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Official Police Hotline
by robert yawe 13 Nov '13

13 Nov '13

Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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Joomla Training offered by FLOSSNet
by Evans Ikua 13 Nov '13

13 Nov '13

The Joomla course is a practical hands-on course with participants developing a fully fledged website. The course also demystifies the Joomla terminology and will show you how the different pieces of Joomla fits together. At the end of the course, participants will receive all the tools they need to develop their websites. Participants will leave the course with the skills and knowledge to build or maintain their Joomla websites. The course is offered by FLOSSNet and takes place on 18th - 19th November at the Africa eDevelopment Resource Centre, Muthaiga, Nairobi. Please click on this link for more details about the course<http://flossnet.co.za/Nairobi-Kenya/website-design-training-using-joomla-na…> -- *----------------------------------------------------Kind Regards,Evans Ikua,*

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Official Police Hotline
by robert yawe 13 Nov '13

13 Nov '13

Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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Mobile firms and CCK in drive for service fund
by Grace Githaiga 13 Nov '13

13 Nov '13

The Communications Commission of Kenya and mobile phone companies will unveil a roadmap to the launch of the Universal Service Fund.The fund was set up to help step up telecommunication infrastructure in rural and remote areas, which are normally considered financially unviable. http://www.nation.co.ke/business/Mobile-firms-and-CCK-in-drive-for-service-…

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Re: [kictanet] [ISOC_KE] Fw: Igfregionals Digest, Vol 16, Issue 1
by Kivuva 11 Nov '13

11 Nov '13

Thank you Nnenna, That is very clear. Regards ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva twitter.com/lordmwesh google ID | Skype ID: lordmwesh On 11 November 2013 16:21, Nnenna Nwakanma <nnenna75(a)gmail.com> wrote: > H Kivuva, the MAG operates according to the key stakeholder groups from > Tunis. However, individuals are free to self nominate. > > It is important to note that individuals are chosen on personal expertise > and are expected to work Independently. > > Cheers > > N > > > On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 4:08 PM, Kivuva <Kivuva(a)transworldafrica.com>wrote: > >> Thanks Jane for sharing. >> >> Just a quick question for those familiar with the UNDESA process, which >> stakeholder groupings have a stake in nominating MAG members? >> >> Regards >> >> ______________________ >> Mwendwa Kivuva >> twitter.com/lordmwesh >> google ID | Skype ID: lordmwesh >> >> >> On 9 November 2013 08:59, Network of non- formal Educational institutions >> <nnfeischools(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Everyone >>> Hope we get to nominate some people to the IGF MAG. >>> >>> Jane >>> >>> ----- Forwarded Message ----- >>> *From:* "igfregionals-request(a)intgovforum.org" < >>> igfregionals-request(a)intgovforum.org> >>> *To:* igfregionals(a)intgovforum.org >>> *Sent:* Friday, November 8, 2013 8:00 PM >>> *Subject:* Igfregionals Digest, Vol 16, Issue 1 >>> >>> Send Igfregionals mailing list submissions to >>> igfregionals(a)intgovforum.org >>> >>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >>> >>> http://mail.intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/igfregionals_intgovforum.org >>> >>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >>> igfregionals-request(a)intgovforum.org >>> >>> You can reach the person managing the list at >>> igfregionals-owner(a)intgovforum.org >>> >>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >>> than "Re: Contents of Igfregionals digest..." >>> >>> >>> Today's Topics: >>> >>> 1. MAG renewal announcement. (Chengetai Masango) >>> 2. Re: MAG renewal announcement. (Shreedeep Rayamajhi) >>> 3. Re: MAG renewal announcement. (Imran Ahmed Shah) >>> 4. Re: MAG renewal announcement (Chengetai Masango) >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> Message: 1 >>> Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2013 10:43:46 +0100 >>> From: Chengetai Masango <cmasango(a)unog.ch> >>> To: "igfregionals(a)intgovforum.org" <Igfregionals(a)intgovforum.org> >>> Subject: [Igfregionals] MAG renewal announcement. >>> Message-ID: <740B76D4-9F48-4EEE-88A4-2A7FEC0A0BF6(a)unog.ch> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" >>> >>> Dear All, >>> >>> I posted this call for nominations on the IGF MAG list. I think it would >>> be good if the National and regional IGF?s would also submit some names for >>> consideration. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> Chengetai >>> >>> ________________________________________ >>> >>> Under-Secretary-General Mr. Wu Hongbo of UNDESA has issued a statement >>> on the MAG renewal process for 2014. The hard deadline for the submission >>> of names is 1 December 2013. >>> >>> For organisations that submit groups of names on behalf of a stakeholder >>> group (or subdivision of a stakeholder group) some documentation stating >>> the selection process would be appreciated. >>> >>> I would be grateful if you could publicise the announcement to your >>> respective stakeholder groups. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> Chengetai >>>

