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Conference speakers - Block Chain Technology, Cryptocurrencies; Innovation
by Matunda Nyanchama 26 Apr '17

26 Apr '17

Good evening friends. Please send me names of individuals that can speak on the following subjects. If possible, they need to come from the East African region and/or have experience on the same from the region. 1. Cryptocurrency: It's fate in East Africa 2. Implementing Block-Chain Technology: Idea v/s Reality 3. RegTechs: Innovation for Regulation Shukrani. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Matunda Nyanchama, PhD, CISSP; Director & Managing Consultant, <mailto:mnyanchama@aganoconsulting.com> mnyanchama(a)aganoconsulting.com Agano Consulting Inc.; <http://www.aganoconsulting.com/> www.aganoconsulting.com; Twitter: <http://twitter.com/#%21/nmatunda> nmatunda; Skype: okiambe ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------- Manage your ICT risks! We are the experts you need! The trusted partners you deserve! Call: +254-20-267-0743 (Kenya) or info(a)aganoconsulting.com Licensed by Communications Authority of Kenya (CA)

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Fwd: [Internet Policy] UNHCHR survey
by Barrack Otieno 26 Apr '17

26 Apr '17

Listers, For your Information. Best Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Richard Hill <rhill(a)hill-a.ch> Date: Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 6:15 PM Subject: [Internet Policy] UNHCHR survey To: internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org The United Nations Human Rights Office is defining its strategic direction for the next four years and would appreciate input. They ask all interested persons to fill in a questionnaire to help us them make the best strategic choices to stand up and stand out for defense, protection and promotion of all human rights for all. The questionnaire is at: http://ohchr-survey.unog.ch/index.php/288665?lang=en Feel free to forward as appropriate. Best, Richard _______________________________________________ To manage your ISOC subscriptions or unsubscribe, please log into the ISOC Member Portal: https://portal.isoc.org/ Then choose Interests & Subscriptions from the My Account menu. -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Re: [kictanet] Safaricom may face sanctions over network outage-of market shares and competition
by Ali Hussein 25 Apr '17

25 Apr '17

@Ngigi I will concede the point on ITU... :-) As for being a Safaricom Hardliner...All I can say is that my contributions on this list speaks for itself. I'm an equal opportunity offender. :-) Mine is to declare my deep commitment to free markets and to eschew the 'Market Failure' conversation that leads to a declaration of dominance and 'dishing' out of market share to undeserving entities who will do nothing with it but proceed to lose it as quickly as they were given it. So let's say for arguments sake we declare Safaricom dominant. What are the remedies? What tools does the regulator have to ensure we don't punish well run companies for being winners while rewarding failure. Let's have this conversation on 'correcting' 'dominance' as opposed to simply bashing. I'm on record severally disagreeing with something Safaricom has done. The other issue is of Regulators who are ill equipped to deal with a fast paced tech landscape. Read my blog on this issue:- https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/pitfalls-runaway-innovation-regulators-who-s… Bottom line is this:- This is a mixed conversation - Market Dynamics and a 22nd century Regulatory Toolbox will do the trick. This is a surgeon's scalpel not an executioner's axe conversation. Ali Hussein +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle Get Outlook for iOS _____________________________ From: Ngigi Waithaka <ngigi(a)at.co.ke> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 8:13 PM Subject: Re: [kictanet] Safaricom may face sanctions over network outage-of market shares and competition To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Cc: Admin CampusCiti <info(a)campusciti.com> @Ali, Mr, you can shoot the messenger, just not the message! ITU is not *irrelevant*. They have their study/studies on these issues, before you dismiss them in total, how about you look indepth at what they have to say, then counter that, point by point. Otherwise I will label thee a *Safaricom hardliner* and ask you to declare any interests (Do they owe you any Bonga Points?) ; past, current, future :-) Rgds On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 8:00 PM, Admin CampusCiti via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: @Walu I'm hard pressed to take anything from ITU seriously.. :-) I'm sorry but those guys still think we live in the Telegram era... The dynamics of the Telco market are simply too fluid to label dominant any player st this point. Ali Hussein Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 / 0770906375 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim Blog: www.alyhussein.com "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad On 25 Apr 2017, at 7:44 PM, Walubengo J <jwalu(a)yahoo.com> wrote: @Ali, ITU has a simplified way of calculating degree of competition in a specific market segment e.g mobile money market. It has a strange name, the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI), but it seeks to determine market concentration beyond - 'how many players exists in a market?'. It attempts to measure 'effective competition' by delving into the market share each of the players controls. In other words, a market of 4 players could actually be LESS competitive than a market of just TWO players -depending on their market shares. As an example, If two players exist in a market and split it equally on a 50:50 basis, that market is more competitive than one with 4 players where the share ratio is say 70:15:10:5. Tafakari hayo :-) walu From: Admin CampusCiti via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> To: jwalu(a)yahoo.com Cc: Admin CampusCiti <info(a)campusciti.com>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 6:13 PM Subject: Re: [kictanet] Safaricom may face sanctions over network outage @Ngigi We have ourselves to blame. Or competitors for being 'weak' I'm simply not for the idea of 'rectifying' so called 'Market Failure' with the heavy hand of regulation. Dominance/Monopolies are a thing of the past. It maybe simplifying an issue but let's face it. Even with Mpesa being so dominant 90+% of our transactions in this country are still cash based. So where's the Dominance? :-) Ali Hussein Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 / 0770906375 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim Blog: www.alyhussein.com "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad On 25 Apr 2017, at 5:39 PM, Ngigi Waithaka <ngigi(a)at.co.ke> wrote: @Ali, My concern is between now and when the so called 'market' takes care of this issue. As we have seen yesterday, We are one hack away from the entire country being taken down almost completely by the failure of a single firm. Twendeleeni vivyo hivyo! On 25 Apr 2017 5:24 p.m., "Admin CampusCiti" <info(a)campusciti.com> wrote: @Ngigi I'm with Tom on this one. I actually don't see how the Dominance conversation has crept into this discussion :-) We have a choice. For Mpesa 1. Airtel Money. 2. PesaLink 3. MULA - I actually now use Mula for all my bill payments. It's just super useful. Even the Safaricom App that's been launched doesn't hold a candle to Mula. 4. Orange money. For Connectivity 1. Orange 2. Liquid 3. Airtel (by the way there are other parts of this country like Kilifi for example that Airtel has a far better network.. 4. Surf by Facebook 😜 5. Zuku 6. JTL As Kenyans we simply cannot go back to having this Dominance conversation since we are in a free market and there is choice. Vote with your wallet, like I have. Safaricom will continue to improve or it will become irrelevant. Think Microsoft, Think Compac, Think Kodak , Think Nokia. C'mon guys..The market will take care of this issue. And guess what? YOU ARE THE MARKET (Chukua control wewe mwenyewe!!) Don't punish Safaricom for weakness in competitors and your own 'laziness' :-) to choose a different service provider if you are unhappy with current services. Ali Hussein Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 / 0770906375 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin. com/in/alihkassim Blog: www.alyhussein.com "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad On 25 Apr 2017, at 10:43 AM, Ngigi Waithaka via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: Ali, Do you now see the wisdom of declaring Safaricom dominant and at least getting 2-3 other players with a sizeable market share to spread the risk? When Safcom goes down and it will inevitably will at times, the following happens: 1. 80% of the country citizens are without communication 2. 80% of the country's citizens are without access to money & banking services. 3. 100% of the police security & communication system is offline. We put all our country's eggs in that one basket... and the basket is bound to drop once in awhile.... On 25 Apr 2017 9:35 a.m., "Admin CampusCiti via kictanet" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: Listers This issue continues to have serious ramifications. Yesterday Bob, the CEO, made a very impassioned statement on the downtime. I liked the fact that he said there's no excuse for such a thing to happen and that they are working on restoring full services. However, I think Bob's statement simply didn't go far enough. We are seeing a different Safaricom - one that seems attuned to the customer and more open that's why I'm disappointed that Mpesa is still down today morning and we have had nothing from Safaricom. A simple use of SMS to update us on an hourly basis is not too much to ask. It's clear that Safaricom is now so embedded in our lives that total openness is not only a must it's a Business Continuity Conversation. Ali Hussein Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 / 0770906375 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.c om/in/alihkassim Blog: www.alyhussein.com "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad On 24 Apr 2017, at 11:18 PM, Sidney Ochieng via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: Safaricom may face sanctions over network outage http://www.businessdailyafrica .com/news/Safaricom-may-face-s anctions-over-network-outage/5 39546-3902518-15d86gnz/index.h tml That one network has this much power over economy is frightening and must be addressed. Today has proven that it's not enough that Safaricom says they won't misuse their dominance, it's enough that if they fail the country slows to a crawl. Sent on the move, kindly excuse any typos. Sidney ______________________________ _________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m ailman/listinfo/kictanet Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTA Net/ Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m ailman/options/kictanet/info%4 0campusciti.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/m ailman/listinfo/kictanet Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTA Net/ Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m ailman/options/kictanet/ngigi% 40at.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. ______________________________ _________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ mailman/listinfo/kictanet Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ KICTANet/ Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ mailman/options/kictanet/info% 40campusciti.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 Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jwalu%40yahoo.com The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/ngigi%40at.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. -- Regards, Waithaka Ngigi Chief Executive Officer | Alliance Technologies | MCK Nairobi Synod Building T +254 20 525 0750 |Office Mobile: +254 716 201061 | M +254 737 811 000 www.at.co.ke

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On Critical Infrastructure & Safaricom Outage
by Matunda Nyanchama 25 Apr '17

25 Apr '17

Friends, It is important that critical infrastructure be assessed holistically. For example, in the communications sector, we would examine the resilience of the entire sector collectively and singly. Indeed, the law/regulations should compel "coopetition" where players compete for business and yet cooperate for collective survival. A good example is where (say) both main and failover links for Safaricom fail; yet at the same time, Airtel/Telkom/etc. have available links in operation. Safaricom traffic should failover to this capacity at pre-negotiated rates and vice versa. In addition, sectors should regularly review threats they face and share solutions and approaches to tackle those threats. It means a degree of information-sharing that allows for the sector to survive, but which doesn't compromise business for anyone of them. Take the example of technology. Most of these competitors have common vendors and have implemented the same or similar technologies. This is in addition to have similar processes, types of skills and quality standards of operation. Indeed, they even employ from the same pool with employees hopping from one company to the other. . clearly then, all of them share the same or similar structural strengths and weaknesses. As such, if one of them discovers such weaknesses it is good for the sector to share such findings with all other players. . in the end this should strengthen the sector and serve the national interest as well. ..we should do the same across all sectors deemed critical to the nation's survival: energy, transportation, banking, water, health care, etc. Baadaye. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Matunda Nyanchama, PhD, CISSP; Director & Managing Consultant, <mailto:mnyanchama@aganoconsulting.com> mnyanchama(a)aganoconsulting.com Agano Consulting Inc.; <http://www.aganoconsulting.com/> www.aganoconsulting.com; Twitter: <http://twitter.com/#%21/nmatunda> nmatunda; Skype: okiambe ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------- Manage your ICT risks! We are the experts you need! The trusted partners you deserve! Call: +254-20-267-0743 (Kenya) or info(a)aganoconsulting.com Licensed by Communications Authority of Kenya (CA)

