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The ICT Authority Involvement in the Laptop Tender Decision Process
by Phyllis Nyambura 18 Mar '14

18 Mar '14

Colleagues, Do note the below response from the ICT Authority, Ag CEO, Victor Kyalo. We thank you for your patience. Listers, I have followed keenly to discussions surrounding the cancellation of the laptop tender by the Public Procurement Administrative Review Board. While I would like to comment on some of the issues, it will not be prudent for me to do so now when the matter is being looked into by the relevant authorities. In the meantime, I would like to leave comments on the issue to the procuring entity. I will in due course respond as to our/my role at the appropriate time as demanded by some listers. Victor Kyalo Ag, CEO, ICT Authority Regards, Phyllis Nyambura Communication Writer The ICT Authority Telposta Towers, 12th Floor, Kenyatta Ave P.O. Box 27150 - 00100 Nairobi, Kenya t: + 254-020-2211960/62 | m: + 254 (0) 789396433 | e: pnyambura(a)ict.go.ke Visit: www.ict.go.ke Become a fan: www.facebook.com/ICTAuthorityKE <http://www.facebook.com/kenyaictboard> Follow us on twitter: @ICTAuthorityKE --------------------- -- ICT Authority Telposta Towers 12th Floor, Kenyatta Ave PO Box 27150 - 00100 Nairobi Kenya Tel: +254 20 2089061 www.icta.go.ke

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Invitation to the National ICT Masterplan Forum- Thursday, 20th March 14, 8-11.30am, Kenya School of Monetary Studies
by Grace Githaiga 18 Mar '14

18 Mar '14

Greetings, The Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) invites stakeholders for a public consultation forum on the Connected Kenya ICT Masterplan 2017. Share your views on the document at the forum below: Date: Thursday, 20th March 14, 2014 Time: 8-11.30am Venue: Kenya School of Monetary Studies The Masterplan, first launched in February 2013 is a five (5) year plan which details the government ICT led strategy. It endeavors to cover the vision 2030 pillars as well as focus on other functional areas. View Full Document on http://www.scribd.com/doc/212456855/KICTB-Connected-Kenya-2017-Master-Plan In November 2013, a National ICT Master plan taskforce was put together to review the current Connected Kenya 2017 ICT master plan and are about to complete this task. The outcome of the review process is expected to be a comprehensive new document that will guide the management of ICT in the country. Register attendance at http://conta.cc/OaBR8u If you are not able to attend do send your comments to communications(a)ict.go.ke by Friday, 21st March, 2014. Kind Regards,Phyllis Nyambura Communication Writer The ICT Authority Telposta Towers, 12th Floor, Kenyatta Ave P.O. Box 27150 - 00100 Nairobi, Kenya t: + 254-020-2211960/62 | m: + 254 (0) 789396433 | e: pnyambura(a)ict.go.ke Visit: www.ict.go.ke Become a fan: www.facebook.com/ICTAuthorityKE Follow us on twitter: @ICTAuthorityKE --------------------- -- Phyllis Nyambura Communication Writer The ICT Authority Telposta Towers, 12th Floor, Kenyatta Ave P.O. Box 27150 - 00100 Nairobi, Kenya t: + 254-020-2211960/62 | m: + 254 (0) 789396433 | e: pnyambura(a)ict.go.ke Visit: www.ict.go.ke Become a fan: www.facebook.com/ICTAuthorityKE Follow us on twitter: @ICTAuthorityKE --------------------- ICT Authority Telposta Towers 12th Floor, Kenyatta Ave PO Box 27150 - 00100 Nairobi Kenya Tel: +254 20 2089061 www.icta.go.ke

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FW: [africs-ig] Apply for a place on the African Leadership in ICT Course 2014.
by Grace Githaiga 18 Mar '14

18 Mar '14

Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 00:20:05 +0200 From: emilar(a)apc.org To: africs-ig(a)lists.apc.org Subject: [africs-ig] Apply for a place on the African Leadership in ICT Course 2014. Hi all, Please forward to colleagues who are employed in the public sector/ civil servants. ALICT is an African Union Commission initiative, supported by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland and implemented by GESCI (Founded by the UN ICT Task Force). Eligible countries are: Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. http://www.gesci.org/apply-for-a-place-on-the-african-leadership-in-ict-cou… Cheers, -- Emilar E. Gandhi CIPP Africa Projects Coordinator Communications and Information Policy Programme (CIPP) Association for Progressive Communications www.apc.org skype: emilarvushe _______________________________________________ AfriCS-IG mailing list Info and options: http://lists.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/africs-ig To unsubscribe, email africs-ig-unsubscribe(a)lists.apc.org

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Who was involved in laptop tender decision process
by Ory Okolloh 17 Mar '14

17 Mar '14

Someone was asking about this last week, includes Kenya ICT authority. http://mobile.nation.co.ke/news/Jacob-Kaimenyi-Laptop-Tender-Education-Oliv… Ory

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Reducing travel in go.ke
by S.M. Muraya 17 Mar '14

17 Mar '14

Please note, (Internet Protocol) solutions are already being applied in the Kenyan private sector that, by reducing travel, can save Kenya billions of dollars annually :) http://mobile.nation.co.ke/blogs/Wage-Bill-Government-Civil-Service-Funds/-… POSTED SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 2014 | BY- PAUL MWANGI *Every day is party time in government offices* The attempt at bringing down the wage bill through pay cuts is incredibly naive. For slightly over 12 months since January 2012, I served as the Legal Advisor to the Prime Minister. It was a position that placed me at the highest levels of the Civil Service, with a pay grade of Job Group "U", otherwise known as "PS level". What I learnt and observed about government in that short period of time makes me conclude that the President's attempt at bringing down the wage bill by taking a 20 per cent pay cut, and enforcing the same across the board, is incredibly naive. (READ: Backlash meets Uhuru's move to take salary cut) The problem with the exorbitant public wage bill is not the salaries. In fact, I think it is a good thing that the government is now able to attract competent staff and Kenyans will benefit from good public service, less corruption and thus a more productive private sector. The problem with Kenya's wage bill is wastage and abuse. All the way from State House to the tea room at the ministries, tax payers' money is lost through wasteful use of resources and abuse of authority. The first encounter I had with waste was when a requisition was made for furniture to my office. As a senior government officer, I was entitled to my own colour printer, computer, laptop, ipad, television, document shredder and water dispenser. I have never seen such wasteful use of resources in the private sector in Kenya. In the commercial sector, printers are shared by many offices, as are water dispensers, shredders and televisions. And laptops are only issued to persons engaged in field work. *AIR TIME* At the end of the month, I received my airtime allowance in the form of cards from various service providers. The total amount was Sh27,000. If there is one thing my relatives, friends and subordinates miss from my service in government it is free airtime. Because try as I did, I couldn't spend more than Sh7,000 of the allocation. And I got new cards every month. And though I took only about three to five cups of tea in the office, I learnt that my secretary was entitled to pick Sh20,000 to Sh40,000 to make my tea every month. I was entitled to tea, coffee or hot chocolate as I desired and to a choice of sugar or honey for my sweetener. There were no less than ten senior offices to whom this allocation was made and many of us never got to know how much was picked or spent on our office accounts. The fault, I came to learn, was not with the senior officers. The rules of service set these entitlements and they accrue as a matter of course. This account is just a tip of the iceberg. I was also entitled to an official car, armed driver, armed bodyguard and two Police guards at the house. Personally I did not think anyone was looking out to harm me so I only took an official car and an armed driver which I used during working hours. But I have observed that since the NARC government of 2003, the use of police security has become increasingly abused. It is surprising that in the Moi government, with all its excesses, one never witnessed the almost comical spectacle we are being treated to everyday on our street where every minister, senator and governor is running around with several chase cars blaring sirens and a security detail at the expense of the taxpayer. Without doubt our Cabinet Secretary in charge of internal security and his Permanent Secretary need to be accorded some serious security but who wants to harm the cabinet secretaries in charge of such mundane responsibilities like fisheries, sports or economic planning? Sometimes in the process of work, it requires ad hoc committees to be formed by members of the same department or ministry, or sometimes members from various ministries, to see through a process or discuss an issue. When this happens, tea must be served at 10a.m. and at 4p.m. together with snacks. The snacks will be a samosa, a sausage and a ndazi per person. And lunch too. Standard lunch order in most of the meetings I attended was Chinese. I think it is sad that for the level of service the civil service gives Kenyans, it would be having Chinese lunches at the tax payers' expense. *ALLOWANCES* And when the work is done, the committee members would be paid an allowance for serving in that committee. This goes anywhere from Sh10,000 to Sh50,000 per person. If it is a gazetted task force, the sum would be a few hundred thousand shillings. Never mind that these allowances are being paid for work that everyone was employed to do in the first place, and will be paid for with a salary at the end of the month. But to make this bad situation worse, there are kingpins in the accounts offices of almost every government department that control all payments with absolute discretion to pay or deny. These big wigs' names must be put in every payment list for money to be approved. So for every committee or task force requisitions, these kingpins earn sitting allowances as a matter of course. Their names must also appear in every list of per diem payments for people travelling out of station. I heard of accountants who make at least Sh500,000 in a dry month through these illegal payments. But it is not just the lower cadre bigwigs who exercise these abuses. I learnt that all senior government Ministers have confidential accounts that run into millions of shillings from which they are authorised to spend money without the scrutiny of the Auditor General, or the Controller of Budget, or Parliament. These monies are allocated directly from the Treasury and are replenished as they are spent at the direction of the Minister of Finance. The worst abuser of this confidential spending was the Office of the Head of the Civil Service and the Presidency at State House. I don't know but I have heard that the President's confidential account often runs into billions of shillings and in the last regime was the cause of the short and tumultuous tenures of many a Comptroller of State House under whose office the account is operated. In this day and age, it is unbelievable that any office in the public service can spend millions of shillings at its discretion without any budgetary approvals and with immunity from any form of scrutiny, even from Parliament. This picture of abandon, waste and abuse would not be complete without mentioning two other practices. One is foreign travel. We have too many Cabinet secretaries, permanent secretaries and other senior government officers are flying out to attend meetings that are not critically necessary to the tax payer or that can be attended by diplomatic mission representatives. In many instances, the President, Deputy President and Cabinet Secretaries are accompanied by staff and other people) whose presence and services are totally irrelevant to the taxpayer who pays for their travel. There is no guideline in government regarding what is essential travel or who are essential personnel. In many instances, the work being done during these travels can be completed by foreign missions and the knowledge being sought can be learnt from the internet. *RETREATS* A similar wasteful practice is the going for retreats to do work that can be easily done at the office. In these retreats, all manner of staff members jump into the bus for the free tours. They collect allowances for these attendances while others, who never left the office, are also on the allowances list. But let's not go there. The second practice that I must mention in closing is training at the East and Southern Africa Management Institute at Arusha, Tanzania. Popularly known as ESAMI, this institute is a regional training centre owned by ten member governments to train senior government officers in critical areas of management. However, this Institute has become the place where some Permanent Secretaries sent their sycophants at the ministry and their girlfriends to while away their time and earn allowances. Many senior officers who qualify and deserve to go don't get a chance. Some people are known to have attended many times over while others wait for a single chance. And when they attend, they are not only paid full salary but are paid allowances that run into hundreds of thousands of shillings for being out of station. These are just some of the wasteful practices that are a culture in Kenya's civil service which the President should be addressing. I want to believe that he is not being briefed on the full picture but I remember that he has served for more than a decade as a Cabinet Minister and five years as a deputy Prime Minister.

