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The Internet Society Board of Trustees seated its new Board and elected a new Chair, Robert Hinden, at its recent meeting in Berlin, Germany. The Internet Society Board provides strategic direction in support of the organization’s mission of preserving the…
Few weeks ago, I got information that KENIC, the .ke registry was set to be wound up or sold. The first reaction was that the person was joking, given that KENIC is a multi stakeholder body, and it was not…
Sometimes in 2010, bloggers in Kenya had several meetings to explore ways to for an association and in April 2011 I did this post on the formation of BAKE (Bloggers Association of Kenya). After two years, I thought it was…
Orange and KDN were the data sponsors for the connected conference and guess what? The whole of day one had little or no connectivity. Why? Orange probably has the largest connectivity in Kenya and KDN brags of the largest connectivity…
This week, the talk is about Connected Kenya Summit. There are more than 400 private and public sector folks to discuss ways to improve Kenya. The summit has cost more than Ksh 50 million. The ICT Board may not have…
For the last five years, there has been a common chorus among local tech companies; they want more of the large government contracts. We all want a piece of that large cake. Most of the money spent on government tech…
This week, ICT private and public sector bigwigs are meeting in Mombasa, in the annual talkshop knows as Connected Kenya. This year, the conference had five themes that you can read from Martin Gicheru. Like many or a few who…
The internet has been poor at Connected KE, which is good because it makes people concentrate more and not look at their laptops and phones and are not as cranky, I am sure folks at Orange and KDN, who are…
For the last four years, the Kenya ICT Board has held an annual Connected Kenya meeting, a forum where private and public sector folks meet to discuss ways to improve Kenya’s ICT status etc. This is my first time at…
Last week, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) held its meeting in Beijing. These meetings are held in every region, and discuss emerging technical and policy issues relating to the internet. ICANN has several bodies but one…