Dear Listers

Greetings!

On behalf of the Kenya IGF 2017 Organizing Committee, I would like to convey our gratitude for your participation at the recently concluded Kenya IGF, which was held at Laico Regency, on July 6, 2017.

For the first time, we held a Kenya IGF week which included the Kenya School of Internet Governance (KeSIG), the Youth IGF, and the meeting of the working group on Internet shutdowns.

The KIGF attracted over 250 participants, speakers and sponsors, including a youth speaker who came to present the key highlights of the Youth IGF. Further, more than 380 remote participants followed the proceedings on Facebook live and the livestream. Participants were drawn from different stakeholder groups resulting in multistakeholder representation.

This afforded immense intellectual and social interaction for the participants.

I would like to thank all who made it happen:

The Key note speaker:  The keynote speech by CA’s Director General Francis Wangusi was delivered by Joseph Nzano, Deputy Head of Cybersecurity.

Speakers: Fadzai Madzingira, Facebook, Jaco Du Toit, UNESCO, Dr. Katherine Getao, ICT Secretary, Ministry of ICT, Jamie Bunyasi,  St. Marys School (Youth), Ronald Ojino, University of Dar es Salaam, Chris Musando, Head of ICT, IEBC, Musembi Mutisya, ELOG, Emmanuel Chebukati, Information Security Consultant, Churchill Otieno, Nation Media Group, James Wamathai, BAKE, Jessica Musila, Mzalendo,  Joseph Nzano, KE-CIRT (CA), Kevin Mburu Kimani, Serianu Ltd, Lilian Muthoni, Watoto Watch, Mercy Ndegwa, Safaricom, Chris Adem, Computer Society of Kenya, and Juliet Maina, TripleOK Law.

Others were: Dr. Joseph W. Nasongo, Commissioner - National Cohesion and Integration Commission, James Ratemo Head of Communication, Media Council of Kenya, Dr. Wakabi Wairagala, the Collaboration on International ICT Policy in East and Southern Africa (CIPESA), Uganda, Riva Jalipa, Strathmore University, Eli Kadenyo,  KeNIC, Grace Mutungu, KICTANet, Ezekiel Mutua, CEO, KFCB, and Andrew Alston, Liquid Telecom.

Further, we acknowledge the Fireside speakers who participated in the lively debate which focused on l at the Internet in the next five years. Their topics varied as follows:

Fintech, Rosemary Kimwatu, Wayawaya

Policy and Regulation, GBenga Sesan, Paradigm Initiative, Nigeria

Innovation, Dr. Bitange Ndemo, University of Nairobi

Human Rights and the Internet, Dr.Alberto Cerda, Ford Foundation, USA

Engineering & Technology - Mwende Njiraini, CA

E-government Services - Dr. Katherine Getao,

You all shaped the debates, and provided valuable information. Well...sometimes the debates got heated, but that is the beauty of engagement—being able to disagree respectfully!

Moderators: Led by our chief Moderator Barrack Otieno, Matunda Nyanchama Matunda Nyanchama, Agano Consulting Inc, Harry Hare, CIO, Wambui Wamunyu, Daystar University, Rachael Nakitare, KBC and John Walubengo MMU.

We appreciate your steering the debates which were in some circumstances quite animated!

Twitterati: The team was led by our KeSIG alumni David Indenje. You all made us proud. There were over 18,000 tweets in a span of five hours as seen in this graph: https://nodexlgraphgallery.org/Pages/Graph.aspx?graphID=115422 We trended trend at number 1 for the better part of the day and 24 hours later on Friday at 6 pm, we were still on the trend list!

#KIGF2017 Twitter NodeXL SNA Map and Report for Thursday, 06 July 2017 at 15:48 UTC nodexlgraphgallery.org The graph represents a network of 333 Twitter users whose recent tweets contained "#KIGF2017", or who were replied to or mentioned in those tweets, taken from a data set limited to a maximum of 18,000 tweets. The network was obtained from Twitter on Thursday, 06 July 2017 at 15:51 UTC. The tweets in the network were tweeted over the 5-hour, 55-minute period from Thursday, 06 July 2017 at 09:51 UTC to Thursday, 06 July 2017 at 15:47 UTC. Additional tweets that were mentioned in this data set were also collected from prior time periods. These tweets may expand the complete time period of the data. There is an edge for each "replies-to" relationship in a tweet, an edge for each "mentions" relationship in a tweet, and a self-loop edge for each tweet that is not a "replies-to" or "mentions". The graph is directed. The graph's vertices were grouped by cluster using the Clauset-Newman-Moore cluster algorithm. The graph was laid out using the Harel-Koren Fast Multiscale layout algorithm.

Sponsors: Included Communications Authority, UNESCO, IGF Support Association, FACEBOOK, KENIC, Fordfoundation, Safaricom, CIO and Bake. We applaud you for your contributions and continued collaboration, which ensured the different events of the week were a success.

We cannot forget Joly MacFie of the Internet Society, for ensuring the functioning of the live streams.

Rappoteurs: June Tessy Okal KICTANet, Philbert Aganyo Yali East Africa Fellow and Samuel Muchiri Kenya Internet Exchange point.

MAG: We are grateful to local organizing team chaired by our Victor Kapiyo. Other members were Ronald Ojino University of Dar, Tracy Kadesa Advocate, Fadzai Mazingira FB, Francis Monyango Strathmore University, Kelvin Kariuki MMU, Mercy Mutemi Advocate, Joy Mala Accountability 4, Liz Orembo KICTANet, Mwara Gichanga KICTANet, Martin Mavenjina (KHRC), Martin Saisi Law Society of Kenya, Garyson Nandwa Accountability 4, and Amina Wako Accountability 4. We appreciate your hard work and excellent organization.

Last but not least, the attendees: Thank you all for coming and for your active participation. Without you, there would have been no KIGF. We hope that you found the KIGF both valuable and rewarding.

If you missed the KIGF or would like to go back to the discussions that took place, please find the recordings from the following links: 

Live stream site: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/kigf2017

Kenya Internet Governance Forum 2017 by Internet Society livestream.com Watch Internet Society's Kenya Internet Governance Forum 2017 on Livestream.com. The Kenya IGF is a unique platform for all stakeholders to openly exchange perspectives and concerns on key issues that may affect the future of the Internet for millions of Kenyans. Kenya’s 2017 IGF is scheduled for July 6th, 2017, and the outcomes will feed into the Global IGF slated for December 2017 in Geneva, Switzerland. The global theme for this year’s IGF is “Shape Your Digital Future!” while the local theme is "Internet and Elections".

KIGF facebook page: https://mobile.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1401553113226347&id=879613905420273&_rdr

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You can also get highlights of both online and offline discussions from the kigf.or.ke blog 

Pictures of the event and session videos will be shared in due course.

Once again thank for your contribution. We look forward to your participation again next year.

Sincerely

GG

For the KICTANet steering team