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Re: [kictanet] Fw: Igfregionals Digest, Vol 16, Issue 1
by Kivuva 11 Nov '13

11 Nov '13

Thanks Jane for sharing. Just a quick question for those familiar with the UNDESA process, which stakeholder groupings have a stake in nominating MAG members? Regards ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva twitter.com/lordmwesh google ID | Skype ID: lordmwesh On 9 November 2013 08:59, Network of non- formal Educational institutions < nnfeischools(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi Everyone > Hope we get to nominate some people to the IGF MAG. > > Jane > > ----- Forwarded Message ----- > *From:* "igfregionals-request(a)intgovforum.org" < > igfregionals-request(a)intgovforum.org> > *To:* igfregionals(a)intgovforum.org > *Sent:* Friday, November 8, 2013 8:00 PM > *Subject:* Igfregionals Digest, Vol 16, Issue 1 > > Send Igfregionals mailing list submissions to > igfregionals(a)intgovforum.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://mail.intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/igfregionals_intgovforum.org > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > igfregionals-request(a)intgovforum.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > igfregionals-owner(a)intgovforum.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Igfregionals digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. MAG renewal announcement. (Chengetai Masango) > 2. Re: MAG renewal announcement. (Shreedeep Rayamajhi) > 3. Re: MAG renewal announcement. (Imran Ahmed Shah) > 4. Re: MAG renewal announcement (Chengetai Masango) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2013 10:43:46 +0100 > From: Chengetai Masango <cmasango(a)unog.ch> > To: "igfregionals(a)intgovforum.org" <Igfregionals(a)intgovforum.org> > Subject: [Igfregionals] MAG renewal announcement. > Message-ID: <740B76D4-9F48-4EEE-88A4-2A7FEC0A0BF6(a)unog.ch> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > Dear All, > > I posted this call for nominations on the IGF MAG list. I think it would > be good if the National and regional IGF?s would also submit some names for > consideration. > > Best regards, > > Chengetai > > ________________________________________ > > Under-Secretary-General Mr. Wu Hongbo of UNDESA has issued a statement on > the MAG renewal process for 2014. The hard deadline for the submission of > names is 1 December 2013. > > For organisations that submit groups of names on behalf of a stakeholder > group (or subdivision of a stakeholder group) some documentation stating > the selection process would be appreciated. > > I would be grateful if you could publicise the announcement to your > respective stakeholder groups. > > Best regards, > > Chengetai >

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Safaricom shuts down cash for Bonga Points platform
by Ali Hussein 11 Nov '13

11 Nov '13

Safaricom has disabled a phone code that was being used to trade in Bonga Points by a Nairobi-based IT firm. Onfon Media developed the code, *981*400#, that it was using to buy the loyalty points from Safaricom subscribers at Sh0.20 each and selling them for Sh0.35, hence earning a return of 75 per cent. Read on http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/-/539550/2055474/-/xk1n6a… There should be a healthy debate on whether doing this is the right thing to do by Safaricom and whether it is anti-innovation... I for one wouldn't mind some cash event for my thousands of bonga points...:) Ali Hussein +254 0770 906375 / 0713 601113 "Kujikwaa si kuanguka, bali ni kwenda mbele" (To stumble is not to fall but a sign of going forward) - Swahili Proverb Sent from my iPad

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Fwd: Online Discussions on Promoting Internet Freedoms in Africa (November 11 - December 6, 2013)
by Lillian Nalwoga 11 Nov '13

