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In the debate about the challenges of domains in Africa, the issue of cost becomes a major talking point. I have been accused of ripping Kenic and their policies on .ke; I pay Ksh 3000 about $ 40 for my…
There are many African governments and citizens who do not understand the role of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. For some, ICANN should operate in the bottom later ensuring that we have internet access and that the…
In the last few weeks, members of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and numbers were fixated on the security issues in Kenya, the threats by Al Shabab was the reason many of the attendees stayed home to participate online….
I am sure we have all heard how France Telecom plans to dominate the East Africa region. They have bought and operate Orange brand in Kenya, Tanzania, Mauritius and recently Ethiopia. The desire to challenge MTN and Vodafone in the…
The other day I had an interesting discussion with Juliana Rotich about the women’s movement and the activism on issues. From the talk, she is not very amused with some of the issues advanced. Juliana reminded me one post I…
The other day, a women’s group asked me to outline women’s issues in Internet Governance, based on my experience. Tech issues have always sounded geeky and out of touch for many people so I thought I should be as simple…
I am sure for many people accessing information online, all you want is knowledge and for some it does not matter how you get it- its just information. Some may ask; so what if they picked it from one site…
I got into a taxi and he asked me to guess how long he had it. I could not but it looked aged. He had it for 25 years, and how much does an old one cost? About 300,000 Kenya…
There was one intriguing thing in Addis, the Matatus looked new while the taxis looked old. Why? When you buy bigger cars meant for public transport, you pay minimal duty; when you buy a personal car, you pay 300% duty…..ouch……..
In Gatundu, my home district, we used to have these vans. I recall when I was in high school, you would get into one of these “face me” and stare at the person seated opposite to you until you start…