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US SIGNALS A NEW ERA OF INTERNET GOVERNANCE IN ITS WILLINGNESS TO GIVE UP ICANN OVERSIGHT
by Ali Hussein 15 Mar '14

15 Mar '14

Listers Apologies for cross-posting. As the US signals its willingness to give up oversight of the Internet to a global multi-stakeholder constituent I can't seem to help but wonder whether I should repeat the old adage:- 'Be careful what you wish for'. In the aftermath of Snowdenia it is not unreasonable for us to have had the knee jerk reactions of the kind that erupted all over the world. Now the Multi-stakeholder community must have sober discourse, which must involve private sector for profit and do gooders, governments and the citizenry of the world at large. Even when this discourse degenerates into a Tower of Babel we must not loose sight of the ultimate goal:- A Free, Borderless Internet where information and commerce flows without the overpowering big brother oversight that the likes of Russia, China, Saudi Arabia and Iran seem to be advocating and which the US has been stealthily practicing behind everyone's back. Can we rise up to the challenge? http://m.us.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303546204579439653103639452?mo… Countries like Kenya have the opportunity to take leadership in this new dispensation. I suggest that we do just that. May I humbly request the CS to convene a Multi-Stakeholder forum in the earliest possible time to craft a National Response and Position on this issue? I humbly submit that we CANNOT afford to remain on the sidelines while matters of National Importance that are being shaped by international events continue to pass us by. More importantly the 'Digital Government' MUST be seen to engage all stakeholders going forward. Ali Hussein +254 0770 906375 / 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim Blog: www.alyhussein.com "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein Sent from my iPad

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Re: [kictanet] [ISOC_KE] SAVE THE DATE/TIME - Please join call on 15 March on NTIA announcement
by Grace Githaiga 15 Mar '14

15 Mar '14

Kelvin Please see below. You are invited to join Board Chair Steve Crocker and Fadi Chehadé on a brief community call to discuss Friday's announcement that stewardship of the Internet technical functions will transfer from the U.S. government to the Internet¹s global multistakeholder community. ICANN¹s role in managing these functions and the Domain Name System will not change. This call is just the beginning of a community-wide dialogue about the development of the transitional process. In the coming months, we will rely heavily on you, our community members, to determine the best way to achieve this long-awaited goal.I look forward to speaking with you soon, and in the future, on this important and exciting development. And please note, we had planned to talk to you about this on Sunday, but unfortunately the NTIA had to move their announcement up to today as it was leaked to the media. Saturday, 15 MarchTime is 14:00-15:00 UTC GMT/UTC - 14:00, SaturdayIstanbul - 16:00, SaturdayWashington, D.C. - 10:00, SaturdayLos Angeles - 07:00, SaturdayBrussels - 15:00, SaturdaySingapore - 22:00, SaturdayTokyo - 23:00, SaturdayLondon - 14:00, SaturdayToronto - 10:00, SaturdayStockholm - 15:00, SaturdayConference information:Conference Passcode: Participant passcode: 6123291 (for participants) US Toll Free Access Number: 866-297-1588US Access Number: 1-210-795-1143 International numbers - see below _____________________________________________________________________ Dial in numbers:Country Toll NumbersFreephone/ Toll Free NumberARGENTINA 0800-777-0498AUSTRALIA ADELAIDE: 61-8-8121-4863 1-800-758-196AUSTRALIA BRISBANE: 61-7-3102-0965 1-800-758-196AUSTRALIA CANBERRA: 61-2-6100-1965 1-800-758-196AUSTRALIA MELBOURNE: 61-3-9010-7734 1-800-758-196AUSTRALIA PERTH: 61-8-9467-5244 1-800-758-196AUSTRALIA SYDNEY: 61-2-8211-1396 1-800-758-196AUSTRIA 43-1-92-80-003 0800-677-861BELGIUM 32-1-150-0312 0800-4-9471BRAZIL 0800-8912026CHILE 1230-020-2453CHINA CHINA A: 86-400-810-4761 10800-712-1202CHINA CHINA B: 86-400-810-4761 10800-120-1202COLOMBIA 01800-9-156439CZECH REPUBLIC 420-2-25-98-56-16 800-700-168DENMARK 45-7014-0239 8088-2100ESTONIA 800-011-1121FINLAND 358-9-5424-7159 0-800-1-12771FRANCE LYON: 33-4-26-69-12-76 080-563-9909FRANCE MARSEILLE: 33-4-86-06-00-76 080-563-9909FRANCE PARIS: 33-1-70-75-25-35 080-563-9909GERMANY 49-69-2222-3198 0800-101-6627GREECE 30-80-1-100-0674 00800-12-6609HONG KONG 852-3001-3842 800-968-764HUNGARY 06-800-17241INDIA INDIA A: 000-800-852-1218INDIA INDIA B: 000-800-001-6283INDIA INDIA C: 1800-300-00461INDONESIA 001-803-011-3502IRELAND 353-1-247-5274 1800-992-870ISRAEL 1-80-9303035ITALY MILAN: 39-02-3601-0953 800-985-849JAPAN OSAKA: 81-6-7739-4764 0034-800-40-0719JAPAN TOKYO: 81-3-5539-5164 0034-800-40-0719LATVIA 8000-3098LUXEMBOURG 352-27-000-1351 MALAYSIA 1-800-80-8124MEXICO 001-866-627-0579NETHERLANDS 31-20-718-8530 0800-023-4392NEW ZEALAND 64-9-970-4646 0800-447-834NORWAY 47-21-59-00-49 800-15497PANAMA 011-001-800-5072083PERU 0800-53753PHILIPPINES 63-2-858-3710 POLAND 00-800-1211184PORTUGAL 8008-12439RUSSIA 8-10-8002-9873011SAUDI ARABIA 800-8-110076SINGAPORE 65-6883-9208 800-120-4284SLOVAK REPUBLIC 421-2-322-422-16 SOUTH AFRICA 080-09-93384SOUTH KOREA 82-2-6744-1062 00798-14800-6326SPAIN 34-91-414-40-78 800-098-194SWEDEN 46-8-505-96-328 0200-897-068SWITZERLAND 41-44-580-4210 0800-000-782TAIWAN 886-2-2795-7358 00801-137-694THAILAND 001-800-1206-65092UNITED KINGDOM BIRMINGHAM: 44-121-210-9016 0800-279-3590UNITED KINGDOM GLASGOW: 44-141-202-3216 0800-279-3590UNITED KINGDOM LEEDS: 44-113-301-2116 0800-279-3590UNITED KINGDOM LONDON: 44-20-7950-6551 0800-279-3590UNITED KINGDOM MANCHESTER:44-161-601-1416 0800-279-3590URUGUAY 000-413-598-3431USA 1-210-795-1143 866-297-1588VENEZUELA 0800-1-00-2797 Fadi Chehadé President & CEO ICANN +1.310.578.8690 Manager, CEO Office: Cassia Oliveira cassia.oliveira(a)icann.org +1.310.578.8656 CC: kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke; isoc(a)orion.my.co.ke From: kelvin(a)skysys.co.ke Subject: Re: [ISOC_KE] SAVE THE DATE/TIME - Please join call on 15 March on NTIA announcement Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 07:48:01 -0400 To: ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com Do we have the confrence info yet ? RegardsKelvin Sent from my iPhone On Mar 15, 2014, at 2:44 AM, Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com> wrote: @KivuvaSee the details below. The call should be 17 hours today. From: Glen(a)icann.org To: africann(a)afrinic.net Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 18:56:47 -0700 Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] SAVE THE DATE/TIME - Please join call on 15 March on NTIA announcement You are invited to join Board Chair Steve Crocker and Fadi Chehadé on a brief community call to discuss Friday's announcement that stewardship of the Internet technical functions will transfer from the U.S. government to the Internet¹s global multistakeholder community. ICANN¹s role in managing these functions and the Domain Name System will not change.This call is just the beginning of a community-wide dialogue about the development of the transitional process. In the coming months, we will rely heavily on you, our community members, to determine the best way to achieve this long-awaited goal.I look forward to speaking with you soon, and in the future, on this important and exciting development. And please note, we had planned to talk to you about this on Sunday, but unfortunately the NTIA had to move their announcement up to today as it was leaked to the media. Saturday, 15 MarchTime is 1400-1500 UTC GMT/UTC - 14:00, SaturdayIstanbul - 16:00, SaturdayWashington, D.C. - 10:00, SaturdayLos Angeles - 07:00, SaturdayBrussels - 15:00, SaturdaySingapore - 22:00, SaturdayTokyo - 23:00, SaturdayLondon - 14:00, SaturdayToronto - 10:00, SaturdayStockholm - 15:00, SaturdayConference information will be sent later. Adigo has been having technical difficulties today; and we are looking for an alternative option.Fadi Chehadé President & CEO ICANN +1.310.578.8690 Manager, CEO Office: Cassia Oliveira cassia.oliveira(a)icann.org +1.310.578.8656 _______________________________________________ AfrICANN mailing list AfrICANN(a)afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann <ATT00001>_______________________________________________ isoc mailing list isoc(a)orion.my.co.ke http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/isoc

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In sudden announcement, US to give up control of DNS root zone
by Peter Ojiambo 15 Mar '14

15 Mar '14

In a historic decision on Friday, the United States has decided to give up control of the authoritative root zone file, which contains all names and addresses of all top-level domain names... Via Ars Technica http://zite.to/1grTE5s What are the greater implications of this decision?

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Fwd: [ALAC-Announce] ICANN News Alert -- Internet Technical Leaders Welcome IANA Globalization Progress
by Barrack Otieno 15 Mar '14

15 Mar '14

Fyi ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "ICANN At-Large Staff" <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> Date: Mar 15, 2014 2:20 AM Subject: [ALAC-Announce] ICANN News Alert -- Internet Technical Leaders Welcome IANA Globalization Progress To: "ALAC-Announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org" < ALAC-Announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Cc: [http://www.icann.org/images/gradlogo_bow.jpg]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-14mar14-en.htm ________________________________ Internet Technical Leaders Welcome IANA Globalization Progress 14 March 2014 The leaders of the Internet technical organizations responsible for coordination of the Internet infrastructure (IETF, IAB, RIRs, ccTLD ROs, ICANN, ISOC, and W3C), welcome the US Government's announcement of the suggested changes related to the IANA functions contract. The roles on policy development processes of the Internet technical organizations and ICANN's role as administrator of the IANA functions, remain unchanged. The transition of the US Government stewardship has been envisaged since the early days of IANA functions contract. This transition is now feasible due to the maturity of the Internet technical organizations involved in performing their respective roles related to the IANA functions, and ICANN will facilitate a global, multi-stakeholder process to plan for the transition. The strength and stability of the IANA functions within the above organizations (which make up the Internet technical community) are critical to the operation of the Internet. The processes around the IANA functions have always been carefully specified in the communities that our organizations represent. The IANA functions are faithfully administered by ICANN. We are committed to continuing our proven, community-driven processes as we engage in this transition. Our communities are already considering proposals to progress the transition. Our organizations are committed to open and transparent multi-stakeholder processes. We are also committed to further strengthening our processes and agreements related to the IANA functions, and to building on the existing organizations and their roles. The Internet technical community is strong enough to continue its role, while assuming the stewardship function as it transitions from the US Government. Participating Leaders * Adiel A. Akplogan, CEO African Network Information Center (AFRINIC) * Barrack Otieno, Manager, The African Top Level Domains Organization (AFTLD) * Paul Wilson, Director General Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) * Don Hollander, General Manager Asia Pacific Top Level Domain Association (APTLD) * John Curran, CEO American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) * Peter Van Roste, General Manager, Council for European National Top Level Domain Registries (CENTR) * Russ Housley, Chair Internet Architecture Board (IAB) * Fadi Chehadé, President and CEO Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) * Jari Arkko, Chair Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) * Kathy Brown, President and CEO Internet Society (ISOC) * Raúl Echeberría, CEO Latin America and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry (LACNIC) * Carolina Aguerre, General Manager, Latin American and Caribbean TLD Association (LACTLD) * Axel Pawlik, Managing Director Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination Centre (RIPE NCC) * Jeff Jaffe, CEO World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) _______________________________________________ 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

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Kenya's Internet domain market set for a shakeup - Part II
by Grace Githaiga 15 Mar '14

