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ICANN begins allocating remaining blocks of IPv4 addresses to 5 Regional Internet Registries:
by Kelvin Githira 20 May '14

20 May '14

https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2-2014-05-20-en

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Reminder: Financial Report
by Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) 20 May '14

20 May '14

Members, The ISOC Elections Committee is in the final stages of its work. We have posted the Financial Report for the Chapter as received from the accountant, Mr.Philip Kasuni. Please take a moment to go through the reports and give your views. If you have any questions please ask by reply to this email or by sending a confidential query either to the elections committee or its members. If you find them in order please indicate that you approve them. Discussion of the Report is important because this is one of the agenda items of the AGM and members need to have their say before the Report is filed with the Registrar of Societies. The Report is attached. Regards, For the Election Committee -- Grace L.N. Mutung'u Nairobi Kenya Skype: gracebomu Twitter: @Bomu <http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/profile/GraceMutungu>

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Call for Abstracts: IT for Change-IDRC Round Table
by Mwendwa Kivuva 20 May '14

20 May '14

Dear All, A Round Table on 'Inclusion in the network society- mapping development alternatives, forging research agendas' is being organised by IT for Change and IDRC, from 29th September to 1st October, 2014. The round table will bring together around 25 participants - leading scholars, development practitioners and thinkers, who are interested in the theoretical and policy aspects of equity, inclusion and participation in the 'ICTs and development' domain. This open call is to invite abstracts from young development researchers and practitioners who can contribute to the debate. There is a limited number of travel fellowships for authors of selected full-length essays, to participate in the round table. For further information, please read the call for abstracts<http://www.itforchange.net/sites/default/files/ITfC/Call%20for%20Abstracts.…>(also enclosed below) and the concept note<http://www.itforchange.net/sites/default/files/ITfC/Concept%20Note.pdf> . Last date for submissions of abstracts is *31st May, 2014*. We request you to please share this with your networks. If you have received this email more than once, please accept our apologies. Regards, IT for Change team [image: header] [image: Logo] Call for Abstracts Round table: *Inclusion in the network society* - *mapping development alternatives, forging research agendas* *Bangalore, India* * 29th September - 1st October 2014 * The experience of first-generation initiatives in the field of 'ICTs and development' has clearly demonstrated that the question of inclusion in the network society cannot be reduced merely to that of access to technological artefacts or infrastructures. In a globalised social order, the mechanisms of networked, global systems - production chains, finance, scientific and research processes, and the media - structure the rules of inclusion. They determine who has the ability to substantively participate in, and benefit from, the dominant networks of information, knowledge, production, and of cultural and resource flows. Today, as we witness what has been somewhat glibly labelled the 'mobile revolution', alongside a momentous surge in the use of social media technologies - especially by young populations in developing countries - newer frames to interpret social equity, inclusion and participation become critical for the agenda of development. How does the diffusion of ICTs connect to the democratisation of information, knowledge and culture? Does it offer new pathways for the socially marginalised to have greater control over knowledge and wealth? International Development Research Centre (IDRC), along with IT for Change, will host a round table between 29th September - 1st October, 2014, bringing together leading development scholars and practitioners to contribute to the ongoing dialogues on ICTs and development - particularly from the vantage point of equity and inclusion. In September 2009, IDRC had initiated a similar dialogue with Nobel Laureates Amartya Sen and Michael Spence, as well as other leading thinkers, at the Harvard Forum on ICTs, Human Development, Growth and Poverty Reduction. Building on the key debates of the Harvard Forum, the round table will explore if, and how, opportunities in the emerging network society are, and can be, 'programmed' into the structures of technological networks. Another key objective of the round table is to build a research agenda that is contemporary enough to tackle the future of the ICTs and development question in the Global South. Key issues The round table will focus on the following issues: 1. What is the emerging structural-institutional ecology framing inclusion in the network society? What readings of the current paradigms of ICT diffusion, use, production and policy allow us to trace power and exclusion? 2. How do we map continuities and disjunctures in development practice when technology meets society, to build a 'new' narrative in which all people matter? 3. Under what conditions can digital technologies bring about 'equitable inclusion' in the network society? What kind of a structural-institutional ecology can facilitate efforts for 'equitable inclusion' in the network society? 4. What broad questions and specific themes would comprise a pertinent research agenda on networks, development and inclusion? What research methodologies would be appropriate in this regard? Outcomes The round table envisages the following outcomes: * Field-building that deepens theoretical inquiry on 'inclusion and equity in the network society'. * Research agenda-setting on themes at the intersection of networks, development and inclusion. * Network building to explore possibilities for further work to build a systematic body of knowledge. * Knowledge products in the form of papers/essays, that can be the basis of a special journal issue. The event is designed to bring together around 25 participants - leading scholars, development practitioners and thinkers, as well as young researchers and practitioners in the sector who are interested in the theoretical and policy aspects of equity, inclusion and participation, in the 'ICTs and development' domain. This open call seeks to identify young development researchers and practitioners who can contribute to the debate. Interested individuals need to submit an abstract of 1000 words that will become the basis for an analytical essay, in case it is short-listed for the round table. There is a limited number of travel fellowships for authors of selected full-length essays, to participate in the round table. Selection criteria include a minimum of five years of experience in the development sector, preferably with a focus on ICTs, and two publications. (Criteria may be relaxed on a case-by-case basis). Submission deadlines Abstracts must be received by* 31st May 2014*. Full essays are due by *15th August 2014.* Please send all submissions and queries to: networkinclusion(a)gmail.com<mailto:networkinclusion@gmail.com> More details at: www.itforchange.net [image: footer] _______________________________________________ African-ig-school mailing list Info and options: http://lists.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/african-ig-school To unsubscribe, email african-ig-school-unsubscribe(a)lists.apc.org

