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http://www.stateofthenet.org/live/
by WANGARI KABIRU 23 Jan '17

23 Jan '17

http://www.stateofthenet.org/live/ Livestream sponsored by the http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/where-we-work/north-america Monday, January 23, 8:00am "The State of the Net is America’s premier Internet policy conference series. It brings together Internet stakeholders in government and in the private sector to explore the potential of a decentralized global Internet to promote communications, commerce and democracy." Blessed day. Regards/Wangari --- Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth".

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The Final Days of Obama’s Tech Surge
by Ali Hussein 23 Jan '17

23 Jan '17

Listers Good morning. This is an interesting read of how a President can inspire a whole nation and particularly Government to re-invent itself when it comes to using IT for Service Delivery. From Obamacare to the Pentagon; from Immigration Services to The Internal Revenue Authority the team now popularly known as the United States Digital Services (USDS) parachuted into various government departments and sorted out major problems using simple tools like Agile Project Management and Cloud Computing. Saving millions of dollars and availing critical G2C services to Americans. The team comprised Googlers, Amazonians, Microsofties and other tech giants who sometimes simply took a leave of absence to Serve. Here's an example to emulate. Read on:- https://backchannel.com/the-final-days-of-obamas-tech-surge-864b9bf60d34#.x… Have a lovely week ahead. Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle Sent from my iPad

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When China Calls In Its Debts (Forbes Article)...
by Michael Bullut 13 Jan '17

13 Jan '17

Greetings Team, Will this be the fate of some our infrastructure projects? Here's the *article.* <http://www.forbes.com/sites/wadeshepard/2016/07/31/china-to-sri-lanka-we-wa…> Warm regards, Michael Bullut. --- *Cell:* *+254 723 393 114.**Skype Name:* *Michael Bullut.* *Twitter:* * @Kipsang <http://twitter.com/Kipsang/>* *Blog: http://www.kipsang.com/ <http://www.kipsang.com/>* *E-mail:* *main(a)kipsang.com <main(a)kipsang.com>* *---*

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Re: [isoc_ke] Africa Internet Summit and Africa Network Operators Group 21 May - 2 June 2017 , Nairobi Kenya - Reminder Register
by Barrack Otieno 11 Jan '17

11 Jan '17

Listers, Please find below the Announcement for AfNOG 2017 to be held in Nairobi - KENYA, from 21st May - 2 June 2017. Africa Top Level Domains Organization will organize a train the trainers Programme for ccTLD operators during the summit. In conjunction with the local registry and other stakeholders we will also have special sessions for registrars and resellers to build their capacity in the Domain Name Business. Please note Deadline for receipt of Applications is 21 January, 2017. Register as soon as possible Best Regards Barrack Otieno AFTLD Secretariat AIS 2017 - AfNOG ANNOUNCEMENT - ENGLISH Africa Internet Summit (AIS) : Workshop & Meetings 21st May – 2nd June 2017 Africa Internet Summit (AIS) Secretariat announces AfNOG’s program at The Africa Internet Summit scheduled to be held in Nairobi, KENYA from 21st May to 2nd June 2017. AIS is the pinnacle multi-stakeholder event combining, workshops, conferences and networking for the internet Industry. The annual summit attracts internationally renowned Instructors, Experts and Speakers to share the latest innovations and Best practices in the Internet industry. This is the place where the African Technical Institutions and Af* such as AfNOG, AFRINIC, AfREN, AfricaCERT, AfTLD , ISOC Africa, AfrICANN, AfGWG etc meet. Meeting the needs of the Africa Internet Community AIS aims at meeting the ever-changing needs of the ICT Industry and includes the core IP Engineering as well as integrating the real world use and impact of IP Technologies. Sessions include technical and business aspects of the Internet : ie Capacity Building, Infrastructure, Security, Policy, Content & Names, Internet Numbers and Research. About the Entire Event Event Calendar include the following: AfNOG Workshop on Network Technology (offering advanced training in a week-long hands-on workshop) Several one /two full-day Advanced AfNOG Tutorials AfricaCERT Workshop & Forums AFRINIC Trainings AfREN Forum AfTLD – Train the Trainers Workshop and Member Meeting ISOC Africa Sessions ICANN Africa Day A one-day AfNOG Plenary Session A three-day AFRINIC Plenary Session. In addition, several side meetings and workshops were hosted in collaboration with other organizations. Who Attends? A broad range of ICT Industry leaders and technical experts including Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Network Engineers who wish to acquire the necessary skills in ICT, Government, Regulators, Telecommunication companies and ICT vendors. It is a good opportunity for networking among peers and businesses. Why Attend? The AIS addresses the current and future needs of operators in the ICT Industry It is focused on popular and emerging ICT Industries such as Cyber Security, Mobile Networking among other. It features discussions on a wide range of issues of the Internet including the current and newest trends in ICT. Industry experts will be participating in conference sessions from thought-provoking and visionary keynote presentations to interactive panel sessions, all addressing the most pressing topics Local Host The Local Hosts for the Event are TESPOK Venue & Hotel This will be announced soon. Time Table Workshop & Tutorials Event Date(s) Unix Boot Camp 21 May 2017 (Sunday) Networking Boot Camp 21 May 2017 (Sunday) AfNOG Workshop 22 - 26 May 2017 (Monday - Friday) AfricaCERT Workshop 22 - 26 May 2017 (Monday - Friday) AfTLD - Train the Trainers Workshop and Members Meeting 22 - 26 May 2017 (Monday - Friday) AFRINIC Trainings 27 - 29 May 2017 (Saturday - Monday) AfNOG Tutorials 28 - 29 May 2017 (Sunday - Monday) ISOC Africa Sessions 28 May 2017 (Sunday) Conference Event Date(s) Opening Session 29 May 2017 (Monday at 5 pm) AfREN Meeting / AAF 29 May 2017 (Monday) AfNOG-18 Conference 30 May 2017 (Tuesday) AFRINIC-26 Conference 31 May - 2 June, 2017 (Wednesday - Friday) About AfNOG AfNOG (See http://www.afnog.org/) is a forum for cooperation and the exchange of technical information between operators of Internet-connected networks in Africa. AfNOG aims at building a community of engineers helping each other operate Internet Infrastructure in Africa, and on the Global Internet as well as promote the discussion of issues relating to implementation of new networks that require community cooperation. AfNOG has since year 2000 organized their annual Event in a different African country each year. “While AfNOG fuels the rapid growth of the Internet in Africa with trained technical capacity, our content has been determined by the needs of the community. In so doing AfNOG’s output training capacity has multiplied in the past decade and the community flourished” AfNOG Workshop on Network Technology The AfNOG Workshop on Network Technology aims to offer advanced training to people who are in the process of developing and enhancing an Internet-connected network with regional and international connectivity. The target audience includes senior and mid-level technical staff of commercial Internet service providers (ISPs), academic networks, government networks, or NGO networks. This workshop builds on the experience of previous AfNOG workshops held annually from 2000 to 2016 in seventeen different African countries, and also the Internet Society's INET workshops, held annually from 1993 to 2000 at eight locations around the world. The workshop's Instructors are an international team with many years of experience in operating large networks and teaching about network operations. The workshop is divided into six parallel tracks: ( 5 English & 1 French Tracks) SS-E Scalable Internet Services (in English), focused on the design and operation of email, web, and other Internet services, in ways that can scale to handle large numbers of end users. SI-E - Scalable Network Infrastructure (in English), focused on the design and operation of networks using routers and switches, in ways that can scale to handle large numbers of interconnected sites. NM – E, Network Monitoring & Management (English) NM-F, Network Monitoring & Management (en francais), similar to track NM-E, but given in French. AR –E, Advanced Routing Techniques (English) CT- E, CERT Training (English) Workshop application information is at : English: http://www.afnog.org/applications/online_application_en.php French: http://www.afnog.org/applications/online_application_fr.php **Workshop Deadline – January 21, 2017 ** About AFRINIC AFRINIC (See http://www.afrinic.net/) AFRINIC has been set up to serve the African community by providing professional and efficient management of Internet Number Resources, supporting Internet technology usage and development, and promoting a participative and multi-stakeholder approach to Internet self governance. AFRINIC is a non-government, not-for-profit, membership based organization, based in Mauritius. Trainings and capacity building are a central part of AFRINIC’s activities and our objective is to build competence within our region in IPv6 implementation and associated technologies required to use our resources effectively and to increase awareness within the service region on how Internet is governed and the roles organisations have in this environment. AFRINIC organizes two Public Policy meetings every year (see http://www.afrinic.net/meeting) AfricaCERT AfricaCERT will hold a 6 day Workshop & Tutorial on CERT from 22nd – 27th May 2017 in Kenya. AfricaCERT is the African forum of computer incident response teams, and aims to propose solutions to Challenges for a better health in the Af* Internet Ecosystem. The objectives of AfricaCERT include, but are not restricted to : Assisting African countries in establishing CSIRTs; Strengthening the relationships amongst CSIRTs in Africa and with other stakeholders all over the World; Fostering and supporting education and outreach programs in ICT Security; Encouraging information sharing in ICT Security; Promoting good practices and experiences sharing among members to develop a comprehensive framework for cybersecurity including better addressing of legal and regulatory issues; Assisting African CSIRTS in improving Cyber readiness and enhancing the resilience of ICT Infrastructure; Promoting Collaborative Technology Research, Development and Innovation in the ICT security field. Please visit www.africacert.org for further information. AfTLD – Train the Trainers Course and Members Meeting www.aftld.org Africa Top Level Domains Organization will be conducting a a train the trainers workshop as well as have its members meetinh from 22nd to 26th May 2017. ISOC AFRICA ISOC Africa will be holding sessions/tutorials on Internet Governance, etc. on 28th May 2017. Further information will be provided shortly. AfNOG Tutorials AfNOG will offer 1 to 2 full-day(s) tutorials on advanced topics. Tutorials take place in a classroom-style environment, and may include a hands-on practical component. Tutorials are non-commercial in nature, and most are technically oriented. They are intended to offer advanced training on technology already deployed or soon to be deployed on networking and related services provisioning for ISP operations. Additional information about AfNOG 2017 Tutorials will be available here shortly: http://www.afnog.org/afnog2017/tutorial/ AfREN The Africa Research and Education Networking (AfREN) will be holding a one day meeting on 29th May 2017. AfREN is the annual forum on African research and education networking. As one of the Af* organizations, the AfREN forum is part of the annual Africa Internet Summit (AIS) and was convened since 2007 by the Research and Education Networking Unit (RENU) of the Association of African Universities in collaboration with AfNOG & AFRINIC. The forum is a platform for discussions on issues of interest to the research and education networking (REN) community such as collaboration, advocacy and coordination of activities in Africa. Sharing of experience and best practices as well as presentation of innovative networking technologies are also regularly addressed at AfREN. The sponsorship of campus network managers to attend the annual AfNOG training workshops has also become an integral part of AfREN. Since 2012, with the formation of regional RENs covering all the countries of Africa, there is a traditional session on updates from the UbuntuNet Alliance (Eastern and Southern Africa), WACREN (West and Central Africa) and ASREN (Arab countries, including North Africa). Typical AfREN participants include among others, campus and research and education network practitioners, REN operators, telecom operators, regulators, policy makers and international partners. Additional information on AfREN 2017 will be provided shortly. AfNOG-18 Meeting The 17th AfNOG meeting will be held in Nairobi, Kenya on 30th May 2017. AfNOG conferences provide a forum for the coordination and dissemination of technical information related to backbone/enterprise networking technologies and operational practices. The meetings are informal, with an emphasis on relevance to current and future African backbone engineering practices. The AfNOG 2017 conference in Tunisia drew over 500 participants, mainly consisting of network engineering staff from lnternet Service providers, Telecommunication Companies, Government, Research and Education community, Civil Society. Additional information and the Conference schedule will be available here shortly: http://www.afnog.org/afnog2017/conference/ AFRINIC-26 Public Policy Meeting The AFRINIC-24 Public Policy meeting will be held in Nairobi, Kenya for three days from 31st to 2nd June, 2017. AFRINIC Meetings are open to everyone and provide an excellent opportunity to take part in Internet policy discussions. These policies, which describe how Internet Number Resources should be managed and distributed, are developed by the community. The meeting will include tutorials, presentations, update on the various working groups and the AFRINIC Public Policy Meeting. The three day meeting will be preceded by a two-day IPv6 training and one day training in Internet Number Resource Management. The meeting will focus on the IPv6 protocol and its deployment, especially in Africa and the issue of the exhaustion of the IPv4 pool of address space. Further information will be available at http://www.afrinic.net/en/community/afrinic-events. -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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KENYA POWER'S HUGE APPETITE FOR DEBT IS A RECIPE FOR DISASTER
by Ali Hussein 11 Jan '17

