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by Harry Harry 01 Aug '06

01 Aug '06

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FW: [Kictanet] British Council Training
by Muriuki Mureithi 01 Aug '06

01 Aug '06

Did this come thro? Muriuki Mureithi _____ From: Muriuki Mureithi [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 30 July 2006 16:46 To: 'Kenya ICT Policy - kictanet' Subject: RE: [Kictanet] British Council Training Hi Alice and all I note the great interest raised by this programme which is a testimony on the urge for growth for kictanet and its members. We however need to keep in sight the mission of Kictanet and how best these trainning can ensure this is realised . To realise kictanet's mission we need to care for the productive individual member, the positive and synegistic team and finally the professional skills to drive the mission of kictanet. To ensure we achieve this, I suggest that we group the trainning package under three headings and my immediate proposals are 1. Personal leadership - personal managemnt to appropriately allocate time and resources to kictanet and adequately align or find personal mission in kictanet o time management 2. Collaborative leadership - share vision and resolve conflicts in a synergistic way to tap the best for kictanet o Leadership and team building o Conflict resolution in teams o negotiation 3. Professional trainning - skills directly applicable to kictanet projects and programmes o selling benefits not features - very useful for lobbying our ideas not just products o Online Collaboration Tools o Strategic planning for CSOs This will give kictanet members a total package and value Cheers Muriuki Mureithi _____ From: kictanet-bounces+mureithi=summitstrategies.co.ke(a)kictanet.or.ke [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of chelimo kenneth Sent: 28 July 2006 15:11 To: mureithi(a)summitstrategies.co.ke Subject: Re: [Kictanet] British High Commision Training All the listed courses are important to me. I wouldnt mind participating in any listed course. Ken Chelimo, SIDAREC Judy kimiti <jkimiti01(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: Dear Member, KICTANet is planning to offer the following training courses starting from Mid August. * Structure * Organization * Strategic Planning * Conflict resolution * Report Writing * Public Speaking * Analysis of Policy * Repertoire * Survey * How to do questionnaires and interviews * Leadership & Team building * Research/ Proposal Writing Techniques * Public Speaking * Presentation and Communication Skill * Conflict Management KICTANet secretariat has proposed the following three as a priority to start: - Proposal Writing - Report Writing - Public Speaking >From the list above which other courses you think we should include and are willing to participate? Please respond to the undersigned by wed 2nd august with your suggestions Judy Mumbi Kimiti KICTANET Tel:(020)6751323 Cell: +(254) 0722 716020 _____ Try the all-new <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/uk/taglines/default/nowyoucan/wall_st_2/*http:/ us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=40565/*http:/uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html> Yahoo! Mail . "The New Version is radically easier to use" - The Wall Street Journal_______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)kictanet.or.ke http://kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Please unsubscribe or change your options at http://kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/chelimoken%40yahoo.com _____ How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman8/*http:/us.rd.yahoo.com/evt =39663/*http:/voice.yahoo.com> call rates. -- <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman8/*http:/us.rd.yahoo.com/evt =39663/*http:/voice.yahoo.com> No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.4/396 - Release Date: 24/07/2006

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Fw: KENYA IS A GREAT LAND, IS MY HOME NA NAJIVUNIA KUWA MKENYA.
by Wainaina Mungai 01 Aug '06

01 Aug '06

FYI > -------Original Message------- > From: Office of Public Communications <nkakwe(a)comms.go.ke> > Subject: KENYA IS A GREAT LAND, IS MY HOME NA NAJIVUNIA KUWA MKENYA. > Sent: 01 Aug '06 10:19 > > Dear Sir / Madam, > > The office of the Government Spokesperson wishes to deliver to you the > information of thousands of jobs recently Advertised by the Government of > Kenya through the Public Service Commission. > > Please find more details on these jobs in the attached file. > > [LINK: > http://www.communication.go.ke/[email protected]] > Please feel free to forward this information to all your friends by > clicking here. > > To visit the website of Government Spokesperson and learn more about what > the Government has done for you click on the banner below or [LINK: > http://www.communication.go.ke] click here. > > [LINK: http://www.communication.go.ke] > > Thank you. > > Website Team. > > Office of Public Communications / > Government Spokesperson - Kenya.

