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5 FINTECH COMPANIES SHAPING THE FUTURE OF MONEY!!
by Wangari Kabiru 18 Jul '16

18 Jul '16

Blessed Monday! Elizabeth your broadening brief is enlightening, thank you for it! To that, in the "spirit of cryptogenia" keeping it crypto, I share on "5 FINTECH COMPANIES SHAPING THE FUTURE OF MONEY!!"; http://cointelegraph.com/news/5-fintech-companies-to-shape-the-future-of-mo… One of them even aims to make governments irrelevant (ish).... Kile ambacho chatatanisha ni yakuwa "our savannah is dry" katika mambo haya ilihali tuna wana teknologia chipukizi. There is a blokchain hotbed, it had better be for IGF! Blessed week. Regards/Wangari On Jul 15, 2016 13:53, Tony White via kictanet wrote: > > ...and another interesting read: > > "Ex-Google engineers have spent 2 years secretly trying to solve 'the > hardest problem in banking' ", > applying blockchain technology to core banking systems. > > http://goo.gl/kIkabb > > Cheers, > Tony > > On 15/07/2016, Ali Hussein via kictanet wrote: > > Elizabeth and all > > > > Well put. The detractors of digital currencies always point out National > > Security concerns, terrorism and money laundering as a way to let the world > > know how dangerous they are. What they fail to tell us is that these issues > > will remain whether or not digital currencies remain. And of course there is > > also the possibility that technologies like Blockchains are now being tested > > by regulators to counter/monitor systemic failures/risk in global financial > > systems. > > > > Here's interesting reading on this issue:- > > > > http://www.bna.com/regulators-show-interest-n57982064247/ > > > > Ali Hussein > > Principal > > Hussein & Associates > > +254 0713 601113 / 0770906375 > > > > 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 > > > >> On 15 Jul 2016, at 10:22 AM, Elizabeth Rossiello via kictanet > >> wrote: > >> > >> Greetings all, > >> > >> Yes this does occur with digital currencies -- but how many drugs are sold > >> for cash in Kenya? Around the world? The percentage sold via the "dark > >> web" is infinitesimal. These "dark markets" are also crawling with law > >> enforcement agents, setting meetups and stings just as they would for > >> normal illegal transactions. The use of digital currencies for payment on > >> the dark web is an exciting movie plotline but not any real threat for > >> increasing the amount of drug use. > >> > >> Rather than support scary stories about drugs and terrorism -- which > >> research by banks and law enforcement has continued to prove is not an > >> issue -- let's look at some of the real risk / risk mitigation tactics of > >> digital currencies: > >> > >> RISK 1: retail users who do not know how to use this technology can > >> struggle and lose their money; by either engaging in pyramid schemes, > >> phishing scams, or by even forgetting their password. This is similar to > >> when ATM cards were first distributed, or even mobile money, and there was > >> a lot of education to do about proper password security, responding to > >> mobile money themed text scams, etc. > >> > >> Mitigation Tactic: Require companies using this technology to have > >> customer support, consumer protection policies, and multi-level sign-up or > >> account opening processes to self-select more tech savvy customers > >> > >> RISK 2: companies that "store" or hold wallets of digitial currencies for > >> consumers do not follow appropriate storage and core capital > >> requirements...putting their customer's money at risk. > >> > >> Mitigation Tactic: Just as when the DTM license was introduced in Kenya - > >> any company set up in the country that stores customer funds should have > >> strict deposit-taking requirements, safeguards, etc. > >> > >> Thanks for listening! > >> Elizabeth > >> > >> > >>> On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 12:31 AM, Wangari Kabiru via kictanet > >>> wrote: > >>> Blessed Furahi Day! > >>> > >>> Read on the two sides of the "coin". > >>> > >>> Be blessed. > >>> > >>> Regards/Wangari > >>> > >>> ==== > >>> > >>> Shedding light on the dark web > >>> > >>> The drug trade is moving from the street to online cryptomarkets....... > >>> > >>> Online drug markets are part of the “dark web”: sites only accessible > >>> through browsers such as Tor, which route communications via several > >>> computer

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Kenya ICT Action Network Report on the Draft ICT Policy
by Barrack Otieno 16 Jul '16