11 Nov '13

Dear listers, I would like to draw your attention to this scheduled online discussions that have began today on some of the listed mailinglists. The contents of this email is also available @ http://www.cipesa.org/2013/11/online-discussions-on-promoting-internet-free…. *Background* Africa’s internet usage continues to grow steadily, with an estimated 16% of the population on the continent using the internet. The increased availability of affordable marine fiber optic bandwidth, a rise in private sector investments, the popularity of social media and innovative applications, and increased use of the mobile phone to access the internet, are all enabling more people in Africa to get online. In turn, there are numerous purposes to which users in Africa are putting the internet‐from mobile banking, to connecting with fellow citizens and with leaders, tracking corruption and poor service delivery, innovating for social good, and just about everything else. The increasing usage of the internet, however, has in some countries attracted the attention of authorities, who are eager to provide caveats on the openness of the internet and the range of freedoms which citizens and citizens’ organisations enjoy online. The popularity of social media, the Wikileaks diplomatic cables saga and the Arab Spring uprisings have led many governments including those in Africa to recognise the power of online media. In a number of African countries, there are increasing legal and extra-legal curbs on internet rights, in what portends tougher times ahead for cyber security. *PIN and CIPESA work on Internet Freedom* The Collaboration on International ICT Policy in East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) and the Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN) will co-host an online internet freedom forum during November and December 2013. The purpose of this forum will be to discuss key online safety matters in Africa. The forum aims to attract discussions from key ICT experts both within Africa and outside Africa. The outcomes of the discussions will feed into a report that will be presented at the first African Internet Freedom Forum to be held in 2014. Furthermore, it will inform the work of CIPESA, PIN and their partners that are working in the area of online freedoms. *Format of the discussions* Discussions will be hosted on selected online platforms in Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria and a mailing list comprising Africa Internet Governance experts. Identified platforms are: APC Africa IG mailing list; KICTANet (Kenya) mailing list; Information Network (Uganda) mailing list; Naija IT Professionals mailing list; West African IGF mailing list; and FOI Coalition (Nigeria) mailing list. The lists will be moderated by a representative from both CIPESA and PIN. Each week, a new topic with guiding questions will be introduced on the listserves and a summary provided at the end of each week. A draft report will be made available at the end of the fourth week. This too shall be posted back on the mailing lists to capture feedback from participants as well as seek clarification on any issues that might not have been captured well. A final report shall then be made that will feed into the face to face meeting as well as be shared on the targeted platforms and on partners’ websites. *Discussion Outline * *Week 1: November 11-15* *Status of Internet Freedom in African Countries*: Focus shall be on seeking participants’ views on issues of Freedom of Expression both online and offline; Internet Intermediary Liability; censorship and surveillance incidents; regulations, laws and policies governing freedom of expression online and perspectives on the African Convention on Cyber Security. *Questions to explore* 1. What are the major issues surrounding online freedom of expression in Africa? 2. What convergences and tensions exist between freedom of expression and privacy? 3. What are the implications of approaching the balance between freedom of expression and privacy from a freedom of expression–centric point of view? 4. What actions can governments, civil society, media and the private sector take to balance privacy with freedom of expression online? 5. What is the best way to empower users to stay safe online while protecting their freedom of expression? *Week 2: November 18-22* *Global Surveillance Revelations and Impact on Africa*: Focus will be given to global surveillance incidents like the NSA/Edward Snowden drawing lessons for Africa stakeholders i.e. governments, activists, CSOs and private sector; how to balance privacy while maintaining security for citizens. *Questions to explore* 1. What can African governments learn from the NSA surveillance and Snowden revelations? 2. What are the current technology trends and which cybersecurity threats raise the greatest concern? 3. How are evolving Internet services and technologies, such as mobile and cloud computing services, affecting these security threats? 4. Is there any country data, across the continent, on how surveillance has really helped to curb – or prevent – acts of terrorism? 5. Are African countries spying on each other? Are there countries that have shown a tendency to breach the rights of other sovereign nations on the continent? *Week 3: November 25-29* *Best Practices on Internet Policy in Africa*: Discussants will be called to share best practices on internet policies in Africa. *Questions to explore* 1. What policies are working in your country and what needs to be streamlined or strengthened? 2. Are there African countries that offer a model, or close enough to Best Practice scenarios that can be highlighted for other countries to learn from, or emulate 3. What are the signs to look out for in our various countries’ ICT policies, to be sure that the country plans to improve Internet Freedom? 4. What worked well for countries that have shown steady progress in the annual Freedom House ratings? 5. What can other countries learn from those that have, or are developing, crowd-sourced (and citizen-led) Internet Freedom Charters? *Week 4: December 2-6* *Recommendations for Africa*: Participants shall be called upon to suggest ways to improve internet security, data and privacy protection in Africa. *Questions to explore* 1. What elements need to be put in place to ensure all Internet users (including citizens, companies, government, etc) continue to have confidence in the Internet? 2. How can African civil society organisations engage ICT policy processes to ensure that rights are not traded for security? 3. Considering the ongoing discussions around the African Convention on Cybersecurity, what recommendations should be made to improve the text? 4. How do activists and rights’ advocates protect themselves in scenarios where government clampdown could affect their work? 5. Should African academia incorporate this new reality into classroom discussions? If they should, is there a model to learn from? *Join the conversation* For more information about the online discussions forum, please write to CIPESA via programmes(a)cipesa.org or Paradigm Initiative Nigeria via info(a)pinigeria.org. If you are already a member of the APC Africa IG mailing list, KICTANet (Kenya) mailing list, Information Network (Uganda) mailing list, Naija IT Professionals (Nigeria) mailing list, West African IGF mailing list, and FOI Coalition (Nigeria) mailing list, you will receive the first week's discussion kick-off eMail on November 11. Thank you! *--* -- Lillian Nalwoga CIPESA www.cipesa.org +256 712 204335