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Fw: [Kictanet] British Council Training
by alice＠apc.org 31 Jul '06

31 Jul '06

> Hi Alice and all > > I note the great interest raised by this programme which is a testimony on > the urge for growth for kictanet and its members. We however need to keep > in > sight the mission of Kictanet and how best these trainning can ensure this > is realised . To realise kictanet's mission we need to care for the > productive individual member, the positive and synegistic team and finally > the professional skills to drive the mission of kictanet. To ensure we > achieve this, I suggest that we group the trainning package under three > headings and my immediate proposals are > > > > 1. Personal leadership - personal managemnt to appropriately > allocate time and resources to kictanet and adequately align or find > personal mission in kictanet > > o time management > > > > 2. Collaborative leadership - share vision and resolve conflicts in a > synergistic way to tap the best for kictanet > > > > o Leadership and team building > > o Conflict resolution in teams > > o negotiation > > > > 3. Professional trainning - skills directly applicable to kictanet > projects and programmes > > o selling benefits not features - very useful for lobbying our > ideas > not just products > > o Online Collaboration Tools > > o Strategic planning for CSOs > > > > This will give kictanet members a total package and value > > Cheers > > Muriuki Mureithi > > _____ > > From: kictanet-bounces+mureithi=summitstrategies.co.ke(a)kictanet.or.ke > [mailto:[email protected]] > On > Behalf Of chelimo kenneth > Sent: 28 July 2006 15:11 > To: mureithi(a)summitstrategies.co.ke > Subject: Re: [Kictanet] British High Commision Training > > > > All the listed courses are important to me. I wouldnt mind participating > in > any listed course. > > Ken Chelimo, > > SIDAREC > > Judy kimiti <jkimiti01(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > Dear Member, > > > > KICTANet is planning to offer the following training courses starting from > Mid August. > > > > * Structure > * Organization > * Strategic Planning > * Conflict resolution > * Report Writing > * Public Speaking > * Analysis of Policy > * Repertoire > * Survey > * How to do questionnaires and interviews > * Leadership & Team building > * Research/ Proposal Writing Techniques > * Public Speaking > * Presentation and Communication Skill > * Conflict Management > > > > KICTANet secretariat has proposed the following three as a priority to > start: > > - Proposal Writing > > - Report Writing > > - Public Speaking > > > >>From the list above which other courses you think we should include and >>are > willing to participate? > > Please respond to the undersigned by wed 2nd august with your suggestions > > > > > > Judy Mumbi Kimiti > KICTANET > Tel:(020)6751323 > Cell: +(254) 0722 716020 > > > _____ > > > Try the all-new > <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/uk/taglines/default/nowyoucan/wall_st_2/*http:/ > us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=40565/*http:/uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html> Yahoo! > Mail . "The New Version is radically easier to use" - The Wall Street > Journal_______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)kictanet.or.ke > http://kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > Please unsubscribe or change your options at > http://kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/chelimoken%40yahoo.com > > > > > > _____ > > How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone > <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman8/*http:/us.rd.yahoo.com/evt > =39663/*http:/voice.yahoo.com> call rates. > > > > -- > <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman8/*http:/us.rd.yahoo.com/evt > =39663/*http:/voice.yahoo.com> > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.4/396 - Release Date: 24/07/2006 > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)kictanet.or.ke > http://kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > Please unsubscribe or change your options at > http://kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/alice%40apc.org

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FW: [swopnet] Most Innovative Development Project (MIDP) Competition
by Harry Harry 31 Jul '06

31 Jul '06

FYI _____ Most Innovative Development Project (MIDP) Competition Submissions are welcome for the Global Development Network s annual competition for the Most Innovative Development Project, which carries prizes in cash and travel of over US $70,000! The finalists will present their proposals at GDN s Annual Global Development Conference in Beijing, China in January 2007. Submissions are being accepted for an ongoing development project implemented in a developing or transition country. Criteria include the degree of innovation and the potential for broad application of the project in other countries. Deadline for submission: August 21, 2006 Please disseminate this information amongst your colleagues. For more information on the competition visit our website at HYPERLINK "http://www.gdnet.org"www.gdnet.org. Dgroups is a joint initiative of Bellanet, DFID, Hivos, ICA, ICCO, IICD, OneWorld, UNAIDS and World Bank --- You are currently subscribed to swopnet as: harry(a)aitecafrica.com To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-swopnet-151193O(a)dgroups.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by HYPERLINK "http://www.mailscanner.info/"MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.5/403 - Release Date: 7/28/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.5/403 - Release Date: 7/28/2006

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Fwd: Planning Meeting 3rd Thursday
by Judy kimiti 31 Jul '06

31 Jul '06

Dear Membrs, Please RSVP your attendance to the undersigned for The KICTANet Planning meeting on Thursday 3rd August for Logistics Purposes. Thank You Regards Judy Kimiti KICTANet Note: forwarded message attached. --------------------------------- All New Yahoo! Mail Tired of Vi@gr@! come-ons? Let our SpamGuard protect you.