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Test
by Mwendwa Kivuva 19 May '14

19 May '14

Test ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya twitter.com/lordmwesh

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Save the Date - Africa Domain Name System Forum 2014 7-9 July, Abuja Nigeria
by Barrack Otieno 16 May '14

16 May '14

Listers Save the date – Africa DNS Forum 2014 Save the date and join us for the second Domain Name system Forum for Africa that will be business Focused – Africa DNS Forum 2014. Date: 7 - 9 July 2014 Location: Abuja, Nigeria Nicon Luxury Hotel What is the Africa DNS Forum ? The Africa DNS forum is a three-day event that will bring together African registries; African ICANN accredited registrars, resellers, infrastructure service and solution providers; as well as entrepreneurs interested in investing in the African Domain Name Space. There will be interesting discussions highlighting opportunities in the African Domain name industry as well as networking sessions between registrars, resellers, and the registries. Who should attend? Registries, registrars, and resellers in Africa as well as entrepreneurs interested in investing in the African Domain Name Space to collaborate and share on how to advance the domain name business in Africa. Why should you attend? According to the domain name industry brief, there were 265 million domains registered globally in the third quarter of 2013. The base ccTLD registrations were 119.5 million. The largest top level domains by zone size in the third quarter of 2013 included .com, .tk, .de, .net, .uk, .org, .cn, .info, .ru, and .nl. None of the African registries appeared in the top ten. The largest ccTLD in Africa by zone size did not surpass the 1 million mark during the same period. The forum will focus on how to monetize the Africa Domain Name Space to allow for faster growth on par with the rest of the world. For more information please visit www.aftld.org/afdnsforum2014 ====== Save the date – Africa DNS Forum 2014 Enregistrer la date et rejoignez nous pour le deuxième Forum nom de domaine du système pour l'Afrique qui sera entreprise ciblé – Africa DNS forum 2014. Date: 7 - 9 Juillet 2014 Lieu: Abuja , Nigeria Nicon Luxury Hôtel Qu'est-ce que le Forum Afrique DNS ? Le forum Afrique DNS est un événement de trois jours qui réunira les registres africains ; ICANN africaine registraires accrédités , les revendeurs , services d'infrastructure et les fournisseurs de solutions ; ainsi que des entrepreneurs intéressés à investir dans les pays d'Afrique espace de nommage . Il y aura des discussions intéressantes mettant en évidence les possibilités dans le nom de domaine industrie africaine ainsi que des séances de réseautage entre les registraires , les revendeurs et les registres . Qui devrait participer ? Registres , greffiers et des revendeurs en Afrique ainsi que les entrepreneurs intéressés à investir dans les pays d'Afrique espace de nommage de collaborer et de partager sur la façon de faire avancer le nom de domaine des affaires en Afrique . Pourquoi devriez-vous participer? Selon la brève nom de domaine de l'industrie , il y avait 265 millions de domaines enregistrés dans le monde en l' troisième trimestre de 2013 . Les enregistrements en ccTLD de base étaient 119,5 millions . Les plus grands domaines de premier niveau par la taille de la zone au troisième trimestre de 2013 inclus . com, . tk , . de , . net , . uk , . org, . cn , . infos . ru et . nl . Aucun des registres africains est apparu dans le top dix . Le plus grand ccTLD en Afrique par la taille de la zone n'a pas dépasser la barre des 1 million pendant la même période . Le forum se concentrera sur la façon de monétiser l' Afrique Espace de nommage pour permettre une croissance plus rapide à égalité avec le reste du monde . Pour plus d'informations s'il vous plaît visitez www.aftld.org/afdnsforum2014 -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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Fw: BREAKING: FCC moves to kill net neutrality
by Daniel Otieno Omondi 16 May '14