16 Jul '16

Dear Colleagues Attached please find the draft report on the Online discussions that we had last week on the Draft ICT Bill for your comments and feedback. The same will be validated during a face to face meeting to be announced soon. Thank you Walu and Barrack

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Fwd: [Igfregionals] Call for Input: Connecting & Enabling the Next Billion 2016
by Barrack Otieno 15 Jul '16

15 Jul '16

Listers, This is for your attention and action. Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Anri VAN DER SPUY <AVANDERSPUY(a)unog.ch> Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 22:00:01 +0200 Subject: [Igfregionals] Call for Input: Connecting & Enabling the Next Billion 2016 To: igfregionals(a)intgovforum.org Dear all This week we issued the attached Call for Public Input on Phase II of the intersessional theme 'Policy Options for Connecting and Enabling the Next Billion'. This call is based on the framework document which has been developed with the generous assistance of various stakeholders over the past few months. This document stresses, in particular, the need for investigating national and regional specificities with the help of NRIs. For this reason, the working group would like to encourage the organizers/ participants of NRIs to continue participating in this important initiative, which will help pave the way to IGF 2016 in Guadalajara, Mexico, in December this year. As the organizers of and/or participants in (an) NRI(s), you are hereby invited to share this call with your communities and to submit your valuable views and background contributions to the theme. Contributions can be sent prior to or after your local events and will thus be accepted on a continuous, rolling basis in the months before IGF 2016. While all contributions will be welcomed, a proposed format for submissions is contained in the attached Call for Public Input. Kindly send all input to Anri van der Spuy (avanderspuy(a)unog.ch) and Brian Gutterman (gutterman(a)un.org) Best regards, IGF Secretariat -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Fwd: [CCWG-ACCT] Speech by Larry Strickling
by Barrack Otieno 15 Jul '16

