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Supporting the Domain Name Industry in Underserved Regions
by Alice Munyua 15 May '14

15 May '14

Out of approximately 1,000 ICANN accredited domain name registrars exist, only 7 are based and operate in Africa. 1.Internet Solutions (IS) based in South Africa. 2.Kheweul.com is based in Senegal primarily targeting the francophone region in Africa. 3.AfriRegister based in Burundi 4.Ghana dot com a parent of the first internet service provider of Ghana NCS. Seems to operate primarily in Ghana. 5.Genious Communications is based in Morocco 6.Diamatrix also based in South 7.Web4Africa based in Ghana ICANN is exploring strategies and ideas to help promote the DNS industry in developing regions and is seeking comments on this report ((http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/accreditation/dns-underserved-…) which will be used to develop a strategy to address the current challenges. Comment period closes June 30th. Best Alice (http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/accreditation/dns-underserved-…) --

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Panel Session: Software Development and Innovation in Kenya
by John Matogo 15 May '14

15 May '14

Dear colleagues. The message below may be of interest to you. Kindly share it widely in your networks. Regards. John Matogo ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Bernard Chiira <chiira1st(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, May 15, 2014 at 9:33 AM Subject: [Skunkworks] Panel Session: Software Development and Innovation in Kenya To: Skunkworks Mailing List <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Greetings, Please share widely within your networks and feel free to join us: Strathmore University's @iLabAfrica, @iBizAfrica and IBM have organized a panel discussion on Software Development and Innovation in Kenya. The panel discussion is the grand finale of a two weeks developer workshop on Cloud, Mobile, Web, Social and the Internet of Things. The panel session will examine the current state of software development in Kenya, the future of software development, as well as provide an opportunity for the Next Generation Application Development workshop trainees to showcase apps developed using the IBM BlueMix platform, over the period of the two weeks training program. The panel session will be attended by highly influential technology and ICT stakeholders in Kenya from the private sector, government and the Kenya software development community at large. Confirmed panelists include: 1. Dr. Joseph Sevilla– Director @iLabAfrica, Strathmore University 2. Veronica Ogeto Tchoketch– Head of Innovation at Safaricom L td 3. Rachel Reinitz-Distinguished Engineer and CTO of Software Services for Websphere, IBM Software Group 4. Conrad Akunga– Co-Founder & Director of Product Development and Research, Innova Ltd 5. ICT Authority Kenya 6. Kenya Education Network (KENET) This event is FREE and open to the public, especially people in the software development field, students, educators and all technology enthusiasts in the country. *Date*: 22nd May 2014 *Venue*: Strathmore University Auditorium *Time*: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm Let us know if you are coming by signing up here<http://www.eventbrite.com/e/panel-discussion-software-development-and-innov…>! We look forward to seeing you. There will also be two meetups as follows: 1. Next Generation Application Development Meetup 2. Big Data Analytics Meetups *Both meetups are free to attend!* Let us know if you will be joining us by signing up here<http://www.ilabafrica.ac.ke/index.php/media-news/news/391-catch-the-biggest…> ! Best Regards, -- Bernard Chiira Twitter: @Benshira <https://twitter.com/Benshira> | Facebook: bmchiira<https://www.facebook.com/bmchiira>| G+: Bernard Chiira <https://plus.google.com/u/0/100789417128616157631/posts> | Skype: bchiira _______________________________________________ Regards, John Matogo Manager Incubation Centre, @iBizAfrica Strathmore University P.O. Box 59857-00200 Nairobi, KENYA Tel: +254 070 303 4280 (direct line) Personal Mobile:+254 722 813 533 Skype: jmatogo Twitter: @jmatogo LinkedIn: http://tinyurl.com/avcn7qu Web: www.strathmore.edu and http://www.ibizafrica.co.ke/ -- Note: All emails sent from Strathmore University are subject to Strathmore’s Email Terms & Conditions. Please click here<http://www.strathmore.edu/aboutus.php?id=184>to read the policy. "Visit our Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/StrathmoreUniversity>Page and Twitter <https://twitter.com/StrathU>Account".