16 May '14

FYI., --- On Thu, 5/15/14, Tiffiniy Cheng <info(a)list.fightforthefuture.org> wrote: > From: Tiffiniy Cheng <info(a)list.fightforthefuture.org> > Subject: BREAKING: FCC moves to kill net neutrality > To: dottocomp(a)yahoo.com > Date: Thursday, May 15, 2014, 4:28 PM > > > > > > > #yiv1371864783 p { > margin:1em 0;} > > _filtered #yiv1371864783 { > > line-height:19px !important;} > > #yiv1371864783 img .filtered99999 { > width:320px !important;height:48px !important;} > > #yiv1371864783 table .filtered99999 { > width:150px !important;} > > #yiv1371864783 img .filtered99999 { > width:120px !important;height:79px !important;} > > #yiv1371864783 img .filtered99999 { > width:120px !important;height:22px !important;} > > #yiv1371864783 table .filtered99999 { > width:320px !important;padding:5px !important;} > #yiv1371864783 > > > > > > > > > > > The FCC just voted to move forward > with a proposal to formally consider killing net neutrality. > We now have 60 days to stop it. > > Can you chip in to help launch an emergency > campaign to save the free and open Internet? > Click > here > > > > > > > > Hey there-- > A few hours ago, the FCC took another big step towards > killing net neutrality—voting to move > forward with a plan to allow cable companies to give > preferential treatment to big corporations and stick the > rest of us on an Internet "slow lane." > This, despite an unprecedented public > backlash from members of Congress, Internet giants > like Google and Netflix, and an Occupy-style encampment in > front of FCC headquarters. > > It's outrageous--but the fight is far from > over. > The next step is a 60-day period in which the public will > be invited to submit public comments for or against the > FCC’s plan. > > This is our last, best chance to save the free and open > Internet. Can you make a donation to help launch an > emergency campaign to save net neutrality? > Yes, > I’ll make a donation to save net > neutrality. > There’s no question the FCC is feeling the heat. > Insiders described the situation inside FCC headquarters as > "chaos," and at the last minute before > today’s vote they added an alternative option to > reclassify the Internet as a public utility like telephones > or electricity. > Make no mistake, that happened because of all of > us speaking out. The pressure we brought to bear > last week made a huge difference. Now, the public will be > asked to weigh in on both options—whether to kill net > neutrality or save it by reclassifying the Internet as a > utility. > But FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is himself a former cable > industry lobbyist, and based on today’s hearing > it’s clear he intends to keep pushing to kill off the > free and open Internet. > So it’s up to us to turn up the pressure on the FCC > and President Obama—who has in the past claimed to > support net neutrality but appointed the very FCC chairman > who’s now trying to repeal it. > Step one is to generate a massive avalanche of public > comments against the FCC’s plan to kill net neutrality > during the 60-day public comment period coming up. Then, > we’ll continue recruiting bigger and bigger websites > to join the fight and alert their users of the risk to the > free and open Internet. > We’ve come a long way. The public is mobilized and > angry. Now, if we can keep up the pressure we can > win. Can you make a donation to help ramp up this > emergency campaign? > Yes, > I’ll make a donation. > Yours for the Internet, > > Tiffiniy, Evan, Holmes and the whole Fight for the Future > Team > > P.S. Don't like using Paypal? Use this button (only > works for secure connections): > > > > > ------------------- > > Want more awesome more often? > > *Like > us on Facebook > *Follow > us on Twitter > > *Keep > us fighting, chip in what you can. > > You can unsubscribe > here. Problems unsubscribing? Go > here. > > > > > >

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Fwd: [13 Principles] The Snowden report: 14 countries sorted - at least 25 to go. We stil need help!
by Ephraim Percy Kenyanito 16 May '14