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Call for volunteers for the 2017 Kenya IGF steering team
by Mwendwa Kivuva 25 Apr '17

25 Apr '17

Listers, The Kenya Internet Governance Forum (KIGF) is an annual meeting that brings together various stakeholder groups to dialogue on ICT and Internet policy. While the discussions give soft policy outcomes, KIGF is a knowledge sharing platform that informs and inspires policy actors in both the public and private sectors. The national forum also feeds into the regional and global IGFs through a chain of reporting and representation to the regional and global IGFs to ensure a bottom up Internet policy development processes and a strong link between global internet policies and the national one. KICTANet wishes to invite volunteers from all stakeholder groups to assist in preparation of the 2017 KIGF edition, which is slated for 6th July 2017. The volunteers will form a local Multistakeholder Advisory Group that will be expected to: 1. Reach out to the community to source community participation and KIGF subject focus areas. 2. Lead online discussions prior to the KIGF. 3. Coordinate logistics and resources for the meeting. 4. Coordinate the actual event. 5. Report on outcomes of the event. To express interest, please send an email to info(a)kictanet.or.ke indicating your stakeholder group, expertise and state your particular interest in steering KIGF 2017 by 23rd April 2017. Membership to the steering team is voluntary and all materials produced by KICTANet are published under creative commons licenses. Organisations from various stakeholder groups are encouraged to nominate representatives. For more information or clarification, kindly email Barrack Otieno on otienobarrack(a)gmail.com. About KICTANet The Kenya ICT Action Network is an open multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interests and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reforms in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. Learn more at www.kictanet.or.ke The report for the very successful 2016 Kenya IGF is available at https://www.kictanet.or.ke/?p=26623 and http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/african-regional-group Sincerely, ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya

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Safaricom may face sanctions over network outage
by Matunda Nyanchama 25 Apr '17

25 Apr '17

Friends This matter underlines a key aspect that should trigger comprehensive assessment of the way critical infrastructure is managed in this country. As the Treasury indicated a while back, Safaricom's role and especially its MPESA service is a critical cog in the Kenyan economy. A while back there was a task force dealing with regulations to govern critical infrastructure to ensure that this is protected accordingly. This would require designs that assure resilience in the face of potential vulnerabilities (both logical and physical) with continuity at the core of these. I suppose that Safaricom continually assesses (through audits and self-assessment) its vulnerabilities, examines associated exposures and potential impacts with clear action plans on how to address those weaknesses. . I am sure the regulator seeks the same from an assurance perspective as part of the entity's licensing requirements. Without thinking of the worst: cyber-related risks abound too! Regards. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Matunda Nyanchama, PhD, CISSP; Director & Managing Consultant, <mailto:mnyanchama@aganoconsulting.com> mnyanchama(a)aganoconsulting.com Agano Consulting Inc.; <http://www.aganoconsulting.com/> www.aganoconsulting.com; Twitter: <http://twitter.com/#%21/nmatunda> nmatunda; Skype: okiambe ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------- Manage your ICT risks! We are the experts you need! The trusted partners you deserve! Call: +254-20-267-0743 (Kenya) or info(a)aganoconsulting.com Licensed by Communications Authority of Kenya (CA)

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Safaricom may face sanctions over network outage - Business Daily
by Nanjira Sambuli 25 Apr '17

25 Apr '17

"“I want to say that those are the risks of probably having too much dominance in the market by a few players or so, because you don’t spread the risk,” said Mr Wangusi." http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/news/Safaricom-may-face-sanctions-over-n… Regards, Nanjira. Sent on the move.

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ICANN 59 (Joburg) Tech talk panel on DNSSEC Deployment Challenges
by Mark Elkins 24 Apr '17

24 Apr '17

ICANN-59 will be held in Johannesburg at the Sandton convention centre from 26-29 June, 2017. One of the technical days is shared between DNSSEC (morning) and ccTLD Technical Talks (afternoon). We (the DNSSEC Workshop Program Committee) are looking for a few people that would like to participate in a panel discussion on “DNSSEC Deployment Challenges” on the African Continent. Officially- The program committee is seeking input from those that are interested in implementation of DNSSEC but have general or particular concerns with DNSSEC. In particular, we are seeking input from individuals that would be willing to participate in a panel that would discuss questions of the nature: — What are your most significant concerns with DNSSEC, e.g., implementation, operation or something else? — What do you expect DNSSEC to do for you and what doesn't it do? — What do you see as the most important trade-offs with respect to doing or not doing DNSSEC? We are interested in presentations related to any aspect of DNSSEC such as zone signing, DNS response validation, applications use of DNSSEC, registry/registrar DNSSEC activities, etc. So, I'm looking for a handful of volunteers (anyone from Africa). Talks would be no longer than ten minutes long. You get a free lunch :-) -- Mark James ELKINS - Posix Systems - (South) Africa mje(a)posix.co.za Tel: +27.128070590 Cell: +27.826010496 For fast, reliable, low cost Internet in ZA: https://ftth.posix.co.za

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Safaricom network breakdown
by Victor Kapiyo 24 Apr '17

24 Apr '17

Morning, I don't know about everyone else, but this is not encouraging. Would be happy to hear from Safaricom and CA about the cause of the problem and safeguards put in place to ensure such incidences are avoided in the future. *Millions of Safaricom customers were unable to make calls Monday morning after the mobile service provider experienced a technical hitch. The technical problem affected subscribers countrywide with the company saying it is working to resolve the issue. “Sorry we are having a slight technical fault with the network services countywide but the issue is being resolved,” the company posted on its Twitter account. Data from Communications Authority of Kenya shows that Safaricom has the highest number of mobile subscribers with 26.6 million customers.* http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Safaricom-network-breakdown-affects-millions/1… *Victor Kapiyo* Partner | *Lawmark Partners LLP* *Web: www.lawmark.co.ke <http://www.lawmark.co.ke> * ==================================================== *“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude” Zig Ziglar*

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Is the blockchain overhyped?
by Ali Hussein 22 Apr '17

22 Apr '17

Listers A lot is being said about the potential of the BlockChain to 'disrupt' everything we do. From Financial Services, to the Land Registry and beyond. Is this reputation being overhyped? https://www.mobilepaymentstoday.com/articles/is-the-blockchain-overhyped/?u… Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle Sent from my iPad

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Re: [kictanet] Why Net Neutrality Matters for SEO and Web Marketing - Whiteboard Friday - Moz
by florence mwangangi 21 Apr '17

21 Apr '17

The current position in Kenya - as with other jurisdictions - is support for net neutrality premised on the law. That is the position being exemplified by Rand Fishkin, and I share it too. However, if there's a shift in the big net market in the US, it would affect us too as will be the case with other nations. Question is whether we can "make noise enough" to have net neutrality retained at the international level, noting the huge influence the rich and mighty ISPs wield. On 21 Apr 2017 10:43, "Admin CampusCiti via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Listers > > Back to my favorite subject. :-) > > Net neutrality is a hot-button issue lately, and whether it's upheld or > not could have real ramifications for the online marketing industry. In > this Whiteboard Friday, Rand covers the potential consequences and fallout > of losing net neutrality > > Read on:- > > https://moz.com/blog/net-neutrality-seo-whiteboard-friday > > > *Ali Hussein* > *Hussein & Associates* > +254 0713 601113 / 0770906375 > > Twitter: @AliHKassim > > Skype: abu-jomo > > LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim > <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> > > Blog: www.alyhussein.com > > "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking > what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi > > Sent from my iPad > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet > Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ > > Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m > ailman/options/kictanet/fmwangangi1%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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Why Net Neutrality Matters for SEO and Web Marketing - Whiteboard Friday - Moz
by Admin CampusCiti 21 Apr '17

21 Apr '17

Listers Back to my favorite subject. :-) Net neutrality is a hot-button issue lately, and whether it's upheld or not could have real ramifications for the online marketing industry. In this Whiteboard Friday, Rand covers the potential consequences and fallout of losing net neutrality Read on:- https://moz.com/blog/net-neutrality-seo-whiteboard-friday Ali Hussein Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 / 0770906375 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim Blog: www.alyhussein.com "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad

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The growing use of social media in the political landscape
by Joash Moitui 21 Apr '17

21 Apr '17

Dear listeners, On behalf of my colleagues, we would like to inform you we are conducting a research on the growing use of social media in the political landscape. The research has particular relevance in Kenya, where elections have repeatedly been flashpoints of violence, and where crowdsourced violence reporting via social and new media has been a feature of peacebuilding and violence mitigation. Research highlights significant ‘technology gaps’ between members at margins of society, and those whose voices are amplified by social media; reflecting concerns that social media does not equally reflect experiences of the most vulnerable, including women and girls, or populations with limited digital access, who are often key crisis response targets. How timely are reports from social media and conventional media, and how can these be used in real-time by policymakers in the real-time case of the Kenyan elections? Little research has rigorously tested the nature or extent of data gaps, meaning policymakers develop responses without robust evidence on data reliability and comprehensiveness. Findings will be discussed, validated workshops in Nairobi with policy, research, and civil society experts on Kenyan political violence, to assess comprehensiveness of both data sources and implications for response. We would like to collaborate with interested individuals. I welcome further discussions Joash Moitui [image: https://]about.me/jmoitui <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/ef1335b18d6e114c12808a4e9fa13ecdf78f3336?ur…>

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Communications Authority of Kenya CA'sAnnual Report
by Mark O. Okuttah 20 Apr '17

20 Apr '17

Dear listers, Kindly click on to link below to access Communications Authority of Kenya latest Annual Report for the Financial Year 2015/2016 released recently. http://www.ca.go.ke/index.php/annual-reports Mark Okuttah. [cid:image002.png@01D2261C.358E6570] [Description: http://digital.scanad.com/signature/ca-logo.jpg]