15 Jul '16

Listers, Quite and interesting piece from the Assistant Secretary Larry Strickling on the IANA transition. It is worth reading if you are interested in Internet Governance. Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Chris Disspain <chris(a)disspain.id.au> Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2016 09:15:52 +1000 Subject: [CCWG-ACCT] Speech by Larry Strickling To: Accountability Cross Community <accountability-cross-community(a)icann.org> All, FYI below the text of a speech Assistant Secretary Strickling just gave at the IGF-USA. Video at https://www.igf-usa.org/igf-usa-2106-live-video/ <https://www.igf-usa.org/igf-usa-2106-live-video/> Cheers, Chris Remarks of Lawrence E. Strickling Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information The Internet Governance Forum USA Washington, D.C. July 14, 2016 --As Prepared for Delivery-- I come here today to speak out for freedom. Specifically, Internet freedom. I come here to speak out for free speech and civil liberties. I come here to speak out in favor of the transition of the U.S. government’s stewardship of the domain name system to the global multistakeholder community. And I come here to speak out against what former NTIA Administrator John Kneuer has so aptly called the “hyperventilating hyperbole” that has emerged since ICANN transmitted the consensus transition plan to us last March. Protecting Internet freedom and openness has been a key criterion for the IANA transition from the day we announced it in March 2014. The best way to preserve Internet freedom is to depend on the community of stakeholders who own and operate, transact business and exchange information over the myriad of networks that comprise the Internet. Free expression is protected by the open, decentralized nature of the Internet, the neutral manner in which the technical aspects of the Internet are managed and the commitment of stakeholders to maintain openness. Freedom House reported that “Internet freedom around the world has declined for the fifth consecutive year ...” Its prescription for defending Internet freedom is to encourage the U.S. government to “complet[e] the transition to a fully privatized Domain Name System.” What will not be effective to protect Internet freedom is to continue the IANA functions contract. That contract is too limited in scope to be a tool for protecting Internet freedom. It simply designates ICANN to perform the technical IANA functions of managing the database of protocol parameters, allocating IP numbers and processing changes to the root zone file. It does not grant NTIA any authority over ICANN’s day-to-day operations or the organization’s accountability to the stakeholder community. The transition plan goes beyond any authority that NTIA or the U.S. government has today by enhancing the power of stakeholders to ensure ICANN’s accountability. For example, the U.S. government has no ability to reject an ICANN budget or to remove an ICANN board member—two of the new enumerated community powers. Extending the contract, as some have asked us to do, could actually lead to the loss of Internet freedom we all want to maintain. The potential for serious consequences from extending the contract beyond the time necessary for ICANN to complete implementation of the transition plan is very real and has implications for ICANN, the multistakeholder model and the credibility of the United States in the global community. Privatizing the domain name system has been a goal of Democratic and Republican administrations since 1997. Prior to our 2014 announcement to complete the privatization, some governments used NTIA’s continued stewardship of the IANA functions to justify their demands that the United Nations, the International Telecommunication Union or some other body of governments take control over the domain name system. Failing to follow through on the transition or unilaterally extending the contract will only embolden authoritarian regimes to intensify their advocacy for government-led or intergovernmental management of the Internet via the United Nations. Former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and retired Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff James Cartwright recently noted in Politico that rejecting or even delaying the transition would be a gift to those governments threatened by a free and open Internet. The Global Commission on Internet Governance, a group of leading experts from around the world, echoed this message by recently calling on the U.S. Government to adopt the proposal and to meet the September 2016 target date for the transition of the IANA functions. Failure to do so, the Commission said, would “send the wrong message to the international community, increase distrust, and will likely encourage some governments to pursue their own national or even regional Internets.” Over the past two years, the global Internet community, comprised of businesses, technical experts, public interest groups and governments, has engaged in one of the most compelling demonstrations of a multistakeholder process ever undertaken. The transition plan is a thoughtful proposal that was developed