16 May '14

Hello all, I am working on one report and Simon needs more African Country reports. For African countries, if anyone is interested we can work in conjunction? Let Simon know. Best Regards, *Ephraim Percy Kenyanito* Website: http://about.me/ekenyanito Tel: (+254)-786-19-19-30 / (+254)-751-804-120 @ekenyanito Skype: ekenyanito PGP: E6BA8DC1 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Simon Davies <simon(a)privacy.org> Date: Wed, May 7, 2014 at 7:15 AM Subject: [13 Principles] The Snowden report: 14 countries sorted - at least 25 to go. We stil need help! To: principles(a)eff.org Hi everyone, I'm delighted to say that we now have authors for brief reports on Brazil, Canada, France, Ireland, the EU, Netherlands, Turkey, United States, Pakistan, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Denmark and Spain. We still have a long way to go before this is a global report though. Any volunteers for the man countries that remain? We're only looking for 300-500 words. Guidelines are below if anyone else is interested in taking this on. The Snowden disclosures - the global impact one year on General information and guidelines for reports OVERVIEW June 5th is the first anniversary of the beginning of the Edward Snowden disclosures. This date will be an opportunity to review precisely what impact the subsequent exposure has triggered and what lessons we can learn as we move forward on the reform agenda. To coincide with this anniversary, the Privacy Surgeon is planning to publish a major feature on the consequences and impact of the key developments of the past year. One primary aim is to provide media, campaigners, opinion leaders and the public with a reliable source that presents the facts in a comparative format. For civil society and for those people wanting to pursue an agenda of reform, such a resource will be extremely valuable. We anticipate that the work will be published in association with key organisations, primarily in the civil society sector. The project will comprise at least two or three dozen national, sectoral and regional reports together with a summary and analysis. Each report will be no more than 300 - 500 words and will describe concrete, measurable outcomes rather than presenting opinion. In this sense it is more valuable to report outcomes than mere activity. This will mean not just mentioning, for example, that an inquiry was conducted or a parliamentary debate held, but whether something tangible has been implemented as a result. Most commentators have hardly a clue what's transpired in most of the world's countries in the past year. We hear much opinion, but relatively little facts or evidence. The aim is to get this report out on mass distribution to media a week in advance. Importantly, it doesn't matter if nothing concrete has emerged within a particular sector or country, It's important to communicate that there has been no activity. As a spoiler, it appears that most countries have seen no tangible activity or reform. WHAT DO WE WANT TO ACHIEVE? Three outcomes: 1. Outside of the US, have there been any concrete reforms undertaken by governments or other organisations? 2. In terms of the activity over the past year, what patterns and common themes, if any, can we deduce? 3. From this evidence, what lessons can we learn about how to take the reform agenda forward over the coming years? PROJECT COMPONENTS The project will comprise the following: - reports for the majority of EU countries. - reports on all 5-eyes countries - reports from selected African, South American and Asian nations - a global report on IGO actions (e.g. the UN surveillance resolution) - a global report on NGO actions - a global report on industry actions (adoption of encryption etc) - a specific report on reforms (if any) within the security sector - summary and analysis COMPONENTS OF COUNTRY REPORTS Each report should aim to provide the following elements, ideally in less than 500 words (though if more content is required this will be OK). It's not essential to go into detail on, say, a legal challenge or legislative reform. An introductory sentence or two and a link to the relevant background resource is sufficient. Please do try to include the following: - An introductory paragraph describing the overall impact of the revelations. - A paragraph that describes the scale and nature of media reporting (was the reporting investigative, did it address local/national involvement in surveillance or was it primarily focused on the US and the NSA as a single entity). - Was there any consequent public action in the manner of demonstrations or large-scale campaigns that had a measurable impact? - What was the action taken, if any, by parliament? Were any formal inquiries or investigations initiated? Any debates, votes or resolutions? Did anything emerge from this activity in terms of legislative or other reforms? - What cases, if any, have been brought before courts, police or judicial authorities? Have these resulted in any tangible outcome? - Is there any hard evidence or concrete indication that there will be a future development that will bring reform or transparency to the security arena? - To your knowledge, have any national organisations, trades unions, professional associations or industry groups taken concrete actions of any kind in response to the disclosures? Please do feel free to add any other material that you think is relevant, as long as it focuses on measurable outcomes and tangible reforms (if such exists). FORMAT OF REPORTS For consistency, the style of reports should be objective and reportive. Please do keep in mind that we're aiming here for a wide audience that may not be literate in technology or law, so please do explain various terms and acronyms that you might use. In terms of format, I'd be very grateful if you could use a text file like .rtf or something simple like that, though Word would still be OK. As I'll have to format this work for the website it's probably best to use end-notes like http://www.saidsimple.com/content/How-to-Write-End-Notes and in this case that would mean indicating what you want to reference in numbered brackets like (3) and then putting the reference and url at the end of the text, rather than using conventional footnotes. The default language for the project is English, but it would be extremely beneficial if you could also supply text in the native language. This will help ensure that the project dissemination is truly global and not just confined to the Anglo-American press. Could you also include a biography of no more than fifty words that we can include in the text itself, and - if you want - a link to your website or other source about you. DEADLINES May 24 Submission of reports May 30th Circulation of edited report to media June 5th Publication _______________________________________________ Principles mailing list Principles(a)eff.org https://lists.eff.org/mailman/listinfo/principles