11 Jan '17

Listers My attention has been drawn to this article in today's nation. I will not dwell on the financial side of this story at the risk of boring people on this list. My attention was rather drawn to a part of the story which has interesting implications on the National Broadband Strategy which was launched a few years ago with much fanfare during Hon. Matiangi's tenure. To quote the article:- *The question is pertinent because I just recently came across a copy of a memorandum of understanding between the Chinese company ZTE and the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum which the parties have signed to finance and build a national grid fibre access on Kenya Power’s transmission and distribution network.* Kenya Power's fibre ambitions <http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Kenya-Power-s-huge-appetite-for-debt-i…> I'm curious. 1. Does this new network compliment the NOFBI? 2. What is the business plan for this new network? 3. Does anyone have any details on this project? 4. Is the MOICT coordinating this with the Energy Ministry? Regards *Ali Hussein* *Principal* *Hussein & Associates* Tel: +254 713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> 13th Floor , Delta Towers, Oracle Wing, Chiromo Road, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya. Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with.

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Re: [isoc_ke] Merry Christmas and Prosperous 2017
by Barrack Otieno 24 Dec '16

24 Dec '16

Lister's, This is to wish you and your families a Merry Christmas and a prosperous 2017. May we remember the less fortunate among us and give them hope for a greater future. Regards -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Fw: [bestbits] (Call for Applications) Internet Policy in South and Southeast Asia: Research Methods for Advocacy [ASC-IPO, CCG-NLU, CIS & DAH]
by WANGARI KABIRU 24 Dec '16

24 Dec '16

Advancements in areas of study in Internet Governance. PS: Share with your Asia networks Blessed day and sikukuu! Regards/Wangari --- Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth". On Saturday, 24 December 2016, 10:28, Sarvjeet Singh <sarvjeet.singh(a)nludelhi.ac.in> wrote: | | | | | The Internet Policy Observatory presents Internet Policy in South and Southeast Asia: Research Methods for Advocacy April 10-14, 2017, New Delhi, India Application Deadline: February 1, 2017 Application available at https://goo.gl/forms/we53DCD62M0Cmx7Z2 | | Activists around the world are working towards influencing internet policymaking processes and raise awareness about the importance of protecting the open internet. Given this background, there is a clear need to link relevant and methodologically sophisticated internet policy research with advocacy efforts. Building on the success of the Internet Policy Research Methods Course for Advocates held in Istanbul in 2015, the Annenberg School for Communication’s Internet Policy Observatory has teamed up with the Centre for Communication Governance at National Law University, Delhi, the Centre for Internet and Society and the Digital Asia Hub to develop a research methods workshop for individuals working on digital rights issues in South Asian and Southeast Asian countries. The workshop will be organized from April 10-14, 2017 at National Law University, Delhi (India). The workshop brings together young scholars, activists, lawyers, and technologists for an intensive five-day practicum on using methodologically rigorous, data-driven, and contextually appropriate research for advocacy. The workshop is designed to cover both qualitative and quantitative, online and offline research methods, providing the space for hands-on activities and project-based learning. The program aims to strategically build collaborative possibilities across sectors, expand research capacity within practitioner and digital rights advocacy communities, and to provide the skills and know-how to use research and data to advance advocacy efforts. The program will provide skill-building tutorials on the following topics: § Defining and framing research topics and questions § Conducting desk and archival research § Researching law, policy and regulation § Questionnaire/interview design and techniques § Conducting surveys and public opinion research § Network measurement § Social network analysis § Data visualization § Translating research into action: dissemination for advocacy and policymaking impact § Developing proposals for funding and creating actionable research agendas We encourage individuals from South Asia and Southeast Asia in the academic (early career), NGO, technology, and public policy sectors to apply. Prospective applicants should have a particular area of interest related to internet governance and policymaking, censorship, surveillance, internet access, political engagement online, protection of human rights online, or corporate governance in the ICT sector. Applicants will be asked to bring a specific research question to the program to be developed and operationalized through trainings and one-on-one mentorship with top researchers and experts from around the world. The course will be conducted in English and applicants should be proficient in English in order to interact with experts, lecturers and other participants from diverse backgrounds. A limited pool of funding in the form of travel support is available and will be allocated based on the strength of the application, fit with the workshop, and demonstrated need. If you require funding support, please indicate as such in the online form.Please do forward this to anyone who may be interested. To apply for the workshop, please visit https://goo.gl/forms/we53DCD62M0Cmx7Z2. For more information about the program, please visit http://globalnetpolicy.org/event/internet-policy-in-south-and-southeast-asi…. For questions, email lsh(a)asc.upenn.edu | | | | | -- Sarvjeet Singh | Programme ManagerCentre for Communication Governance | National Law University, Delhi | Sector-14, Dwarka, New Delhi - 110078 | Cell: (+91) 999-023-2298 | Fax: (+91) 11-280-34256 | skype: sarvjeet.moond | www.ccgdelhi.org . www.ccgtlr.org . www.nludelhi.ac.in | Twitter: @ccgnlud . @sarvjeetmoondPGP: 0xBE8B DD6F | Fingerprint: 9F3B BE61 14F4 D458 0373 535D 9474 2EE9 BE88 DD6F ____________________________________________________________