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Re: [kictanet] Freedom of Information laws and records management/ e- discussion continued
by Ali Hussein 20 Apr '17

20 Apr '17

Henry Must have given Google a headache to fish out that old email from Dr. Ndemo, of October 19th, 2011. :-) I see what you did there.. :-) To your point, that discussion is a relevant today as it was 6 years ago. To Ndemo's point on cultural re-orientation. The point he was making is best used to re-orient government. Citizens are evolving with the use of information and data. This issue of Army worms started making headlines weeks ago in Southern and Central Africa. What made us think we were immune as a country? *Ali Hussein* *Principal* *Hussein & Associates* Tel: +254 713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> 13th Floor , Delta Towers, Oracle Wing, Chiromo Road, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya. Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with. On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 1:31 PM, henry--- via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Dear All, > > The demand side for information is clear but it continues to be frustrated > by the bureaucracy. For instance, we have the Fall Army Worm attacks in a > number of counties in the country. Farmers sought information on what could > be done to mitigate and the type of seeds, pesticides to use and at what > frequency? > > The government remained talking of settling aside 300million and hiring > NYS to help. How then can we have farmers ask other questions if the > information given is irrelevant and if not incomplete and delayed. > > I ended speaking to agronomists and proposed a set of pesticides by an NGO > Acre Fund long before bureacrats in Govt run an advert a week ago. > > Kind regards > > Henry > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: bitange(a)jambo.co.ke > To: henry(a)article19.org > Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 4:17:22 AM > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Freedom of Information laws and records > management/ e- discussion continued > > Grace, > I am sort of disappointed with the discussion on FOI. We are delving much > into theoretical assumptions. The whole issue of FOI has not built demand > for the information into the kind of model we are discussing. Let us not > allow foreigners dictate why we need information to be available to our > citizens. > > What needs to be done is more of cultural reorientation to make our people > use information. We rarely make informed decisions. I mean use of > science to make decisions. Poverty keeps on going up yet science tells us > our productivity has dropped to the extent those we call farmers cannot > make ends meet. Whereas we need qualified people in work place we do not > require qualification for farmers. We now have novice farmers as wen > grapple with food insecurity. If we cannot use available information on > how we can be food secure, what more information you need that would > change our lives? > > For as long as we have lived on earth no Kenyan community has information > on their own recipes. The assumptions is that if you want Ugali you just > get to know how to cook it. There are more than fifteen Ugali recipes and > none is documented. There are more than 100 Githeri recipes and none is > documented to create rich information that application developers can > proudly create apps. Until we move from our oral culture, information > will be confined to storage places where it will occasionally be used. > > We are also confusing information and data. The Government can release > data and unless someone converts it into information, it will never > translate to your theoretical assumptions. We generally want to listen to > someone tells us what information is available. You recall some > communities did not read the constitution since the leaders had read it. > I had difficulty explaining some sections of the constitution even though > we all had the document. > > FOI will pass as has been many legislations that were key. We have fought > for these legislations but after they are passed nothing happens. We > wanted the ICT policy but many of it's advocates have not gone out there > to tell Kenyans how to benefit from it. This certainly will happen the > same way to FOI. We are rebels without a cause. I have met dozens of > women groups and taken them through our census report highlighting the > glaring disparities between men and women but in spite the fact that they > promise to do something, none has ever done anything even bringing the > issue up for debate. > > We must aim to change our culture. We must make our people to demand to > know what information they require in order to change from where they are > to a desired future. We must build institutional frameworks to move date > into information. As we debate, let us put a side theories from textbooks > and begin from the end. Ask questions such as what formats are we to get > the information? Who will set the standards for information? How will the > poor benefit from the information? How will the information be > disseminated? > > Picture our problems and create the vision on how information can be used > to bring better life for our people. Work the food security issue I > mentioned backwards. We have mapped our soils in the country and the > result is available on the open data yet you see farmers growing crops > that will never give them the desired productivity. For example, in > Ukambani, farmers can grow cassava or water Mellon which will give them > more money to buy maize from the north rift instead of them growing the > maize that would impoverish them. How can we effectively communicate > this. > > We must create language institutes for every ethnic group in Kenya. > Language is dynamic yet we have not kept pace with technological > advancement with our languages. This is why we fail to communicate. > There is no African language that has a translation of break-even point or > productivity yet these two words determine whether you will be poor or > not. Information is information if the medium of communication is > understood by all. We all need FOI but we have a lot to do if it is to > making meaning in our lives. > > > Ndemo. > > > > > > > > > > Harry, thanks for those probing questions that have kept this discussion > > going and continue to raise more questions. As a result, our attention > > has been drawn to a very important document. Kudos to Kerubo for the > > responses. > > > > Rosemary, the Africa Platform on Access to Information Declaration is a > > great document. It is comprehensive and we appreciate your bringing it to > > our attention. It will contribute to the review of the IRMT/IDRC study on > > aligning records management with ICT, e-goverment and freedom of > > information, which has been the basis of this e-discussion. > > > > In your contribution, you point out that access to information cannot > > succeed unless government takes initiative to develop legislation and > > ensure its implementation. Harry felt that the State must at all costs > > avail information. The question to listers is: > > > > What demands would Freedom of Information (FOI) legislation place on > > government? > > > > > > Henry, you have unpackaged the Right to Information (RTI) concept in a > > very practical and relevant manner. The local example using Mavoko is on > > spot. I know listers will take you up on your offer to seek more > > information on the topic. > > > > You point out the need to have information in retrievable formats and > > proactively making as much of such information public. Also, that public > > servants/officers have a duty to assist citizens who may not know where > to > > find information they may need. > > > > What strategies could be developed to synchronize Freedom of Information > > and records management initiatives? > > > > And finally to Harry: did you find out what the citizens' responsibility > > would be in all this? > > > > A great day to all of you listers. Lets hear your views. > > > > Rgds > > Grace > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ----------------------- > > If you have the strength to survive, you have the power to succeed. Life > > is all about choices we make depending upon the situation we are in. Go > > forth and rule the World! > > > > > > > > > > > > From: harry(a)comtelsys.co.ke > > Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:58:44 +0300 > > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Freedom of Information laws/ e- discussion > > continued > > CC: kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > To: ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com > > > > > > > > > > Many thanks Kurubo/Grace, > > > > I suppose then, in light of the foregoing, State must at all costs avail > > "information" under it's possession. > > > > Citing the "Freedom of information" clause within this context however, > > makes it imperative for State to > > do so within universally adopted benchmarks. But within the same > context, > > what is the citizen's > > responsibility? > > > > I could check this out. But does the clause in the same vein confer a > > mandatory responsibility upon the > > citizen to ensure their exercise of this "Right to access" does not go to > > waste, or does he/she have the > > freedom to exercise this right/liberty liberally. > > > > One can argue that for instance, a mother who fails to vaccinate her > > child against polio, because of "failure" > > to access information as opposed to "lack" of access to information > should > > be held responsible. Is this > > enforceable in law..? How? > > > > Lastly but not least, State has only a tiny custody of information > > consumable by the public. I dare say that > > a lot of information/knowledge sought after by information consumers fall > > well outside the State domain. > > > > How do we police those outside, who hoard information desperately needed > > by consumers...? And what > > of those who deliberately avail misleading information/knowledge, > > including state..? > > > > Harry > > > > > > > > ______________________________ > _________________ > > kictanet mailing list > > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > > > Unsubscribe or change your options at > > http://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. > > > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ > mailman/options/kictanet/henry%40article19.org > > 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 > Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet > Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/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. >

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Fwd:Defamatory Blog Publication by Moses Kuria & Demand For Apology
by Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) 20 Apr '17

20 Apr '17

Dear all, the suit between Muite & Others versus Moses Kuria, which I understand is proceeding to court, should be a very interesting one to watch. Hopefully it shall give some insights on content control vs freedom of expression. See below. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ngunjiri <ngunjiri(a)kikuyusforchange.com> Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:05:07 +0300 Subject: {K4c} Defamatory Blog Publication by Moses Kuria & Demand For Apology To: KC4 <kikuyusforchange(a)googlegroups.com> This will most probably interest some of us, and help all of us be careful about what we write on our blogs. --- Ngunjiri [image: Issa & Co Advocates] Our Ref: M/058/001/L**** **** Tuesday, October 4, 2011**** **** Moses Kuria**** P. O. Box 1838-00200 ‘*Advance copy by email*’**** *NAIROBI***** **** Dear Sir,**** **** *RE: DEFAMATORY PUBLICATION ***** ------------------------------ We have been instructed by our clients, Wambugu Ngunjiri, Paul Muite, Ndung’u Wainaina, Maina Kiai and Hassan Omar.**** **** Our instructions are that you published in your widely read blog the following words of and concerning our clients.**** **** *‘I have said Ocampo has no case. All he has are fake witnesses coached by Hassan Omar, Wambugu Ngunjiri, Paul Muite, Ndungu Wainaina, Njonjo Mue and Maina Kiai.’***** **** Your insinuations are unfounded and baseless and our clients’ professional respective standings, characters and reputations have been severely tarnished by your publication.**** **** Our instructions are to demand a retraction, an apology and an admission of liability on your part for the publication of the defamatory words. This we hereby do. We shall address the issue of the damages payable to our clients upon receipt of your apology and admission.**** **** *NOTE* that if you do not publish an apology and retraction on your blog within the next *Seven (7) Days* of the receipt of this letter we shall proceed to the law for redress at your risk as to costs. **** **** Yours faithfully,**** *ISSA & COMPANY ADVOCATES***** **** **** *MANSUR M. ISSA***** **** cc. Clients**** **** *Issa & Co Advocates* <info(a)issadvocates.co.ke>**** ------------------------------ 5th Floor, City House, Wabera Street P.O. Box *24210 - 00100*, Nairobi, Kenya *ph*: *+ 254 20 340 150 · * *fx*: *+ 254 20 340 151* *em*: *info(a)issadvocates.co.ke · ***** ------------------------------ *CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE:* This email and any attachments may contain information that is confidential, legally privileged and protected by law. Access by the intended recipient is authorized. Any liability (in negligence or otherwise) arising from any third party acting, or refraining from acting, or any information contained in this email is hereby excluded. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediatelyand do not disclose the contents to any other person, use it for any purpose or store or copy the information in any medium.**** -- --- Fear makes men act even against their own interests- changing them from men of reason to blubbering fools. -- Grace L.N. Mutung'u (Bomu) Kenya Skype: gracebomu Twitter: GraceMutung'u (Bomu)