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Fwd: [aisi-ig-l] Adoption of the African Union Convention on Cybersecurity today 15 May 2014
by Barrack Otieno 16 May '14

16 May '14

Listers, ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Makane Faye <mfaye(a)uneca.org> Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 21:29:02 GMT Subject: [aisi-ig-l] Adoption of the African Union Convention on Cybersecurity today 15 May 2014 To: Discussion List on African Internet Governance Forum <aisi-ig-l(a)dgroups.org> Cc: Makane Faye <fmakane(a)gmail.com>, Moctar Yedaly <YedalyM(a)africa-union.org>, "Auguste K. Yankey" <YANKEYKA(a)africa-union.org> Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to inform you that the "African Union Convention on Cybersecurity and Personal Data Protection" was adopted today 15 May 2014 at 19:30 at the Headquarters of the African Union Commission by the Conference of African Union Ministers of Justice.which is chaired by Cameroon. Prior to the Conference of Ministers, the meeting of experts from the Justice ministries undertook a thorough review of the Convention on 12 and 13 May. Congratulations to all of you who participated in the regional / sub-regional workshops and expert group meetings from 2008 to 2013. Your contribution and your work are recognized by the African Policymakers starting from the African Ministers of ICT in Khartoum and today the African Ministers of Justice in Addis. You should get ready to embark on preparations for its implementation. Best regards, -------- Makane Faye (Mr.) President, Federation of United Nations Staff Unions and Associations (FUNSA) Chief, Knowledge Management and Library Services United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) P.O. Box 3001 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Tel: +251 11 5443563; Ext. 33563 Fax: +251 11 5514416 / +251 11 54411458 Email: mfaye(a)uneca.org; faymakane(a)gmail.com facebook.com/makane.faye.eca twitter: @makaneeca Skype: makaneaddis __________ You are receiving this message because you're a member of the community Discussion List on African Internet Governance Forum. View this contribution on the web site https://dgroups.org/_/13w98faw A reply to this message will be sent to all members of Discussion List on African Internet Governance Forum. To reply to sender, send a message to mfaye(a)uneca.org. To unsubscribe, send an email to leave.aisi-ig-l(a)dgroups.org -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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Supporting the Domain Name Industry in Underserved Regions
by Alice Munyua 15 May '14

15 May '14

Out of approximately 1,000 ICANN accredited domain name registrars exist, only 7 are based and operate in Africa. 1.Internet Solutions (IS) based in South Africa. 2.Kheweul.com is based in Senegal primarily targeting the francophone region in Africa. 3.AfriRegister based in Burundi 4.Ghana dot com a parent of the first internet service provider of Ghana NCS. Seems to operate primarily in Ghana. 5.Genious Communications is based in Morocco 6.Diamatrix also based in South 7.Web4Africa based in Ghana ICANN is exploring strategies and ideas to help promote the DNS industry in developing regions and is seeking comments on this report ((http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/accreditation/dns-underserved-…) which will be used to develop a strategy to address the current challenges. Comment period closes June 30th. Best Alice (http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/accreditation/dns-underserved-…) --

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Financial Reports for ISOC Kenya Chapter
by Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) 15 May '14

15 May '14

Dear Members, At the Chapter Handover meeting on 29th March 2014, it was resolved that the financial reports would be posted online for ISOC members to scrutinise. Please find attached the same for your perusal and comments. We implore upon you to read through and give your feedback so that the same may be acted upon/ filed with the Registrar of Societies. You may give feedback by replying to this email. The previous office bearers have expressed their willingness to answer any questions you may have. Regards, For the Elections Committee, -- Grace L.N. Mutung'u Nairobi Kenya Skype: gracebomu Twitter: @Bomu <http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/profile/GraceMutungu>

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