through consensus over two years by hundreds of stakeholders around the world. Stakeholders spent more than 26,000 working hours on the proposal, exchanged more than 33,000 messages on mailing lists, held more than 600 meetings and calls and incurred millions of dollars of legal fees. Given the intensive level of effort that went into constructing the transition plan and obtaining support for it from all parts of the ICANN community, it is no surprise that the community supports the transition and wants to see the United States follow through on its long-standing, bipartisan commitment to privatize the domain name system. I realize that the transition raises many important questions. None are more important than the ones we asked in March 2014 when we laid out the criteria for the transition. We said then that the plan must: support and enhance the multistakeholder model of Internet governance; maintain the security, stability, and resiliency of the Internet DNS; meet the needs and expectations of the global customers and partners of the IANA services; and maintain the openness of the Internet. In addition, we said we would not accept a plan that replaced NTIA’s role with a government-led or intergovernmental organization solution. Upon the community’s completion of the plan, NTIA led an intensive interagency review to ensure the plan met these criteria. On June 9, we found that the plan satisfied each and every one of our criteria. We also evaluated the proposal against relevant internal control principles, as recommended by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). We separately engaged a panel of corporate governance experts to review the ICANN accountability proposal. The experts concluded that the proposal is consistent with sound principles of good governance. Despite the open and transparent two-year process that developed the plan, the many pages of documentation provided by the community to describe and support the plan, and the exhaustive review we conducted, misperceptions and outright misrepresentations about the plan continue to circulate. I will use the remainder of my time to correct the record on many of these claims. Among the most persistent misconceptions is that we are giving away the Internet. First off, we do not control the Internet. It is simply not true, and people who really understand the Internet know it is not true. No one controls the Internet. The Internet is a network of networks that operates with the cooperation of stakeholders around the world. The most significant operational change required by the transition is to end the largely clerical role NTIA plays in reviewing updates to the root zone file. Even more extreme (and wrong) is the claim that we are giving the Internet away to Russia, China, and other authoritarian governments that want to censor content on the Internet. No one has set forth even a plausible scenario as to how that could happen, and the fact is it simply will not happen as a result of completing the transition. Within ICANN, the transition proposal does not expand the role of governments vis-à-vis other stakeholders. The bylaws retain the prohibition on government officials serving as voting board members. The role of governments in ICANN policymaking remains advisory. Under the proposal, governments will continue through the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) to provide input to the Board in the normal course of business. As is currently the case, the Board is free to reject GAC advice. Today, the Board does give special consideration to consensus GAC advice. The transition proposal codifies current practice through a bylaw change that defines consensus as agreement to which no one formally objects. Now it is true that under the proposal, the threshold for rejecting such GAC consensus advice does increase from 50 percent to 60 percent. However, given the codification of “consensus” in the bylaws, this standard only applies to advice from governments to which no government, including the United States, has objected. The GAC has the potential to participate in the Empowered Community, but only at a level commensurate with other stakeholders. Notably, the GAC cannot unilaterally exercise the community powers. Moreover, the bylaws expressly prohibit the GAC from participating in the community powers when the issue in contention is a Board action on GAC advice. Some argue that authoritarian countries are not going to give up their goal of having governments control the domain name system and that the United States is daft for thinking that this transition will change those countries. We would be silly if we thought that, but that has never been our goal. We have never thought we would persuade authoritarian regimes that our view of the Internet is the best approach, but what matters is what the rest of the world thinks. There we have made great progress over the last few years. At the ITU’s World Conference on International Telecommunications in Dubai in 2012, 89 countries joined in a resolution to expand the authority of the ITU relative to Internet issues. The United States was in the minority that day. However, since then, we have worked