15 Mar '14

NTIA Announces Intent to Transition Key Internet Domain Name Functions Topics: ICANNDomain Name SystemPrinter-friendly version FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 14, 2014News Media Contact: NTIA, Office of Public Affairs, (202) 482-7002, press(a)ntia.doc.gov WASHINGTON – To support and enhance the multistakeholder model of Internet policymaking and governance, the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today announces its intent to transition key Internet domain name functions to the global multistakeholder community. As the first step, NTIA is asking the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to convene global stakeholders to develop a proposal to transition the current role played by NTIA in the coordination of the Internet’s domain name system (DNS). NTIA’s responsibility includes the procedural role of administering changes to the authoritative root zone file – the database containing the lists of names and addresses of all top-level domains – as well as serving as the historic steward of the DNS. NTIA currently contracts with ICANN to carry out the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions and has a Cooperative Agreement with Verisign under which it performs related root zone management functions. Transitioning NTIA out of its role marks the final phase of the privatization of the DNS as outlined by the U.S. Government in 1997. “The timing is right to start the transition process,” said Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information Lawrence E. Strickling. “We look forward to ICANN convening stakeholders across the global Internet community to craft an appropriate transition plan.” ICANN is uniquely positioned, as both the current IANA functions contractor and the global coordinator for the DNS, as the appropriate party to convene the multistakeholder process to develop the transition plan. NTIA has informed ICANN that it expects that in the development of the proposal, ICANN will work collaboratively with the directly affected parties, including the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), the Internet Architecture Board (IAB), the Internet Society (ISOC), the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs), top level domain name operators, VeriSign, and other interested global stakeholders. NTIA has communicated to ICANN that the transition proposal must have broad community support and address the following four principles: Support and enhance the multistakeholder model;Maintain the security, stability, and resiliency of the Internet DNS;Meet the needs and expectation of the global customers and partners of the IANA services; and, Maintain the openness of the Internet. Consistent with the clear policy expressed in bipartisan resolutions of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives (S.Con.Res.50 and H.Con.Res.127), which affirmed the United States support for the multistakeholder model of Internet governance, NTIA will not accept a proposal that replaces the NTIA role with a government-led or an inter-governmental organization solution. >From the inception of ICANN, the U.S. Government and Internet stakeholders envisioned that the U.S. role in the IANA functions would be temporary. The Commerce Department’s June 10, 1998 Statement of Policy stated that the U.S. Government “is committed to a transition that will allow the private sector to take leadership for DNS management.” ICANN as an organization has matured and taken steps in recent years to improve its accountability and transparency and its technical competence. At the same time, international support continues to grow for the multistakeholder model of Internet governance as evidenced by the continued success of the Internet Governance Forum and the resilient stewardship of the various Internet institutions. While stakeholders work through the ICANN-convened process to develop a transition proposal, NTIA’s current role will remain unchanged. The current IANA functions contract expires September 30, 2015. For further information see: IANA Functions and Related Root Zone Management Transition Questions and Answers About NTIANTIA is the Executive Branch agency that advises the President on telecommunications and information policy issues. NTIA’s programs and policymaking focus largely on expanding broadband Internet access and adoption in America, expanding the use of spectrum by all users, and ensuring that the Internet remains an engine for continued innovation and economic growth. To find out more about NTIA, visitwww.ntia.doc.gov. On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 7:28 PM, Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com> wrote: One notable difference from South Africa that is emerging in the Kenyan case is that the Kenyan regulator intends to assume its regulatory oversight over the dot.KE name space. This is as per the amended, Kenya Information Communication Act, 2009 and as recently emphasized in a post to the KICTAnet list by the CCK communication manager, Mr. Christopher Wambua. It will be interesting to see what role KENIC will be left to play, once this de-facto, self-regulation practice is taken away. In yet another posting to the KICTAnet list, Prof. Jimmy Macharia, the current KENIC Chairman envisions KENIC retaining its administrative control over both the ccTLD and the Second Level Domains. This is quite different from the South African case where the second level domain management and administration is outsourced to different entities. http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/Kenyas-Internet-Domain-Set-for-a-Sh… _______________________________________________ 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/bitange%40jambo.co.ke 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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SAVE THE DATE/TIME - Please join call on 15 March on NTIA announcement
by Grace Githaiga 15 Mar '14

15 Mar '14

@KivuvaSee the details below. The call should be 17 hours today. From: Glen(a)icann.org To: africann(a)afrinic.net Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 18:56:47 -0700 Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] SAVE THE DATE/TIME - Please join call on 15 March on NTIA announcement You are invited to join Board Chair Steve Crocker and Fadi Chehadé on a brief community call to discuss Friday's announcement that stewardship of the Internet technical functions will transfer from the U.S. government to the Internet¹s global multistakeholder community. ICANN¹s role in managing these functions and the Domain Name System will not change.This call is just the beginning of a community-wide dialogue about the development of the transitional process. In the coming months, we will rely heavily on you, our community members, to determine the best way to achieve this long-awaited goal.I look forward to speaking with you soon, and in the future, on this important and exciting development. And please note, we had planned to talk to you about this on Sunday, but unfortunately the NTIA had to move their announcement up to today as it was leaked to the media. Saturday, 15 MarchTime is 1400-1500 UTC GMT/UTC - 14:00, SaturdayIstanbul - 16:00, SaturdayWashington, D.C. - 10:00, SaturdayLos Angeles - 07:00, SaturdayBrussels - 15:00, SaturdaySingapore - 22:00, SaturdayTokyo - 23:00, SaturdayLondon - 14:00, SaturdayToronto - 10:00, SaturdayStockholm - 15:00, SaturdayConference information will be sent later. Adigo has been having technical difficulties today; and we are looking for an alternative option.Fadi Chehadé President & CEO ICANN +1.310.578.8690 Manager, CEO Office: Cassia Oliveira cassia.oliveira(a)icann.org +1.310.578.8656 _______________________________________________ AfrICANN mailing list AfrICANN(a)afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann

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Share your views on how Kenya manages its online assets- Kenya Cyber Security Strategy Input
by Phyllis Nyambura 14 Mar '14

14 Mar '14

Listers, You can now participate in the review of the Draft Cyber Security Strategy by sending your comments to *cybersecuritystrategy(a)ict.go.ke <cybersecuritystrategy(a)ict.go.ke>* by *Friday, 28th March, 2014.* Download the Draft Cybersecurity Strategy at http://goo.gl/6CyMRO<http://upload.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fgoo.gl%2F6CyMRO&h=2AQHX7RG1…> The strategy, prepared by the Ministry of ICT will address loopholes in Information Security. It is aimed at providing the Government with the implementation plans to protect Kenya's ICT cyber assets. *Why should you do so?* Even with current investments in ICT by the government, banking and telecommunications sectors, there are still serious security loopholes and most organizations do not factor the possible risks while setting up systems. With evidence of increasing online vulnerabilities, the Government of Kenya (GoK) and leaders in the private sector need to make improvements to their Cybersecurity infrastructure. Private and public organizations are required to invest in information security systems to prevent hackers from accessing their networks, systems and data. *Outcome:* Comprehensive new strategy document that will guide the management of Cybersecurity issues in the country. You can also write to: The Principal Secretary, Ministry of Information, Communications and Technology, P.O. Box 30095-00100, Nairobi, Kenya Kind Regards, Phyllis Nyambura Communication The ICT Authority Telposta Towers, 12th Floor, Kenyatta Ave P.O. Box 27150 - 00100 Nairobi, Kenya t: + 254-020-2211960/62 | m: + 254 (0) 789396433 | e: pnyambura(a)ict.go.ke Visit: www.ict.go.ke Become a fan: www.facebook.com/ICTAuthorityKE <http://www.facebook.com/kenyaictboard> Follow us on twitter: @ICTAuthorityKE --------------------- -- ICT Authority Telposta Towers 12th Floor, Kenyatta Ave PO Box 27150 - 00100 Nairobi Kenya Tel: +254 20 2089061 www.icta.go.ke

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Government to stop accepting manual payments in 3 weeks
by Dennis Kioko 14 Mar '14

14 Mar '14

Hi Taxpayers, An article in yesterday's Standard quotes the Information CS as saying government will stop accepting "manual" payments in 3 weeks. If that does happen, it will go quite a long way in stemming revenue leaks and improving service delivery for the government, saving the tax payer in revenue losses and increasing efficiency and service delivery. Let us all pray and fast that it really does happen https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/mobile/?articleID=2000106758&story_title=st… -- with Regards: blog.denniskioko.com <http://www.denniskioko.com/>

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Re: [kictanet] Board cancels tender awarded to Olive Technologies to supply Standard One
by meshack emakunat 14 Mar '14