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Global Internet: Greg Wyler May Beat Elon Musk, Google, Facebook - Bloomberg
by Ali Hussein 22 Dec '16

22 Dec '16

Listers Super interesting story about how one man is probably close to succeeding in building a Global Internet Service Provider. Interestingly enough he comes from the premise that Connectivity is a Human Right and is largely responsible for helping Rwanda connect most of the country via Fibre. In tech-conference speak, what Wyler’s been doing for the past dozen years is connecting “the other 3 billion.” This is the half of the world’s population that for various reasons is not online. Companies such as Google and Facebook have received a lot of attention for their philanthropic plans to bring the Internet to the developing world. Mark Zuckerberg, for example, invited Time to follow him around rural India for a story about his evolution as a philanthropist and business leader, though he provided few specifics on what Facebook intends to do for India’s poor. And Elon Musk—he of Tesla Motors, SpaceX, and the Hyperloop—has received a wave of press, and $1 billion in capital from Google and Fidelity—after unveiling his own space Internet plan. Read on:- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2015-01-22/the-new-space-race-one-m… Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad

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Season's Greetings! A Year in Review, 2016 - DotConnectAfrica!
by Gideon 21 Dec '16

21 Dec '16

D ear Listers, Happy Holidays from DotConnectAfrica! Happy Holidays & Happy New Year To view in your browser, Click here <http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1102516344150&ca=108c9a76-…> <http://s.rs6.net/t?e=daGtFqc74Z8&c=1&r=1> <http://s.rs6.net/t?e=daGtFqc74Z8&c=3&r=1> <http://s.rs6.net/t?e=daGtFqc74Z8&c=4&r=1> <http://s.rs6.net/t?e=daGtFqc74Z8&c=5&r=1> <http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Season-s-Greetings--A-Year-in-Review--20…> * DotConnectAfrica End of Year Newsletter, December 2016 * * A Year in Review- 2016!* *Season's Greetings * * 2016 #YearOfTheWomen End of Year Message from Message from the Founder/CEO * *~ ~* *As Founder and CEO of DotConnectAfrica Group, it gives me great joy and honor to send this end of year message to the entire Pan-African constituency and * *international community of supporters and well-wishers all over the globe.* * Every year I take time to review and go over all that transpired throughout the year and share with you, as you have been an integral part of our journey. 2016 has been an involving and satisfactory year, despite the challenges of some of what we have had to go through. We are thankful for every part of the process and experience. I am glad to share with you some of what DCA Group has done and achieved. * *DCA Walking the Talk and Impacting Lives ** In fulfillment of our declaration of** 2016 ** as #YearOfTheWomen, DCA indeed offered** and created more avenues to promote the woman entrepreneur, the CEO, the President, the Head girl and the 6 year old who did not want to get married as she "wants to do her own thing". Thus these girls and women seem to have found more rewarding times within their daily lives as well as making important life choices. * *Our **flagship Trust program** Miss.Africa launched a Pan-African seed fund <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> through our DCA academy programme - an initiative that supports women and girls in STEM. Through this effort, we identify how we might support the impact and scalabi**lity of their initiatives.* * Most of our activities this year therefore were focused in the fulfillment of the program, related to girls and women in technology. As it is well known in Africa, DCA Trust is an early champion of "girls and women in tech" **among many other* innovative causes we have championed in Afric*a.** We started off with tech training program for girls internally at DCA, followed by the fulfillment of the most popular yearly "Miss.Africa" seed fund". The initial fund was able to award multi-country initiatives including Kenya, Madagascar and Cameroon. * *This year in October I was very proud to attend a graduation ceremony of Twenty Five (25) women <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> selected from over three hundred applicants who benefited directly from receiving the Miss.Africa training. The girls were trained on mobile app development over a 3 month program by a partner organization. I also presented the prestigious Miss.Africa Trophy award to the founder of the Kenya based organization in recognition of the efforts and collaborations in making the Miss.Africa program a success. DCA also utilized our #2016YearofTheWomen,#STEM4girls, #girls4tech and #womenintech hashtag themes to campaign for women all over the world by highlighting their work, recognizing the efforts, participating in their causes, and various women-centric topics and forums around the world. In 2017, we look forward to seeing more African women and girls benefit throughout Africa, with Miss.Africa program. * *"When you empower a woman you empower a community".In line with our mission of educating and advancement of Internet in Africa, other ongoing efforts of DCA include Digital and Social media dissemination, mobile platform development and training. We also have pipeline service oriented projects that we have been working on to hopefully launch in 2017.* *Status of The .Africa gTLD Court Case* * The unfortunate legal challenge we are undergoing with ICANN has been a burden to DCA's ongoing positive effort to expand and implement our mission to the people of Africa. Despite being assisted with Top Tier legal firms at all times, it takes much of our executive and research time over a battle that has lasted over 5 years. * - *In January 2016, DCA Trust went to court over ICANN's processing of the **Independent Review Panel (IRP)** ruling. **This found ICANN indeed violated is Bylaws and Articles of Incorporation and that the Board's actions/inactions on our.Africa gTLD application were not accountable* *. * - *In March 05, 2016, a United States District Court, Central District of California - Western Division gave a ruling granting an Interim Relief [PDF Case No: CV 16-00862 RGK (JCx)] <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> for DCA Trust by issuing a decision that ICANN should hold off from delegating the .AFRICA top-level domain (TLD) for ZA Central Registry (ZACR). **The court found "serious questions" going toward DCA's likelihood of success on the merits and a balance of hardships that tips sharply in DCA's favour.....[Cont'd].... As such, the Court GRANTED a preliminary injunction barring ICANN <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> from delegating the rights to .Africa until this case is resolved. * - *Recently on December 14 2016, the Ninth Circuit court of appeals also granted the unopposing motions on dismissal of appeals [PDF D.C. No.2:16-cv-00862-RGK-JC] <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> on the district court's lack of jurisdiction and denied ICANN's request to include language that DCA's preliminary injunction order is void and the appeal is moot. * *We await the court process that will hopefully concluded soon.* * African Governments Continued misunderstanding over .AfricaI wrote various public commentaries and sparked a debate about the ICANN transition having an impact on the US elections. I wrote to The Hill a message I titled "ICANN is already under the influence of Foreign Governments <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…>". This drew an example of how ICANN allowed the African Union Commission (AUC), an Intergovernmental body to heavily interfere in the .Africa application so as to delegate it to itself. This eventually led me to take ICANN to Court. However. I did not expect that there would be another body that would try to change the rules. In support of the AUC, the African Telecom Union (ATU) recently came up with** a widely opposed proposal** from an **African Group's Common Proposal (AFCP) **for the modification and expansion of Resolution 47 to include generic top level domain and specifically cited .Africa. To make my views heard, I wrote in a public rejoinder to the proposal on an Industry blog CircleID: "Why African Telecom Union (ATU) Proposal Should be Rejected <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…>". I** stated categorically that the ATU's sponsored Tunis "Africa Proposal" is the same as Uncle AUC's Dakar "Africa Agenda", proposed to circumvent global ICANN policy, and should be rejected! * *In response to the above, the ICANN CEO also wrote to Mr. Houlin Zhao, the Secretary General of the <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…>International Telecommunication Union (ITU) stating ICANN concerns on the above proposal and that its initiations might have been triggered by some misunderstandings of some African countries on a specific Top-Level Domain application. This validates my long standing view that the African governments have always been misled by the vested interest groups on the characterization of .Africa gTLD. * * Finally, while we enjoy the festivities of this holiday season with friends and family, I want to give thanks to all our supporters, followers and those who believed in us as well as those who have been with us through some of our challenging journey of accomplishing our mission for the people of Africa. * *On behalf of DCA Group and myself, I wish you a joyous, tranquil and fulfilling Holiday Season for Africa and the world!.* *See you all in 2017!* *Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays & Happy New Year* *Sophia Bekele* *Founder* *DotConnectAfrica* *In this Issue* *Seasons Greetings* * (Message from Executive Director)Saluting 2016, the #YearoftheWomen* *DotConnectAfrica Recap; Global Policy Advocacy and Contribution* *Lisbon, Portugal: High Level Talk: Africa's development on EurAfrican Forum MeetingNairobi, Kenya: Miss.Africa announces 2016, Seed Funding Tech Initiative for women in Africa DotConnectAfrica Tedbits: The Innovation Issue* * Nairobi, Kenya: Our Impact Initiatives: Miss.Africa Seed Fund App Developers Graduate. Award Ceremony at eMobilis* * DotConnectAfrica Tedbits: "THE WOMAN'S ISSUE" * * Nairobi Kenya: DCA Trust Announces eMobilis as the Winner of its Inaugural USD 5000 Miss.Africa Seed Fund* *DotConnectAfrica Update: United States Court Has Granted an Interim Relief for DCA Trust on .AfricaSalute 2016 - The Year of "The Women": A New Year's Message* *DCA Video of the Year* *DCA Seen and HeardDCA Trust invited to the Strathmore SMC Roundtable: Promoting Management Science Excellence in PracticeAfrica's first fully electrified cross-border railway line opens from Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, to the Red Sea port of DjiboutiDCA Song of the Year* *Quotable Quotes* *Message from Editor: SEE YOU IN 2017* *DCA Video of the Year* <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> Miss.Africa Mobile App Dev Awards Nairobi *DCA Advisory Board Seen & HeardDCA Congratulates all of you on your hard won efforts, achievements, and successes in your endeavors. We value your relations! * * Michael Macharia - Kenya's Seven Seas Technologies raises $3m from Toyota to digitize medical services * Seven Seas Technologies Kenya has received $3 million from Toyota Tsusho CSV Africa Pte. The deal adds CEO mike Macharia into the billionaires list Read more <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> * EXCLUSIVE - Flashback to the 90s - "Building an inclusive Internet"* A trained molecular biologist, *Dr. Tan Tin Wee,* a pioneer ended up introducing