hard with countries in the developing world to build support for the multistakeholder model of Internet governance. Due in part to our transition announcement and due in part to focused diplomacy of the U.S. government coordinated by the State Department, we have made a lot of progress, as represented by the fact that almost 30 of those 89 countries have now demonstrated their support for multistakeholder governance of the domain name system by joining in the Governmental Advisory Committee’s consensus position to move the transition proposal forward. Another claim now making the rounds is that the transition plan is a radical proposal that is being rushed through by the Obama Administration. How can anyone call a longstanding bipartisan policy to privatize the Internet radical? The direction to privatize the domain name system goes back nearly twenty years. The community spent two years to develop its plan. No one rushed the community effort. To the contrary, we extended the contract for a year when the community said it needed more time to complete its work. Nothing is being rushed here and to suggest otherwise is to ignore the facts. Another false claim is the fear that ICANN will move its headquarters abroad once the transition is complete and “flee” the reach of U.S. law. However, this ignores the fact that the stakeholder community has spent the last two years building an accountability regime for ICANN that at its core relies on California law and on ICANN to remain a California corporation. ICANN’s own bylaws confirm that “the principal office for the transaction of the business of ICANN shall be in the County of Los Angeles, State of California, United States of America.” ICANN’s Board cannot change this bylaw over the objection of the stakeholder community. Additionally, ICANN’s Articles of Incorporation already state that ICANN “is organized under California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law.” Changes to the Articles of Incorporation now require support of a 75 percent majority of the empowered community. ICANN is a California corporation and will remain so. Other claims keep popping up and I do not have time today to correct every misstatement being made about the transition. For example, after living for two years under an appropriations restriction that prohibits us from using appropriated funds to relinquish our responsibility for the domain name system, it is now asserted that this restriction prevents us even from reviewing the transition plan. Yet this claim ignores the fact that at the same time Congress approved the restriction, it also directed NTIA "to conduct a thorough review and analysis of any proposed transition" and to provide quarterly reports on the process to Congress. In the last couple of weeks, I have heard new concerns about the possible antitrust liability of a post-transition ICANN. However, this concern ignores the fact that ICANN in its policymaking activities has always been and will continue to be subject to antitrust laws. I could go on but let me close with some observations on the multistakeholder process. There is no question that within ICANN, the last two years have strengthened the multistakeholder model as it is practiced there. Moreover, the accomplishments of the process at ICANN are serving as a powerful example to governments and other stakeholders of how to use the process to reach consensus on the solutions to complex and difficult issues. However, as we work toward completing the transition, we must recognize that the multistakeholder model will continue to face challenges. It is important that we remain dedicated to demonstrating our support and respect for the multistakeholder approach in all the venues where it is used. We do not show respect for the multistakeholder process when we wait until the process is over and the community has reached consensus and then propose a two-year trial of the plan without ever asking the community to consider such an option. We do not show respect for the multistakeholder process when we do not participate for two years and then afterwards say we preferred an option that the community considered and rejected. Closer to home, here at the IGF-USA, we need to respect the process by working to expand participation beyond the Beltway and to support the inclusion of new stakeholders on a nationwide basis in an open, transparent, and inclusive manner. This kind of growth requires a strong foundation, which is why NTIA supports the work of the IGF-USA’s new Sustainability Working Group. This group is working to develop a governance structure to guide the organizational process and to ensure that there is diverse, inclusive and multistakeholder engagement. In closing, thanks to all of you for your interest and involvement in IGF-USA and in the IANA transition. I want to particularly thank those of you here today who actually contributed your time, effort, and creativity to reaching consensus on the IANA transition plan. Your hard work and dedication has been truly inspiring. Thank you for listening. -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Shedding light on the dark web
by Wangari Kabiru 15 Jul '16

