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 Kenya: Push for media freedom
06/03/2006 (The Standard) -- Opposition groups have called for mass demonstrations in Kenya on Tuesday to protest the state raid on The Standard media group. While the demonstrations intend to send a clear message to the Kenyan government that media freedoms are crucial to democracy, The Standard told South African radio that the raid has galvanized the country's media, and that there is no turning back. Read the latest editorial on the issue from The Standard. Kenya | Censorship, Media

 Kenya: Thousands join media freedom protest
07/03/2006 (The Standard) -- The Standard Group has taken the Kenyan government to court seeking damages over attacks on its offices and printing press by hooded police officers last week. Meanwhile thousands of Kenyans took to the streets to condemn the raids on the media group. For the latest, visit The Standard website. Kenya | Censorship, Media

 Kenya: Media to organise after state raid
14/04/2006 (The Standard) -- Sixteen senior editors from local media houses in Kenya have resolved to revamp the country's Editor's Guild. The editors met recently at a two-day retreat organised by lobby group KICTANeT. The say the guild will strengthen the media industry in the wake of the government raid on the Standard Group, and the general anti-media environment prevailing in the country. Kenya | Media

 Internet governance up on the African agenda
01/01/2007 (Pambazuka News) -- The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) have signed an MOU on increasing the awareness of internet governance issues and growing the use of the internet in Africa. "The Internet is all about sharing ideas and information - and this MOU is signed in that spirit," said Paul Twomey, ICANN's president and CEO. Dem. Rep. of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe | Internet Governance

 Closing the gate on Bill
29/01/2007 (HANA) -- Microsoft was locked out of the World Social Forum (WSF), which ended in Nairobi, Kenya, recently. With over 300 computers provided for participants and the media, organizers of the WSF chose open source software products instead. Participants said it was one way of promoting the free software movement and fighting the software giant's "imperialistic tendencies". Kenya | Software

 It won't be long, says Kenya
05/02/2007 (AllAfrica) -- The cost of international broadband in Kenya is set to drastically reduce within 18-months. That's according to the Kenyan government, which has confirmed that it is pursuing three different fibre optic cable projects simultaneously, to provide better and cheaper bandwidth to the country's consumers. Kenya | Access

 No more EASSy puns
04/03/2007 (ITWeb) -- The East African Submarine Cable System (EASSy) has been renamed The Nepad Broadband Infrastructure Network (NBIN). That's after Kenya opted out of the ambitious undersea fibre optic backbone system, says South African communications minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri. The move has caused some controversy. International, Kenya, South Africa | Access

 Kenya sets up ICT parastatal
20/03/2007 (Eastern Standard) -- Kenya has set up a new parastatal to spearhead ICT development in the country. The Kenya Information and Communications Technology Board will be expected to promote investiment opportunities in Kenya, as part of a broader strategy that seeks to make the country the regional ICT hub by 2010. Kenya | National ICT Strategies

 Kenya: Regulators tread a well-worn path
14/06/2007 (HANA) -- African regulators and industry players in the ICT sector say that sound ICT regulation is key to Africa's development agenda and that ICTs should be regarded as catalysts for overall development. From this is appears that nothing new emerged from a two-day FTRA-2007 forum held in Nairobi last week. Remmy Nweke has the story. Kenya | ICT4D, National ICT Strategies

 EASSy breaks fresh ground
02/07/2007 (Fibre for Africa) -- The East African Submarine Cable System (EASSy) has concluded interconnection agreements with three cable systems to carry traffic between Africa, Europe and Asia. It has also included the Comoros in its planned fibre network, to which 29 African entities are party. CIPESA's Wairagala Wakabi has the story. Dem. Rep. of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda | Access

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Analysis

 Survey of e-learning in Africa
03/03/2009 -- According to this 10-page report, e-learning is in its infancy in Africa; but the evidence suggests that there is nevertheless considerable enthusiasm for the potential that it offers across the educational spectrum, not only for universities and schools, but also for vocational training, for lifelong learning, and for marginalised groups such as street children and those with disabilities. Dem. Rep. of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe | Communication Rights

 