the Internet and the Web to Singapore. He led the first Internet service provider, Technet Unit, National University of Singapore (NUS), for academia and research in the country. Read more <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> * Salim Amin on "Panel of Judges" for Africa 2016 Photo Competition* The winners of the Agility, Africa 2016 Photo Competition have been announced and awarded. The competition drew over 2,500 photo. Read <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> [image: Nebiyu Yosef for dotafrica] *Nebiyu Yoseph has been named and will receive the "2017 **Modern Day Technology Leader"* * award by BEYA STEM, <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…>* an industry group that supports the industry Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). *Nominated by **AT&T*, in his role of a Lead Advanced Tech Support/Analysis at Wireless AT&T, Nebiyu is an Experienced System Architect with proven history of lead development and production roles. * Adding to her International accolades Sophia Bekele has been enlisted among 10 Ethiopian "Women Who Matter" - by the influential media The Reporter Daily, Ethiopia * Our own Sophia Bekele, is enlisted amongs " Women That Matter <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…>", in celebration of the Ethiopian New Year January 11, 2009 aka. January 11, 2016 Civil Calendar. * What/who is your inspiration? Sophia Bekele "Disrupting the status quo, people who are game changers, my opponents, and underdogs like David from The Bible" "It could be film, it could be sports or a big company, but all made a difference. As part of The Reporter's New Year edition tradition, we selected 10 women who, during the years, made their mark on society. While some are obvious choices and some obscure, they were selected by their achievements and ambitions",* wrote Meheret-Selassie Mokonnen of The Reporter Media in Ethiopia, conducted the interviews with these inspiring women. Read on The Reporter. <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> (complete the CAPTCHA) * Selected media coverage of DCA Trust activities * * - ICANN rejects Africa Proposal Tunis Agenda saying Africa misunderstands ICANN policy <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…>- .Africa: US Court grants Injunction to DCA Trust, says Balance of Equities tips in favor of DCA <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…>- Q&A: DCA Trust Founder on Status of .Africa & Why Other African gTLDs failed to Go Live <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…>- DCA unveils 2016 Round II seed fund tech initiative for women in Africa <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> * * DCA Trust Good citizenry at Strathmore University Kenya * DCA trust was invited to the Strathmore SMC Roundtable. The theme of the Round Table Forum was *"Promoting Management Science Excellence in Practice"* and with the objective to give the students the exposure as well as help them to understand the standards they will be required to have as they seek to join professions in the management science area. DCA Trust in the past participated in the career day and advised students on best industry ideals and skills. * Made in Ethiopia: Africa's first fully electrified cross-border railway line opens from Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, to the Red Sea port of Djibouti * The dream is that one day the railway will extend from Djibouti's coast all the way across Africa to the Atlantic Ocean. Read more <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> *DCA's Song of the Year* <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> Loliwe - *'the train is pushing'* by Zahara *Zahara (Bulelwa Mkutukana) described "Loliwe" as a song written to inspire one to achieve their destiny through patience and perseverance.* *Quotable Quotes* ~ * "The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving."* - *Johann Wolfgang von Goethe~* *Lets meet in 2017!* * 2016 the #YearoftheWomen has indeed been a great year for the DCA Group, and we can't even begin to list them all, because you have been part of our journey.From witnessing successful training of 25 female beneficiaries Miss.Africa Seed Fund who will go on to become a great group of developers in both web based and mobile apps. We look forward to seeing another group of geeks in 2017.We also saw progress in the .Africa court case vs ICANN where we won two important decisions where the Court granted Interim Relief or Temporary Restraining Order and later a Motion for Preliminary Injunction which stopped any delegation of .Africa. In the year 2017 we expect even more success both for the case that will conclude hopefully in February 2017 and for our in-house projects to scale further especially the Miss.Africa Seed fund project since women represent over 50% of the African continent's talent that is unaccounted for.We look forward to the new year for new opportunities and encourage you to continue walking with us. Thank you for being part of our journey. Happy Holidays to you and your own and blessed 2017! * *Thomas Kamanzi* *Editorial Advisor/ press.africa* *tkamanzi(a)dotconnectafrica.org * [image: Join Our Mailing List] <https://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/email.jsp?m=1102516344150> * 2016: A Year In Review * * Saluting DCA's 2016 #YearoftheWomen * *#YearOfTheWomen 2016: Women Breaking the Glass Ceiling": * This year was aptly dedicated by DCA Trust as the "Year of the Women". From Simone Biles, the first American women gymnast to win four gold medals in a SINGLE Olympics or the Ethiopian Almaz Ayana to win the women's 10,000 meters setting a new World and Olympic record at the Rio World Olympics 2016 to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton First Woman Nominated by a major US, Party for Presidency for US election, to the women who work daily to make the world better. Viva to you all! Read more <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> * DotConnectAfrica Recap:Global #PolicyAdvocacy, Commentary and Contributions * During the year 2016 DCA Trust and its affiliates has contributed to and participated in several Internet Governance topics and forums that include : - * Commentary: Why African Telecom Union (ATU) Proposal Should be Rejected <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> * - *Commentary: **Would internet transition have an impact on current US election? <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…>, by DCA Principal for The Hill.* - * Q&A: DCA Trust Founder on Status of .Africa & Why Other African gTLDs failed to Go Live! <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> * - *Commentary: The IANA Transition's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> * * Lisbon, Portugal: DCA at High Level Talk: Africa's development on #EurAfrican Forum * *Main picture: EurAfrican Delegation Inset: Left: DCA Founder Ms. Sophia Bekele with Portugal President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa* International Entrepreneur and ICT Activist, Sophia Bekele was invited to a high-level key note panel at the Eurafrican Forum in October 2016, Lisbon, Portugal. Read more <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> *"Regarding technology and innovation, Africa is heavily focused on the apps economy, a gravitation towards mobile, cloud computing and internet of things (IOT). This is helped by the fact that women and youth are getting to be part of this innovation because of the work that organizations like DCA Trust is doing locally. As regards broadband in Africa, it is not so much the lack of connectivity but the quality of connectivity which needs to be improved."*-- Sophia Bekele * Nairobi, Kenya Our Impact Initiatives: Miss.Africa #SeedFund #MobileApp Developers Graduate. * October 2016: After a successful 3 month training of the Twenty Five (25) women selected from over three hundred applicants who benefited directly from the Miss.Africa Seed fund. Read more <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> * Nairobi, Kenya: Miss.Africa announces 2016, Seed Funding Tech Initiative for women in Africa * July 21, 2016: DCA Trust in a* #STEM4girls* Pan-African campaign, the Miss.Africa program is mobilizing a Round II Seed Fund for Tech initiatives n Africa that will avail small grants to support women and girls in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields to launch or expand their own initiatives that will increase digital opportunities in IT related training, jobs and leadership roles. Read more <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> * DotConnectAfrica Tedbits: "We Paved the Way" THE #INNOVATION ISSUE * *"Miss.Africa, Generation.Africa, the .Africa gTLD - * *We know we rallied Africa"* CEO, DCA Group, Sophia Bekele June 2016: DotConnectAfrica is very proud that most of the PanAfrica initiatives we pioneered in Africa such as Miss.Africa for Women education and empowerment particularly in ICT and STEM has now gotten attention of African leadership and mainstreamed in the African Agenda at various African Counties. Read more <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> *Madagascar: Django Girls initiative empowered by Miss.Africa fund* DCA agree and believe in the power and untapped potential of Africa and we have made strides in ensuring that this potential is uncovered. *Kenya: Inaugural Grand Prize Seed Fund Winner eMobilis with part of the 25 women benefited from fully funded training* *Pycon Cameroon programming training session funded by Miss.Africa fund* *More pictorials from our activities can be accessed here <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…>* * Nairobi Kenya: DCA Trust Announces eMobilis as the Winner of its Inaugural Miss.Africa #SeedFund * *Happy Women's Month* March 15, 2016: The Miss. Africa Initiative, a pan-african trust program of DotConnectAfrica (DCA) announces its winner of the Miss.Africa 2015 USD 5000 Seed Fund as eMobilis. Read more <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> * California : US Court GRANTS DotConnectAfrica a Preliminary Injunction on .Africa * April 12, 2016 Nairobi, Kenya:A UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA - WESTERN DIVISION ruling has granted a Preliminary Injunction for DotConnectAfrica, the decision for case no. 16-CV-00862 RGK (JCx) [PDF] DotConnectAfrica Trust v. Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers & ZA Central Registry. The Court finds it more prejudicial to the African community, and the international community in general, if the delegation of .Africa is made prior to a determination on the fairness of the process by which it was delegated. Read more <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> * DotConnectAfrica Tedbits: "THE WOMAN'S ISSUE" * Celebrating the End of Women's History Month *"Women's **issues are no longer being discussed in dark corners and hushed tones"* March 2016: From our newsletter, Internet industry updates, policy trends, tips, and news on Africa. It is indeed the Year of The Women and what a great start it has been!. Read more <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> * DotConnectAfrica Update: United States Court Has Granted an Interim Relief for DCA Trust on .Africa * March 2016: A UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA - WESTERN DIVISION ruling has granted an Interim Relief for DotConnectAfrica by issuing a decision [PDF Case No: CV 16-00862 RGK (JCx)] below that ICANN should hold off from delegating the .AFRICA top-level domain (TLD) for ZA Central Registry (ZACR). 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Internet, phones blocked as House debates election laws - Politics and policy
by Ali Hussein 21 Dec '16