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.africa put on ice after ICANN confusion
by waudo siganga 15 May '14

15 May '14

http://domainincite.com/16630-africa-frozen-by-panel-after-icann-screwup

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Re: [kictanet] Why State House made a call to Safaricom chief overinsecurity
by James Mbugua 15 May '14

15 May '14

My only question is what frequencies are they being given and are they exclusively going to be used for this security service or will they also be used commercially? How does the Sh7.4bn priced for those frequencies compare with what CAK would auction them for? James -----Original Message----- From: "Victor Kapiyo via kictanet" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: ‎5/‎14/‎2014 23:22 To: "jgmbugua(a)gmail.com" <jgmbugua(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Why State House made a call to Safaricom chief overinsecurity Anybody knows what this ''Security communication and surveillance system'' entails? I think that its important for the public to know what measures are being put in place by GoK under the guise of protecting them from terrorists. Further, and more importantly, it must be restated that human rights are sacrosanct and not even national security should be touted as a reason to claw back on them, especially where there is no lawful cause. Therefore, GoK should in my view and in the same speed and zeal it made the deal with Safaricom, fast track the Data Protection Bill which is long overdue. Victor This is one of those things, with hind sight, either comes out as a stroke of genius or we get to ask ourselves, what were we thinking! The difference is in the team that will and/or has already negotiated this and also will implement this. Get the right people in, we are ok, get certain characters in, and we've just made new Billionaires. I would, looking forward, ask how this could lead to a local industry. It is time Safaricom or GoK pushed money to the local techie community to come up with solutions that could be used in the security industry. Let them put out a bounty of Ksh 100M for the three most enterprising security solutions and you'll see what we could come up with. As an example, Ma3route, currently just giving you crowd-sourced traffic updates, with a really good investment, it would be possible to source a lot more open source intelligence... Finally, I hope GoK wakes up to the fact to seriously invest in building local technology firms. Its a lot easier to pull off such similiar deals as opposed to when you have to go through the RfP route only to get a foreign firm running your most sensitive of operations. And for CAK, who thought they would be 'banning' Safaricom for dropping Voice calls, they could as well as forget it now. They've got friends in high places :-) Regards On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 12:28 AM, Grace Githaiga via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: Two months ago, at the height of terrorist attacks, State House made a call to Safaricom chief executive Bob Collymore. Concerned that his government was losing grip of the situation, President Kenyatta wanted to know whether Safaricom would help security agents communicate better. http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Why-State-House-made-a-call-to-Safaricom-chief… _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/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 (0) 20 2333 471 |Office Mobile: +254 786 28 28 28 | M + 254 737 811 000 www.at.co.ke _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/vkapiyo%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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.africa put on ice after ICANN confusion
by Gideon 15 May '14

15 May '14

Ali Answering a question with a question gets us nowhere. Even so, I asked first. I hope your answer to my initial questions will also hold legal waters. Thank you. On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 3:09 PM, Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> wrote: > :) Gideon, I was wondering how long it will take you to respond :) > > Please enlighten us to the Corporate Structure of DCA - who are behind it, > on whose behalf did they apply for a Geographic gTLD etc. > > I'm sure all this information is around somewhere but so that we remind > ourselves of the merits and demerits of both applications. > > *Ali Hussein* > > +254 770 906375 / 0713 601113 > > Twitter: @AliHKassim > > Skype: abu-jomo > > LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim<http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> > > Blog: www.alyhussein.com > > "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will > have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein > > Sent from my iPad > > On May 14, 2014, at 2:29 PM, Gideon via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > Ali, > > > What is a private company to you? Do you know what the corporate entity > of ZACR is? or are you simply like you say disparaging to DCA? > > > In terms of what "stands out" for you, maybe you can enlighten yourself > directly on what happened on .dotafrica from alternate sources such as this > http://domainnewsafrica.com/the-curious-case-of-dotafrica-2 , other > than the arch enemies of DCA, like DomainIncite 's bloggers Murphy. > > > Regards > DotConnectAfrica > > >> One line stands out - >> >> '....Yeah, it?s embarrassing for ICANN. Doubly so because it?s been >> beaten by a company so incompetent it accidentally applied for the wrong >> gTLD.' >> >> Not sure what happened here and not to seem disparaging to the appellant, >> I think this will eventually go through. Its unlikely that a Geographical >> gTLD will go to private company where the AUC backs the current winner. >> >> My two cents. >> >> Ali Hussein >> >> +254 770 906375 / 0713 601113 >> >> Twitter: @AliHKassim >> Skype: abu-jomo >> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim >> Blog: www.alyhussein.com >> >> "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will >> have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> > On May 14, 2014, at 6:54 AM, waudo siganga via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> > >> > >> http://domainincite.com/16630-africa-frozen-by-panel-after-icann-screwup >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > kictanet mailing list >> > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> > >> > Unsubscribe or change your options at >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/info%40alyhussein.com >> > >> > The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform >> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and >> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT >> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. >> > >> > KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors >> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, >> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do >> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >>