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Fwd: [AfrICANN-discuss] Recordings of the webinar on April 19, 2017
by Bob Omondi 20 Apr '17

20 Apr '17

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Yaovi Atohoun <yaovi.atohoun(a)icann.org> Date: Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 7:16 PM Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Recordings of the webinar on April 19, 2017 To: AfrICANN Community List <africann(a)afrinic.net> ENGLISH: The presentation from SACF, the Adobe Connect Chat Room discussions and URL for recording are available at https://goo.gl/WtU2cC . Please do not forget to post your comment to the Public Comments area on ICANN website https://www.icann.org/public-comments/africa-dns-market- study-2017-03-11-en FRANCAIS: La Présentation de SACF, les discussions dans Adobe Connect ainsi que le lien pour re-ecouter la présentation sont disponibles à https://goo.gl/WtU2cC . N’oubliez pas d’envoyer vos commentaires sur la page des Commentaires publics sur le site de l’ICANN https://www.icann.org/public-comments/africa-dns-market-study-2017-03-11-en Thanks/Merci -- Yaovi Atohoun Stakeholder Engagement & Operations Manager – Africa Tel. +229 66015649 <+229%2066%2001%2056%2049>/ 97891228 / 65209067 www.icann.org _______________________________________________ AfrICANN mailing list AfrICANN(a)afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/africann

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Fwd: [AfrICANN-discuss] reminder: 27 April 1500 UTC: Quarterly Stakeholder Call for FY17 Q3
by Bob Omondi 20 Apr '17

20 Apr '17

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Yaovi Atohoun <yaovi.atohoun(a)icann.org> Date: 2017-04-20 6:31 GMT+02:00 Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] reminder: 27 April 1500 UTC: Quarterly Stakeholder Call for FY17 Q3 To: AfrICANN Community List <africann(a)afrinic.net> Hello everyone, this is just a reminder Bonjour à tous ; ceci est un rappel FRANCAIS: Cliquez ici <http://survey.clicktools.com/app/survey/go.jsp?iv=2lpync344lnf7> pour participer à cet appel du 27 avril et recevoir des instructions pour vous connecter à la salle de réunion virtuelle. Si vous ne parvenez pas à accéder au formulaire, merci de nous envoyer un courriel <icann.communications(a)icann.org> à icann.communications(a)icann.org avec votre nom et une adresse de courrier électronique pour vous inscrire. Plus d’information à l’adresse : https://www.icann.org/news/ announcement-2017-04-13-fr ENGLISH: Please click here <http://survey.clicktools.com/app/survey/go.jsp?iv=2lpync344lnf7> to register for the call and receive instructions on how to join. If you are unable to access the form, please email us <icann.communications(a)icann.org> your full name and an email address to be registered. More information at https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-04-12-en Thanks/Merci -- Yaovi Atohoun Stakeholder Engagement & Operations Manager – Africa Tel. +229 66015649 <+229%2066%2001%2056%2049>/ 97891228 / 65209067 www.icann.org _______________________________________________ AfrICANN mailing list AfrICANN(a)afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/africann

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Mobile money access: Rosy numbers that do not quite add up
by Nanjira Sambuli 20 Apr '17

20 Apr '17

http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/markets/news/Mobile-money-access--Rosy-n… Regards, Nanjira. Sent on the move.

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webinar on the draft report of the Africa DNS Market Study: Wednesday April 19, 2017 from 15:00 to 16:00 UTC
by Bob Omondi 19 Apr '17

19 Apr '17

Dear colleagues, On behalf of our team, we would like to inform you that a webinar for our community on the draft report of the Africa DNS Market Study is scheduled for Wednesday April 19, 2017 from 15:00 to 16:00 UTC. Please join this webinar using one of the following options: 1) OPTION I: ADOBE CONNECT at participate.icann.org/gse-afr . The default language in the Adobe Connect room is English. If you need audio in French, you can also dial-in (see option II). 2) OPTION II (audio only): Please dial into the Adigo Conference Center, using the ICANN Adigo International Dial-in Numbers: http://adigo.com/icann/ Once you reach the conference center, you have to enter the conference ID for the language channel you wish to join. Our Adigo language IDs will be as follows: English: 9001 French: 9002 Regards Bob.

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African governments that shut down the internet could lose it
by Walubengo J 19 Apr '17

19 Apr '17

In an unprecedented policy suggestion, some members of the AFRINIC community have proposed denying internet to African governments that shut it down in their respective countries.>>>more belowWALUBENGO: African governments that shut down the internet could | | | | | | | | | | | WALUBENGO: African governments that shut down the internet could On Kenya the jury is still out, but the government is giving mixed signals. | | | | walu.

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ANTI-SHUTDOWN-01 Policy
by Andrew Alston 18 Apr '17

18 Apr '17

Hi All, I've been looking through the archives from earlier this month and reading the discussions around the policy proposal that went into AfriNIC, and figured I'd add some more information and some clarifications. My apologies that this is coming a few days after the discussions initially occurred on this list - there was a problem with my list subscription. So firstly - let's talk a bit about the motivations behind this policy proposal. As many of you will be aware, there was a report out that showed $2.4 billion dollars in economic losses due to internet shutdowns in 2016 - this number is ever increasing and its hurting both the industry and those associated with the industry. Since 1995 when the first shutdown was recorded, the number of shutdowns being seen per year is ever increasing, each with its own cost. Interestingly, one of the most expensive shutdowns is judged to have been the shutdown in Morocco, which is estimated to have cost a whopping $355 million. In addition to this, there is the ongoing shutdown in Cameroon, now in its 91st day I believe and the statements issued by various organisations seem to have little effect. This got us thinking, if the statements from the various internet bodies are not having an effect, perhaps it's time for more drastic action. Now, to fully understand the approach taken, its necessary to go into how the policy development process works within AfriNIC. Firstly - anyone is free to propose policy within AfriNIC - this is then submitted and debated on the AfriNIC mailing lists and finally on the floor at a policy meeting (The next meeting is end of May in Nairobi at the Boma hotel). If the policy reaches consensus it will then go into a last call phase, and if it gets through that it then gets ratified and implemented. Now, this matters - because it means that any policy proposed is subject to modification based on the communities feelings and thoughts - and this played heavily into the authors thoughts when we wrote this - we knew full well that what we were proposing wasn't potentially perfect - it's the start of an idea - and yes - it takes strong action, but the key here is that what triggers that action and the actions we take are now up for debate so that we can come to an ideal solution. Secondly, as I have stated on the policy lists - we are already considering some modifications as suggested - including but not limited to: exempting academia in the cases where academia is directly controlled by state and tightening the targeting of the proposal to aim at the executive branches if possible. Obviously we have absolutely no desire to impact the general population, and the purpose of this policy is to apply pressure to stop the shutdowns -no create further problems for the general population of the countries affected. We also realize that this policy pushes the boundaries of what an organisation like AfriNIC normally is involved in, and asks the question about if an RIR should be involved in what is essentially a political matter. To answer this, we have to look at the AfriNIC mandate as stated in section 3.4 of the bylaws. We believe that section 3.4.(v) when combined with section 3.4.(ix) of those bylaws does actually allow AfriNIC to implement a policy like this within its mandate. The critical point here however is that we get more discussion, both to fine tune the policy to reach consensus within the wider African community and also to continue to shine a spotlight on the issue. The mere existence of this policy and the heavy debate around it may in and of itself encourage governments to think twice about what they are looking at when they attempt to turn off the Internet. So, I'd welcome further questions as I'm sure the other co-authors would, but I'd also encourage everyone to get on the AfriNIC policy mailing lists and get involved in the discussions - as well as to attend the policy meeting at the end of May in Nairobi so that we can have a robust and productive debate on the issue on the floor. I hope this clarifies some things and I welcome further discussions. Thanks Andrew

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When the Web Becomes a Whitelist | Digital - AdAge
by Ali Hussein 18 Apr '17

18 Apr '17

Listers The era of fake news, terrorism and other 'offensive' content is changing the face of the Internet. The ad-supported world wide web is abruptly in danger of shrinking from a sprawling, inventive and untamed territory to a set of safe spaces for advertisers, possibly changing the character of the internet in the process. Read on:- http://adage.com/article/print-edition/web-a-whitelist/308667/?utm_source=d… Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle Sent from my iPad

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The Future of Telecommuting
by Mildred Achoch 16 Apr '17

16 Apr '17

Hi Listers, Some food for thought: 1. "a new economic axis which separates industries, much like "blue-collar" and "white-collar" did in the early 20th century; location-dependent (LD) and location-independent (LI) jobs" 2. "Some jobs may even split up. Consider elementary and secondary education : teaching is really a fusion of two jobs, teaching and childcare...the separation of these jobs into two different things is already being pioneered by home-schooling co-ops." 3. Offshoring: simply a percusor to automation. A long but informative post on the future of telecommuting: https://medium.com/@yonatanzunger/the-future-of-telecommuting-4d019770d3e7 -- Check out the Rock 'n' roll film festival, Kenya TV Channel! http://kenyarockfilmfestivaljournal.blogspot.com

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IDG Connect – Bitcoin offered only a moment of reprieve for crisis-stricken Venezuela
by Ali Hussein 15 Apr '17

15 Apr '17

Listers As the Venezuelan crisis deepens, more people are struggling with necessities like food and electricity. Food shortages have even led to soldiers cracking down on bakeries using too much wheat. Now up to 81% of Venezuelans are living in income poverty. In the midst of this economic crisis, Venezuela’s currency, the bolivar, has been in steep decline and inflation has skyrocketed. The drop in oil prices in 2014 and ineffective policies have led to chaos, sending the economy into freefall with protesters taking to the streets to demand the resignation of President Nicolas Maduro. Read on:- http://www.idgconnect.com/blog-abstract/25907/bitcoin-offered-moment-reprie… Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle Sent from my iPad

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Values, biases automated
by S.M. Muraya 14 Apr '17

14 Apr '17

While we Africans argue, politic, loot, fail to fund our own innovation, other cultures document, automate their values, biases.. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/apr/13/ai-programs-exhibit-raci… And the AI system was more likely to associate European American names with pleasant words such as “gift” or “happy”, while African American names were more commonly associated with unpleasant words. The findings suggest that algorithms have acquired the same biases that lead people (in the UK and US, at least) to match pleasant words and white faces in implicit association tests. These biases can have a profound impact on human behaviour. One previous study showed that an identical CV is 50% more likely to result in an interview invitation if the candidate’s name is European American than if it is African American. The latest results suggest that algorithms, unless explicitly programmed to address this, will be riddled with the same social prejudices.