21 Dec '16

Listers Security personal yesterday blocked the internet, phones in and around parliament buildings during a special session to discuss the budget and amendments to the electoral law to allow for alternative manual transmission of electoral results in the event the electronic systems fail. Read on:- http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Internet--phones-blocked-as-House-debate… A few weeks ago we discussed this issue of shutting down communication channels during crises across African countries. Well now you have your answer. If the government can shut down parliamentarians imagine what they can do to the rest of the country. Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad

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Kenyan Tech Engineer, Zak Muriuki, Died in Ethiopian Jail
by Ali Hussein 17 Dec '16

17 Dec '16

Listers Saddest news. It also appears that there are three more Kenyan ICT Practitioners who are still languishing in prison in Ethiopia. The main charge is that they are accused of installing communication equipment without a license. Mugo, was arrested with Zak (may the almighty rest his soul in peace) over a year ago and Osborne Otinda with his colleague Maxwell Odhiambo (according to today's Nation, Page 3) were arrested in October 2014 and are still in jail. Excerpts:- (Addis Standard) – The body of a Kenyan engineer who died while in an Ethiopian prison has arrived home on Thursday Dec. 11th. Zak Muriuki, a father of two girls (pictured) and a tech engineer by profession, arrived in Ethiopia nearly two years ago on January 9, 2015, according to information obtained by Addis Standard. He was arrested on January 10 along with another Kenyan, Jadrick Mugo, who is still in prison. Read on:- http://www.ayyaantuu.net/kenyan-tech-engineer-zak-muriuki/ It also appears that the government is doing what it can to get the Kenyans released. Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad

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News Feed FYI: Addressing Hoaxes and Fake News | Facebook Newsroom
by Ali Hussein 16 Dec '16

16 Dec '16

Listers Important developments in the wake of Hoaxes and Fake News which some claim contributed to the victory of Donald Trump. Excerpts:- A few weeks ago we previewed some of the things we’re working on to address the issue of fake news and hoaxes. We’re committed to doing our part and today we’d like to share some updates we’re testing and starting to roll out. We believe in giving people a voice and that we cannot become arbiters of truth ourselves, so we’re approaching this problem carefully. We’ve focused our efforts on the worst of the worst, on the clear hoaxes spread by spammers for their own gain, and on engaging both our community and third party organizations. Read on:- http://newsroom.fb.com/news/2016/12/news-feed-fyi-addressing-hoaxes-and-fak… Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad

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IBM eyes Blockchain technology deal for Kenya’s public records
by Ali Hussein 16 Dec '16

16 Dec '16

Listers Global Tech Giant, IBM is in talks to use BlockChain Technology in management of records in the Health, Education and Real Estate Sectors. Read on:- IBM eyes BlockChain deals <http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/IBM-eyes-Blockchain-techn…> Definitely a welcome development. The community will be watching keenly on how this develops. This technology is certainly game changing and its super commendable that the Government has taken the first step towards this. We do hope that this will also soon include the favorable adaption of this technology towards addressing the systemic risks in the Financial Sector. Yesterday, at the BlockChain Conference at Strathmore, we had the good fortune to be addressed by a Mr. Nyimbi Odero, an Advisor, Innovation & Digitization Ecosystem at the MOICT. We were impressed by the address on how the Ministry is collaborating within the Government to ensure that Innovation and Digitization permeates the whole government ecosystem. As a player in the Fintech space in this country I would humbly request the Ministry to look at what the Central Bank of the Netherlands is doing to nurture innovation in the Dutch Financial Sector. These guys have gone beyond the Regulatory Mandate to further the needs of the country in the New Normal. The white paper below (click the link) summarizes what they are doing but the title of it speaks volumes:- *Technology Innovation and the Dutch Financial Sector: * Opportunities and risks for financial institutions, new market participants and supervision Technology Innovation and the Dutch Financial Sector <https://www.dnb.nl/en/binaries/Themaonderzoek%20%20uk_tcm47-336322.PDF> Happy reading! *Ali Hussein* *Principal* *Hussein & Associates* Tel: +254 713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> 13th Floor , Delta Towers, Oracle Wing, Chiromo Road, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya. Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with.

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Snippets from the BlockChain Conference happening now at Strathmore
by Ali Hussein 15 Dec '16

15 Dec '16

Listers Snippets:- 1. Government in partnership with IBM implementing a BlockChain Education Platform to ensure efficacy of Educational Certificates. (Do I hear Matian'gi in the background?) :-) 2. Other uses for BlockChain being considered by Government. Great stuff! We are cheering you on!! Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad

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Countries Do Not Control The Internet Companies Do
by WANGARI KABIRU 13 Dec '16

13 Dec '16

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2016/11/countries_do_… "...or instance: Have you ever read your favorite providers’ terms of service? When we click “I agree,” we hand over the right to track us, to profile us, to scan our email and chat content; to remove, edit, or share and sell our content without giving us a cut of the revenues. Facebook “likes” alone can reveal an individual’s gender, age, race, sexuality, political, and religious views. Target correctly inferred that a teenage girl was pregnant based on big data profiling—as her father found out when he phoned to complain that she’d been sent coupons for baby products.... One of the queries during the ICT review related to dominance to which this article delves into. Be blessed. Regards/Wangari--- Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth".

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Blockchain Technology Conference Tickets
by Moses Karanja 13 Dec '16

13 Dec '16

Cross posting on different mailing lists ------ Hello listers. COALA, a collaboration between academics, lawyers, technologists and entrepreneurs on blockchain ecosystem have brought their signature workshops to Nairobi this week. On Dec 15/16 (Thursday and Friday), there will be a public workshop at Strathmore with some of the leading minds on blockchain technologies like *Vitalik Buterin *(Founder, Ethereum), *Nii Quaynor* (Internet Pioneer) and *Bruce Schneier* (Security expert) among others. More details and tickets are here: http://blockchainworkshops.org/kenya/ If for any reason you or the organization you represent is not in a position to pay for the tickets, please fill this short form *as soon as possible* for consideration for libre premium tickets: https://goo.gl/8p3RJF If you are not around to attend but know someone who may benefit from this valuable workshop, kindly spread the word. —— — Moses

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UPDATE ON KICTANET ENGAGEMENT WITH VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS ON THE ICT PRACTITIONERS BILL
by Ali Hussein 08 Dec '16

08 Dec '16

Dear all Further to our formal update on this matter on 17th August 2016. As we had earlier informed you, KICTANet is working in a consortium comprising of ourselves, the Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA), the Technology Service Providers of Kenya (TESPOK), Kenya Information Technology and Outsourcing Services (KITOS), Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) and the iHub. The consortium after presenting a memorandum opposing the Bill was told that this was not among the options available to the National Assembly Energy and ICT Committee as the role of the committee was to consider the Bill and report back to the House. The Committee advised that we single out clauses that we would like amended and propose amendments. In considering amendments, the consortium was guided by the following: a) ICTs are novel and cross-cutting and therefore, many people in various professions may be defined as ICT practitioners if the term was to be broadly interpreted. The law should not target people whose primary occupation is not ICT or people who use ICT as an enabler to their primary occupation. b) There are many especially young people using ICTs to develop solutions to everyday challenges through experimental approaches. The law should not be crafted as a hindrance to innovation. c) After listening to the concerns of the sponsor of the Bill, where he cited quacks as a problem in the ICT sector, the consortium proposed that there could be a database of ICT practitioners but without accompanying encumbrances such as annual licensing, tests and mandatory training. d) Other issues were the need for a governing organ that was representative of the sector and the overarching principle that government/governance should be more of facilitative than a hindrance to people's freedom to achieve their destiny. We would just like to assure the network that we participated in proposing amendments as this was the only avenue provided by the Committee to receive our memorandum. We have always reiterated our position that we are opposed to this Bill in toto. We are awaiting the report of the Committee which will then be tabled in Parliament for subsequent parliamentary procedures. We are cognisant of the fact that the Bill is sponsored by the Member for Garissa Town who is also the Leader of Majority in the National Assembly. We had written to him expressing our opposition to the Bill and praying that Parliament help this sector by prioritising other crucial Bills such as the Data Protection Act. We call upon members of this network to join us in sensitizing Members of Parliament on our rationale for opposing this law. It is only through concerted efforts that we can kill this Bill. #KillTheICTBill Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad

