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CCK DG interview on 10 yr celebrations
by Rebecca Wanjiku 29 Jul '09

29 Jul '09

Thought you might be interested http://tr.im/uy36 Tel. 254 720 318 925 blog:http://beckyit.blogspot.com/

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One Week to go- E.A Local Content Innovation Workshop: 7 & 8th August '09, Windsor Hotel.
by Macharia Celestine 29 Jul '09

29 Jul '09

Dear Colleagues, East Africa's enterprises and innovators have a unique opportunity on their doorsteps to learn new techniques in web content development at the East African Local Content Innovation Summit to be held in a week's time over 7-8 August at the Windsor Hotel. The Summit is being hosted by Ignite Consulting and AITEC Africa in response to the urgent need for development of locally relevant content that is responsive to the interests and needs within the region about to link to the world via undersea fibre cables that will deliver much faster and cheaper Internet connections. The Summit is unlike a standard conference because the facilitators have designed a highly interactive process and will use specialized techniques to leverage the combined knowledge, experience and ideas that all the participants will bring to the event. The objective is to develop actionable ideas, and through collaboration over two days to serve local content ideas - as well as design plans and strategies for real world implementation. The Summit is co-facilitated by Njeri Rionge, founder of Ignite and one of Kenya's leading ICT pioneers. Registration is still open for those who are yet to submit their registration forms, to confirm participation kindly email back the attached form duly filled to the undersigned. Kind regards, Celestine Macharia AITEC East Africa H4, Showbe Plaza P.O Box: 13891-00800, Nairobi ( Office + 254 20 2121028 ( Cell +254 722 284328 *celestinem(a)aitecafrica.com www.aitecafrica.com UPCOMING AITEC Africa EVENTS: lEast African Local Content Innovaton Workshop, 7&8th August 2009 l Pan-African Media Research Organisation, Nairobi, 24-26 August 2009 l AITEC Mozambique National ICT Convention, Maputo, 17-18 September 2009 l East African Fibre Summit, Nairobi, 22-23 September 2009 l Customer Service & Contact Centre, Lagos, 14-15 October 2009 l ComBIT, Lagos, 9-10 November 2009 l Outsourcing & Contact Centre East Africa, Nairobi, 11-12 November 2009

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on Local Content
by Samuel Gichuru 28 Jul '09

28 Jul '09

I guess its good to see that something is being done about local content... by small companies http://www.dukawala.com - A hardware online shop using opensource There is allot more improvements that can be done in www.dukawala.com, i.e more description of products and reviews , a blog and discussion forum, etc What are your comments on this and other website geared towards developing local content... share a link if you know of a similar website.. -- Warm Regards -------------------------------------- Sam Gichuru CEO Ideas Africa Limited

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Re: [kictanet] KICTANet online
by Walubengo J 27 Jul '09

27 Jul '09

Whao! Someone called "Afraha" seems to be aggregating the conversations on KICTAnet (and several othe african lists). Interesting/copyright/copyleft issues can arise. Indeed if someone is "broadcasting" my converstation, the least they should do is at least ask/inform the Listers accordingly. I will have to found out... walu. --- On Mon, 7/27/09, Wainaina Mungai <wainaina.mungai(a)gmail.com> wrote: > From: Wainaina Mungai <wainaina.mungai(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [kictanet] KICTANet online > To: jwalu(a)yahoo.com > Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Date: Monday, July 27, 2009, 12:56 AM > Hi, > I wonder how 'proper' it is to have > kictanet conversations posted here - http://www.afraha.com/2009/07/23/yes-we-should-celebrate-cck/comment-page-1/ > > Well, that's > considering KICTANet is a 'closed' membership > group. > WM > > ---------- Forwarded message > ---------- > From: Google Alerts <googlealerts-noreply(a)google.com> > > Date: Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 11:34 PM > Subject: Google Alert - wainaina mungai > > > > Google Web Alert for: wainaina > mungai > > > Yes we should celebrate CCK? – Afraha ! The Next Big > Thing! > > Wainaina Mungai at 21:30 on 23 July > 2009. ;-) am refering to a different time in > history…before Michuki took over :-) if that's the > second incident.Â ... > > > This once a day Google Alert is brought to you by Google. > > Remove > this alert. > > Create > another alert. > > Manage > your alerts. > > > > > -- > --- > http://www.bungesms.com > > http://www.madeinkenya.org > > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > This message was sent to: jwalu(a)yahoo.com > Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jwalu%40yahoo.com >