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IGF 2017 Call for Workshop Proposals
by Ilishebo Michael 14 Apr '17

14 Apr '17

*All stakeholders* are invited to submit proposals to hold workshops at the forthcoming IGF, which will be held in *Geneva, Switzerland, on 18-21 December 2017.* The proposed overarching theme for this year's annual meeting is* 'Shape Your Digital Future!'*, emphasizing both the IGF's participatory mechanisms and a forward-looking approach to the Internet governance discussion. The sub-themes for the meeting will be determined in part by the workshop proposals received, with proposers *writing in their own thematic tags.*Tags on new and emerging issues, such as 'Artificial Intelligence', 'Work in the Digital Age', 'Law Enforcement & Encryption', etc., are particularly welcome. *Pre-existing tags* to choose from include but are not limited to, Internet of Things; Internet Economy; Policies Enabling Access; Cybersecurity; Human Rights Online; Gender Issues; and Digital Literacy; among many others. All resources, including *the workshop proposal form*, and *guidelines* and *tips* for submitting proposals, can be found below. *The deadline for submission is Wednesday, 3 May 2017 23:59 UTC-11.* **First-time workshop proposers in particular are encouraged to read through this brief manual <https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/index.php?q=filedepot_download/441…> for FAQs, tips and links to all IGF workshop resources. * **All workshop proposers and future workshop speakers should consider joining the 'IGF 2017 Speaker-Session Collaboration Space' <https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/igf-2017-speaker-session-collabor…>, a forum for exchanging ideas and seeking out new collaborators.* http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2017-call-for-workshop-… *Michael L. Ilishebo,* *Kitwe, Zambia* *Social Media Handles* *Twitter: @ilishebo* *Skype: michael.ilishebo* *"walk a mile,for a while,with a smile"*

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What was that thing again about China and Privacy?
by Moses Karanja 13 Apr '17

13 Apr '17

A new report by CitizenLab details how Chinese authorities censor chats using keywords and images on WeChat and Weibo. https://citizenlab.org/2017/04/we-cant-chat-709-crackdown-discussions-block… -Moses -- Moses Karanja

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China emerges as digital rights champion with new info privacy law
by Nanjira Sambuli 13 Apr '17

13 Apr '17

What times we live in. China emerging as a Data privacy champion https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/11/china_emerges_as_digital_rights_ch… Regards, Nanjira. Sent on the move.

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Modern "Free Trade" Agreements and Internet Governance Negotiations
by Nanjira Sambuli 13 Apr '17

13 Apr '17

Been following this domain recently, and as they say, ni kufyam! https://www.cigionline.org/articles/modern-free-trade-agreements-are-not-ab… <https://www.cigionline.org/articles/modern-free-trade-agreements-are-not-ab…> Regards, Nanjira www.nanjira.com <http://www.nanjira.com/> About.Me <http://about.me/ninanjira> | Twitter <http://www.twitter.com/ninanjira> | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/nanjira> | Skype <http://hatscripts.com/addskype?nanjirasambuli> IM: +254722481566, +1(857)498-8934 (WhatsApp | Telegram | iMessage) PGP: 1DBE1F47A6878B0D

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Talk to Safaricom: Asanteni and some pics
by Grace Githaiga 13 Apr '17

13 Apr '17

Good morning Listers On behalf of the organizing team, we wish to express our gratitude to all of you who attended the face to face ‘Talk to Safaricom’ meet up. It was a pleasure to finally get to meet some of you face to face. We thank Safaricom and in particular Steve Chege and his team for the sponsorship, and appreciated the opportunity to discuss issues that had not been discussed during the online engagement. Some of you raised some hard questions! We trust that Safaricom will take on board our suggestions in their strategic direction. To get a feel of how things were, please check out some shots as captured by photography team among them Daniel Muniu, who was one of our participants at the 1st Kenya School of Internet Governance (KeSIG) 2016. https://www.flickr.com/photos/149878027@N06/sets/72157679956498042/ Once again, thank you and looking forward to seeing you during the Kenya Internet Governance Forum (KIGF) on July 6, 2017. Best regards Githaiga, Grace Co-Convenor Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) Twitter:@ggithaiga Tel: 254722701495 Skype: gracegithaiga Alternate email: ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracegithaiga www.kictanet.or.ke "Change only happens when ordinary people get involved, get engaged and come together to demand it. I am asking you to believe. Not in my ability to bring about change – but in yours"---Barrack Obama.

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Re: [kictanet] China emerges as digital rights champion with new info privacy law
by Mark Kipyegon 13 Apr '17

13 Apr '17

The Chinese are not saints when it comes to civil rights. It's even noted in the linked article. 'But China's long history of censoring the internet, placing the entire country behind a firewall, placing restrictions on foreign companies, and undertaking widespread surveillance of internet communication – as well as the intimidation and prosecution of anyone who is deemed to be a threat to the state – means that the measures are ominous rather than purely protective.' On 13 Apr 2017, at 09:25, "kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet-request@lists.kictanet.or.ke>" <kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet-request@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote: After years of going through the Imperial narrative that China is the evil, despite Snowden and Wikileakes.. Following... On Apr 12, 2017 9:33 PM, "Nanjira Sambuli via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote: What times we live in. China emerging as a Data privacy champion https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/11/china_emerges_as_ digital_rights_champion_with_new_data_law/

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Kenya's Tech Hub Gets a Makeover
by Ali Hussein 13 Apr '17

13 Apr '17

Listers Interesting article. NAIROBI, Kenya After a decade of buzz that brought bold headlines but few profits, Kenya's "Silicon Savannah" technology hub is retooling to put income before activism. A homegrown African tech community is rising in this city: bootstrapped but profitable businesses using technology and the internet to solve commercial problems connecting the biggest names in tech and finance. Read on:- http://news.morningstar.com/all/dow-jones/us-markets/201704112073/kenyas-te… Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle Sent from my iPad

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Interesting Internet Anti-shutdown policy draft floated at AFRINIC PDWG
by Mwendwa Kivuva 12 Apr '17

12 Apr '17

An interesting policy on anti-Internet shutdown which the authors think is "Draconian" in nature has been floated at the AFRINIC Policy Development Working Group. The draft policy says 13.0 Internet shutdown order by governments An internet shutdown is deemed to have occurred when it can be proved that there was an attempt, failed or successful, to restrict access to the internet to a segment of the population irrespective of the provider or access medium that they utilize. 13.1 In the event of an internet shutdown performed at the order of a government that is either total or partial: a) For a period of 12 months following the end of the shutdown – AFRINIC will allocate no resources to the government of the countryThis also applies to all government owned entities and entities that have direct provable relationships with said government. b) In the event of a transfer policy existing, AFRINIC shall not assist or participate in any transfers to any of the entities above. c) All sub-allocations of space within said country involving the referred to entities shall equally cease for a period of 12 months. Published in this link https://afrinic.net/en/community/policy-development/policy-proposals/2061-a… Regards ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya twitter.com/lordmwesh

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Second Summit on Community Networks in Africa to be held in Nairobi
by Mwendwa Kivuva 11 Apr '17

11 Apr '17

https://www.internetsociety.org/events/summit-community-networks-africa/2017 The 2nd Summit on Community Networks will be held on 25 – 26 May in Nairobi, Kenya and aims to build on the successful discussions that took place at the inaugural summit, held in November 2016. The 2nd summit will be preceded by a 3-day technical workshop on wireless networking technologies from 22 - 24 May 2017. Community established networks also referred to as “Community Networks” (CN) have existed for many years and, provide a sustainable solution to address the connectivity gaps that exist in urban, remote, and rural areas around the world. In Africa, where these gaps are more evident, a recent survey was able to identify 37 community networks initiatives in 12 African countries, of which 25 are considered active. The objective of the summit is to promote the creation and growth of Community Networks, increase collaboration between community network operators in the region and to provide an opportunity for them to engage with other stakeholders. It is for this reason that the 2nd Summit will be held alongside the Africa Internet Summit (AIS) event in Nairobi, Kenya. The synergies that exist between these communities can only lead to more innovation and collaboration! Who Should Attend: Community Network operators, Wireless Network researchers, Policy Makers, Regulators and Regulatory Associations, Civil Society organizations and members of the public interested on the topic. ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya twitter.com/lordmwesh

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How Affordable is the Internet across Africa?
by Nanjira Sambuli 10 Apr '17

10 Apr '17

Check out this Africa regional report <http://1e8q3q16vyc81g8l3h3md6q5f5e.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploa…>, off the Alliance for Affordable Internet’s 2017 Affordability Report <http://a4ai.org/affordability-report/report/2017/>. Some highlights: Only 5 out of 27 African countries surveyed have “affordable” internet (defined as 1GB of mobile prepaid data for 2% or less of average monthly income). Kenya is NOT among the top 5; Ghana, Nigeria and ECOWAS have endorsed this redefined Internet Affordability target (expected to incorporate in their policies). The 5 countries are Mauritius, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and Sudan. The gender gap in Internet use is real. Refer to http://webfoundation.org/about/research/womens-rights-online-2015/ <http://webfoundation.org/about/research/womens-rights-online-2015/>, where, e.g., where Nairobi had one of the widest gender gaps in Internet use of the 10 cities assessed. Policy recommendations here: http://a4ai.org/affordability-report/report/2015/#policy_recommendations <http://a4ai.org/affordability-report/report/2015/#policy_recommendations> Regards, Nanjira www.nanjira.com <http://www.nanjira.com/> About.Me <http://about.me/ninanjira> | Twitter <http://www.twitter.com/ninanjira> | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/nanjira> | Skype <http://hatscripts.com/addskype?nanjirasambuli> IM: +254722481566, +1(857)498-8934 (WhatsApp | Telegram | iMessage) PGP: 1DBE1F47A6878B0D

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Microsoft President Brad Smith Calls For a Digital Geneva Convention | Fortune.com
by Ali Hussein 09 Apr '17

09 Apr '17

Listers A worthy conversation to have. Technology companies must retain the trust of their customers and must not assist governments with their hacking schemes even though world leaders may request them to do so. As an example of how technology companies can work together, he cited how Microsoft was impressed with other big tech companies like Google (GOOG, -0.39%) and Facebook (FB, -0.28%) in how they notified their users when their accounts may have been compromised in state-sponsored attacks. Read on:- http://fortune.com/2017/02/14/microsoft-president-digital-geneva-convention/ Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle Sent from my iPad

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CA and ITU hold workshop on Kenya’s National Digital Innovation | Balancing Act -
by Nanjira Sambuli 07 Apr '17

07 Apr '17

I'm hoping the hubs mentioned were invited to the discussion. Which other stakeholders were represented? http://www.balancingact-africa.com/news/telecoms-en/40302 Regards, Nanjira. Sent on the move.