14 Mar '14

I like the old ICT board. Better it got involved in the discussions and policy advocacy ------------------------------ On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 2:11 PM PDT Mark Mwangi wrote: >As usual KICTANET is all talk little action outside the emails. I am yet to >see a revolution conducted by virtual means. > > >On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 5:19 PM, Lawrence Njogu <lnjogu(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> The ICTA board has the mandate to take a strategic approach to manage >> public sector policy formulation, strategic planning and supervision of ICT >> projects (from initiation to implementation). The schools laptop project is >> not a one off procurement and implementation initiative. It is supposed to >> be a multi-year engagement that will require h/ware and s/ware refresh >> every x years as the children progress through the school system. The >> procurement process is fully ingrained in the whole technology road map and >> vision realization. So, the entity that is in charge of developing ICT >> standards and policies within the government (read ICTA) should be fully >> engaged throughout the process as a stakeholder....not necessarily by >> running the show, but by engaging with the MoE to provide guidance and >> oversight. These government entities cannot succeed in technology their >> missions by working in silos. >> >> ------------------------------ >> From: Kivuva(a)transworldafrica.com >> Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 02:49:03 -0700 >> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Board cancels tender awarded to Olive Technologies >> to supply Standard One >> CC: kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> To: lnjogu(a)hotmail.com >> >> >> Great debate. Here is the mandate of ICTA from their website. As you can >> see, they should drive everything ICT. I hope PS Mr. Joseph Tiampati or >> Cabinet Secretary Dr. Fred Matiangi or ICTA CEO Dr. Victor Kyalo can >> contribute to the debate, even if the environment is as hot as it is. >> >> The ICT Authority shall enforce ICT standards in Government and enhance >> the supervision of its electronic communication under the national message, *"One >> Government, One Voice".* >> >> The following are the *functions of the ICT Authority:* >> >> - Set and enforce ICT standards & guidelines for the human resource, >> infrastructure, processes and system and technology for the public office >> and public service; and >> - Deploy and manage all ICT staff in the public service; >> - Facilitate and regulate the design, implementation and use of ICTs >> in the public service; >> - Promote ICT literacy and capacity; >> - Promote e-Government services; >> - Facilitate optimal electronic, electronic form, electronic record >> and equipment use in public service; >> - Promote ICT Innovation and enterprise; >> - Establish, develop & Maintain secure ICT Infrastructure & Systems >> - Supervise the design, development and implementation of critical ICT >> Projects across the Public Service. >> - Implement & Manage the Kenya National Spatial Data Initiative >> >> >> ______________________ >> Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya. >> twitter.com/lordmwesh >> >> >> On 13 March 2014 01:10, Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> wrote: >> >> +1 Ngigi >> >> >> *Ali Hussein* >> >> +254 0770 906375 / 0713 601113 >> >> Twitter: @AliHKassim >> >> Skype: abu-jomo >> >> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim<http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> >> >> Blog: www.alyhussein.com >> >> "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will >> have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On Mar 13, 2014, at 10:33 AM, Ngigi Waithaka <ngigi(a)at.co.ke> wrote: >> >> Listers, >> >> IMO, KICTA ought to be smack-right in the middle of this! >> >> I don't know why we take ICT to be any different from any other Industry. >> As an example, if MoE wanted to build a 100 Storey Structure, wouldn't they >> have to involve Public Works in making the specifications for the building >> as well as evaluating the bids from the various contractors? >> >> But, when it comes to ICT, all over a sudden, everyone is an *expert*. MoE >> simply has no skills and expertise in-house to make the specifications, >> evaluate and project manage a project of this scope. >> >> The problem is, Cabinet Secretary ICT, quiet; KICT CEO quiet. Are we then >> surprised when these tenders end up going to the 'dogs'? >> >> Regards >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 9:48 AM, Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> wrote: >> >> Walu, Roy >> >> I respectfully disagree. One of the mandates of the ICTA is project >> management of key ICT initiatives. ( I stand corrected if I'm wrong). If >> you ask me, beyond policy, which I believe we are on top of, one of the key >> problems IT initiatives suffer from is Project Management of Government ICT >> Projects. This could also be one way of killing the corrupt networks that >> still seem to exist in the country. >> >> *Ali Hussein* >> >> +254 0770 906375 / 0713 601113 >> >> Twitter: @AliHKassim >> >> Skype: abu-jomo >> >> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim<http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> >> >> Blog: www.alyhussein.com >> >> "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will >> have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On Mar 13, 2014, at 8:51 AM, Walubengo J <jwalu(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> @Roy, totally agree. ICT Authority is a policy level entity and in an >> ideal world should remain so. >> >> But you and I know Kenya is decades away from an ideal environment. Put >> simply, in Kenya if you dont control the money(read procurement) you can as >> well write and file your policies for "sunday morning" reading. >> >> walu. >> >> ------------------------------ >> On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 9:01 PM AST (Arabian) Paul Roy wrote: >> >> Sorry Kivuva I don't see why ICTA should be involved with an education >> >> project. The argument that anything computers is ICTA's responsibility is >> >> totally wrong. ICTA should spearhead policy issues and not meddle in >> >> procurement woes. >> >> >> Let me hear from ICTA on strategic initiative rather than wallowing in the >> >> muck of avarice! >> >> >> pro >> >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 4:43 PM, Kivuva <Kivuva(a)transworldafrica.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> This sounds like a good opportunity for us to drive the process. Remember, >> >> "The People Who Are Crazy Enough to Think They Can Change the World, Are >> >> the Ones Who Do." - Apple Inc. >> >> >> My President His excellency Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy have minced no >> >> words that they want no wastage in government. I too will not want to see >> >> my hard earned 30% PAYE and 16% VAT, and (insert other taxes here) going to >> >> waste. We have the chance to hold the bull by the horn. We have executive >> >> blessings. >> >> A little positive energy will go a long way to achieve our goals. We can >> >> lobby for ICTA to spearhead the exercise, and ensure we only explore the >> >> best model that will give advantage to ALL students "Standard 1 to Standard >> >> 8". Something like a laboratory, which will be an investment that can take >> >> 5 years before replenishment. The laptops were a champaign pledge, but >> >> Jubilee is no more campaigning. They need sound advice from the experts. >> >> Community input will help us identify the best path to take. >> >> >> And we can achieve this, even if it means going to the streets and getting >> >> support from Boniface Mwangi and Oki Okiya Okoiti Omtata. >> >> >> Which path will we take? >> >> >> ______________________ >> >> Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya. >> >> twitter.com/lordmwesh >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> 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/roykoikai%40gmail.com >> >> >> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform >> >> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and >> >> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT >> >> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled gro

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Re: [kictanet] Board cancels tender awarded to Olive Technologies to supply Standard One
by Walubengo J 14 Mar '14

14 Mar '14

@Roy, totally agree. ICT Authority is a policy level entity and in an ideal world should remain so. But you and I know Kenya is decades away from an ideal environment. Put simply, in Kenya if you dont control the money(read procurement) you can as well write and file your policies for "sunday morning" reading. walu. ------------------------------ On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 9:01 PM AST (Arabian) Paul Roy wrote: >Sorry Kivuva I don't see why ICTA should be involved with an education >project. The argument that anything computers is ICTA's responsibility is >totally wrong. ICTA should spearhead policy issues and not meddle in >procurement woes. > >Let me hear from ICTA on strategic initiative rather than wallowing in the >muck of avarice! > >pro > > >On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 4:43 PM, Kivuva <Kivuva(a)transworldafrica.com> wrote: > >> This sounds like a good opportunity for us to drive the process. Remember, >> "The People Who Are Crazy Enough to Think They Can Change the World, Are >> the Ones Who Do." - Apple Inc. >> >> My President His excellency Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy have minced no >> words that they want no wastage in government. I too will not want to see >> my hard earned 30% PAYE and 16% VAT, and (insert other taxes here) going to >> waste. We have the chance to hold the bull by the horn. We have executive >> blessings. >> A little positive energy will go a long way to achieve our goals. We can >> lobby for ICTA to spearhead the exercise, and ensure we only explore the >> best model that will give advantage to ALL students "Standard 1 to Standard >> 8". Something like a laboratory, which will be an investment that can take >> 5 years before replenishment. The laptops were a champaign pledge, but >> Jubilee is no more campaigning. They need sound advice from the experts. >> Community input will help us identify the best path to take. >> >> And we can achieve this, even if it means going to the streets and getting >> support from Boniface Mwangi and Oki Okiya Okoiti Omtata. >> >> Which path will we take? >> >> ______________________ >> Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya. >> twitter.com/lordmwesh >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/roykoikai%40gmail.com >> >> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform >> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and >> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT >> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. >> >> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors >> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, >> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do >> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >> > > > >-- >"Change is slow and gradual. It requires hardwork, a bit of >luck, a fair amount of self-sacrifice and a lot of patience." > >Roy.

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Awards for women working towards the recruitment, retention and advancement of women in technology
by Dorcas Muthoni 13 Mar '14

13 Mar '14

Dear Colleagues, Thousands of women throughout the world are leading technological innovation. They often go unnoticed and unrewarded. The Anita Borg Institute has created a set of awards to honor these distinguished women and those who are working towards the recruitment, retention and advancement of women in technology. Please review this brief summary of the awards currently open and nominate a deserving team or candidate or forward this information to someone who might be interested. Social Impact ABIE Award 2014 nominations now open - Deadline is May 15, 2014 The Award for Social Impact recognizes individuals who have made a positive impact on women, technology, and society. The recipient will be honored at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing in Phoenix, Arizona in October 2014. Change Agent ABIE Awards 2014 nominations now open - Deadline is May 15, 2014 The Change Agent Awards celebrate the accomplishments of rising technical women leaders from outside the United States, with an emphasis on developing countries, whose work results in social, cultural, and/or behavioral change. The award covers the winners' expenses to attend the conference. The award recipients will be honored at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing in Phoenix, Arizona in October 2014. Please let me know if you have questions about the Social Impact ABIE Award or the Change Agent ABIE Awards. Thank you, Muthoni

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Fwd: [AfrICANN-discuss] TOR- Communication Expert for ARB
by Barrack Otieno 13 Mar '14

13 Mar '14

FYI ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Betel Hailu <hailu(a)isoc.org> Date: Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 5:35 PM Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] TOR- Communication Expert for ARB To: "africann(a)afrinic.net" <africann(a)afrinic.net> Hi all, Kindly help us spread the news to the attached open vacancy that we are looking to fill urgently at the Internet Society, Africa Regional Bureau. Feel free to forward it to your networks. Kind regards, Betel Hailu ___________________________________________________ Betel Hailu Project Coordinator Mobile : +251 911 24 31 01 Skype : betty.hailu Internet Society (ISOC) www.InternetSociety.org <http://www.internetsociety.org/> _______________________________________________ AfrICANN mailing list AfrICANN(a)afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277+254721325277 +254-20-2498789+254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/ Call Send SMS Add to Skype You'll need Skype CreditFree via Skype

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Only 10 days to go for #Idlelo6 Conference 24th - 28th March 2014 Strathmore University, Nairobi, Kenya
by John Matogo 13 Mar '14

13 Mar '14

> > Dear colleagues, > A reminder of the Idlelo 6 conference that is now only 10 days away. Online registration is open. Payments can be made at the gate. Register now and secure your slot, we have limited capacity for participation. > > Just a reminder on the coming #Idlelo6 conference that will take place in > Nairobi from 24th - 28th March at Strathmore University. > > Lined up are a series of exciting technical training sessions that were > requested for by the open source community from all over Africa. Following > this are great presentations and discussions by those who responded to the > earlier call for papers. See the programme at this link: > http://idlelo.net/content/sessions . > > There are also topical discussions on Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) > tools for GIS to facilate resource planning, Open Data, Case Studies on > FOSS tools for Revenue collection, Open Education Resources, FOSS for > Education and many more. > > Registration is open, there are limited spaces especially for the training > sessions, it is advisable to register as soon as possible at this site: > http://idlelo.net/content/idlelo-6-conference-registration > > Let us come together as an Open Source Community at the Idlelo 6 > Conference. See attached poster. > > Kindly share this widely and wildly with other colleagues in your various > networks. > > > 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 > Skype: jmatogo > Twitter: @jmatogo > LinkedIn: http://tinyurl.com/avcn7qu > Web: www.strathmore.edu and http://www.ibizafrica.co.ke/ > > -- Note: All emails sent from Strathmore University are subject to Strathmore's Email Terms & Conditions. Please click here<http://www.strathmore.edu/aboutus.php?id=184>to read the policy. "Visit our Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/StrathmoreUniversity>Page and Twitter <https://twitter.com/StrathU>Account".

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Curious call for supply of typewriters: Ministry of LANDS!
by Bob Omondi 13 Mar '14

13 Mar '14

If at all this is true, then we surely need to know the rationale! http://www.nation.co.ke/news/politics/Lands-ministry-typewriters-Tender/-/1… Regards Bob.

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Fwd: Deloitte report - The Future of Telecoms in Africa
by Ali Hussein 13 Mar '14

13 Mar '14

Listers For this of you who may not have seen this report. Its a compelling read. Ali Hussein +254 0770 906375 / 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim Blog: www.alyhussein.com "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > From: Nikhil Hira <nhira(a)deloitte.co.ke> > Date: March 13, 2014 at 8:00:06 AM GMT+3 > To: Ali <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> > Subject: Deloitte report - The Future of Telecoms in Africa > Reply-To: nhira(a)deloitte.co.ke > > > East Africa > > Dear Ali > > Following our successful launch of the 2014 TMT Predictions last month, we are pleased to share with you yet another piece of thought leadership relevant to the telecommunications sector. > > Africa can no longer be considered the Dark Continent. Given the rate at which mobile connectivity is growing, it seems only natural that the way business is done will change. But how will Telco’s embrace this change and are they even ready for it? > > Deloitte has recently completed an in-depth analysis of the African Telecommunications market, its trends, and the drivers of it. We are convinced that there will be consolidation in the telecommunications sector and inevitably more inbound investment as the market opens up and the economic returns improve. Locally we are already seeing this take place with the recent announcement by Safaricom and Airtel of their intended purchase of Yu Mobile. > > Indigenous companies, foreign investors, and global players have all made significant investment into the continent or certainly parts of it. Even governments are waking up to the opportunity to regulate and to auction spectrum and licences. > > While the future shape is still far from clear, we see four potential scenarios: > > Winner takes all – as the markets consolidate quicker than most operators can respond; > Turf wars continue as new and existing operators battle it out for the profitable market and are joined by banks trying to protect their core business against mobile payments; > New entrants come into the market from adjacent sectors with greater added value than the traditional carriers – foreign media and even advertising groups are viewing telcos as a readymade channel to market; Equity bank recently applied to the CCK for a licence to become a Mobile Virtual Network Operator; and > Owning the hearts, minds, and wallets of consumers is the end goal. Will telcos, who have laid the foundation for connectivity and access, be the winners; or will it be global technology groups, the banks, media, advertisers or retailer giants? > The impact is not just on the industry incumbents, but on all players in their respective value chains (hardware, software, services and people provisioning) as they reposition their offerings to keep in step with an unchartered end-state. > > Click here to download the full report > > Yours Sincerely > > Nikhil Hira > TMT Leader > Deloitte East Africa > Tel +254 (0)20 423 000 > nhira(a)deloitte.co.ke > > Please consider the environment before printing > > Home | Security | Legal | Privacy > > Deloitte refers to one or more of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, a UK private company limited by guarantee, and its network of member firms, each of which is a legally separate and independent entity. Please see www.deloitte.com/aboutfor a detailed description of the legal structure of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited and its member firms. > > "Deloitte" is the brand under which tens of thousands of dedicated professionals in independent firms throughout the world collaborate to provide audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, and tax services to selected clients. These firms are members of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (DTTL), a UK private company limited by guarantee. Each member firm provides services in a particular geographic area and is subject to the laws and professional regulations of the particular country or countries in which it operates. DTTL does not itself provide services to clients. DTTL and each DTTL member firm are separate and distinct legal entities, which cannot obligate each other. DTTL and each DTTL member firm are liable only for their own acts or omissions and not those of each other. Each DTTL member firm is structured differently in accordance with national laws, regulations, customary practice, and other factors, and may secure the provision of professional services in its territory through subsidiaries, affiliates, and/or other entities. > > © 2014 Deloitte & Touche. All rights reserved. Member of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited > > > > Unsubscribe | Update my profile | View PDF | Pause subscription > > Email powered by > > This email was sent to ali(a)hussein.me.ke on 2014-03-13 > Deloitte & Touche is intended for opt in communication only. If you feel this email is unsolicited please report it to us.

