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The Utah Data Center that Kivuva refers to offers some interesting useful insights. 

Here is the article that gives more info.

The Utah Data Center, also known as the Intelligence Community Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative Data Center is a data storage facility for the United States Intelligence Community that is designed to store data estimated to be on the order of exabytes or larger.Its purpose is to support the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI), though its precise mission is classified. The National Security Agency (NSA) leads operations at the facility as the executive agent for the Director of National Intelligence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_Data_Center

From: Kivuva@transworldafrica.com
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2016 01:21:52 +0300
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Dy 2 of 10: How to Develop ICT Info-Structure
To: kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke
CC: kivuva@transworldafrica.com; ggithaiga@hotmail.com

I feel that we have concentrated more on broadcast media and entertainment while talking about local content. Michuki has tried to balance the debate. I would like to hear from an ISP perspective, or even the IXP on what type of content passes through their network. The most popular services in Kenya are google.com, youtube.com, facebook.com, yahoo.com, twitter.com, instagram.com, wikipedia.org. Throw in local news websites like nation.co.ke and standardmedia.co.ke.

Apart from the ubiquitous MPESA, and local news, we are generally not generating any local content of any value. What opportunities do we have for local content? We have had extensive debates on the case for local hosting, latency, keeping local traffic local, etc. 

For me, local content would entail low hanging fruits like no government official sends an official email from a yahoo account. 

There has been positive effort by various stakeholders on local content. I want to credit the government and other players like Google for the wonderful work they have done, in digitising the Kenya gazette, and the Kenya national archives. kenyalaw.org is a shining star on how local content can be made available for the masses. The Africa ICT Policy database by CIPIT at Strathmore http://ictpolicy.org/ is also something we should applaud. The Universities in Kenya especially the University of Nairobi has an extensive repository of all their dissertations, thesis, publications, speeches, etc http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/ 
You see, we can start and continue with the low hanging fruits, then build on them. There is still an extensive amount of information out there that can be converted to meaningful local content.

Local content is tied at the hip with local hosting. There are still areas that can be improved to have quality affordable local hosting. These are affordable and reliable power supply (for powering and cooling), affordable reliable broadband (the undersea cable is our saviour here), multihoming, physical security, and economies of scale. To put things into perspective, the Utah data center in US  require 65 megawatts of electricity to run annually. Kenya's current effective installed grid electricity capacity is 2,200 megawatts. For that reason alone, colocation costs in Kenya re still 10 times more than those of Europe and US.

As Ali usually says in this list, we are not competing with ourselves. Our competition is out there. Let us benchmark with them. Lets be audacious. The Big Hairy Audacious Goals (BHAGs). And are BHAGs not the ones that propelled Kenya into the much envied  ICT trendsetter in the region?

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On 25 June 2016 at 19:30, Grace Githaiga via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Asante Ndugu Ali for sharing. 

Rgds
GG

Subject: Re: [kictanet] Dy 2 of 10: How to Develop ICT Info-Structure
From: ali@hussein.me.ke
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2016 15:49:31 +0300
CC: ggithaiga@hotmail.com
To: kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke


GG

The answer to your issue on KBC could be found in this story:-

The government has moved to split state broadcaster Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) into two companies —public and commercial— in line with proposed recommendations in a draft ICT policy.

The proposed changes are contained in the draft National ICT policy June 2016.

KBC’s Managing Director Waithaka Waihenya said the move is aimed at making the corporation more competitive while at the same time protecting its role of informing the public without the headache of pursuing profits.

Read on:-


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On 25 Jun 2016, at 3:32 PM, Grace Githaiga via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

@Toepista

KBC holds alot of historical content that should be digitized and made available to those interested. I know alot of guys in the diaspora who would want to have old music that is not easily available and footage that goes way back to 1963. 

Is it possible as a strategy to compel the National broadcaster (assuming it still gets support from the exchequer) to digitize content that is of national and cultural value to this country, and make it easily available to the public and local broadcasters? Say at a subsidized cost to cater or admin costs?

Rgds
GG


Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2016 07:46:25 +0000
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Dy 2 of 10: How to Develop ICT Info-Structure
From: kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke
CC: nabusoba@yahoo.com
To: ggithaiga@hotmail.com

My thoughts about local content and archival material
Most media houses emphasize fresh and new content and may regard archive material as old. Yet archive material can be repackaged and replayed after months  even years (I like what foreign media do with their archives) while Kenyan media have units on almost all social subjects they score dismally on archival material which inform our past and future in all almost all aspects.

When it comes to archiving of content especially broadcast some media houses are still grappling with the use of ICT’s. Media houses need a policy on archived content (if lacking-KBC's is hazy and adhoc), if they have such a policy then obviously it’s not functional and needs revamping. Individuals and institutions in need of archived content (from media houses) have a difficult time accessing that content even when they have the money to purchase and often forcd to resort to dubious means to access.  
Toepista


From: Walubengo J via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
To: nabusoba@yahoo.com
Cc: Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2016 8:25 AM
Subject: [kictanet] Dy 2 of 10: How to Develop ICT Info-Structure

I want to thank those who took time to send views on Day1 topic.  It is not too late to add more views on Day1 topic. Just ensure you post the contribution against the correct title.

Today we move to Day2 theme: How to Develop ICT Info-Structure.
 
*Local Content, 
*Broadcast Content, Diversity, Cultural Identity
*Access to Information/OpenData
 *Local Application Development

Background:
Info-structure is what runs on the physical infrastructure.  Having empty cables with no activity is evidence of missing or under-developed infrastructure. Additionally, some bandwidth activity maybe irrelevant and may not add value to the socio-economic agenda of the nation.

So today we talk about what needs to be done to ensure a vibrant local content industry. Content includes broadcast (film), blogs, websites, etc.  We need to hear about the incentives we need to facilitate content creators & application developers work.  

How should Government Open-Data, River-wood and other Creative initiatives impact  local content economy?   What policy and strategy interventions can unlock the local content economy?

There is no right or wrong way of saying what you want to be captured.  We have a Secretariate that will extract and frame the issue in a suitable policy or strategy format.

We have 1 Day on this topic. Dont fear, just  fungua roho :-). 


walu.



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