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Re: [isoc_ke] [kictanet] Update: Feedback on the 2016 ICT POLICY - REMINDER No. 4
by WANGARI KABIRU 07 Dec '16

07 Dec '16

Kathy Brown @ IGF2016 Host Country-Led Day Zero Plenary | | | | | | | | | | | Kathy Brown @ IGF2016 Host Country-Led Day Zero Plenary Internet Society President & CEO Kathryn C. Brown presentation at Host Country-Led Day Zero Plenary at Inter... | | | | Pray you are very well. Kathy Brown's Internet Society ISOC President & CEO statements @IGF2016 underscore my remarks at the ICT 2016 Review; Our "middle-class syndrome" is at play here; the middle-class is giving a utopian view on the state of the Internet and ICT in general.Cables terminate where the low-income settlement starts, cut across the rural mainroads with no penetration into our villages. SGR is another opportunity for the rail line to cut through and yes, we shall sniff connectivity across towns. Yes, we may have a signal, however this is NOT equal to having access that is affordable to equitably harness the opportunities. i. The current model is propagating digitally-induced poverty; access, affordability and opportunity are not equitable ii. The Business thinking today will not solve the digital development challenge that it has created intentionally or not - it will only propagate it if left alone iii. The Technical Community must engage with the political system for the sake of the masses. The Technical Community and Academia must wear the "development cap" and political not just business orientation. iv. The Development Sector today focused on basic needs of water, healthcare, food must realise that in the knowledge economy, the next thing that will affect their people is segregation due to lack to knowing. CSOs must increasingly add to their programming Internet; access, affordability and opportunity. Again the Technical Community (and Academia) has a big role here as CSOs are not well versed on where to plug in into the technical debates and in turn development-based action plans. There must be a better formula to be better bedfellows with the Government (this is where policy is defined) building trust and legitimate roles for all players; even for small, illegit, unheard masses. Walu you are not off the hook! Academia, Development and Technical Community must have harmonious co-existence with Business and Government. ....perhaps that is how it is played from the political end. Finish what you started. Be blessed. Regards/Wangari --- Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth". On Tuesday, 6 December 2016, 16:54, Margaret Favour via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: Thank you Grace and the rest of the people for your input into debate on KEPSA...following as I learn....Appreciated very much!!! Margaret Mwangi-KICTANet member On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 4:34 PM, Collins Areba via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: C.A.R.T.E.L.I.Z.A.T.I.O.N of ICT. On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 10:05 AM, Walubengo J via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: Ok. @GG, I guess we should all windup, close shop and join KEPSA? Seems that is where the updates are exclusively happening. (Un?)fortunately, some of us are in academics, and the KEPSA business focus, however valid and justified it maybe, it just does not present an exact fit in terms of a wider advocacy focus that is necessary within the ICT sector. walu.nb: But who knows, maybe when I finally get to open my 20-30 companies...I may just cross over to the greener pasture :-) From: Grace Githaiga via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > To: jwalu(a)yahoo.com Cc: Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 6, 2016 5:26 AM Subject: [kictanet] Update: Feedback on the 2016 ICT POLICY - REMINDER No. 4 Ali FYI. Seems the feedback was already provided? http://kepsa.or.ke/2016/09/30/ kepsa-holds-the-ict-ministeria l-stakeholder-forum/ | | KEPSA HOLDS THE ICT MINISTERIAL STAKEHOLDER FORUMkepsa.or.ke | From: kictanet <kictanet-bounces+ggithaiga=ho tmail.com(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > on behalf of Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > Sent: Monday, December 5, 2016 1:47 AM To: ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com Cc: Ali Hussein Subject: [kictanet] Feedback on the 2016 ICT POLICY - REMINDER No. 4 Bwana PS Kyalo The above refers. Could you kindly update us on the way forward regarding the 2016 ICT Policy? We would like to know how the community can help further and when the Policy will be become a 'live' document so we can be able to delve into it and extract the gems that lie therein. We would also like to know how the multi-stakeholder engagement benefited the development of the Policy, what was added, removed and the criteria used to do so. Of course we are also keen to see the final document. Thank you and looking forward to your response. Regards Ali HusseinPrincipalHussein & Associates+254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassimSkype: abu-jomoLinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.c om/in/alihkassim | | Ali Hussein Kassim | LinkedInke.linkedin.comView Ali Hussein Kassim’s professional profile on LinkedIn. LinkedIn is the world's largest business network, helping professionals like Ali Hussein Kassim discover ... | "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad ______________________________ _________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m ailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m ailman/options/kictanet/jwalu% 40yahoo.com The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. ______________________________ _________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m ailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m ailman/options/kictanet/arebac ollins%40gmail.com The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. -- Regards, Collins Areba, Kilifi, Kenya.Tel: +254 707 750 788 / 0731534124 Twitter: @arebacollins. Skype: arebacollins ______________________________ _________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ mailman/options/kictanet/ margaret.nyambush%40gmail.com The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/wangarikabiru%40yahoo… The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.

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Fw: [bestbits] IGF2016: Technological solutions for countering gender based harrasment
by WANGARI KABIRU 06 Dec '16

06 Dec '16

Pray you are well. Your ideas are welcome to engage Sadaf Khan (copied) and team from the Kenyan perspective. How might the online be a safer, equitable space for women? Women online (and child safety) have formed key discussions in the overall Internet Governance discussions. “online abuse and gender based violence can, among other things, limit women’s ability to take advantage of the opportunities that ICTs provide for the full realisation of women's human rights, act as a barrier to access that can exacerbate the gender digital gap, often violate women’s human rights, and reaffirm and reproduce gender stereotypes”. Thus, countering online abuse and gender-based violence is essential for both inclusivity and sustainability. With the Kenyan elections 2017 around the corner, women aspirants online is one area where we experience the lifting of physical abuse into the online space with no recourse (or just brushed off). I recall Fadzai Madzingira of Facebook mentions that this is an area of FB focus. Fadzai may also kindly add to the discussion shedding light on what we expect to see (or is happening) specifically for "protection" of women aspirants online (and female voters) or safeguarding their online rights and equity or good practices elsewhere. With thanks! Be blessed. Regards/Wangari --- Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth". On Tuesday, 6 December 2016, 23:22, Sadaf Khan <sadaf.baig03(a)gmail.com> wrote: Dear all, We are hosting a design thinking workshop on finding technological solutions to counter gender based harrasment online. The session is scheduled tomorrow (8-12-16) at 12:00pm in Workshop Room 16. People interested in brainstorming on technology based solutions are invited to join. Details of the session below:Countering gender based abuse online has been one of the key challenges that hinder optimal use of the Internet and other digital technologies. In the report of best practice forum on online abuse and gender based violence against women found that “abuse and gender-based violence against women, whether perpetrated online or offline, is difficult to address because of the attitudes, stereotypes and beliefs that underpin the issue. In an online context, such efforts are further complicated because responses need to be implemented within the global context of the Internet and with the cooperation of a multitude of stakeholders”. As the BFP’s report highlights the abuse against women remains disproportionate and technology at times becomes a tool, being used to commit, abet or aggravate different forms of violence against women.As noted in BFP on Countering Abuse report, “online abuse and gender based violence can, among other things, limit women’s ability to take advantage of the opportunities that ICTs provide for the full realisation of women's human rights, act as a barrier to access that can exacerbate the gender digital gap, often violate women’s human rights, and reaffirm and reproduce gender stereotypes”. Thus, countering online abuse and gender-based violence is essential for both inclusivity and sustainability. Enabling women to participate equally online would help create an environment which allows for the optimal use of the Internet and also help women access equal opportunities for growth and development in today’s digital, networked society.The session takes the design thinking approach to understand, analyse and find solutions for gender based abuse and harrasment online. Regards,Sadaf KhanDirector ProgramsMedia Matters for Democracy ____________________________________________________________

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Kenya BlockChain Workshops
by Ali Hussein 06 Dec '16

06 Dec '16

Listers The above refers. The COALA <http://coala.global/> organisation in partnership with KICTANet and other organisations are planning a series of workshops over several days to sensitive stakeholders on the disruptive technology that is BlockChain. The BlockChain Workshops investigate the upcoming challenges and opportunities provided by blockchain technologies, and their impact on the current social, economic and political order. Conference details and registration are available here <http://blockchainworkshops.org/kenya/>. We've created a special 30% discount code for KICTAnet members (discount code "KICTANET16"). Admission includes breakfast, morning/afternoon refreshments, and lunch each day. We will also hold a closing cocktail reception immediately following the end of the conference on Friday. This is a great opportunity to mix it up with a global and local audience on BlockChain Technology. Regards *Ali Hussein* *Principal* *Hussein & Associates* Tel: +254 713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> 13th Floor , Delta Towers, Oracle Wing, Chiromo Road, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya. Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with.