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Vacancy: KENIC Administrative Manager
by Vincent Ngundi 27 Jul '09

27 Jul '09

[with attachment] Dear Colleagues, Attached please find an advert for the above vacancy. The advertisement also appears on today¹s Daily Nation (Monday, 27th July 2009) and on the KENIC website, www.kenic.or.ke. Kind Regards, ----------- Vincent Ngundi Administrative Manager KENIC - The Kenya Network Information Centre http://www.kenic.or.ke vincent(a)kenic.or.ke [T] +254 20 4450057/8 [C] +254 20 2398036 [M] +254 733 790073 [F] +254 20 4450087 ³dot KE for Every Name in Kenya!² -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy: KENIC Administrative Manager
by Vincent Ngundi 27 Jul '09

27 Jul '09

Dear Colleagues, Attached please find an advert for the above vacancy. The advertisement also appears on today¹s Daily Nation (Monday, 27th July 2009) and on the KENIC website, www.kenic.or.ke. Kind Regards, ----------- Vincent Ngundi Administrative Manager KENIC - The Kenya Network Information Centre http://www.kenic.or.ke vincent(a)kenic.or.ke [T] +254 20 4450057/8 [C] +254 20 2398036 [M] +254 733 790073 [F] +254 20 4450087 ³dot KE for Every Name in Kenya!² -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy: KENIC Administrative Manager
by Vincent Ngundi 27 Jul '09

27 Jul '09

Dear Registrars, Attached please find an advert for the above vacancy. The advertisement also appears on today¹s Daily Nation (Monday, 27th July 2009) and on the KENIC website, www.kenic.or.ke. Kind Regards, ----------- Vincent Ngundi Administrative Manager KENIC - The Kenya Network Information Centre http://www.kenic.or.ke vincent(a)kenic.or.ke [T] +254 20 4450057/8 [C] +254 20 2398036 [M] +254 733 790073 [F] +254 20 4450087 ³dot KE for Every Name in Kenya!² -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Facebook can use your pictures for ads, no permission required
by Gakuru Alex 26 Jul '09

26 Jul '09

A warning is bouncing through cyberspace today, landing on the Facebook statuses of many of the social networking site's users. The message: 'Facebook has agreed to let third party advertisers use your posted pictures without your permission.' It continues with a prescription of how you can protect your photos. The attention-grabbing incident in this furor involved a married woman, whose photo appeared in an ad for a dating service that was presented to her husband to view. Fortunately, both husband and wife had a sense of humor about it. <http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/07/25/1842203/Facebook-Lets-Advertisers-Us…> <http://opinion.latimes.com/opinionla/2009/07/facebook-can-use-your-pictures…>

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Re: [kictanet] [ke-internetusers] Yes we should celebrate CCK?
by Walubengo J 23 Jul '09

