@Alex,

Data Centers - Govt or Private sector to build?

Perhaps both should - to a certain extent.

At a Policy level, we want to hear what Government should do to inspire both development and usage of Data Centers.  Indeed Mauritius sells itself as a Data-Center Destination with a lot of multinationals using the island state as their preferred backup for their European/US operations.

What should Kenya do to get into that segment?

I heard our lack of laws e.g Data Protection makes multinationals jittery about storing their data in our territory. I also hear our cost and reliability of of electrical power (energy) is an issue as compared to other destinations SA, Egypt, etc. 

So we need to have Policy statements that can begin to unlock some of these things.

walu


From: Alex Watila <awatila@yahoo.co.uk>
To: 'Walubengo J' <jwalu@yahoo.com>; 'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions' <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2016 4:41 PM
Subject: RE: [kictanet] Day 1:-How to Develop ICT infrastructure

Data Centers – How does GOK plan to utilize the cloud? Should the building of data centers be left to private sector and GOK MDA’s procure the services? In the US agencies such as CDC are now using Amazon cloud instead of building their own ICT infrastructure.
Infrastructure Sharing – Data Centers can also be shared among GOK MDA’s. In Liberia, MOH and MOE we looking at using each other’s data centers as disaster recovery centers.
 
 
Regards,
 
Alex
 
 
From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+awatila=yahoo.co.uk@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Walubengo J via kictanet
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2016 10:48 AM
To: awatila@yahoo.co.uk
Cc: Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com>
Subject: [kictanet] Day 1:-How to Develop ICT infrastructure
 
How to Develop ICT infrastructure (Day 1-Wed 22nd June 2016)
 *telecoms, broadcast,  broadband internet, postal)
*Investment incentives (FDI,Equity Shares)
*Open Access
*Infrastructure Sharing (Masts, Ducts, Wayleave etc)
*Spectrum Management
*Postal/National Addressing System
*Data Centers, IXPs, CDN
 
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So further to the welcome message below, today, we kick off the discussion with Infrastructure issues in mind. Basically think about what needs to be done to ensure a robust telco/internet, broadcast, postal environment from an infrastructure perspective.  The subtopics above being guidelines.
 
Contentious issues have been around foreign direct investments with respect to the policy requirement for local equity shareholding. Should this be mandatory and at what % - keeping in mind that equity share holding requires local investors who may not always be keen in keeping money in ICTs (preferring traditional destinations of Land/Real estate).
 
On Open Access, how far do we want this to go? In mombasa we have the submarine landing points implementing open access where SEACOM, TEAMS, LION, EASSy etc are open to any interested player and this has worked well. Do we want to see this principle practiced domestically in terms of infrastructure sharing (Masts, Fiber Ducts, and even Spectrum?)
 
Finally what role do we see Postal Kenya taking within the ICT ecosystem, particularly with regard to the lack of the National Addressing system - which analysts feel is holding back the ecommerce potential.
 
Lets hear your views today since tomorrow we move onto INFO-structure issues.
 
walu.   
 
From: Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com>
To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2016 10:25 AM
Subject: ICT Policy Discussions:-Overview, Thematic Topics (Day 1 to Day 10)
 
Greetings Listers,
 
As promised on monday, we kick off the discussions today and would like to share the general flow and how we shall move.   
 
Basically we have two platforms we shall use and listers are free to use one or both of them. The two plaftforms are KICTAnet platform and the Jadili Platform  (http://jadili.ictpolicy.org/docs/kenya-ict-policy#heading-1) courtesy of Strathmore University, Law School. 
 
The Jadili platform is hosting the Draft Policy in editable format and Listers are encouraged to login and post their specific proposal onto the platform. 
 
The  KICTAnet listserver plaftform is where we shall run guided discussions as per the plan below.  Contributions on both platforms shall be consolidated and validated at a later face-2-face function.  The overview of the discussion will be as shown below.
 
How to Develop ICT infrastructure (Day 1-Wed 22nd June 2016)
 *telecoms, broadcast,  broadband internet, postal)
*Investment incentives (FDI,Equity Shares)
*Open Access
*Infrastructure Sharing (Masts, Ducts, Wayleave etc)
*Spectrum Management
*Postal/National Addressing System
*Data Centers, IXPs, CDN
 
How to Develop ICT Info-Structure (Day 2-Thrs 23rd June 2016)
*Local Content, 
*Broadcast Content, Diversity, Cultural Identity
*Access to Information/OpenData
 *Local Application Development
 
How to Develop Skilled Human Capital (Day 3-Fri 24th June 2016)
*ICT integration in primary, secondary, tertiary levels,
*Specialized Skills (Software /Engineering)
*Research & Development Capacity
*eLiteracy for citizens/public 
 
*How to enhance Universal Service & Access  (Day 4-Mon 27th June 2016) 
*Universal Access (Infrastructure)
*Universal Service (PWD) 
*Affordable Internet broadband Services
*Affordable User Devices
 
How to Develop local ICT Industry (Day 5- Tue 28th June 2016)
*eCommerce, National Addressing System
*Local eBusiness, 
* BPOs
*Investment incentives (Equity Shares)
*ICTs in SME, (Small Medium Size Enterprises)
*ICT regional export incentives
*Local Device Manufacturing
 
How to Accelerate eGovt Services (Day 6- Wed 29th June 2016)
*eHealth, eAgriculture, eTransport, eGovt, eLearning
*ICT regional (county) incentives)
*ICTs in Society, Culture
 
How to enhance Cybersecurity (Day 7) - Thrs 30th June 2016)
*Online Citizen Safety, 
*Child Protection
*Privacy issues
*Security business transactions (Info-Security)
*Security & Reliability of Critical ICT infrastructure
 
Emerging Issues (Day 8 -Fri 1st July 2016)
Internet of Things, M2M
Net Neutrality & OTT
Big Data 
Virtual Money/BlockChains
 
Institutional, Legal & Regulatory Framework (Day 9-Mon 4th July 2016)
Role of Regulator, USAC, CERTs, NCS, ICTA, PCK, CSO, Professional Bodies etc
Needed Legislation, Data Protection, eTransaction, Intermediary Liability etc
 
DAY 10, Tue 5th July -Wrap UP Closure
 
I look forward to your active engagement.
 
J. Walubengo
for KICTAnet.
 
From: Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com>
To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2016 3:25 PM
Subject: Fw: DRAFT ICT POLICY 2016 LINK-KICTAnet Stakeholder Input
 
Dear Listers,
 
 
The Ministry of ICT (PS V. Kyalo) has asked KICTAnet to ran a two week moderated discussion on the Draft ICT Policy 2016, that will replace the current 2006 ICT Policy.
 
 
Please download and go through in preparation of the online discussions scheduled to kick-off this wednesday 22nd June 2016.
 
You views will be consolidated and later on you will be invited to validated the same at a face-to-face session to be confirmed at a venue and date to be confirmed later.
 
Kazi kwenyu. Do not say you were not consulted :-)
 
Best rgds.
 
walu.
 
 
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