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Fw: [governance] 3 Books to be Presented at IGF
by WANGARI KABIRU 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

Pray you are well! This is the manual we need to explore on our community networks!Keen to see the application in our local context. <<<Community Connectivity. Building the Internet from Scratch. The book explores alternative models to expand connectivity in a sustainable fashion. The first part focus on community networks' governance while the second one analyses a series of case studies. Together with the Declaration on Community Connectivity, the book is the annual outcome of the IGF Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity.>>> http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/index.php?q=filedepot_download/3737… Blessed day. Regards/Wangari PreambleOver four billion people may remain unconnected to the Internet, including around a billionwho do not have access to basic telephony services. Most people in rural and economically disadvantaged areas are unlikely to realise the benefits of connectivity in the near term. Rural communities and slums dwellers represent almost 60% of the worldwide population and, to date, traditional Internet access models have failed to provide coverage to such populations. While Internet access has improved in several countries, concerns about vertical integration,breach of privacy and net neutrality have become increasingly concrete. Policy and regulation have been adopted to avoid abuses but regulatory environments may be cumbersome and ineffective in fostering connectivity.To reverse these trends and reclaim the role of the commons in networks, it is necessary to create appropriate frameworks that empower communities and local entrepreneurs to solve their own connectivity challenges, thus creating new opportunities in a sustainable fashion. Bottom-up strategies that embrace non-discriminatory treatment of Internet traffic and diversity in the first square mile can truly empower individuals and communities, allowing everyone to play an active role in making connectivity affordable and easily accessible. --- Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth". On Friday, 2 December 2016, 20:53, "LB(a)lucabelli.net" <LB(a)lucabelli.net> wrote: And here is the content of the book on Net Neutrality that was missing in the previous email (apologies :) #yiv6974423755 #yiv6974423755wmQuoteWrapper P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;} Dear all, (apologies for crossposting) The UN Internet Governance Forum is starting next week and CTS/FGV will be promoting 3 books that might be of your interest: - Terms of Service and Human Rights. The book has been developed in partnership with the Council of Europe. It analyses the compatibility of the terms of service of 50 of the most popular online platforms with international human rights standards. It also includes the Recommendations on Terms of Service and Human Rights, one of the IGF 2015 outcomes, developed by the IGF Dynamic Coalition on Platform Responsibility, last year. - Net Neutrality Reloaded. Zero Rating, Specialised Services, Ad Bloking and Traffic Management. The book explores the most recent net neutrality trands. 7 out of 10 chapters are dedicated to the various aspects of zero rating practices, a very prominent issue, particularly in developing counties. The book is the annual outcome of the IGF Dynamic Coalition on Net Neutrality. - Community Connectivity. Building the Internet from Scratch. The book explores alternative models to expand connectivity in a sustainable fashion. The first part focus on community networks' governance while the second one analyses a series of case studies. Together with the Declaration on Community Connectivity, the book is the annual outcome of the IGF Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity. Below, you can find the book contents. Free hard copies of the books will be distributed at the IGF. Here is CTS/FGV schedule, should you be interested in joining us and have your copy of the books. The Open Access versions will be released right after the IGF, under Creative Commons Licenses. I would like to thank all those who participated in the development of the books (notably those who are in this mailing list) for their great contributions. Please do not hesitate to circulate this email to any interested person. Best regards, Luca -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Luca Belli, PhD Senior Researcher, Center for Technology & Society, FGV Rio de Janeiro Chercheur Associé, Centre de Droit Public Comparé, Université Paris 2 Head of Internet Governance @ FGV internet-governance.fgv.br----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________________ Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t

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Day 1 of 3: 2016 ICT Year in Review Feedback - Policy, Legal & Regulatory Issues
by WANGARI KABIRU 01 Dec '16

01 Dec '16

Blessed new month December! Kindly find comments, with thanks! Be blessed! Regards/Wangari Day 1 of 3: 2016 ICT Year in Review Feedback -Policy, Legal & Regulatory Issues Listers,(apologies for cross-posting) Thanksagain for those who spared time to provide feedback - so that the rest of uscan read and interrogate the same :-) Over thenext 3 days I shall share the feedback and basically hope to get furtherreactions from the floor. I attach the feedback document but withsummaries below: 1. Policy& Legal Feedback a) 52% of the respondents felt that the UniversalService Fund(USF) had not met its objective. 40% felt that it had to a moderateextent while 8% felt it had a very large extent. - CSOs tappinginto the fund; for advocacy, lobbying- Innovators - for groundbreaking research and solutions that others may ride on as enterprises a) 61% of therespondents felt that ICT Policies and initiative had not impacted thecounties. 23% of the respondents felt that these had moderately impacted thecounties, while 10% felt they had an impact to a very large extent.- CountyGovernments must take initiative to inbuilt in their services. c) 41% of the respondents felt that the multi-stakeholder approachbetween ICT stakeholders and government was moderately achieved. 31% feltit was not achieved while 25% felt it was, to a very large extent.We have seen public calls to ICT stakeholders by Government agencies- The Tech community contribution can do much better- CSOs are not at the forefront lobbying - perhaps may not have the capacity d) Policy/Legal Issues not yet addressed include: Cyber Crime /CyberSecurity Bill and its position in Senate and National Assembly, Data ProtectionBill, ICT Practitioners Bill, Privacy Issue Linkages between National &County Governments on ICT matters, Quality of Internet, Infrastructure SharingRegulatory FeedbackThe feedback loop can be improved2. Regulatory Feedbacka) 48% of the respondents felt that the question of affordable communications/internetpricing had not been well addressed. 30% felt that the question of affordablepricing has been moderately addressed while 20% felt it has been addressed to avery large extent.- CSOs who are best placed to lobbyfor this seem not to consider ICT as a frontier to venture into. They are stillfocused on the poverty areas where donors pump money of food, health, education- Donor support linked to the ICTs isnew frontier that entities like ISOC Chapter may champion forb) 68% of the respondents felt that the issue of dominance in the sectorwas affecting pricing of communication services to a very large extent. 16%felt it moderately affected pricing while 13% felt it was really not an issue.- Monopoly, oligopoly with a lukewarm regulator hand to players is notgood for the consumer. It is very good for the investor- The fact that the ICT sector is predominantly foreign-owned should be acontributor – with repatriation of profits and foreign versus local interestsc) 48% of the respondents felt that the urban-rural digital divide hadnot been adequately addressed while 34% felt that it had been moderatelyaddressed while only 7% felt it had been addressed to a very large extent. Urban-urban divide requires to get into the conversation. This is also adiscriminatory element.- ISPs cables within urban centres terminate as you enter into a slumarea.- What this means is that the low income pay more, have to find theirown local ways to access servicese.g Kenya Power in the slum electrification has shown that it can bedone.d) 65% of the respondents felt that the regulator had not addressed theissue of inclusivity with regard to persons with disabilities (PWD). 27% feltthis had been moderately addressed while only 5% felt it has been addressed toa large extent.What does legislation say – this becomes the benchmark andall players comply- CSOs take on their role to engage and lobby for e) Areas needing Regulatory Interventions: Operator Dominance Issues,Internet Pricing & Affordability issues, White Spaces, Operationalizationof Universal Service Fund & Access, Failed Number Portability, Dataprotection for Subscriber Data, Conflict between regulatory bodies, Last mileconnectivity and Way-leaves, Net-Neutrality, Support for ICT-startups, Supportfor Digital evidence in courts, Inclusion & Support for Persons With Irrespectiveof whether you participated in the questionnaire or not, you are invitedto comment, support, oppose and/or seek clarifications on the views ofstakeholders.Tommorrow weshall post the feedback on Human Capital & Infrastructure. --- Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth".