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Africa's future is clear: Youth, Technology & Broadband - Jay Naidoo
by Matunda Nyanchama 11 Nov '13

11 Nov '13

FYI Africa's Future is Clear: Youth, Technology & Broadband Technology is not an end unto itself. While it needs to reward shareholders and management, it has to address the improvement of human well-being. At its core it has to place the values of equity, justice and human dignity. Only then will it drive a revolution of ethics and morality that resolve the grand challenge of development in Africa and the world. The increasing disparities in wealth are causing rage worldwide, with global protests over corruption, bonuses, and tax evasion. Large numbers of unemployed youth fall outside formal markets and public services. People are demonstrating not only for democratic inclusion, but also to change the form of democratic inclusion - traditional multiparty politics is losing the ability to command younger populations, with party membership and voter participation going down worldwide. Still, there is a revolution going on in our world. The Internet and mobile phones were widely credited with the ‘death of distance’, and the rise of mobile broadband may be widely credited with the ‘death of geography’. Mass connectivity via mobile phones will exceed the global population of 7 billion in 2014. But where is Africa? I remember in the mid-90s as Minister of Communications in the Mandela Cabinet that there were 600,000 mobile phones in sub-Saharan Africa. Today it exceeds 750 million and is one of the fastest growing markets. No aid dollars drove this digital revolution. It was innovation; game changers like the prepaid card and demand for the right to communication from users. It was the appropriate policy and regulatory frameworks and freeing up of spectrum, that gave certainty and predictability to private investors. Most importantly it was getting our presidents out of the clutches of securocrats and to understand that communication as a right of citizens was our best protection of democracy. Today technology is changing our world - the way we live, work, educate ourselves, buy goods and services and transfer money. It determines the way in which our future societies will be organized. How do we ensure Africa rides the next wave of the digital revolution? What do we need to do to stop being left behind again in development? Half the population on our continent is under 25. It is our demographic dividend. While the populations of most continents are aging, ours grows younger. Are we hoping to be the factory or the farm of the future or the center of the global knowledge economy? What we do in this sector will decide our growth trajectory. Technology is driven by young people. They are the most connected generation in the history of humanity. So what are the key challenges we confront in Africa today and how can technology help us overcome them? Poverty confronts half our population who live on $1.25 a day. Education is one of the key pathways out of poverty. But half the children out of school live in Africa and the quality of public education is generally poor. Our infrastructure is weak and regional integration lags far behind the rest of the world. That reduces intra-African trade and the movement of goods and services. Although we are the richest continent we have not learnt to value our assets. We act as 54 separate countries and weaken our bargaining power with powerful economies and trading blocs. We have not benefitted from the commodities boom in the past decades. Now we can harness the digital broadband revolution to drive a entrepreneurial and livelihoods approach to our key assets; our land and agricultural potential to feed Africa and the world through a modern, technologically-savvy smallholder farmers model. Farmers, mainly women, have been incredibly empowered by being able to negotiate prices for their crops with middle men because they know market prices now. We can build on the incredible talent coming out of the technology hubs in Africa. In Nairobi, one of the cutting edges of new technology, public innovation, has produced some of the most successful applications. It is estimated that anywhere up to 20% of the Kenyan GDP is circulating on the back of mobile platforms like M-pesa, putting effective financial services into the hands of the previously unbanked. Over 17 million customers can deposit, withdraw and transfer money, pay bills, buy airtime from a network of agents that includes airtime resellers and retail outlets. Across Africa I see a multiplicity of such miracles are being born. We can use technology to drive education content and teaching and to deliver telemedicine. Public information on lifestyles, exercise, diets, breastfeeding and maternal and new-born care can be universally accessible and citizens empowered. We can begin to see our citizens as the greatest ally for good governance. Governments can improve outcomes on public expenditure by breaking down budgets and making it transparent for citizens to follow the money and demand accountability at a local level, in schools, clinics and local governments. Citizen engagement is essential for effective development, strengthening the quality of policymaking and the “science” of service delivery with improved social accountability. We live in the world of the ‘Internet of Things’, a universe of around 9 billion connected devices which could reach a trillion by 2025. Convergence of technology, a dream in my term in government, is now a reality. Mobile broadband is growing faster than any technology in human history averaging 30% per year. And it is driven by private sector investment. Five countries now have mobile broadband penetration in excess of 100 connections per capita (Singapore, Japan, Finland, Korea and Sweden). By the beginning of 2013, 32 economies had mobile-broadband subscription penetration in excess of one subscription for every two inhabitants, compared with just 13 countries at the beginning of 2012. There are more than 70 countries where more than half the population now has access to the Internet. While the impact of mobile over the past decade on our continent has been nothing short of a game-changer, there is a larger revolution for progress waiting. Just as we leapfrogged into the digital infrastructure of the mid-nineties we can today leapfrog the PC era into the marriage of mobile broadband and the Internet: we can be in the top league if we had the political will and build a smart partnership between government, the private sector, civil society and citizens. But we need to support an entrepreneurial approach to public innovation driven by public demand and needs. Today it is policy, regulatory and investment frameworks that will determine the future of Africa’s economic success: broadband licenses and spectrum are not cash cows for government in the short term. They are the foundations for long-term economic success. Otherwise broadband will remains out of reach in many countries in Africa. We need: Governments to lead through clear policies and regulations Each country needs a broadband rollout plan Clear policy and regulations that drive competition, attract private sector investment and drive down tariffs Introduce financial incentives that support entrepreneurs in public innovation Universal service obligations to subsidize education and rural internet access Local governments to drive connectivity and increase citizen access to public services and information Define incentives for operators and stakeholders in the broadband value chain While there is no single recipe that is likely to work for all countries - instead, countries need to relate the options they choose for universalising broadband to their market needs. None of this is rocket science. We need transparency in the way licenses are issued. We need predictability and certainty of policy and regulation. We need to drive digital literacy in our schools and communities. We need to eliminate any tariffs on the inputs into the broadband value chain. And Africa needs to use its bargaining power to ensure that we benefit in the manufacturing value chain from this broadband boom. DM Jay Naidoo is a member of the UN Broadband Commission which held its 8th Meeting in New York recently. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matunda Nyanchama, PhD, CISSP; mnyanchama(a)aganoconsulting.com Agano Consulting Inc.; www.aganoconsulting.com; Twitter: nmatunda; Skype: okiambe ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manage your ICT risks! We are the experts you need! The trusted partners you deserve! 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Fw: Igfregionals Digest, Vol 16, Issue 1
by Network of non- formal Educational institutions 09 Nov '13