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IGF 2017 Call for Open Forums
by Ilishebo Michael 07 Apr '17

07 Apr '17

IGF 2017 Call for Open Forums The IGF Secretariat is currently accepting requests to hold Open Forums at this year's IGF in Geneva, Switzerland. *The deadline for submissions is Wednesday 21 June 2017, midnight UTC-11. * All Governments, treaty-based international organizations, and global organizations with international scope and presence dealing with Internet governance-related issues, are invited to submit requests for an Open Forum slot through *this e-form <https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2017-open-forum-submis…>.* The inclusion of a *background paper *with the request is strongly encouraged. *Open Forums should focus on a Government or organization’s IG-pertinent activities during the past year and allow sufficient time for questions and discussions. *The standard duration for the session is 60 minutes. *Governments and treaty-based international organizations will be given slots on a priority basis.* *Michael L. Ilishebo,* *Kitwe, Zambia* *Social Media Handles* *Twitter: @ilishebo* *Skype: michael.ilishebo* *"walk a mile,for a while,with a smile"*

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Re: [kictanet] Guidelines for Network Redundancy- CA
by Matthew Saisi 07 Apr '17

07 Apr '17

Thanks for the share Mercy . Ali you raise some important questions . In the science of citizen engagement , there needs to be a way to close the "*Feedback loop*" . I daresay that there needs to be a way of gathering feedback from stakeholders on the final document even after it has been launched . That way there is a continuous adjustment of the law *pari passu* with the environment in which t operates . A fixed deadline doesn't cut it On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 12:00 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: It?s Not Their Pop Idol, but a Bot. Fans Cheer Anyway. - > The New York Times (kanini mutemi) > 2. Re: Guidelines for Network Redundancy- CA (Ali Hussein) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: kanini mutemi <kaninimutemi(a)gmail.com> > To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2017 09:42:31 +0300 > Subject: Re: [kictanet] It’s Not Their Pop Idol, but a Bot. Fans Cheer > Anyway. - The New York Times > See also Sophie Bot- Kenya's own AI. > > https://www.afidep.org/?p=6239 > > On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 6:59 PM, Ali Hussein via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> Listers >> >> Welcome to the Brave New World of Artificial Intelligence in the Celeb >> World.. >> >> In January, Christina Ausset, a 24-year-old Maroon 5 >> <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/m/maroon_…> >> fan in France, spotted an enticing Twitter post from another of the >> band’s followers: “I just had a conversation with Maroon 5! Awesome!” >> >> The interaction, it turned out, had been conducted on Facebook >> <http://www.nytimes.com/topic/company/facebook-inc?inline=nyt-org>Messenger >> with Maroon 5’s chatbot <https://www.messenger.com/t/maroon5> — an >> automated program designed to respond to basic commands. Not exactly a >> conversation with Adam Levine, Ms. Ausset noted, but it didn’t matter. She >> now happily talks to the bot, too. >> >> Read on:- >> >> https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/03/business/media/its-not-th >> eir-pop-idol-but-a-bot-fans-cheer-anyway.html?WT.mc_id=Smart >> Briefs-Newsletter&WT.mc_ev=click&ad-keywords=smartbriefsnl&_r=0 >> >> >> *Ali Hussein* >> *Principal* >> *Hussein & Associates* >> +254 0713 601113 >> >> Twitter: @AliHKassim >> >> Skype: abu-jomo >> >> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim >> >> "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a >> habit." ~ Aristotle >> >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >> ailman/options/kictanet/kaninimutemi%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. >> > > > > -- > *Mercy Mutemi, Advocate*. > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> > To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2017 09:54:58 +0300 > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Guidelines for Network Redundancy- CA > Kanini > > Thanks for sharing. The issue of public participation continues to dog us. > What is construed as Public Participation? > > 1. An Ad in the papers announcing a deadline for participation? > 2. What period is ideally right for public participation? > 3. What is the feedback mechanism to the public to ensure that there is > communication on the effects of the participation into the final document? > > Until we resolve these fundamental issues government agencies will be > making a mockery of this issue. > > *Ali Hussein* > *Principal* > *Hussein & Associates* > +254 0713 601113 > > Twitter: @AliHKassim > > Skype: abu-jomo > > LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim > > "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a > habit." ~ Aristotle > > > Sent from my iPad > > On 5 Apr 2017, at 9:38 AM, kanini mutemi via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > FYI. See the guidelines attached. > > Deadline for public consultations is 9th April, 2017. 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What you’re revealing to your ISP, why a VPN isn’t enough, and ways to avoid leaking it
by Nanjira Sambuli 06 Apr '17

06 Apr '17

While written for the US context, we need to have a discussion on what sector regulations in Kenya require operators to avail to CA. (Quite a lot, actually. Less clear on whether ISPs can sell our data). What you’re revealing to your ISP, why a VPN isn’t enough, and ways to avoid leaking it by Benjamin Hutchins Download Medium on the App Store or Play Store Regards, Nanjira. Sent on the move.

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Hakuna Metadata (1) - Exploring (one's) browsing history.
by Nanjira Sambuli 06 Apr '17