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Fwd: Ford Foundation seeks Global Internet Rights Program Officer
by Alice Munyua 12 Mar '14

12 Mar '14

Dear all, This might be of interest to some. Best Alice Begin forwarded message: > From: "Duggins, Kamilah" > Date: March 12, 2014 at 22:53:40 GMT+3 > To: "alice(a)apc.org" <alice(a)apc.org> > > I hope this note finds you well. I am writing to request your help in identifying candidates to serve as the Ford Foundation’s Program Officer focused on Global Internet Rights. > please share the attached position announcement widely with colleagues to help us identify a strong and diverse candidate pool. If there are any listservs, e-newsletters, LinkedIn groups or blogs that reach the audience we might be interested in, please share that information with me as well. > > The foundation seeks a dynamic and enthusiastic individual to build on Ford’s rich legacy in and commitment to promoting universal access, open systems and clear protections for the public in the Internet environment. The Program Officer will manage a portfolio of grants and other activities to support a robust field of organizations doing work primarily in the Global South as part of the foundation’s Democracy, Rights and Justice Program. This is a new position in a newly created unit, and an amazing opportunity for the right candidate. > > The current priorities of the work are to: > > promote economic and social protections in the Internet environment > create ubiquitous, inexpensive and safe Internet access > broaden the participation of marginalized groups through targeted strategies for digital inclusion > create a competitive marketplace for innovation and access > promote open and transparent technology systems > advance fair and representative strategies for Internet governance > > Ideal candidates will be unafraid of technology, policy and coalition building; have a bachelor’s degree and at least 7 years’ professional experience working with media, technology and policy organizations internationally or within a global context; and substantial previous experience in and deep knowledge of Internet policy. Also required is excellent analytical, organizational and written and oral communication skills; demonstrated ability to conceptualize program ideas and develop innovative strategies; strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work with colleagues of diverse backgrounds and perspectives. > > This position is based in our New York office. Fluency in English is required. > > > To apply, please visit http://www.fordfoundation.org/careers/jobs/415. > > > We greatly appreciate any consideration and assistance you can lend to this important search. > > > Sincerely, > > > Talent Acquisition Specialist > 320 East 43rd Street > New York, NY 10017 > www.fordfoundation.org > > > > > >

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School laptop tender cancelled
by Lawrence Njogu 12 Mar '14

12 Mar '14

News flash http://standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000106658&story_title=sh24-6b-school… How could they award a LARGE contract like this without doing due diligence? I can't imagine that they had not reviewed the company financials thoroughly. It seems like the only selection criteria used was on cost basis. Even with these new developments, I still find it troubling that the review board directed the tendering process to undertake fresh re-tendering and start from the Best And Final Offer (Bafo) stage. This project needs to be scrapped all together...or redefine the objectives and approach.

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Board cancels tender awarded to Olive Technologies to supply Standard One
by Grace Githaiga 12 Mar '14

12 Mar '14

The Public Procurement Administrative Review Board has cancelled the tender award to Indian firm Olive Technologies to supply and install laptops for Standard One Pupils. In a ruling made Wednesday afternoon, the board chaired by Josephine Mong'are reversed the tender and ordered the procurement committee to retender within 45 days. The board said its decision was informed by the fact that Olive Technologies lacked financial ability to carry out the project. http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000106648&story_title=standard-o…

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Yu acquisition proposal to regulator
by ICT Researcher 12 Mar '14

12 Mar '14

Airtel, Safaricom seek to buy Essar’s Yu in Kenya - Safaricom will get Yu’s infrastructure, while Airtel is expected to acquire Yu’s subscriber base<http://www.livemint.com/Industry/BZZuR21BJsoJf6jksBhnVN/Airtel-Safaricom-se…> Considering the profoundly adverse Triopoly consumer choice consequences, Should the regulator not initiate a public consultation before decision making?

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Re: [kictanet] Start-up Attention Shifting from Kenya to Nigeria?
by James Mbugua 12 Mar '14

12 Mar '14

True true. Like it is said, Feedback is a gift. We do need to listen to such views and ask ourselves if they are true. At the same time, we need to look at technology as more than mobile apps. There is precious little discussed here about energy, automotive, engineering, materials science, biotechnology and so on. We need to expand our discussion beyond internet policies and mobile apps. That is what will make us a tech hub. J -----Original Message----- From: "Phares Kariuki" <pkariuki(a)gmail.com> Sent: ‎3/‎11/‎2014 10:02 PM To: "jgmbugua(a)gmail.com" <jgmbugua(a)gmail.com> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Start-up Attention Shifting from Kenya to Nigeria? Hype shouldn't matter. Germany is huge in manufacturing, even if a lot of the focus is on China. Hype only matters if Kenya exists purely to be validated by third parties. If we have good product, hype regardless, our sector will thrive. There's an old adage, "good marketing makes a bad product fall faster". Sent from my mobile device, excuse brevity On 11 Mar 2014, at 21:40, Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> wrote: What's missing in that story which I think is important is the story of Demo Africa being hosted in Nigeria this year. Critical in that is the open arms that the demo team were received with by the highest levels of the Nigerian government in the ICT Sector. http://www.cio.co.ke/news/top-stories/demo-africa-2014-set-for-nigeria-in-s…. We have always been masters of the hype which has its value in the scheme of things. Now we are loosing the hype to Nigeria and Rwanda. Maybe it's not such a bad thing so that we can move beyond the hype and start doing. Ali Hussein +254 0770 906375 / 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim Blog: www.alyhussein.com "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein Sent from my iPad On Mar 11, 2014, at 4:26 PM, Kivuva <Kivuva(a)transworldafrica.com> wrote: Not really, we've been there, done that. And I still maintain, put PR and confidence ahead, everything else to follow ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya. twitter.com/lordmwesh .co.ke CRAZY OFFER @ Ksh1000+VAT, .me.ke CRAZY OFFER @Ksh250+VAT, while stocks last On 11 March 2014 05:42, Gideon <gideonrop(a)gmail.com> wrote: Interesting read here, Start-up Attention Shifting from Kenya to Nigeria? http://www.africa-assets.com/news/guest-post-start-attention-shifting-kenya… Regards Gideon Rop _______________________________________________ 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. _______________________________________________ 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. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/pkariuki%40gmail.com The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.

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Start-up Attention Shifting from Kenya to Nigeria?
by Gideon 11 Mar '14

11 Mar '14

Interesting read here, Start-up Attention Shifting from Kenya to Nigeria? http://www.africa-assets.com/news/guest-post-start-attention-shifting-kenya… Regards Gideon Rop

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Kili: New service seeks to get companies to think local in cloud computing
by Kivuva 11 Mar '14

11 Mar '14

Kili: New service seeks to get companies to think local in cloud computing Read more at: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2000106576/kili-new-service… By Lillian Kiarie Kenya: Adam Nelson, a New Yorker, has found greener pastures in Kenya. The American moved to the country last year and has launched a service that allows organisations to use local cloud infrastructure to support their operations. What is Kili all about? Kili is a cloud infrastructure service that allows companies and organisations to deploy applications in Kenya. Right now, virtually all Internet applications used in Kenya are hosted either in Europe or the US. But, it's not just web and mobile apps that will benefit from this technology, but also banks and enterprises that need to design disaster recovery scenarios for their data or to deploy internal applications for their branch networks. Read more at: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2000106576/kili-new-service… ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya. twitter.com/lordmwesh

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Digital government?
by Andrea Bohnstedt 11 Mar '14

11 Mar '14

Bit underwhelmed by this: http://www.kenya.go.ke/ Full of typos and non-existent links, and a bit randomly structured. Regards, Andrea

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Its Official - Orange is reviewing its operations in East Africa
by Ali Hussein 10 Mar '14

10 Mar '14

Listers Apologies for cross-posting. A Strategic Review is usually a euphemism for preparing to exit. I'm surprised it's taken this long for Orange to come to the conclusion that its position is no longer tenable. Even the laziest Board will eventually blanch at so much red ink.. CAK will eventually be faced with an interesting scenario... We are indeed living in interesting times.. Even as Orange is complaining of losses, I have at least five lines that haven't worked for a year despite letters from CAK asking them to explain. Is it a wonder then it is in the condition it is in? http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Orange-weighs-options-for… Ali Hussein +254 0770 906375 / 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim Blog: www.alyhussein.com "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein Sent from my iPad

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Hosting options for kenya
by Ray Keller 10 Mar '14

10 Mar '14

Hello Friends I am looking for some help from experts in this list, I have a content rich website which will be used by users in kenya. Can you suggest me where I can host it? Rates I got from safaricom is very high. Is there any cloud service which I can use and rates are comparable to amazon. Critical points are me 1. As it is content base site so data transfer will be very high 2. Latency is critical factor 3. Uptime Which countries has direct pipe connection with kenya? I am looking for cost effective prices either in kenya or data centers which are directly connected with kenya. Please help. Regards Ray Sent from iPhone

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And what would be our contribution to the Salary Pay-Cut Debate?
by Ngigi Waithaka 10 Mar '14

10 Mar '14

Listers, A bit off-the-cuff, but nevertheless, it affects us all, and maybe, we could come up with a common proposal about the recent announcements that the top guys are taking a payroll cut! Now, if we are to spin this around, the amount of money that is going to be left on the table, looked at as a % of the total salaries would will be negligible. Also, once this money is returned to general GoK cash pool it will just get 'eaten' the same way 30% of our total revenue collection gets 'eaten'. I wonder, what if we are to propose some projects right around the whole country, that could be funded by these 'refunded' monies? Say we can collect Ksh5M / month from these refunds, this is enough money that on a round-robin basis could be used to setup a computer lab in a National School and I think the effect would be a lot more than returning this money to the Ksh 1 Trillion Pool. Mr Cabinet Secretary, would this work? -- *Regards,* *Wait**haka Ngigi* Chief Executive Officer | Alliance Technologies | MCK Nairobi Synod Building T + 254 (0) 20 2333 471 |Office Mobile: +254 786 28 28 28 | M + 254 737 811 000 www.at.co.ke

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Re: [kictanet] FW: Your chance to tell governments how the Internet should be run
by Grace Githaiga 09 Mar '14