23 Jul '09

eh Wainaina, I know CCK may have its blunders, but I want to believe the day they shutdown Citizen- that was NOT one of them. Citizen was actually bullying the competition - with impunity. CCK had to clamp down on them. At least until when Citizen pulled its weight from elsewhere... walu. --- On Thu, 7/23/09, Wainaina Mungai <wainaina(a)madeinkenya.org> wrote: From: Wainaina Mungai <wainaina(a)madeinkenya.org> Subject: Re: [kictanet] [ke-internetusers] Yes we should celebrate CCK? To: jwalu(a)yahoo.com Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: Thursday, July 23, 2009, 11:01 AM I recall the day CCK shut down Citizen Radio and TV. There were protests online and offline. CCK has come a long way, and for that, I dance a little. Although we may have CCK cocktail hangovers ;-) we shouldn't confuse improvement with perfection. The party is now over - but the journey is far from over. It's time to get back to work. Wainaina On 7/22/09, joseph james <jjngatia(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Alex and Friends, > > Yes we should celebrate CCK? But we should request for, and get more... > > I toured most (if not all) of the stands, its Kama kawaida...Good stuff. > There are lots solutions for display, some logical and others > out-of-this-world... I wont mention any, you better go, see and judge. > > I must say that I was most impressed by digital age institute stand and new > Zain zap features (send money across all other networks...including), but on > visiting the YU stand, the cute ladies could not comprehend anything like > that... I was telling them of whats new with Zap.. so poor communication on > those people there. > > At Safaricom, I blast the guys there, this attendant next to a merc could > answer my question straight... she had to look for some brochure behind > somewhere...what should I do to surf at Kshs.2.50 per MB... > > Why? I dont know... I will dig for more later > 1. Do you know that you must top up Kshs.2500 so that you can browse at > Kshs.2.50 per MB... otherwise you if you mistakenly use Kshs. 100 to top up > you will surf at Kshs.12.00. This has been on hidden print and never is > never communicated well like the rest of the stuff... Safaricom is able to > show all how... how go online (repeatedly) they do this on a daily basis, > and in full page ads.. but shy to tell you the real costs. I hope they > change this > > Let me not spoil your fun, but take yourself there... you will be proud of > what we have on display by kenyans... like the sega silcon valley, > electronic/engineering student display... and much more.... hey also pay a > visit to KDN (ushago idea is ver inviting) and Seacom stands... > > Although I did not know WHAT AND WHY KBC was displaying... they have some > priorities wrong, they should luanch online radio first instead of online > TV.. What do you think? > > *Personal though of the day > *I think that we are now headed for mergers, consolidation and synergistic > operations for internet and CCK's operators. What do you think about the 78 > or more Licensed operators by CCK? > > > > Kind regards, > > James J Ngatia > -- Sent from my mobile device --- http://www.bungesms.com http://www.madeinkenya.org _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: jwalu(a)yahoo.com Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jwalu%40yahoo.com

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Fwd: [ke-internetusers] your opportunity own a laptop, , interest-free government facilitated loan
by Gakuru Alex 23 Jul '09

23 Jul '09

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Alex Gakuru <gakuru(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 8:26 AM Subject: [ke-internetusers] your opportunity own a laptop, , interest-free government facilitated loan To: ke-users <ke-internetusers(a)bdix.net> Folks, I was at this meeting- a very good initiative. Proposed loan maximum 50,000/=. I requested that they be supplied unbundled - i.e. without Operating System or other software. Microsoft Windows costs 10,000/= Microsoft Office 17,000/= total cost 27,000/= (more than half the loan amount!!). That would mean that you would have to buy a low-spec laptop to accommodate proprietary software costs within 50K limit. Costs that would be done away with thus enable owners get highest specs laptops, if choose FOSS operating systems (such as www.ubuntu.com, www.pcbsd.org (Ken Kasina developed installer!!), www.fedoraproject.org, en.opensuse.org, www.redhat.com, etc). that all come with free OpenOffice. Give local IT youths installation contracts for these and MORE FOSS applicatications, at, say, 7,000/= per laptop. 1 million x 7,000 =????? :) talk about national software cost savings, youth empowerment, promoting local innovation, and taxes retentions... Obviously, not to exclude them, Microsoft are entitle to pitch sales too,, we see which makes business and national sense? Companies, organisations, associations can also get the interest-free the laptops loans for their employees, staff, members. Will keep you updated as events unfold. Enjoy, Alex ----- [Business Daily] State to guarantee loans for laptops By Okuttah Mark Thursday, July 23 2009 Organisations or individuals seeking to take advantage of this year’s budget stimulus package on laptops are free to negotiate with any banking institution, computer vendors or the telecommunication companies. This follows the announcement by the government through the Permanent Secretary for Information, Dr Bitange Ndemo. that the government will only facilitate the process but the negotiations will be done by interested parties on their own. The incentive was offered by Finance minister Uhuru Kenyatta during this year’s budget and aims at accelerating computer access in the country. In the one million computer campaign, the government will guarantee money borrowed either by individuals or organisations to buy the laptop between now and June, next year. The government will also pay the interest on the loan. ... http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Company%20Industry/-/539550/628254/-/u8x… _______________________________________________ ke-internetusers mailing list ke-internetusers(a)bdix.net http://www.bdix.net/mailman/listinfo/ke-internetusers

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