06 Apr '17

Highly enjoyable, and insightful read on metadata (and lack of protections thereof) to profile you for advertising etc. In the context of no privacy laws or regulations, our ISPs know quite a bit about us, and who knows what/how that info is (ab)used... http://www.privacypies.org/blog/metadata/2017/02/28/hakuna-metadata-1.html Hakuna Metadata (1) - Exploring the browsing history. Since I joined European Digital Rights (EDRi) in September 2016, one of most hottest topics that is being discussed in the Brussels bubble is the review of ePrivacy rules (ePR). As a complementary instrument to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), ePR mainly deals with data protection and privacy in the electronic communications sector, such as the tracking of users when they browse the internet. Since the GDPR has been already finalized, advocacy around the ePR is probably the last chance to defend European citizens digital rights. One of my key responsibilities as the Ford-Mozilla Open Web Fellow is to bring practical understanding to policy/political debate, and I agreed with Joe that I will work on the issues that needs more technical clarifications. One such blur area in the ePR happens to be “metadata and the impact on privacy”. So, this article is an explainer about the power of metadata and the reason why we need stronger policies in that context. What is metadata? Without getting too much into details about the technical or EU definitions of metadata, let us simply understand it as the data about the data. The table below illustrates the difference between the data and the metadata. Often we see that the data is considered to be sensitive and as a personal property it has to be protected. It is possible to protect your data using encryption technologies, for example GNU Privacy Gaurd (GPG) for emails. On the other hand, metadata is not treated to be very sensitive and for the same reason there are not many methods to encrypt it. It is due to the technical shortcoming of the basic building blocks of Internet Protocol (IP) stack. It does make sense to not encrypt the metadata right? Because if we encrypt the sender information on an email, your email client wouldn’t know whom to send it to. When the internet protocols were built, the intention was merely to establish a communication channel to connect the world. At that point of time, there were no much threats from government spying agencies, mass surveillance programs or from the advertisers. However, today we live in a world where everything we do on the Internet is being tracked and thus putting our privacy for sale on the data market. Even though the metadata has been a gold mine for Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Telecommunication providers from past two decades, the privacy risks of the metadata started to be a debatable topic since the Snowden revelations. Here are some of the quotes about the power of metadata from former big shots of government spying programs. “Metadata absolutely tells you everything about somebody’s life. If you have enough metadata, you don’t really need content.” - Stewart Baker, Ex- NSA General Counsel “We kill people based on metadata.” - Michael Hayden, former director of the NSA and ex- CIA Metadata by its virtue is not invented to help privacy invaders; instead it was intended to fasten the process of classification and indexing of any kind of bulk data, without looking at the data itself. So, by definition, metadata enforces data protection by letting someone process the data, without even looking at the content inside. However, that is also the fastest way to profile the whole internet users, right? Earlier in October 2015, Share Lab presented this piece of investigative journalism which articulates the hidden power of email metadata. Indeed, it is scary to see what one can understand about personal behavior just from the “To”, “From”, “Subject” and “Timestamp” fields. Other than the scary use-cases, there are a handful of projects such as Proofmode (earlier known as Informacam - CameraV) which harness the power of metadata for combating against fake news. However, the number of projects which exploits that power for advertisement tracking and surveillance outbeats the genuine use cases of metadata. Browsing history and the potential threat actors Modern browsers such as Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera and Internet Explorer stores the browsing history to provide a user-friendly browsing experience. By default, these browsers store the history of all the previously visited websites, cached copy of the websites, form filling history, cookie information and also bookmarks. Depending on the operating system and the browser, these information will be stored in a specific location on the hard disk of your computer in a lightweight database. Some of us rant about this default nature of the browsers, as it compels users to manually opt-out of browsing history storing mechanisms and the privacy concerns associated with it. Browser history - specifically the website information and cached copy has its own advantage in terms of usability: Automatic completion/suggestion of previously visited URLs. Locally cached copies of the previously visited websites to boost up the browsing speed, which is very helpful when the Internet connection is very slow. At this point, it is obvious that our browsing history is accessible to our browsers, which is why it is highly recommended to use open-source trustworthy browsers such as Mozilla Firefox ,which protects and respects your privacy. Whereas if you are using other browsers from the companies which are themselves the data brokers and advertisers, you end up giving away your browsing history to get tracked. So, assuming that we trust our browsers, let us exclude it from being a threat actor in our model. Entity Access to history Comments Malware in the computer Full Any program which has adequate privileges to start a browser process and browse the web potentially has the capacity to leak it. Such malwares have a high demand in the darknet. Other than that, there are browser hijacking malware which pollutes your history Wifi Hotspot Full Using captive Wi-Fi is a common practice in many places, especially when using public hotspots. Internet Service Providers (ISPs) Almost full ISPs can seek many insights, even when the traffic is encrypted. Have a look at “How Internet sees you” HTTP: The ISP knows which pages you're visiting and could see the data you send and receive. HTTPS: The ISP knows which domain you've visited but not the URL parameters, and not the contents of any data you send or receive. Domain Name Service (DNS) Providers Partial Only the domain name queries and not complete URL. Cookies (tracking, advertising and profiling companies) Partial to almost full (depending on who’s cookie it is) Based on cookie origin policies, cookies from Website A can collect the history related to that. Websites that you visit Partial Any websites that you visit would obviously know that you have visited them. Table 2: Access to browsing history In spite of the clear privacy implications, there is no clarity under the law about whether browsing history (more specifically the URLs) is to be protected as content or non-content metadata. Most of the lobbyists express their dissatisfaction about the changes between leaked and the official proposals of ePR. Out of many other concerns, the most questionable parts of the ePrivacy Regulations, at least for me is the permitted usage and exceptions of contents of communication. Things are a bit more complicated than that on two levels. Firstly, there are various cross-cutting issues (consent, tracking, ISPs, “value-added services”, etc…) where metadata analysis comes up. Exceptions for web analytics could imply serious privacy concerns without stronger guarantees of statistical privacy. Without getting much into that debate, let us explore browsing history as it provides a rich source of metadata of our daily interactions with the internet world. For the sake of simplicity and for understanding the power of this chunk of metadata, let us assume a malicious ISP (who can completely or partially see our browsing metadata) who does not respect the privacy policies to be the threat actor. Analytics about the web history Based on the browsing history contained in my computer, below is a simple analytics of the website domain names that I have visited the most. Like any other “normal” internet user I have used Google as the search engine; spent ample amount of time on social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn; watched videos over Youtube; used Wikipedia as the primary source of information; shopped on Amazon; sought programming help over Github and Stackoverflow; and so on. Figure 1: Most visited domain names According to ePR and as per the global norms of deducing useful insight of the users, ISPs can use such analytics for their survey purposes. Under genuine use cases, these kind of statistics are helpful for fine-tuning the bandwidth for specific websites that are used more by the users. Even though the top 20 websites remain the same across all parts of the world, depending on demographics and social structure of a region, the websites that will appear after the top 20 are not always the same. Your contribution to big data analytics, starts right from here - just by contributing the domain names of the websites that you have visited. The same chunk can be used for profiling you as well. May be these websites in Figure 1, is most common to all and does not really profile as you different. But, imagine some of the porn sites or your favourite political parties web page! Well, that makes you little different than others right? Figure 2 belows shows the suffixes or more technically the top-level domains (TLD) of the websites that I have visited the most. In many cases TLDs represent the countries that the websites are affiliated with. Also, websites like Google change the TLDs depending on the country from which you are browsing their website. For instance, even if you typed www.google.com from Belgium, it will be redirected to www.google.be automatically. Based on Figure 2, one can easily tell that I have connections with Finland (.fi), Belgium (.be), India (.in and .co.in) and some academic affiliation (.edu). While your ISP will obviously know these information, imagine the case when you are travelling! Figure 2: Suffix (TLDs) of most visited websites Even you are in a foreign country, you still visit websites related to your home country. So, along with the ISP of the foreign country, your geographic affiliation or affinity is now evident to the DNS providers as well. At this point, you have contributed second chunk of information to the big data and profiling to two of the entities which can collect data about you. Browsing patterns If the internet traffic is HTTP, everything will be transmitted in plain text. So, ISPs can see full path of the URL (http://www.facebook.com/zuck) Whereas, when it is HTTPs only partial path is visible (https://www.facebook.com/) to the ISPs. To know more about how Internet works, refer to EDRi’s paper on the same topic. Figure 3: Number of unique URLs visited over time Since the full path of URL is visible to the ISPs when your traffic is not encrypted, they can start analysing your behavior online. Figure 3 represents a graph of the total number of unique websites that have visited over time based on my browsing history. As one can see, I visit 10-150 unique URLs on an average over the period of November 2015 to January 2017. Some peaks in the graph beyond this range shows a lot of anomalies in my browsing pattern. These anomalies could potentially indicate certain specific events of my life. It could be increased workload, planning my travel, searching for a job or anything that you can imagine. Figure 4: Heatmap of browsing pattern - unique URLs visited over time Another way of looking at the browsing patterns is by plotting a heatmap of the same data i.e. the number of unique URLs visited over time as shown in Figure 4. While Figure 3 shows the anomalies in the browsing pattern, the heatmap gives a snapshot of the lifestyle in an easily understandable manner. Figure 5: Heatmap of browsing pattern - sleeping (idle) and leisure time There are consistent patterns in the lower half and the upper quarter of the graph. Even within those patterns, we can see two different sets, which depicts my work time browsing and after-work leisurely activities as it fades out from 20:00 hour onwards. In the figure 5, from 12:00 AM till 07:00 AM, there is a constant strip of dark patch which represents less activity over the internet, or in other words it is the time when I sleep. Figure 6: Heatmap of browsing pattern - travel As highlighted in the figure 6, there are certain patches within the strip of my sleeping pattern. When correlated with the change in name suffixes (with reference to figure 2), it was found out to be work-related travels. In other words, I had travelled to a different timezone and continued to work from 9.00 AM to 7:00 PM as I have done on any other regular day. Figure 7: Heatmap of browsing pattern - Holiday season If we zoom in the graph more (As represented in figure 7), there are patterns which show high number of browsing, a patch of almost no activities even during the regular working hours, then a sudden increase in browsing activities and finally resuming to normal working hour pattern. This depicts that I planned for my holiday (checking into flights, confirming hotel booking, etc.), took a break from work, returned from the holiday (sudden increase is possibly due to following up on emails and activities that I might have missed during my trip) and finally resuming my work. So, at this point, one can know about my working hours, sleep time, work-related travel and my holiday schedules just using my browsing metadata. That is quite a lot of information about me retrieved just from the metadata right? Potential adwords As mentioned earlier, browsing history falls into the grey area of whether to be treated and protected as content data or as the non-content metadata. Unlike many other metadata, where it is not possible to retrieve the complete content data just by using the metadata associated with it, it is possible to retrieve all the contents of the websites that you have visited by crawling over the list of URLs from your browsing history. Whether or not it happens in reality, to avoid giving the list of URLs directly to advertisers, the ISPs can automate their analytics system to crawl over the list to seek insight on what you might have seen while browsing. By giving away just the keywords deduced from the websites that you have visited to the advertisers, the ISPs can potentially bypass the privacy laws by claiming it as anonymized. Figure 8: Wordcloud generated by crawling over the list of URLs from the browsing history Figure 8 represents the wordcloud generated by crawling over the most visited websites by me. Not so surprisingly, being a security and privacy researcher, I can see those words in this cloud, along with other keywords related to my identity - both from professional and personal life. This cloud was derived by excluding all the social media and search engine related URLs. Yet another buzzwords which we hear often these days is - “Data mining” and “machine learning”. Data Mining refers to seeking useful insights programmatically from the collected bulk data, whereas machine learning is to use that insight for data-driven decision making. One of the features of these methods known as Named Entity Recognition (NER) which allows to classify the text into categories such as organizations, persons and locations. Figure 9: Wordcloud generated by Name-Entity Recognition - Organizational entities If we run NER algorithms on the text retrieved by crawling over the list of URLs that you have visited, it provides more clarity to the keywords that can be potentially generated. Figure 9 shows the keywords related to organizational entities from the websites that I have visited. This narrows down my generic profile to target me on the keywords found in this cloud. For example, I could be a potential customer for insurance companies, University and management related jobs. Further down the line, figure 10 represents the names of the people found in the websites that I have visited the most. Surprisingly, I turned out to be the self-obsessed person who visits websites of his own or the websites that talks about himself. In the Person names cloud, I can see some of my academic co-authors, role models or the people whom I follow. Imagine that there are the names of Tim Cook or Steve Jobs! I am probably a potential customer for Apple! So, the list of adwords targeted towards me could include Apple products here onwards. Figure 10: Wordcloud generated by Name-Entity Recognition - Person names How about my next travel destination? Can it be predicted from my web history? Possible yes - it could be Brazil, China or Singapore! Figure 11: Wordcloud generated by Name-Entity Recognition - Location entities As the Figure 11 represents, I might have visited the websites which contained those locations which could probably be my next travel destination. Even without doing any fancy machine learning processing, I could attest that these were actually some of the places that I am planning to visit! As mentioned before, if you are using HTTP, the ISPs can see the full URL path in clear text. Along with them, the websites that you visit will obviously have to know that full path to deliver you exactly what you are looking for. If you have searched for “vegetarian restaurants in Brussels”in Google , your Google query URL will be http://www.google.be/search?q=vegetarian+restaurant+brussel. Assuming that the ISPs will use the keywords you are searching to profile you again, it makes their job of deriving the adwords for your future targeted advertisements much more easier. Please note that Google auto-redirects HTTP traffic to HTTPS, however, for the sake of simplicity let us ignore that. Instead, there are many malicious things (like “man-in-the-middle”) that an ISPs can do in cooperation with advertisers to know more information even from the HTTPS traffic. Figure 12: Word frequency graph of Google search keywords Figure 12 represents the most searched words by me on Google. From this graph, it is evident that I use Python programming language, Latex for writing reports, use a computer with Ubuntu as the operating system, research on security/privacy, and so on. This itself along with the previous world cloud would be enough to profile me. So, at this point, the ISPs know what makes you highly likely to click an advertisement link! Pseudo social sphere Unlike the metadata related to emails and phone call logs, the browsing history can be treated as one-dimensional metadata. Because, it is just the metadata about what you have browsed and it does not contain the influence of other people’s interaction with you. On the other hand, email and phone call metadata contains the interaction you have done with others, along with the interactions done by others with you. However, it is possible to seek insight on your affinity towards the people within your social circle using the one-dimensional browsing history metadata. For example, you will visit your close friends social media profile more frequently than you visit your ex-colleague’s profile whom you know from first job. You might have visited the profile of your friend from the university more recently and frequently, than you visit your friend from high school. By capturing the number of visit counts and frecency (frequency + recency) from your browsing history, it is possible to reconstruct a pseudo social sphere (figure 13) , and thereby converting the browsing history to a two-dimensional data source. Figure 13: Representation of pseudo-social sphere derived from social media related URLs We all have different social circles - family members, childhood/high school friends, friends from work place, ex-colleagues , etc. Our affinity towards them is not necessarily unique. Even though they are not directly connected with each other, it is highly likely that our affinity towards them is similar. By capturing the social media URLs (Facebook and Twitter), Figure 13 represents one such social sphere. In circle 1, I saw a family member and my best friend; in circle 2, one of my colleagues, highschool friend and a family member were seen. This means I weigh them differently, but they can be grouped based on my affinity towards them. Just by knowing the browsing history, now the ISPs can tell who are my close friends, how much do they matter to me and who all have equal importance in my life. To summarize: I built a small/ naive tool to replicate the similar graphs shown in this article for almost anyone who is a Linux+Firefox user, browses Internet including social media like anyone else and most importantly stores the browsing history for a decent period of time. While making this tool as generic and simple as possible, I had to omit digging more information that could have been gathered from my own browsing history and exclude use of APIs (as they require individual users to obtain the API tokens). However, to know more about what browsing history could reveal about your personalities, refer to the case study by Share Lab. This provides lot more insights on what one can dig from your browsing history. Whether or not the culprit ISPs as depicted in this article evade your privacy by doing all these analytics, it is indeed important to realize the power of metadata and your contribution to big data processing in the wild. Since privacy of the metadata can not be protected by merely encrypting it, we need stronger policies to defend our digital rights. The tool which I call as Haukana metadata can be downloaded from here. Once you download it, follow these instruction: Unzip the folder a right click on a blank area Click on “open in terminal”. In the terminal, type sh requirements and press Enter. This will download all the necessary modules needed to run the tool. Once it is completed, type python tool.py and press Enter. It will take some time to process your browsing history. So, be patient until it opens a new browser tab as a result. Everything will be processed within your computer and hence, the tool does not send the data anywhere. The newly opened tab will contain some instructions and links to the visualizations derived from your browsing history. Please note that these graphs are interactive as shown here, here, here or here. It is important to note that some of the functionalities may not work as it is shown in this article, mainly because there are no reference data about browsing history. So, I had to build it based on my own browsing history. It goes without saying that the code is open source, and any contribution to the code to improvise and add more functionalities are more than welcome. Even otherwise, in case of issues, do not hesitate to contact me, either by sending an email with subject line “Hakuna Metadata” to sidtechnical(a)gmail.com or by raising an issue on Github. Regards, Nanjira. Sent on the move.