09 Mar '14

Thank you Dakitari. RgdsGrace Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 07:05:37 +0300 Subject: Re: [kictanet] FW: Your chance to tell governments how the Internet should be run From: bndemo(a)bitangendemo.me To: ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com CC: bitange(a)jambo.co.ke; kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke GG,The review of Mark Zukerberg at the MWC in Barcelona. : http://www.mobileworldlive.com/facebook-keynote-review-paneland http://www.mobileworldlive.com/facebook-keynote-review-panel Ndemo. On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com> wrote: @ Lordmwesh @ Barrack Please see below. Would you be interested in us making a KICTANet/ISOC-K submission or would you rather join other efforts? You could inbox me. RgdsG Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 13:22:20 +0300 From: lillian(a)cipesa.org To: africs-ig(a)lists.apc.org CC: African-ig-school(a)lists.apc.org Subject: [africs-ig] Fwd: Africa ICT/IG Community Contribution to Netmundial Meeting Dear all, We are in the process of developing a submission Netmundial Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance taking place in Brazil next month. Please see email below for your input. We have only today to get all inputs for the final doc (currently available in google link provided) Thanks, ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Towela Nyirenda - Jere <towelan(a)nepad.org> Date: Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 4:39 PM Subject: Africa ICT/IG Community Contribution to Netmundial Meeting To: "Africann(a)afrinic.net" <Africann(a)afrinic.net> Cc: Dandjinou Pierre <pdandjinou(a)gmail.com>, "Nnenna Nwakanma (nnenna75(a)gmail.com)" <nnenna75(a)gmail.com>, "lillian(a)cipesa.org" <lillian(a)cipesa.org> Dear All, The African ICT Community on the AISI-Dgroups list has initiated a contribution to the Netmundial Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance taking place in Brazil in April (www.netmundial.br ). I have been asked to coordinate with Nnenna and Lillian the consolidation of inputs and we aim to finalise the draft by 7th March in order to meet the March 8th deadline. We are thus seeking your contributions to the attached initial draft (French text on first page, followed by English text ). While you may be making contributions through other channels, it can only serve to strengthen our respective voices to also have this contribution from interested African stakeholders working in the ICT/IG space. We hope that you will take the time to add your voice to this document and look forward to receiving your contributions. The document is also available on Google Drive https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2K-XdmXYQ5cUTRnSEp1RXdOOFU/edit?usp=shari… Regards, Towela -- Lillian Nalwoga CIPESA www.cipesa.org +256 712 204335 _______________________________________________ AfriCS-IG mailing list Info and options: http://lists.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/africs-ig To unsubscribe, email africs-ig-unsubscribe(a)lists.apc.org _______________________________________________ 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/bitange%40jambo.co.ke 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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Fw: Fwd: Fwd: [Everyone-jnb] Fwd: Africa Connected. Your votes count!
by Network of non- formal Educational institutions 07 Mar '14

07 Mar '14

On Friday, March 7, 2014 9:50 AM, Patricia Senghor <patricia(a)afrinic.net> wrote: Good morning to all, Per your information. Please spread the word.:-) Patricia -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Fwd: [Everyone-jnb] Fwd: Africa Connected. Your votes count! Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 09:43:24 -0500 From: Titi To: patricia senghor <patricia(a)afrinic.net> FYI please spread the word. Hello All - Africa Connected voting closes tomorrow (March 7th) at midnight GMT. There are 10 finalists in the running to win one of the five $25,000 prizes. They come from Ghana, Senegal, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria. If ever a vote were to count in helping to change a life, community, business in SSA, now is that time. If you have not done so already, do cast your vote and help spread the word. If you would like to help mentor one of the success stories, please sign-up here. -- Patricia Gnilane SENGHOR Cooperation and Project Development Manager, AFRINIC Ltd. t: +230 4035144. | M: +230 58275956 |tt: @afrinic | w: www.afrinic.net facebook.com/afrinic | flickr.com/afrinic | youtube.com/afrinicmedia ___________________________ Join us at AIS14/AFRINIC20, Djibouti, Djibouti, 25 May-6 June 2014.

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The police and media united in violating the constitution?
by ICT Researcher 06 Mar '14

06 Mar '14

Fundamental Rights and freedoms that may not be limited despite any other provision in the Constitution include freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and the right to a fair trial. Every person has the right to privacy, which includes the right not to have information relating to their family or private affairs unnecessarily revealed. Imagine YOU end up making national news – either paraded before television cameras or your photograph published on newspapers being tested with alcoblow by the police. The police find your breath 'ok' (as the gadget displays) so they let you drive on. But what if you were a spiritual leader, an upcoming politician, career person, a teacher, a parent such other law abiding citizen whom somebody just didn't like thus 'fate' to conspires to have you on media being tested for drunken driving? Here a person is guilty until proven innocent? Tried before the media – not before a court of law. Presumed guilty unless and until proven innocent. Your dignity eroded (Article 28), privacy violated (Article 31(c)), inalienable (illimitable) Fundamental Rights (Article 25(a)(c)) – casually taken away by the media in collaboration with the law enforcement agents! Even if one were pre-tried on the media and later found guitly in court, did the media prejudice the trial thus miscarriage of justice? Your opinion? ----- For the avoidance of doubt: (a) Supports eradication of road carnage, menace and corruption (b) Never appeared on bretherlizer "police news"

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Re: [kictanet] FW: Your chance to tell governments how the Internet should be run‏
by Grace Githaiga 06 Mar '14

06 Mar '14

@ Lordmwesh @ Barrack Please see below. Would you be interested in us making a KICTANet/ISOC-K submission or would you rather join other efforts? You could inbox me. RgdsG Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 13:22:20 +0300 From: lillian(a)cipesa.org To: africs-ig(a)lists.apc.org CC: African-ig-school(a)lists.apc.org Subject: [africs-ig] Fwd: Africa ICT/IG Community Contribution to Netmundial Meeting Dear all, We are in the process of developing a submission Netmundial Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance taking place in Brazil next month. Please see email below for your input. We have only today to get all inputs for the final doc (currently available in google link provided) Thanks, ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Towela Nyirenda - Jere <towelan(a)nepad.org> Date: Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 4:39 PM Subject: Africa ICT/IG Community Contribution to Netmundial Meeting To: "Africann(a)afrinic.net" <Africann(a)afrinic.net> Cc: Dandjinou Pierre <pdandjinou(a)gmail.com>, "Nnenna Nwakanma (nnenna75(a)gmail.com)" <nnenna75(a)gmail.com>, "lillian(a)cipesa.org" <lillian(a)cipesa.org> Dear All, The African ICT Community on the AISI-Dgroups list has initiated a contribution to the Netmundial Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance taking place in Brazil in April (www.netmundial.br ). I have been asked to coordinate with Nnenna and Lillian the consolidation of inputs and we aim to finalise the draft by 7th March in order to meet the March 8th deadline. We are thus seeking your contributions to the attached initial draft (French text on first page, followed by English text ). While you may be making contributions through other channels, it can only serve to strengthen our respective voices to also have this contribution from interested African stakeholders working in the ICT/IG space. We hope that you will take the time to add your voice to this document and look forward to receiving your contributions. The document is also available on Google Drive https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2K-XdmXYQ5cUTRnSEp1RXdOOFU/edit?usp=shari… Regards, Towela -- Lillian Nalwoga CIPESA www.cipesa.org +256 712 204335 _______________________________________________ AfriCS-IG mailing list Info and options: http://lists.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/africs-ig To unsubscribe, email africs-ig-unsubscribe(a)lists.apc.org

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Orange prepares to exit African Market?
by Ali Hussein 06 Mar '14

06 Mar '14

Listers Back on the heels of the Yu decision to sell, I understand Orange is preparing to sell its African operations. What are the ramifications of this in the bigger scheme of things? http://www.tmtfinance.com/news/orange-hires-adviser-african-exit?utm_source… Ali Hussein +254 0770 906375 / 0713 601113 "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein Sent from my iPad

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Colleges Need to Act Like Startups -- Or Risk Becoming Obsolete
by Gideon 06 Mar '14

06 Mar '14

Interesting read here http://www.wired.com/opinion/2014/03/universities-moocs-need-consider-cultu… Regards Gideon Rop DotCOnnectAfruca

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Fwd: Welcome to ICANN At-Large!
by Barrack Otieno 05 Mar '14

05 Mar '14

Many thanks Kivuva for leading the effort. Best Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "ICANN At-Large Staff" <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> Date: Mar 5, 2014 7:49 PM Subject: Welcome to ICANN At-Large! To: "Kivuva" <Kivuva(a)transworldafrica.com>, "Barrack Otieno ( otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com)" <otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com> Cc: "Afri-Discuss (afri-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org)" < afri-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>, " alac-internal(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org" < alac-internal(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>, "ICANN At-Large Staff" < staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> Dear Mwendwa and Barrack, ICANN's At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is pleased to inform you that (187) Internet Society Kenya Chapter (ISOC Kenya) been certified as an At-Large Structure (ALS). The ALAC greatly appreciates your group's interest in involving individual users in ICANN and looks forward to working with you and your colleagues. The purpose of ALS certification is to recognize that your organization meets the necessary criteria to involve individual Internet users at the local or issue level in ICANN activities, and that your organization will support its individual members' informed participation in ICANN efforts that affect end-users. The ALAC is eager to promote a productive working relationship between your organization, other ALS, and the ALAC (and ICANN in general), and your input on how we can make this a success would be greatly appreciated. We would like to offer some initial tools to help your organization keep its members informed (about significant news from ICANN and information on ICANN policy-development efforts) and engaged in activities of interest: - Point of Contact for your Organisation: Please send an email to <mailto: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> staff(a)atlarge.icann.org identifying the names and email addresses of one or two individuals who will be the point of contact for information and correspondence regarding ICANN At-Large. If this changes, please let us know. - At Large Mailing Lists. There are many At Large email lists, for each region; you can sign up for them and manage your subscriptions at: <http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo> http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo . The points of contact you identify will automatically be added to your region's list just for accredited ALSes to discuss regional issues and to the mailing list for Staff announcements (only Staff can post messages to that list); you are invited to join others as you wish. - ALS information. Information about your organization will be shared with the At-Large community to enable individuals interested in your group's activities to contact you, and to encourage cooperation with other groups interested in ICANN activities in your geographic region. Please complete and email the form at the bottom of this note to <mailto: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> staff(a)atlarge.icann.org. - ALAC website. The ALAC website ( <http://www.atlarge.icann.org> www.atlarge.icann.org) is a good source for ICANN news and information of interest to individual Internet users. We encourage you to provide your members with a link. The ALAC relies on volunteers to translate information into multiple languages. Translations of documents on the website are welcome and should be sent to <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> staff(a)atlarge.icann.org. - At-Large Regional Websites. Regional wiki webpages also have been created to distribute information (including in local languages) on activities, events and issues of particular interest to people in each region. These are maintained by the community. They are: African Region: <http://www.afralo.org> www.afralo.org Asia/Australia/Pacific Region: <http://www.apralo.org> www.apralo.org European Region: <http://www.euralo.org> www.euralo.org Latin America/Caribbean Region: <http://www.lacralo.org> www.lacralo.org North American Region: <http://www.naralo.org> www.naralo.org We have included an ALS Starter Kit that includes key information on ALAC and At-Large communication tools. We have also included the Beginners Guide to Participating in At-Large which explains the organization of the At-Large community and how to participate in its activities. We look forward to working with you and your organization's members to advance individual Internet users' interests within ICANN. If you have any questions, or need additional information, please contact us at <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> staff(a)atlarge.icann.org. Sincerely, The At-Large Advisory Committee <http://www.atlarge.icann.org> www.atlarge.icann.org <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> staff(a)atlarge.icann.org --------------------------- Name: Location (city/country/region; whatever is relevant to your membership): Mission: Member benefits: Contacts (name/s and email address/es -- title/s optional): Website: Other (additional informational you would like included):

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#Idlelo6 Conference 24th - 28th March 2014 Strathmore University, Nairobi, Kenya
by John Matogo 05 Mar '14

05 Mar '14

Dear colleagues. Just a reminder on the coming #Idlelo6 conference that will take place in Nairobi from 24th - 28th March at Strathmore University. Lined up are a series of exciting technical training sessions that were requested for by the open source community from all over Africa. Following this are great presentations and discussions by those who responded to the earlier call for papers. See the programme at this link: http://idlelo.net/content/sessions . There are also topical discussions on Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) tools for GIS to facilate resource planning, Open Data, Case Studies on FOSS tools for Revenue collection, Open Education Resources, FOSS for Education and many more. Registration is open, there are limited spaces especially for the training sessions, it is advisable to register as soon as possible at this site: http://idlelo.net/content/idlelo-6-conference-registration Let us come together as an Open Source Community at the Idlelo 6 Conference. See attached poster. Kindly share this widely and wildly with other colleagues in your various networks. 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 Skype: jmatogo Twitter: @jmatogo LinkedIn: http://tinyurl.com/avcn7qu Web: www.strathmore.edu and http://www.ibizafrica.co.ke/ -- Note: All emails sent from Strathmore University are subject to Strathmore's Email Terms & Conditions. Please click here<http://www.strathmore.edu/aboutus.php?id=184>to read the policy. "Visit our Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/StrathmoreUniversity>Page and Twitter <https://twitter.com/StrathU>Account".