 Extent of online threat to children disputed
16/01/2009 -- A task force created by 49 US state attorneys general to look into the problem of sexual solicitation of children online has concluded that there really is not a significant problem. The findings run counter to popular perceptions of online dangers as reinforced by depictions in the media. Dem. Rep. of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe | Security and Privacy

 

 How much impact do ICTs have?
12/01/2009 -- Almost everyone agrees that ICTs can make a substantial difference to the poor. However, the evidence base is still weak. A new study – carried out by key donor and NGO actors in the sector and summarised in this briefing – looks at the reasons why the evidence base is not as strong as in other development sectors and makes recommendations for firming things up. Dem. Rep. of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe | Access

 

 Un-copyrighting education
26/12/2008 -- This working paper by Andrew Rens at the Shuttleworth Foundation argues that implementing the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Development Agenda requires a special focus on how intellectual property rights interact with education. It says that the Development Agenda presents the right opportunity to create globally applicable minimum exceptions to copyrights for educational purposes. Dem. Rep. of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe | Intellectual Property

 

Introductory/getting started

 Fibre: 'Arteries of the modern world'
18/09/2008 -- They are the arteries of the modern world. Stretching for tens of thousands of miles over the ocean beds, the vast web of intercontinental submarine cables have brought the possibility of cheap high-speed internet and clear long-distance telephone calls to all major parts of the globe. Except one. Dem. Rep. of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe | Access

 

 Kenya: Innovating the future
21/08/2008 -- In the republic of innovation, life is unfair. A relatively small number of places — all in wealthy countries or in China and India — create nearly every important technological advance. Consider Wilfred Mworia, a 22-year-old engineering student and freelance code writer in Nairobi, Kenya. In the four weeks leading up to Apple’s much-anticipated release of a new iPhone on July 11, Mworia created an application for the phone that shows where events in Nairobi are happening and allows people to add details about them. Kenya | Access, Software

 

 So what is 'net neutrality'?
21/02/2008 -- So what is 'net neutrality'? A case example from the United States puts you in the picture. Dem. Rep. of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe | Access, Communication Rights, Internet Governance

 

 GETTING STARTED: What is 'net neutrality'?
16/07/2007 -- The principle of 'net neutrality', sometimes referred as “network neutrality” or “internet neutrality”, is about equal access to the internet. It is concerned with the fact that everybody's content should receive equal treatments in terms of speed and reliability, and be transmitted on a first-in-first-out basis. It also refers to an internet network that is free of restrictions on the kinds of equipment attached and the modes of communication allowed. GenderIT.org has compiled a useful reference for ICT jargon. Dem. Rep. of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe | Access, Content and Language, Gender , Intellectual Property, Internet Governance, Media, National ICT Strategies, Security and Privacy, Software, Telecommunications, WSIS

 

Policy Documents

 IGF: perparation for RIO, 2007
10/10/2007 -- The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Advisory Group met in Geneva on 4-5 September to prepare the second meeting of the IGF to be held in Rio de Janeiro on 12-15 November 2007. This document summarizes the discussions under each agenda item. Dem. Rep. of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe | Internet Governance

Advisory Group Meeting: Summary Report, Geneva, 4-5 September 2007 ( RTF)
 

 Kenya: Policy watch - key documents
11/06/2007 -- Kenya's new Media Bill and amended Communications Bill is stirring up a hornet's nest in a country otherwise praised for its transparent and inclusive ICT and communications policy processes. Activists say the Kenyan government has not consulted the people it should have properly, and that consumers are getting a raw deal. The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANeT), a multi-stakeholder network in that country, has collected some of the key texts for you to browse. And it is asking for your input. Kenya | Communication Rights, Media, Telecommunications

 

 Kenya: ICT ministry website
17/05/2007 -- Kenya's Ministry of Information and Communications is working hard to cultivate an image of transparency and inclusiveness. Its website contains a wealth of policy information and documents that you might find useful. Kenya | National ICT Strategies

 

 Consolidated technology action plan for Africa
10/04/2007 -- Africa has developed a consolidated action plan on science and technology that integrates the programmes and projects of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) into the structures of the African Union. Africa’s Science and Technology Consolidated Plan of Action attempts to articulate the continent's common objective of socio-economic transformation and full integration into the world economy. Dem. Rep. of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe | National ICT Strategies