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Fwd: [Internet Policy] New Resolution on the right to privacy
by Barrack Otieno 06 Apr '17

06 Apr '17

Listers, We need to ensure we have a data protection act in the next August house. enjoy the read Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Richard Hill <rhill(a)hill-a.ch> Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2017 13:38:34 +0200 Subject: [Internet Policy] New Resolution on the right to privacy To: "Internetpolicy@Elists. Isoc. Org" <internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org> At its 34th session, 27 February-24 March 2017, the Human Rights Council adopted a new resolution on the Right to privacy in the digital age, see: http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/HRC/34/L.7/Rev.1 The resolution was adopted without a vote at the 56th meeting, 23 March 2017. Among other elements, this Resolution: * Recalls that any interference with the right to privacy should be consistent with the principles of legality, necessity and proportionality * Calls for data protection legislation, in particular to prevent the sale of personal data of personal data without the individual's free, explicit and informed consent * Calls on states not to interfere with the use of encryption. I reproduce below the relevant text from the Resolution. Best, Richard ====================== 2. Recalls that States should ensure that any interference with the right to privacy is consistent with the principles of legality, necessity and proportionality; 5. Calls upon all States: (f) To develop or maintain and implement adequate legislation, with effective sanctions and remedies, that protects individuals against violations and abuses of the right to privacy, namely through the unlawful or arbitrary collection, processing, retention or use of personal data by individuals, governments, business enterprises and private organizations; (i) To refrain from requiring business enterprises to take steps that interfere with the right to privacy in an arbitrary or unlawful way; (k) To develop or maintain legislation, preventive measures and remedies addressing harm from the sale or multiple resale or other corporate sharing of personal data without the individual's free, explicit and informed consent; 9. Encourages business enterprises to work towards enabling technical solutions to secure and protect the confidentiality of digital communications, which may include measures for encryption and anonymity, and calls upon States not to interfere with the use of such technical solutions, with any restrictions thereon complying with States' obligations under international human rights law; -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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It’s Not Their Pop Idol, but a Bot. Fans Cheer Anyway. - The New York Times
by Ali Hussein 06 Apr '17

06 Apr '17

Listers Welcome to the Brave New World of Artificial Intelligence in the Celeb World.. In January, Christina Ausset, a 24-year-old Maroon 5 fan in France, spotted an enticing Twitter post from another of the band’s followers: “I just had a conversation with Maroon 5! Awesome!” The interaction, it turned out, had been conducted on FacebookMessenger with Maroon 5’s chatbot — an automated program designed to respond to basic commands. Not exactly a conversation with Adam Levine, Ms. Ausset noted, but it didn’t matter. She now happily talks to the bot, too. Read on:- https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/03/business/media/its-not-their-pop-idol-bu… Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle Sent from my iPad

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Program: Talk to Safaricom
by Grace Githaiga 06 Apr '17

06 Apr '17

Listers Greetings! Please see the program for the f2f engagement with Safaricom, planned for tomorrow evening. Please keep time! For those who have not reserved a ticket and are interested in joining the conversation, please do so here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/talk-to-safaricom-tickets-33376809937 Looking forward to seeing many of you tomorrow. -- Co-Convenor Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) Twitter:@ggithaiga Tel: 254722701495 Skype: gracegithaiga Alternate email: ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracegithaiga www.kictanet.or.ke "Change only happens when ordinary people get involved, get engaged and come together to demand it. I am asking you to believe. Not in my ability to bring about change – but in yours"---Barrack Obama.

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Guidelines for Network Redundancy- CA
by kanini mutemi 05 Apr '17

05 Apr '17

FYI. See the guidelines attached. Deadline for public consultations is 9th April, 2017. (Should public consultation have a deadline?) -- *Mercy Mutemi, Advocate*.

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An Unprecedented Heist Hijacked a Brazilian Bank’s Entire Online Operation | WIRED
by Ali Hussein 05 Apr '17

05 Apr '17

Listers Cybersecurity is increasingly becoming the Achilles Heel for most of us. Kaspersky isn’t releasing the name of the bank that was targeted in the DNS redirect attack. But the firm says it’s a major Brazilian financial company with hundreds of branches, operations in the US and the Cayman Islands, 5 million customers, and more than $27 billion in assets. Read on:- https://www.wired.com/2017/04/hackers-hijacked-banks-entire-online-operatio… Ali Hussein 0713601113 Get Outlook for Android

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Fwd: [afnog] Four Years Tracking Unrevealed Topological Changes in the African Interdomain
by Barrack Otieno 03 Apr '17

03 Apr '17

Listers, Might be of interest to some. Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Roderick <roderick.fanou(a)imdea.org> Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2017 16:30:44 +0200 Subject: [afnog] Four Years Tracking Unrevealed Topological Changes in the African Interdomain To: Afnog <afnog(a)afnog.org> Dear all, We would like to share the url https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1UoaAVwcQSH8w, on which are described the results of a scientific study investigating the evolution of the Interdomain routing in Africa using the RIPE Atlas infrastructure. This paper is entitled “Four Years Tracking Unrevealed Topological Changes in the African Interdomain”. It has been published at the Computer Communications Journal, which provides a 50 days free access, i.e. the manuscript will be freely downloadable by anyone until May 20, 2017. After that period, it will need to be purchased. Please find below its abstract: Abstract Despite extensive studies on the Internet topology, little is still known about the AS level topology of the African Internet, especially when it comes to its IXP substrate. The main reason for this is the lack of vantage points that are needed to obtain the proper information. From 2013 to 2016, we enhanced the RIPE Atlas measurement infrastructure in the region to shed light on both IPv4 and IPv6 topologies interconnecting local ISPs. We increased the number of vantage points in Africa by 278.3% and carried out measurements between them at random periods. To infer results that depict the behavior of ISPs in the region, we propose reproducible traceroute data analysis techniques suitable for the treatment of any set of similar measurements. We first reveal a large variety of ISP transit habits and their dependence on socio-economic factors. We then compare QoS within African countries, European countries, and the US to find that West African networks in particular need to promote investments in fiber networks and to implement traffic engineering techniques. Our results indicate the remaining dominance of ISPs based outside Africa for the provision of intra-continental paths, but also shed light on traffic localization efforts. We map, in our traceroute data, 62.2% of the IXPs in Africa and infer their respective peers. Finally, we highlight the launch of new IXPs and quantify their impacts on end-to-end connectivity. The study clearly demonstrates that to better assess interdomain routing in a continent, it is necessary to perform measurements from a diversified range of vantage points. Keywords African internet; IXP substrate; RIPE Atlas; Transit; Traffic localization Please feel free to share this mail or the url (https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1UoaAVwcQSH8w) Comments and questions are welcome. Thanks and regards, The authors. -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Request for Blockchain/Distributed ledger/Smart contract Expertise
by Steph Muchai 03 Apr '17

03 Apr '17

Greetings all, The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) is looking for Kenya based individuals with blockchain/distributed ledger/smart contract expertise in Kenya to do a short scoping piece related to their devolved climate finance work. Please contact me separately with any strong recommendations you may have, Kind Regards, Steph Muchai Country Engagement Developer - Open Contracting <https://hivos.org/focal-area/open-contracting> [image: Hivos People Unlimited] ACS Plaza, Lenana Road |P.O. Box 19875| Nairobi|Kenya T + 254 725 451 729|E smuchai(a)hivos.org <https://mail.hivos.org/smuchai@hivos.org>|Skype steph.muchai| www.east-africa.hivos.org

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Cocktail invitation: Talk-2-Safaricom meet up
by Grace Githaiga 03 Apr '17

03 Apr '17

Good morning Listers Further to our online engagement with Safaricom during the 'Talk to Safaricom' week, we now wish to invite you to a cocktail this coming Friday April 7, 2017 starting at 6.30 pm at the Hotel Intercontinental. This will be an opportunity to interact informally with Safcom and still seek further clarification on issues that you think may not have been answered. To book your ticket please use this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/talk-to-safaricom-tickets-33376809937 Further, please find attached the draft report v1, which was compiled after the online moderated debated. Come prepared to correct/validate the report and still ask the hard questions. The Final Draft will then follow after the f2f meet up. Looking forward to seeing most of you. Best regards Githaiga, Grace --- Co-Convenor Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) Twitter:@ggithaiga Tel: 254722701495 Skype: gracegithaiga Alternate email: ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracegithaiga www.kictanet.or.ke "Change only happens when ordinary people get involved, get engaged and come together to demand it. I am asking you to believe. Not in my ability to bring about change – but in yours"---Barrack Obama.

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