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FW: Your chance to tell governments how the Internet should be run
by Grace Githaiga 05 Mar '14

05 Mar '14

FYI Subject: Your chance to tell governments how the Internet should be run From: info(a)dot-nxt.com To: ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 06:50:03 +0000 Your chance to tell governments how the Internet should be run /1net is crowdsourcing its statement to the NetMundial conference View this email in your browser Have your say today On an important Internet governance submission If you are interested in how the Internet is run, you are probably aware that a critical meeting of the world's governments will be taking place in Brazil in April, called NetMundial. Submissions to that meeting will be received until the end of this week and a key one will be from the so-called '/1net' initiative. Earlier today, /1net published its draft statement in the form of an online survey and encouraged everyone in the Internet community to provide their thoughts. Sadly, the deadline is extremely short - you only have today to respond - but the two-page survey is simple and should take five minutes or less to fill in. So if you want to add your voice to those that are calling for, among other things, limits on online surveillance, a globalization of the Internet's infrastructure and an assurance that future decisions about the Internet are made by everyone and not just governments, then you can fill in the survey online. For more information on /1net, go to http://1net.org/. There is also a post about the statement and survey on its online forum. Copyright © 2014 .Nxt, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website or at one of our conferences. Our mailing address is: .Nxt426B Cole StSan Francisco, CA 94117 Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences This email was sent to ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com why did I get this? unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences .Nxt · 426B Cole St · San Francisco, CA 94117 · USA

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Re: [kictanet] FW: Your chance to tell governments how the Internet should be run
by ICT Researcher 05 Mar '14

05 Mar '14

Internet grip by undemocratic giant private multinationals continually acquiring or killing emerging competition and innovations should also be told off. We have recent evidence of such corporations going into bed with governments to achieve their mutual interests. What necessitated the Brazil meeting in the first place. The internet is no longer what it used to be and are being made to believe it is. Users face terrible control threats by mega corporations. ------------------------------ On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 11:45 PM MSK Grace Githaiga wrote: >FYI > >Subject: Your chance to tell governments how the Internet should be run >From: info(a)dot-nxt.com >To: ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com >Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 06:50:03 +0000 > > > > > > > > Your chance to tell governments how the Internet should be run > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > /1net is crowdsourcing its statement to the NetMundial conference > > > > > > > > > > View this email in your browser > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Have your say today > >On an important Internet governance submission > >If you are interested in how the Internet is run, you are probably aware that a critical meeting of the world's governments will be taking place in Brazil in April, called NetMundial. > > > >Submissions to that meeting will be received until the end of this week and a key one will be from the so-called '/1net' initiative. Earlier today, /1net published its draft statement in the form of an online survey and encouraged everyone in the Internet community to provide their thoughts. > > > >Sadly, the deadline is extremely short - you only have today to respond - but the two-page survey is simple and should take five minutes or less to fill in. > > > >So if you want to add your voice to those that are calling for, among other things, limits on online surveillance, a globalization of the Internet's infrastructure and an assurance that future decisions about the Internet are made by everyone and not just governments, then you can fill in the survey online. > >For more information on /1net, go to http://1net.org/. There is also a post about the statement and survey on its online forum. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Copyright © 2014 .Nxt, All rights reserved. > > You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website or at one of our conferences. > > > >Our mailing address is: > >.Nxt426B Cole StSan Francisco, CA 94117 >Add us to your address book > > > > >unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This email was sent to ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com > > > why did I get this? unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences > > > .Nxt · 426B Cole St · San Francisco, CA 94117 · USA > > > > > > > > > > > > >

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Re: [kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 82, Issue 15
by James Kimani 04 Mar '14

04 Mar '14

Hey Ray, MTN Business Kenya offers the best cloud services which can be compared to Amozon one. You can reach me on 0722922852 for further details. Regards, James On Mar 4, 2014 4:38 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: Hosting options for kenya (Ken Mwaura) > 2. Re: Yu acquisition proposal to regulator (Ali Hussein) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 16:16:40 +0300 > From: "Ken Mwaura" <mwaura.kenn(a)gmail.com> > To: "'Ray Keller'" <raykeller8(a)gmail.com> > Cc: 'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions' <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Hosting options for kenya > Message-ID: <020101cf37ac$08d8c400$1a8a4c00$(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi Ray, > > Gestalt Gild offers hosting services, we have our data center in Nairobi. > I'll be pleased to guide you through the service off list. We schedule for > a > meeting and discuss your requirement further, how is your calendar? > > > Kind regards, > Ken Mwaura. > Account Manager > Gestalt Gild|Website| Kusi Lane, off 3rd Parklands Avenue| Box 12129 - > 00100 > Nairobi, KENYA.| Office: +254 738222884 Ext. 524; Mobile +254 738959900, > +254 723650688. > We enable you decide when, where and how you want to interact with > business. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: kictanet > [mailto:kictanet-bounces+mwaura.kenn=gmail.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On > Behalf Of Ray Keller > Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2014 3:18 PM > To: Ken Mwaura > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions > Subject: [kictanet] Hosting options for kenya > > Hello Friends > > I am looking for some help from experts in this list, I have a content rich > website which will be used by users in kenya. > > Can you suggest me where I can host it? Rates I got from safaricom is very > high. > > Is there any cloud service which I can use and rates are comparable to > amazon. > > Critical points are me > > 1. As it is content base site so data transfer will be very high 2. Latency > is critical factor 3. Uptime > > Which countries has direct pipe connection with kenya? > > I am looking for cost effective prices either in kenya or data centers > which > are directly connected with kenya. > > Please help. > > Regards > Ray > Sent from iPhone > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/mwaura.kenn%40gmail.co > m > > 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. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 16:36:14 +0300 > From: Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> > To: Walubengo J <jwalu(a)yahoo.com> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Yu acquisition proposal to regulator > Message-ID: <D121D843-006C-46C6-8F6B-1F0F0B953F07(a)hussein.me.ke> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > @Walu > > We are saying the same thing really... > > My point being that everyone is looking at Safaricom as this omnipresent > being yet they are not really.. > > The time has come for the competition to stop running under the skirts of > the Regulator every time Safaricom coughs.. > > Ali Hussein > > +254 0770 906375 / 0713 601113 > > "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will > have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Mar 4, 2014, at 2:39 PM, Walubengo J <jwalu(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > @Ali, > > > > I think you are refusing to see the efficacy of MPESA in the Safaricom > ecosystem. Whereas Voice still contributes their largest profit > percentages, this voice market is glued together around the MPESA product. > > > > Think Microsoft of the last decade. Why was their applications so > successful (MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-Exchange, etc)? Because they were build > around their fairly universal and monopolistic Operating System > (MS-Windows). In todays world of tablets and Smartphones and > CloudComputing, the Operating system of choice has changed (from Microsoft > to Android, iOS and CloudServices i.e. TCP/IP). > > > > Suddenly Microsoft finds itself exposed on their product lines (Word, > Excel, etc) because they have lost the monopoly of the Operating System. > Same thing with Safcom. You expose MPESA to real competition, you break > their stronghold on the Voice and other data services. That is what I > blogged about @http://tiny.cc/3o36bx (thnx GG for sharing :-) > > > > Safaricom is clever (that is why they are no. 1) and one can see from > their recent industry moves that they are reacting appropriately. What I > dont know is if CCK can also their overall game plan and what it means for > the industry. Sorry, let me rephrase that - I think CCK can also see the > Safaricom game plan, but I am still not sure they have the "oomph" to > intervene one way or the other. > > > > At this point in time, the game has moved from being "technical", gone > through being "economical" and we are now at the stage where the big > boys(where are the girls :-() in politics are receiving calls from > interested parties on which way the game should end. I dont have moles way > up there but ladies and gentlemen this discussion (Yu acquisition) must now > at a the Politcal layer. > > > > You and I can only wait and see - and run to court if we feel aggrieved > by the final decisions taken. > > > > walu. > > -------------------------------------------- > > On Tue, 3/4/14, Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> wrote: > > > > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Yu acquisition proposal to regulator > > To: jwalu(a)yahoo.com > > Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > > Date: Tuesday, March 4, 2014, 1:42 PM > > > > Edith > > +1. > > Mark, sometimes regulatory action is used as a > > weapon when one has been unable to compete. My take is that > > Mpesa isn't yet the bread and butter of Safaricom. The > > greatest value it has is in its network effect. I suspect > > that Safaricom is already on the hunt for the next big > > thing. They are building out WiMAX networks, engaging > > businesses for computing needs etc. This boring stuff is > > where the money is. > > My take? CAK (CCK) needs to stand down on this > > one and let the market take its course. After all what else > > does the competition need to be done for them to compete > > with Safaricom? Share out subscribers through legislation? I > > think this isn't a perfect market but the regulator here > > is doing an ok job.. > > > > Ali Hussein > > +254 0770 > > 906375 / 0713 601113 <%200713%20601113> > > "I fear the day technology will > > surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation > > of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein > > Sent from my iPad > > On Mar 4, 2014, at 12:12 PM, Edith Adera <eadera(a)idrc.ca> > > wrote: > > > > Mark and > > Listers, > > > > If I were Safaricom, I would do exactly what they are > > doing and MORE! That is the nature of competition! > > But if the consumer behaved differently.....aka > > "rational consumer behaviour"......would the > > competition hold? ....I dont think for long! > > > > Edith > > ________________________________________ > > From: Mark Mwangi [mwangy(a)gmail.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2014 1:33 AM > > To: Edith Adera > > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions > > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Yu acquisition proposal to > > regulator > > > > @Edith the reason it doesn't work here is because > > of arrogance or incompetence by the competition. There is no > > reason as to why the small players have not ganged up and > > built joint infrastructure like 3G networks to rival > > Safaricom. I have always said hey should push for twin sim > > phones to make space on peoples phones but the tend to think > > selling galaxy phones will translate to profits. > > > > Look at Orange. They should have a monopoly on the > > iPhone game but now Safaricom sell iPhone too. > > > > Airtel treat clients like they are doing hem a favour > > right from the Kencell days. I don't know what Yu's > > strategy was. > > > > @Dennis and @Ali I think this is a bad deal and the > > regulator shouldn't allow it. It will further constrict > > choice and thus make a mockery of the license grant in the > > first place. > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 9:08 AM, Edith Adera <eadera(a)idrc.ca<mailto: > eadera(a)idrc.ca>> > > wrote: > > BIG QUESTION > > Why can't Kenya sustain a "multi player" > > environment? Ive argued for years that it has to do > > with peculiar "consumer behaviour" of Kenyans. > > Open competition has not worked, number portability has not > > worked.....what will sustain a vibrant multi player > > environment? > > > > I've just returned from Ghana where the 4+ players > > have all sorts of offerings whooing consumers left, right > > and centre...you have all sorts of incentives that seems to > > keep all players afloat....number portability works etc > > etc. > > > > Why not Kenya? > > > > What's your take? > > > > Edith > > ________________________________________ > > From: kictanet [kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.ca(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > <mailto:idrc.ca@lists.kictanet.or.ke>] > > on behalf of Ali Hussein [ali(a)hussein.me.ke<mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke>] > > Sent: Monday, March 03, 2014 11:47 PM > > To: Edith Adera > > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions > > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Yu acquisition proposal to > > regulator > > > > Dennis > > > > Couldn't agree with you more. > > > > In this particular case the regulator will do best to > > stand down and let market forces play out. > > > > Ali Hussein > > > > +254 0770 906375<tel:%2B254%200770%20906375> / > > 0713 601113<tel:0713%20601113> > > > > "I fear the day technology will surpass human > > interaction. The world will have a generation of > > idiots". ~ Albert Einstein > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > On Mar 4, 2014, at 7:18 AM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi(a)gmail.com<mailto: > dmbuvi(a)gmail.com><mailto:dmbuvi@gmail.com<mailto:dmbuvi@gmail.com>>> > > wrote: > > > > > > I thought Kenya was a liberal country, what's with > > everyone wanting to place regulatory hurdles on Yu's > > exit. > > > > Biggest issue is Safaricom's acquisition of > > spectrum belonging to YU and thus putting more spectrum > > under them - which they badly need to improve network > > quality in urban areas which suffer from congestion. > > > > Industry analysts have long predicted consolidation of > > MNOs in African countries to 3 or 4 per country (see an > > interview I did with Coleago in December > http://www.cio.co.ke/news/main-stories/coleago's-chris-gives-insights-on-lte-network-sharing,-spectrum,-future-and-regulation-of-africa-telecoms# > > ) > > > > The buy out paves the way for licensing of MVNOs, > > which have an advantage of sharing existing capacity and > > unutilised resources rather than building out whole networks > > again. > > > > On 4 Mar 2014 05:32, "Ali Hussein" <ali(a)hussein.me.ke<mailto: > ali(a)hussein.me.ke><mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke<mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke>>> > > wrote: > > Listers > > > > Yu has been bleeding red ink since it launched. It was > > inevitable. No public review will change that. The Network > > Effect is clearly at play here with Safaricom. None of the > > other players are profitable. Orange is being kept afloat by > > GoK and the mother company in France. Airtel considers Kenya > > a loss leader because of its 'strategic' nature in > > Africa and hence cannot abandon it. Not sure how long that > > will continue. > > > > The interesting bit here is that Orange may eventually > > buy Safaricom because of some actions in far off cities that > > we have no control over...that for me is the real > > risk.. > > > > Ali Hussein > > > > +254 0770 > > 906375<tel:%2B254%200770%20906375><tel:%2B254%200770%20906375> > > / 0713 > > 601113<tel:0713%20601113><tel:0713%20601113> > > > > "I fear the day technology will surpass human > > interaction. The world will have a generation of > > idiots". ~ Albert Einstein > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > On Mar 3, 2014, at 11:20 PM, ICT Researcher <ict.researcher(a)yahoo.com > <mailto:ict.researcher@yahoo.com><mailto:ict.researcher@yahoo.com<mailto: > ict.researcher(a)yahoo.com>>> > > wrote: > > > > For starters, the company's assets true worth need > > to be independently established and its outstanding > > liabilities audited. Mere reported "spend a combined > > $100 million" inflated with 'sweatheart deal' > > exit premium does not in any way reflect the much lower true > > worth of the exiting business persons which no doubt a > > consortium of Kenyans investors can raise and potentially > > enable consumers to migrate enmasse to 100 p.c. "MKenya > > Network":-) > > > > > > > > On Monday, March 3, 2014 9:44 PM, "Wambua, > > Christopher" <Wambua(a)cck.go.ke<mailto:Wambua@cck.go.ke><mailto: > Wambua(a)cck.go.ke<mailto:Wambua@cck.go.ke>>> > > wrote: > > The regulator has just received the application. We > > are in the process of reviewing the application with a view > > to deciding the way forward. It is therefore too early > > to subject the application to public consultation. > > > > Wambua > > Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone. > > From: ICT Researcher > > Sent: Monday, 3 March 2014 21:11 PM > > To: Wambua, Christopher > > Reply To: ICT Researcher > > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions > > Subject: [kictanet] Yu acquisition proposal to > > regulator > > > > > > Airtel, Safaricom seek to buy Essar?s Yu in Kenya - > > Safaricom will get Yu?s infrastructure, while Airtel is > > expected to acquire Yu?s subscriber base < > http://www.livemint.com/Industry/BZZuR21BJsoJf6jksBhnVN/Airtel-Safaricom-se… > > > > > > Considering the profoundly adverse Triopoly consumer > > choice consequences, > > Should the regulator not initiate a public > > consultation before decision making? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > kictanet mailing list > > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke > ><mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto: > 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/ali%40hussein.me.ke > > > > 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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Has Safaricom finally met its match?
by Grace Githaiga 04 Mar '14