09 Nov '13

Hi Everyone Hope we get to nominate some people to the IGF MAG. Jane ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "igfregionals-request(a)intgovforum.org" <igfregionals-request(a)intgovforum.org> To: igfregionals(a)intgovforum.org Sent: Friday, November 8, 2013 8:00 PM Subject: Igfregionals Digest, Vol 16, Issue 1 Send Igfregionals mailing list submissions to igfregionals(a)intgovforum.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mail.intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/igfregionals_intgovforum.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to igfregionals-request(a)intgovforum.org You can reach the person managing the list at igfregionals-owner(a)intgovforum.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Igfregionals digest..." Today's Topics: 1. MAG renewal announcement. (Chengetai Masango) 2. Re: MAG renewal announcement. (Shreedeep Rayamajhi) 3. Re: MAG renewal announcement. (Imran Ahmed Shah) 4. Re: MAG renewal announcement (Chengetai Masango) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2013 10:43:46 +0100 From: Chengetai Masango <cmasango(a)unog.ch> To: "igfregionals(a)intgovforum.org" <Igfregionals(a)intgovforum.org> Subject: [Igfregionals] MAG renewal announcement. Message-ID: <740B76D4-9F48-4EEE-88A4-2A7FEC0A0BF6(a)unog.ch> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Dear All, I posted this call for nominations on the IGF MAG list. I think it would be good if the National and regional IGF?s would also submit some names for consideration. Best regards, Chengetai ________________________________________ Under-Secretary-General Mr. Wu Hongbo of UNDESA has issued a statement on the MAG renewal process for 2014. The hard deadline for the submission of names is 1 December 2013. For organisations that submit groups of names on behalf of a stakeholder group (or subdivision of a stakeholder group) some documentation stating the selection process would be appreciated. I would be grateful if you could publicise the announcement to your respective stakeholder groups. Best regards, Chengetai

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