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Re: [Kictanet] British High Commision Training
by Andrew Limo 31 Jul '06

31 Jul '06

The list is relevant. Maybe something on Change management. Judy kimiti <jkimiti01(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: Dear Member, KICTANet is planning to offer the following training courses starting from Mid August. Structure Organization Strategic Planning Conflict resolution Report Writing Public Speaking Analysis of Policy Repertoire Survey How to do questionnaires and interviews Leadership & Team building Research/ Proposal Writing Techniques Public Speaking Presentation and Communication Skill Conflict Management KICTANet secretariat has proposed the following three as a priority to start: - Proposal Writing - Report Writing - Public Speaking From the list above which other courses you think we should include and are willing to participate? Please respond to the undersigned by wed 2nd august with your suggestions Judy Mumbi Kimiti KICTANET Tel:(020)6751323 Cell: +(254) 0722 716020 --------------------------------- Try the all-new Yahoo! Mail . "The New Version is radically easier to use" The Wall Street Journal_______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)kictanet.or.ke http://kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Please unsubscribe or change your options at http://kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/andrew.limo%40yahoo.com --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Get on board. You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail Beta.

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Fw: ICT bill proposals
by alice＠apc.org 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

Dear KICTANet members Find attached a report of the IC bill analysis process. For those who would like a copy of the bill containing KICTANet proposals, please send an offline request to Judy Kimiti: jkimiti01(a)yahoo.co.uk best regards alice

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Fw: Issue 315: EASSy members agree to hybrid SPV and KDN still going ahead
by alice＠apc.org 23 Jul '06