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Re: [isoc_ke] [kictanet] Day 3 of 3: 2016 ICT Year in Review Feedback - Information Infrastructure Issues
by WANGARI KABIRU 01 Dec '16

01 Dec '16

Blessed new month! Kindly find comments, with thanks! Blessed day. Regards/Wangari Re: [kictanet] Day 3 of 3: 2016 ICT Year in ReviewFeedback - Information Infrastructure IssuesFrom: Walubengo J via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > To: jwalu(a)yahoo.com Cc: Walubengo J <jwalu(a)yahoo.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 7:23 AM Subject: Re: [kictanet] Day 2(a) of 3: 2016 ICT Year in Review Feedback- Human Capital Feedback Thanx Bomu, Wangari, Rop, Barrack, Wambui and others for yourreactions...the floor is actually open for belated reactions on previousthematic areas, just keep the subject line in context. Today we share the feedback on the last thematic area :- InformationInfrastructure as given below. a) 86% of the respondents felt that governmentdigitization (Huduma Centers, eCitizen portal, etc) program has been useful toa very large extent. 12% felt it was moderately useful with a very smallminority1.5 thinking it has not been useful.The usefulness isundoubted when you look at access, possibly when you compare with a past whenit was not as efficient.Kenya has won awardsand honourable global recognition for some of the initiatives such as HudumaCenters.Let us move thediscourse forward now. Is this the best there is?- Could we define afuture then gauge from it- What other practicesare there in other countries- How is the businessand technical community riding on this “like over the top services”Areas to interrogate;- Local supply- Local labourWhat are the declared hiddencosts;- The user pays the feefor the service- There is anadministration fee e.g business name search went higher. What are the undeclaredhidden costs;- Buy a phone that iscompliant- The user absorbs theother hidden costs – internet bundles, cybercafé charge – cybers charge Ksh200-500 to assist with PIN registry plus cybercafé per minute charges- Centralised servicesaway from our local chiefs means transport costs - These undeclaredhidden costs are poverty propagators – the well to do seeking for efficiencymay not feel the pinch loudly, what of the hard-pressed?- Who is benefiting – Phonecompanies, ISPs, local cybersb) 48% of the respondents felt that thedigitization of government operations has gone to the other sectors to amoderate extent. 30% felt this cross-sector absorption of ICTs has not reallyhappened while 10% feel it has to a very large extent.A wholesome survey on the national state would aidto respond to this with affirmative- This is where CSOs plug in and conduct a neutralsurveyPR is important- Discussions in public recently were on how IFMISis said to propagate fraud by senior officials – Governors who definemwananchis mindset a lot. Leaders should be held accountable c) 52% of the respondents felt that the localcontent industry has NOT been well supported. 34% felt it has been moderatelysupported while only 8% felt it has been supported to a very large extent.We need a sharedappreciation of local content – and to broaden the scope- This has been takento be for TV, Radio mainly in the arts. - This would elicit heavy emotions versusrationalisation- Universities and higher level institutions can take this one d) 70% of the respondents felt that the issue ofinformation security has not been adequately addressed. 25% thought it had beenmoderately addressed while only 4% felt it had been addressed to a very largeextent.This must get into the Internet Governanceconversations- Lack of security or protection negates and reduces thethrust of ICTs driving the economyGod is merciful to us certainly because the day “saidfraudstar types” descend, Kenyans are in trouble- As a general public, awareness on security evenphysical security is not an every day factor- This makes digital security a farfetched subjectto most- Until money is involved- Data is conceptualPrivate sector as the provider of services must beincreasingly liable to protect its customers. Consumers trust that the produceris in the market and certified because they offer a good product – which includesprotection from all harm- Might this be a factor in increase in cost ofsome services - Consumer education should be reinforced. ByGovernment, CSOs and private sector – the way a product/service is broadcasted,the dangers should be highlighted tood) The following werementioned as key info-infrastructure interventions that have not beenaddressed/misaddressed: Misguided/aggressive e-Content regulation maybecounter-productive to local content industry. Security surveillance withoutData Protection Act is counter-productive. The Government Shared Serviceconcept still not effective, particularly at County levels. Expand eGovServices to be accessible thro USSD, Improve the user-interface on mostGovernment websites, enhance cyber security and offer public awareness programson the same. The detailed report is attached and we have until tomorrow mid-day toclose this up. --- Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth".

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[kictanet] Day 2(a) of 3: 2016 ICT Year in Review Feedback - Human Capital Feedback
by WANGARI KABIRU 01 Dec '16

01 Dec '16

Blessed new month December! Kindly find comments with thanks! Regards/Wangari [kictanet] Day 2(a) of 3: 2016 ICT Year inReview Feedback - Human Capital Feedback WalubengoJ via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> To wangarikabiru(a)yahoo.co.ukCC Walubengo J 29 Nov at12:48 PM Thanx Barrack, Looks like Day1 had littlereaction/comments. Feel free to belatedly post on Policy, Legal/ Regulatory mattersbut just keep the correct subject line. Today we to move to Day2a (HumanCapital feedback) and Day 2b (Infrastructure feedback to be sent in next email) Summary feedback on Human Capital wasas follows with detailed document attached. a) 41% of the respondents felt that the government hadprovided sufficient ICT opportunities for the youth to a moderate extent. 30%however felt youth opportunities had not been effectively provided, while 27%felt it had been done to a large extent. How far is this the mandate of the Government? - ICT Labour force projections; then building capacity backwards Some areas that may betapped into;- Private sector in capacity building of their staff- Personal initiatives to advance in ICT skills- Community resource centresb) 58% of therespondents felt that the DLP (Laptop Project) will have a positive impact to avery large extent. 30% felt it would be a moderate impact while 12% think itwill have little or no impact. There is a lot of positiveness - Keeping in mind that the laptop is not the education and that learnershave different abilitiesc) 40% of therespondents felt that tertiary institutions were, to a moderate extentproviding the requisite skill set for the ICT industry. 34% felt they were to alarge extent providing these skills while 24% felt they were not.ICT skills to many is still at the word, excel tutorials – so as to handin typed out assignments- The tertiary institutions should be able to lift the level of learningfor all learners beyond thisd) 40% of therespondents felt that Konza City will have a positive impact to a very largeextent. 21% felt it will be a moderate impact while 25% think it will have noimpact.- Replicationacross the country- Lift one to theremote areas of Kenya; open up- CountyGovernment can take on such as their own long term initiative; investoropportunities, local jobse) Providegeneral ICT literacy programmes to the public, Coding as a skill to allstudents – irrespective of discipline, Continuity in government offices (ratherthan sabotage of previous holder initiatives), Improve Academia-Government-Industry linkages, Cryptography training, Identify and supportTechnology Universities, Promote Incubation Center, Have mechanisms to weed outICT quacks, Provide ICT scholarships, Standardize ICT Trainings, Digitizationof key services - police occurrence books, land registries should be availed tothe youth.Toa maoni (let hear your reactions) walu. --- Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth".

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Fwd: [Internet Policy] Call for Nominations for Internet Technical Community Representation in the Internet Governance Forum Multistakeholder Advisory Group 2017 (MAG)
by Barrack Otieno 30 Nov '16

30 Nov '16

Listers, For your attention. Best Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Carl Gahnberg <gahnberg(a)isoc.org> Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 18:11:06 +0000 Subject: [Internet Policy] Call for Nominations for Internet Technical Community Representation in the Internet Governance Forum Multistakeholder Advisory Group 2017 (MAG) To: Internet Policy External <InternetPolicy(a)elists.isoc.org> Call for Nominations: 2017 MAG Renewal The Internet Society (ISOC) is facilitating a process leading to recommendations from the Internet Technical Collaboration Group<http://www.internetcollaboration.org/> for participation in the 2017 Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG<http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/magabout>). This process is for the technical community candidates only and candidate evaluations will include their relationship to that community. Other communities have their own processes. The purpose of the Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) is to advise the U.N. Secretary General on the programme and schedule of the Internet Governance Forum meetings. The MAG comprises of 55 Members from governments, the private sector and civil society, including representatives from the academic and technical communities. Those nominated should expect to attend two virtual MAG meetings per month as well as typically three face to face meetings per year. Individuals interested in being suggested by the Nominating Committee are invited to complete the Nomination Form<http://www.internetcollaboration.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/11/20…> in full and return it to information.itcg(a)gmail.com<mailto:information.itcg@gmail.com> by 2359 UTC on Tuesday, December 6th. In addition, applicants are asked to provide responses to a set of Questions<http://www.internetcollaboration.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/11/Su…> that are specific to the Internet technical community. Applications with incomplete responses to either set of questions will not be considered. Preferred formats for document submissions are .pdf and .txt. ISOC will transmit the names of nominees to the United Nations no later than December 16th 2016. Both sets of questions should be answered completely. Responses need not necessarily be lengthy, but they must be sufficiently content-full that the Nominating Committee can accurately judge from them the extent and specifics of your background. If the applicant believes that an existing CV or biographical sketch would contribute to the Nominating Committee's understanding of the candidacy, such a document may be provided in either PDF form or in the form of a link. In terms of attendance at physical meetings, potential funding for MAG members (selected applicants) is available through the IGF "Participant funding" program outlined at http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/participant-funding. Note that this program is targeted only toward participants from Least Developed Countries, Developing Countries or Transitional Economies. 2017 MAG NomCom Members: * Michael Nelson * Scott Mansfield * Nigel Hickson * Chris Disspain * Adiel Akplogan * Pablo Hinojosa * Alejandro Pisanty Quick Links: * Nomination Form<http://www.internetcollaboration.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/11/20…> (2017) * Supplementary Questions Form<http://www.internetcollaboration.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/11/Su…> (2017) * Submit both forms to: information.itcg(a)gmail.com * Potential UN funding for applicants<http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/participant-funding> for attendance at physical meetings * UN Call for Nominations<http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/announcement-from-mr-wu-hon…> Privacy Statement The nominating committee is required to forward information provided by nominees on the MAG Nomination Form to the United Nations for purposes of the nomination. With the exception of candidates naming themselves, information provided to the NOMCOM for its consideration shall be treated in the strictest confidence. -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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