we are still Working From Home though). Below is what is happening to: Kisumu County which has resorted to the recruitment of more revenue collectors months after abandoning digitisation of major revenue streams as it seeks to shore up its annual target. https://bit.ly/2Ak9DW9 As we reflect, it is worth revisiting "*Towards an Inclusive and Sustainable Fintech Ecosystem in Kenya - Current outlook, challenges and policy options for the sector"* by Peter M. Mwencha (PhD.), Ali Hussein and Grace Githaiga. Click to download <https://www.kictanet.or.ke/?page_id=40115#> *Kind Regards,* *David Indeje * +254 (0) 711 385 945 | +254 (0) 734 024 856 Website: Khusoko <https://khusoko.com/>

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