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Why State House made a call to Safaricom chief over insecurity
by Grace Githaiga 14 May '14

14 May '14

Two months ago, at the height of terrorist attacks, State House made a call to Safaricom chief executive Bob Collymore.Concerned that his government was losing grip of the situation, President Kenyatta wanted to know whether Safaricom would help security agents communicate better. http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Why-State-House-made-a-call-to-Safaricom-chief…

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I* Leaders Post Net Mundial Statement
by Barrack Otieno 14 May '14

14 May '14

Listers, Leaders of the organizations responsible for coordination of the Internet technical infrastructure (loosely referred to as "I* leaders") met on 25 April in São Paulo, Brazil following the NETmundial meeting. During the 1-day I* leaders meeting, the group considered a range of issues where dialogue among Internet technical organizations is useful. In particular, the group highlighted that the NETmundial meeting has energized the multistakeholder discussions and model in a positive fashion. The leaders highlighted the importance of open, collaborative, bottom-up processes across meetings and organisations dealing with the Internet. During the meeting, the group reflected on a number of other topics as well: 1. Transition of NTIA's Stewardship of the IANA Functions ( http://www.icann.org/en/about/agreements/iana/transition) and review of ICANN accountability processes; 2. The announcement made by ICANN CEO of the launch of a process to review and improve ICANN's own oversight/accountability mechanism and how it is complementary to the IANA function's stewardship evolution process. 3. Upcoming Internet Governance meetings including the Internet Governance Forum (http://www.intgovforum.org) and the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference ( http://www.internetsociety.org/plenipotbackground) 4. Coordination of experiences, plans and resources to further deploy DNSSEC via the ccTLD community 5. Identification of issues and players to further enable adoption of Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs) toward accelerating their adoption in communities that don't use the Latin Character sets The group bade farewell to Raúl Echeberría, CEO of LACNIC and Leslie Daigle, Chief Internet Technology Officer of the Internet Society. *Participating Leaders* - Adiel A. Akplogan, CEO African Network Information Center (AFRINIC) - Barrack Otieno, Manager, The African Top Level Domains Organization (AFTLD) - Paul Wilson, Director General Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) - Don Hollander, General Manager Asia Pacific Top Level Domain Association (APTLD) - John Curran, CEO American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) - Peter Van Roste, General Manager, Council for European National Top Level Domain Registries (CENTR) - Russ Housley, Chair Internet Architecture Board (IAB) - Fadi Chehadé, President and CEO Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) - Jari Arkko, Chair Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) - Kathy Brown, President and CEO Internet Society (ISOC) - Raúl Echeberría, CEO Latin America and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry (LACNIC) - Carolina Aguerre, General Manager, Latin American and Caribbean TLD Association (LACTLD) - Axel Pawlik, Managing Director Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination Centre (RIPE NCC) - Tim Berners-Lee, Director, World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277+254721325277+254721325277+254721325277+254721325277 +254721325277+254721325277+254721325277 +254-20-2498789+254-20-2498789+254-20-2498789+254-20-2498789+254-20-2498789 +254-20-2498789+254-20-2498789+254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno www.aftld.org Call<skype:+254721325277?call&origin=FFTB/SPNR/7.0.14735.1561/https%3A%2F%2Fmail.google.com%2F_%2Fscs%2Fmail-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fk%3Dgmail.main.en.g-9-TdjrlN0.O%2Fm%3Dm_i%2Ct%2Cit%2Fam%3DOCMORv69v1Cc4S76pNp__3v3SbGzv4f770wAgrATKP-b_T_gH9QH5ccJ%2Frt%3Dh%2Fd%3D1%2Frs%3DAItRSTOISwrM7R1Vrzs5v6OdHHFLrnIBsg> Send SMS<skype:+254721325277?sms&origin=FFTB/SPNR/7.0.14735.1561/https%3A%2F%2Fmail.google.com%2F_%2Fscs%2Fmail-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fk%3Dgmail.main.en.g-9-TdjrlN0.O%2Fm%3Dm_i%2Ct%2Cit%2Fam%3DOCMORv69v1Cc4S76pNp__3v3SbGzv4f770wAgrATKP-b_T_gH9QH5ccJ%2Frt%3Dh%2Fd%3D1%2Frs%3DAItRSTOISwrM7R1Vrzs5v6OdHHFLrnIBsg> Add to Skype<skype:+254721325277?add&origin=FFTB/SPNR/7.0.14735.1561/https%3A%2F%2Fmail.google.com%2F_%2Fscs%2Fmail-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fk%3Dgmail.main.en.g-9-TdjrlN0.O%2Fm%3Dm_i%2Ct%2Cit%2Fam%3DOCMORv69v1Cc4S76pNp__3v3SbGzv4f770wAgrATKP-b_T_gH9QH5ccJ%2Frt%3Dh%2Fd%3D1%2Frs%3DAItRSTOISwrM7R1Vrzs5v6OdHHFLrnIBsg> You'll need Skype CreditFree via Skype Call Send SMS Add to Skype You'll need Skype CreditFree via Skype