15 Jul '16

Blessed Furahi Day! Read on the two sides of the "coin". Be blessed. Regards/Wangari ==== Shedding light on the dark web The drug trade is moving from the street to online cryptomarkets....... Online drug markets are part of the “dark web”: sites only accessible through browsers such as Tor, which route communications via several computers and layers of encryption, making them almost impossible for law enforcement to track. Buyers and sellers make contact using e-mail providers such as Sigaint, a secure dark-web service, and encryption software such as Pretty Good Privacy (PGP). They settle up in bitcoin, a digital currency that can be exchanged for the old-fashioned sort and that offers near-anonymity during a deal. Almost all sales are via “cryptomarkets”: dark websites that act as shop-fronts. These provide an escrow service, holding payments until customers agree to the bitcoin being released. Feedback systems like those on legitimate sites such as Amazon and eBay allow buyers to rate their purchases and to leave comments, helping other customers to choose a trustworthy supplier. The administrators take a 5-10% cut of each sale and set broad policy (for example, whether to allow the sale of guns). They pay moderators in bitcoin to run customer forums and handle complaints......

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Fwd: [kictanet] WITSA Emerging Digital Solutions (Aug 10th Deadline)
by Barrack Otieno 13 Jul '16

13 Jul '16

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: waudo siganga via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 11:15:01 +0300 Subject: [kictanet] WITSA Emerging Digital Solutions (Aug 10th Deadline) To: otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com Cc: waudo siganga <emailsignet(a)mailcan.com> Could interest some... SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT WITSA Emerging Digital Solutions 2016 Note: Application deadline: August 10, 2016! Welcome to WITSA EMERGING DIGITAL SOLUTIONS 2016! As you know, we are a member of WITSA, the World Information technology and Services Alliance. WITSA has offered us a very unique opportunity. If you consider that your company has an innovative solution capable of transforming the wellbeing, prosperity, connectivity or productivity of others around the world, which has already been implemented and effective in one or more locations, WITSA encourages you to apply for the WITSA EMERGING DIGITAL SOLUTIONS 2016. The Emerging Digital Solutions program recognizes early-stage or veteran companies, as long as the solution presented is new and largely scalable to other locations throughout the world. Emerging Digital Solutions is looking for solutions to be presented to interested policy makers, businesspersons and social stakeholders with the potential to boost its development and deployment, aiming to significantly impact individuals, groups and society. Be sure to apply no later than August 10, 2016 at http://www.wcit2016.com/weds in order to be considered for the WITSA EMERGING DIGITAL SOLUTIONS SHOWCASE, where you will be given an opportunity to present your Solution to potential clients & partners and IT Leaders from around the planet during the World Congress on Information Technology – WCIT 2016, in Brasilia – Brazil, from October 3rd to 5th. If selected, you will be provided the following: 1. One (1) Complementary (Economy) Airline Ticket to Brasilia, Brazil 2. Four (4) Nights Lodging 3. One (1) Full Delegates Registration Package 4. An opportunity to showcase your product or service at the 2016 World Congress on IT. 5. Your Solution will be a candidate for the WITSA 2016 Global ICT Excellence Awards (Awards Ceremony at WCIT 2016 Gala Dinner on October 4, 2016) Instructions: The form can be found at http://www.wcit2016.com/weds This form must be filled and agreed by a formal representative of the company presenting the candidate solution (ideally, a C-level executive: Founder, Chairman, CEO, Managing Partner). Please complete all information required in this form. This will allow WITSA EMERGING DIGITAL SOLUTIONS Selection Committee to fairly and thoroughly evaluate your application. If you have any questions about the witsa Emerging Digital Solutions 2016, please contact WITSA Secretary General Dr. Jim Poisant at jpoisant(a)witsa.org or Anders Halvorsen at ahalvorsen(a)witsa.org. About WITSA: The World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA) is the leading recognized international voice of the global ICT industry, whose members from over 80 countries and economies represent more than 90 percent of the world ICT market. WITSA is dedicated to advocating policies that advance industry growth and development; facilitating international trade and investment in ICT products and services; strengthening WITSA’s national industry associations; and providing members with a broad network of professional contacts. WITSA members are leaders in a globally interconnected marketplace. Because the challenges facing the ICT industry are undisputedly global in nature, WITSA members work together to achieve a shared vision on important issues of common interest. WITSA makes it possible for its members — ranging from Mongolia and Argentina to Kenya and the United States — to identify common issues and priorities, exchange valuable information, and present a united position on industry issues. For more information on WITSA, please visit www.witsa.org WCIT 2016 The World Congress on Information Technology, which has taken place every two years since 1978, is organized by the World Information Technology and Services Alliance. WITSA is present in 82 countries, with the inclusion of members representing 90% of the global ICT market, as well as key global information technology companies. The WCIT is based on four main pillars: speeches, exhibitions, B2B meetings, and social events. These afford a unique opportunity for expanding businesses and investments in companies and ideas, while generating competitiveness in the global market. http://www.wcit2016.com/includes/images/img_about_wcit_2.jpg