23 Jul '06

> Top Story from Balancing Act > > TOP STORY: EASSY MEMBERS AGREE TO HYBRID SPV AND KDN STILL GOING AHEAD > _____________________________________________________________________ > > The trio of parties involved in getting the EASSy project of the ground – > African Governments, external funders (DFIs in the jargon) and last but > not least the EASSy consortium members have agreed that the project will > go forward using a Hybrid Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV). An exhausting > 3-day all-stakeholder meeting in Nairobi produced the breakthrough but > many of the difficult details have yet to be sorted out. But KDN’s Kai > Wulff is going ahead with a rival project and looks like a man with more > than one option should he choose to change his mind. Russell Southwood > tries to make sense of the latest twists and turns in this East African > fibre saga. > > The Nairobi meeting was the first time that all of the parties had sat > down together to discuss substantive issues and although the going proved > to be hard, when the Chair asked if anyone was against the hybrid SPV, > answer came there none. > > The hybrid SPV model is being backed by the DFIs that include: the World > Bank, the European Investment Bank, the Development Bank of South Africa, > the African Development Bank, the Agence Française de Développement (and > its private sector finance arm PROPARCO) and KfW Entwicklungsbank (German > Development Bank). > > So what is the hybrid SPV? If you go to our web site you will be able to > see an organisational chart showing how it will be organised. In essence > there will be two sets of companies: > > 1. the EASSy SPV that will receive support from the World Bank that will > in turn support what we might call the Higher SPV (H-SPV) > 2. The Higher SPV that will receive investment from all those > organisations investing directly and that will not be subject to the Open > Access requirements placed upon the EASSy SPV. > > Since part of the EASSy SPV’s purpose is to offer the lowest possible > prices, its decision on pricing will set the benchmark against which those > not in the EASSy SPV will have to set their prices as setting a higher > price will not be an option. > > The EASSy SPV will be open to all of the existing EASSy consortium > signatories plus all of those parties that got left out in the formation > of the original project. It should therefore include entities like > UbuntuNet, the university bandwidth consortium. Everyone is still > insisting that international licences will be required to participate and > this may yet create a hurdle for some parties. > > The consensus on the hybrid SPV structure seems to have made everyone’s > position much more fluid and according to Laurent Besancon, Senior > Regulatory Specialist, Global ICT Department, World Bank who has been > closely involved with the negotiations from the DFI side:”Quite a large > number of companies will join the EASSy SPV and the more that join, the > lower the financing costs will be and therefore the lower the final price > of the bandwidth.” > > It has to be said that it is currently quite hard to see the incentive to > remain outside of the EASSy SPV unless you are an organisation > “forward-buying” extremely large amounts of bandwidth or that you imagine > your presence on the Board of the H-SPV will grant you some form of > control not otherwise available through the EASSy SPV. > > Because it has taken a long time to reach agreement on the hybrid SPV, > none of the tricky details about corporate governance and pricing have yet > been resolved. Obviously the EASSy SPV and the direct investors into the > H-SPV will nominate representatives to the Board of the H-SPV but how this > will be achieved and what level of representation is assured for each > group has not yet been settled. > > The discussion to settle this issue will be tricky as the EASSy SPV needs > to ensure that Open Access principles and low pricing are achieved and the > private sector members will want to ensure that the entity is run > commercially. And it would not be beyond the bounds of imagination that > one or two of the direct investors outside of the EASSy SPV will try and > undermine in subtle ways the consensus achieved on a “low price, high > volume” approach. For example, will those with landing stations get a > special position at the table as in the current EASSy structure? At > present there are apparently 4-5 landing station parties in the EASSy SPV > so the issue may not be clear cut. > > The EASSy SPV’s Open Access position is underwritten by the DFIs but what > if one or more of them was to decide that their work was done after five > years and to sell out to another external investor? None of the details of > the financing package are clear and yet it will be the balance between > grants, soft loan funding and commercial funding that will ultimately > settle the outcome of the final price of the bandwidth. The DFI package is > worth US$170 million. The last budget announced by NEPAD was US$280 > million and this included $10 million working capital and $30-40 million > to build or upgrade existing landing stations. > > The DFIs say they are working hard to clarify the funding package issues > and to produce the funding to pay for the expertise to get the “i”s dotted > and the “t”s crossed. > > There is still no clarity on pricing. The principle is that the bandwidth > will be as cheap as possible and that there will be a “step-down” after > the initial five-year period. It appears from what is known that the > bandwidth will be in the range that has already been quoted by various > people associated with the EASSy consortium (see previous News Updates). > > A Task Force has been set up representing the three main parties involved > and it will be this group that will have to try and overcome “the devil in > the details”. > > A certain frisson was caused last week by the news that several countries > (including Burundi) had signed the CNMA but we are assured that this was > simply to allow the release of monies to get the equipment acquisition > moving for the capital project ahead. According to the World Bank’s > Besancon:”We’ve had reassurances that the CNMA will be amended to reflect > the Task Force and EASSy SPV input. The signing of the CNMA helps keep the > momentum moving forward from Nairobi.” > > Meanwhile KDN’s CEO Kai Wulff is still sounding bullish about its project > to sign with Flag to connect Mombasa to a Yemen branch of the Falcon > cable:”We are definitely going ahead. There are enough people willing to > listen to a better and cheaper proposal. But whatever happens I will > simply go with whatever is the cheapest option and I’m not going to be > delayed by anything.” The company is believed to have a “let-out” clause > on the Flag deal and could make the move back to EASSy if the price is > right. > > Wulff stressed that whilst he would compete in all other arenas in the > field of international bandwidth he was simply trying to make the cheapest > bandwidth available to everybody:”KDN’s motivation is that we’re looking > for the best and cheapest option that will help the development of the ICT > sector in the region and through that the development of the whole > region.” > > Regional press reports say that the company is in negotiations with > Safaricom, Telkom and Celtel Kenya and ISPs. > ____________________________________________________________________

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Partnership to Bridge Digital Divide for Urban Youth
by Wainaina Mungai 19 Jul '06

19 Jul '06

Partnership to Bridge Digital Divide for Urban Youth UN-HABITAT and Computer Aid International have signed a landmark agreement to help avail ICT to the inhabitants of Kibera slums in Nairobi, Kenya, one of the world's poorest informal settlements. The document was signed in June 2006 by UN-HABITAT Executive Director Anna Tibaijuka and Tony Roberts Computer Aid International Chief Executive during the Third Session of the World Urban Forum in Vancouver, Canada. The Agreement of Cooperation spelt out how the two organisations will work together to apply ICTs to urban development projects beginning with a pilot in Kibera, Nairobi called the 'Computers for Communities' project. Kibera is Africa's largest urban slum and is home to about one million people. The Computers for Communities project is part of the UN-Habitat 'ICT for Development' programme. Computer Aid International is the world's largest not-for-profit provider of computers to developing countries. Computer Aid has provided 70,000 PCs to educational institutions and not-for-profit organisations in 104 different countries. More than 6,000 of that total have been sent to Kenyan schools, universities and non-governmental organisations. The first computer laboratory created under the scheme will be at the 'One Stop Youth Shop' community resource centre in Kibera, Nairobi. This innovative and ground-breaking centre provides a rare meeting place for young people to come together to access information SOURCE: http://www.unhabitat.org/content.asp?cid=3300&catid=41&typeid=6&subMenuId=0 --- Wainaina Mungai http://www.madeinkenya.org SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

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