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.africa put on ice after ICANN confusion
by Gideon 14 May '14

14 May '14

Ali, What is a private company to you? Do you know what the corporate entity of ZACR is? or are you simply like you say disparaging to DCA? In terms of what "stands out" for you, maybe you can enlighten yourself directly on what happened on .dotafrica from alternate sources such as this http://domainnewsafrica.com/the-curious-case-of-dotafrica-2 , other than the arch enemies of DCA, like DomainIncite 's bloggers Murphy. Regards DotConnectAfrica > One line stands out - > > '....Yeah, it?s embarrassing for ICANN. Doubly so because it?s been beaten > by a company so incompetent it accidentally applied for the wrong gTLD.' > > Not sure what happened here and not to seem disparaging to the appellant, > I think this will eventually go through. Its unlikely that a Geographical > gTLD will go to private company where the AUC backs the current winner. > > My two cents. > > Ali Hussein > > +254 770 906375 / 0713 601113 > > Twitter: @AliHKassim > Skype: abu-jomo > LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim > Blog: www.alyhussein.com > > "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will > have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein > > Sent from my iPad > > > On May 14, 2014, at 6:54 AM, waudo siganga via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > > > http://domainincite.com/16630-africa-frozen-by-panel-after-icann-screwup > > > > _______________________________________________ > > kictanet mailing list > > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > > > Unsubscribe or change your options at > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/info%40alyhussein.com > > > > The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform > for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and > regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT > sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. > > > > KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors > online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, > share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do > not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >

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.africa put on ice after ICANN confusion
by Gideon 14 May '14

14 May '14

FYI.. -Africa: DCA Trust Wins First Round Against Icann in Injunction On Dotafrica Domain http://allafrica.com/stories/201405131325.html -dotAfrica launch further delayed by DotConnectAfrica injunction http://www.humanipo.com/news/43884/dotafrica-launch-further-delayed-by-dotc… -Breaking: DotConnectAfrica wins .africa injunction against ICANN in first new gTLD IRP case http://domainnewsafrica.com/breaking-dotconnectafrica-wins-dotafrica-injunc… Regards Gideon Rop DotConnectAfrica <http://domainnewsafrica.com/breaking-dotconnectafrica-wins-dotafrica-injunc…>

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Looking for iOS Devs
by John Matogo 14 May '14

14 May '14

Dear colleagues. One of the companies located in @iBizAfrica (www.ibizafrica.co.ke) is looking to contract an experienced iOS developer for a project. If you have the requisite skills and are available kindly get in touch with otto(a)nlafrica.com Regards, John Matogo Manager Incubation Centre, @iBizAfrica Strathmore University P.O. Box 59857-00200 Nairobi, KENYA Tel: +254 070 303 4280 (direct line) Personal Mobile:+254 722 813 533 Skype: jmatogo Twitter: @jmatogo LinkedIn: http://tinyurl.com/avcn7qu Web: www.strathmore.edu and http://www.ibizafrica.co.ke/ -- Note: All emails sent from Strathmore University are subject to Strathmore’s Email Terms & Conditions. Please click here<http://www.strathmore.edu/aboutus.php?id=184>to read the policy. "Visit our Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/StrathmoreUniversity>Page and Twitter <https://twitter.com/StrathU>Account".

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