DISCUSSING THE PROMISE OF THE DIGITAL AGE With the theme, “Fulfilling the Promise of the Digital Age: Challenges and Opportunities,” the 20th WCIT in Brasilia on October 3-5, 2016 will be staging debates on the role of business leaders, best practices, policy challenges and opportunities, as well as digital inclusion and innovations. The goal is to devise innovative technology development strategies as a tool for building an interactive society, which will promote advances in education, healthcare, and transportation, as well as other goods and services that impact the quality of life for people in every corner of the world. The event will address how people can utilize technology to improve growth and accessibility by sharing new and innovative ideas. In addition, it will tackle how citizens can be empowered in bringing about positive changes throughout the world to improve the quality of life for all people. For more information on WCIT 2016, see http://www.wcit2016.com/ World Congress on IT Background First held in 1978, the World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) is unique in its global perspective on ICT issues and its ability to draw users, providers, media and academia from around the world. Global business, government and academic leaders discuss emerging markets, legal and policy issues, political and economic trends, emerging technologies, ICT user perspectives and business opportunities in the global marketplace. Among the featured speakers are internationally recognized leaders from government and industry. As an example, the 1998 World Congress had over 1900 delegates from 93 countries, with over 100 sponsoring organizations. WCIT 2000, held in Taipei, and WCIT 2002, held in Adelaide, Australia, were equally successful, with Former US President, Bill Clinton, Prime Minster Thatcher, President Mikhail Gorbachev, Bill Gates and other notables featured in the programs. WCIT 2004 took place in Athens, Greece, and WCIT 2006 in Austin, Texas. WCIT 2006 hosted some 2,000 delegates from over 80 countries and featured keynote speakers such as General Colin Powell, Steve Ballmer, Paul Otellini, Michael Dell, Anne Mulcahy, John Gage, Don Tapscott and Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. The 2008 World Congress on IT took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. WCIT 2008 hosted over 3,000 delegates. The 2010 World Congress on IT took place in Amsterdam also included delegates from over 90 countries and won the European Best Event Awards (EuBEA) Award as the best European Congress and Convention in 2010. The 2012 World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT 2012) took place in Montréal, Canada from October 22 to 24. The event brought together 2,500 participants, including delegates and exhibitors, from 62 countries at the Palais des congrès de Montréal for a three-day conference under the theme of “ONE Vision or a Global Digital Society”. The program was extremely well received by the information and communication technology (ICT) community: over 75 keynotes and panelists took the stage including Larry King who chaired a roundtable of senior ICT executives. Don Tapscott was also onsite as WCIT 2012 host to integrate the many conversations and make sense of the different perspectives about the digital society. The economic impact of the WCIT 2012 Congress was estimated at 5.5 million dollars for the city of Montréal and the province of Québec. WCIT 2014was heldfromSeptember 29 to October 1, 2014 at the Expo Guadalajara Convention Center; Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. With the theme “Creating Collaboratively the Digital Age”, this spectacular was attended by2,671 delegates from 49 countries. It offered a high-level program featuring 107 speakers participating in 14 panels, 10 keynotes, 14 workshops and 11 special events. The exhibition area had 11 international pavilions, 52 exhibitors from the IT industry and more than 1,000 business meetings took place during the congress. The next WCIT will be held on October 3-5, 2016 at the CICB Brasilia International Convention Center; Brasilia, Brazil, with the following theme: "Fulfilling the Promise of the Digital Age: Challenges and Opportunities". The following is a list of those WITSA member associations which have either hosted or are scheduled to host a World Congress, through 2021: 2016 October 3-5, 2016 CICB Brasilia International Convention Center; Brasilia, Brazil Theme: "Fulfilling the Promise of the Digital Age: Challenges and Opportunities" http://wcit2016.org/ 2017 September 10-14, 2017 TWTC Exhibition Halls and TICC; Taipei, Taiwan Theme: " “Fulfilling the Promise of the Digital age” 2018 March 2018 in Hyderabad, India 2019 October 1-5, 2019 Meridian Expo Center; Yerevan, Armenia 2020 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2021 Dhaka, Bangladesh WCIT Host Sites At-a-Glance 2021 – Dhaka, Bangladesh 2002 – Adelaide, Australia 2020 – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2000 – Taipei, Taiwan 2019 – Yerevan, Armenia 1998 – Fairfax, Virginia, USA 2018 – Hyderabad, India 1996 – Bilbao, Spain 2017 – Taipei, Chinese Taipei 1994 – Yokohama, Japan 2016 – Brasilia, Brazil 1990 – Washington D.C, USA 2014 – Guadalajara, Mexico 1988 – Paris, France 2012 – Montreal, Canada 1986 – Toronto, Canada 2010 – Amsterdam, Netherlands 1984 – Tokyo, Japan 2008 – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1982 – Copenhagen, Denmark 2006 – Austin, USA 1980 – San Francisco, USA 2004 – Athens, Greece 1978 – Barcelona, Spain WITSA Confidentiality: All information provided will remain confidential and will be used by the Emerging Digital Solutions Selection Committee for the sole purpose of evaluating the applications. Winners agree that their information can and shall be fully disclosed by WITSA and the Emerging Digital Solutions program through different online and offline means. -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Are You Ready for a Job-Less Economy?
by Wangari Kabiru 11 Jul '16