04 Mar '14

MPESA is simultaneously the strongest and weakest link in Safaricom’s portfolio. Most subscribers stick with Safaricom because of the omnipresent nature of MPESA. Once a formidable competitor is found in that space, the invincible nature of Safaricom is bound to start crumbling. Indeed, Safaricom and other operators know this and they have duly responded by offering to buy out YouMobile – an operator that was allegedly planning to partner with Equity Bank in delivering the mobile money services. Equity Bank will therefore be forced to lease infrastructure from Safaricom, Airtel or Orange in their new scheme of things. http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/Has-Safaricom-finally-met-its-match…

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Re: [kictanet] Yu acquisition proposal to regulator
by Consumers Federation of Kenya (Cofek) 03 Mar '14

03 Mar '14

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Kenyans win top positions in global firms
by Grace Githaiga 03 Mar '14

03 Mar '14

Not exactly ICT related but a couple of the winners are on this list. http://www.nation.co.ke/business/corporates/Mahinda-Mwai-Otieno-Wainaina-Mw…

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ICT AUTHORITY BOARD MEANT TO CURE OLD CONFLICT ISSUES
by Grace Githaiga 03 Mar '14

03 Mar '14

In January, Fred Matiang’i, Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Communication inaugurated a new ICT Authority Board. He appointed:Prof Timothy WaemaMs Esther KibeereMs Bertha DenaProf Elijah OmwengaMr David MugoMr Ugas MohamedMy knee jerk reaction was that the CS had given a salute to the private sector and civil society “noise makers”. http://www.wanjiku.co.ke/2014/02/ict-authority-board-meant-to-cure-old-conf…

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Fwd: [Chapter-delegates] Internet Freedom is not Enough: Towards an Internet Based on Human Rights
by Barrack Otieno 28 Feb '14

28 Feb '14

Listers, Enjoy reading ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Santosh Sigdel <santoshsigdel(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 13:31:39 +0545 Subject: [Chapter-delegates] Internet Freedom is not Enough: Towards an Internet Based on Human Rights To: Chapter Delegates <chapter-delegates(a)elists.isoc.org> Dear All, I found this article interesting. *Internet Freedom is not Enough: Towards an Internet Based on Human Rights* http://www.surjournal.org/eng/conteudos/getArtigo18.php?artigo=18,artigo_02… Best Santosh Sigdel General Secretary ISOC Nepal This email (including attachments) is confidential and may be privileged. If you have recieved it in error please notify me immediately and you may not copy, forward, disclose or otherwise use any part of it. It is the responsibilty of the recipient to ensure the emailis virus free. -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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Prince 2 Training Opportunity
by Harry Hare | African eDevelopment Resource Centre 27 Feb '14

27 Feb '14

Greetings all, We have a one time opportunity to offer PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner courses and exams at unbelievable price towards the end of March this year. If you have this requirement please drop me a note off list. Wash, my apologies for this advert, but I thought it might benefit some members. If it won¹t, I am a first time offender 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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Re: [kictanet] [ISOC_KE] Has the battle for Net Neutrality already been lost?
by Ali Hussein 27 Feb '14

27 Feb '14

Interesting perspective. Ali Hussein +254 0770 906375 / 0713 601113 "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein Sent from my iPad > On Feb 25, 2014, at 9:57 AM, Joly MacFie <joly(a)punkcast.com> wrote: > > Recommended reading: > > http://www.jacobrosenberg.com/2014/02/24/cdn-games/ > >> On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 12:46 AM, Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> wrote: >> Listers >> >> Apologies for cross posting. >> >> With the caving in of Netflix to Comcast's 'bullying' is the debate for Net >> Neutrality become irrelevant? >> >> Have market forces rendered this very emotive issue irrelevant? >> >> Is the action by Comcast Anti-Competitive? >> >> Why aren't the authorities in the US (the so called beacon for Net >> Neutrality) not doing anything about it? >> >> For the past two decades, the Internet has operated as an unregulated, >> competitive free market. Given the tendency of networked industries to lapse >> into monopoly--think of AT&T's 70-year hold over telephone service, for >> example--that's a minor miracle. But recent developments are putting the >> Internet's decentralized architecture in danger. >> >> In recent months, the nation's largest residential Internet service >> providers have been demanding payment to deliver Netflix traffic to their >> own customers. On Sunday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Netflix has >> agreed to the demands of the nation's largest broadband provider, Comcast. >> The change represents a fundamental shift in power in the Internet economy >> that threatens to undermine the competitive market structure that have >> served Internet users so well for the past two decades. >> >> Read on:- >> >> http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/02/23/comcasts-deal-… >> Ali Hussein >> >> +254 0770 906375 / 0713 601113 >> >> "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will >> have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> _______________________________________________ >> isoc mailing list >> isoc(a)orion.my.co.ke >> http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/isoc > > > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast > WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com > http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com > VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org > -------------------------------------------------------------- > -

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Internship Opportunity
by Grace Githaiga 26 Feb '14

26 Feb '14

From: towelan(a)nepad.org To: african-ig-school(a)lists.apc.org Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 12:36:25 +0000 Subject: [African-ig-school] Internship Opportunity FYI – please help to circulate. Job Title: Intern Position Level: Young Professional Duty Station: NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency, Midrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Supervisor: Advisor, Policy and Regulatory, ICT Infrastructure, ICT e-Africa Programme, NEPAD Agency The NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency is seeking the placement of two (2) Interns who are citizens of the African Union (AU) Member States under the NEPAD Young Professionals Programme (YPP). Under the supervision of the Advisor, Policy and Regulatory, ICT Infrastructure of the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency or his/her delegate, the Interns will be responsible for supporting the implementation of e-Africa projects. Application for Placement: To apply, please submit the following: A motivation letter stating reasons for seeking YPP position with the NEPAD Agency. Curriculum vitae (CV) not exceeding three (3) pages and indicating your nationality, age and gender. Three (3) referees with good knowledge of the candidate’s work, furnishing full contact details, telephone, fax and e-mail addresses. 1. Certified copies of degrees and diplomas. Basic Stipend /Allowance: The basic stipend / allowance will be in line with the NEPAD Young Professionals Programme (YPP). Applications must be received not later than Monday, 03 March 2014 and should be addressed to: YPP Committee NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency P O Box 1234 Halfway House Midrand, 1685 Email: hr(a)nepad.org Click here for more information>>> Other vacancies/opportunities also available at http://www.nepad.org/nepad/nepad-career Regards, Towela _______________________________________________ African-ig-school mailing list Info and options: http://lists.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/african-ig-school To unsubscribe, email african-ig-school-unsubscribe(a)lists.apc.org

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