11 Jul '16

Blessed Monday! Are You Ready for a Job-Less Economy? Read on.... Blessed day. Regards/Wangari ==== https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/278148 Are You Ready for a Job-Less Economy? By “Job Less” I don’t mean “No” jobs, I mean “Less” Jobs – at least as we know them. You see, technology is eliminating jobs in nearly every industry at an accelerating pace. Where there is crisis, however, there is also great opportunity.... Entrepreneurial skills are the key to success in our growing job-less economy. The future belongs to those who can innovate, solve problems, meet needs, create value, build communities, change directions, and occasionally re-invent themselves. Having worked with hundreds of startup companies, I believe these skills can be learned and applied by anyone with passion, tenacity, humility, and a commitment to succeed. While the future of work is uncertain, these are exciting times for aspiring entrepreneurs and business builders.

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Fwd: STATEMENT ON THE INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) PRACTITIONERS BILL 2016 BY ICTA
by Ali Hussein 08 Jul '16

08 Jul '16

Listers Please see attached. Clearly we have a fight in our hands. Let's not let up on this. Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 / 0770906375 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] Fwd: [Internet Policy] Share your views on the Future Internet Scenarios - Deadline June 26th
by WANGARI KABIRU 06 Jul '16

06 Jul '16

Warm Greetings! My shocker is that with the rejuvenation status, the Chapter "does not exist" to ISOC global. Not being in the roll of chapters means? 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". -------------------------------------------- On Fri, 24/6/16, Rapudo Hawi <rapudohawi(a)gmail.com> wrote: Subject: Re: [isoc_ke] Fwd: [Internet Policy] Share your views on the Future Internet Scenarios - Deadline June 26th To: "WANGARI KABIRU" <wangarikabiru(a)yahoo.co.uk>, "ISOC Kenya Chapter" <isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke> Date: Friday, 24 June, 2016, 16:42 Wangari, Rejuvenation is a process that is painful. Leadership is about virtue to promote values that ensure acceptable rebirth of the Kenyan Process. On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 4:20 PM, WANGARI KABIRU via isoc <isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke> wrote: This is only doable shingo upande...... Are you a member of an ISOC Chapter or Special Interest Group? If so, please indicate your primary affiliation below: All in all, a very good visionary survey! Blessed weekend. 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 Fri, 24/6/16, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com> wrote: Subject: Re: [isoc_ke] Fwd: [Internet Policy] Share your views on the Future Internet Scenarios - Deadline June 26th To: "WANGARI KABIRU" <wangarikabiru(a)yahoo.co.uk> Cc: "ISOC Kenya Chapter" <isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke> Date: Friday, 24 June, 2016, 15:58 Hi Wangari, I noted the same but nonetheless filled it since i am am a member of another chapter at large. I hope the leadership team can resolve the leadership challenges we have and get the chapter out of rejuvenation as soon as possible. Regards On 6/24/16, WANGARI KABIRU <wangarikabiru(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/2845234/053d18d0864c > > Blessed Furahi Day! > > ISOCKE is not on the scroll of ISOC countries!!! > > Means the ISOCKE status is equal to not existing. > > 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 Wed, 22/6/16, Barrack Otieno via isoc <isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke> wrote: > > Subject: [isoc_ke] Fwd: [Internet Policy] Share your views on the Future > Internet Scenarios - Deadline June 26th > To: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke>, > "ISOC Kenya Chapter" <isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke> > Date: Wednesday, 22 June, 2016, 19:17 > > Listers, > > This might be of interest. > > Best Regards > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Elizabeth Oluoch <oluoch(a)isoc.org> > Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2016 13:33:55 +0000 > Subject: [Internet Policy] Share your views on the Future > Internet > Scenarios - Deadline June 26th > To: "internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org" > <InternetPolicy(a)elists.isoc.org> > > Dear All, > > As a reminder, the Future Internet Scenarios > survey<http://fotiinvite.isoc.org/> closes on > 26 June. Apologies if > this is a cross post, but we want to ensure you have it in > case it has > not come your way yet. > > As you may be aware in March, we started a project at the > Internet > Society to look ahead and think about future scenarios for > the > Internet. > > We received hundreds of responses from around the globe and > have used > this input to build a list of issues on the horizon that > could change > the Internet as we know it today. > > We would appreciate your participation in a survey to > understand how > these forces of change may evolve over the next 5 to 7 > years. > > Your responses will help us to craft multiple creative > scenarios (or > mini-stories) for what the Internet could look like in the > future, and > to better understand the implications of different paths > that the > global Internet might take. > > You can participate here: > http://fotiinvite.isoc.org<http://fotiinvite.isoc.org/> > > The survey is available in English, French and Spanish. It > should take > approximately 25 minutes to complete, and you are welcome to > save your > responses to finish at a later date. > > Further information about our future Internet scenarios > project is > located at: http://www.internetsociety.org/future-internet > > Many thanks for your participation! If you have questions, > you can > contact us at FOTI(a)isoc.org<mailto:FOTI@isoc.org>. > > Regards, > > Karen Rose > Elizabeth Oluoch > > > > -- > Barrack O. Otieno > +254721325277 > +254733206359 > Skype: barrack.otieno > PGP ID: 0x2611D86A > > _______________________________________________ > isoc mailing list > isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/isoc > -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A _______________________________________________ isoc mailing list isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/isoc -- Mr. Rapudo Hawi Social Development Specialist/ Innovator Mobile: +254 720975498

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Draft National ICT Policy Discussions Day 8 of 10: Emerging Issues ( Big Data, Bitcoin, Internet of Things)
by Barrack Otieno 05 Jul '16

05 Jul '16

Day 8 of 10: * Internet of Things, M2M * Net Neutrality & OTT * Big Data * Virtual Money/BlockChains The Background: Internet of Things is a vision (now a reality) of physical objects (machines, vehicles, buildings, etc) fitted with sensors that allow them to communicate with each other. The smart-city concept envisions sensors continuously reporting status (e.g Traffic status, Pollution Status, Maintenance Status) of the different objects to allow for efficient management response. A lot of data exchanges arises hence the term Big Data with its associated data analytics requirements. Meanwhile, Virtual Money/Currency (Bitcoin, etc) threatens to disrupt the need for a centralised banking institutions. Over The Top (Skype, Twitter, FB, Youtube) have been around longer but the need to regulate or NOT to regulate them continues to be debated. Given recent developments on the KiCTANET list on Virtual money what should our position on these and other emerging issues be from a policy perspective ? is there need to embrace the issues? Your comments are welcome -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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