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Tracking Online Gender-Based Violence in Africa: AI Trolling Dominates Week 1
Online Gender-Based Violence (OGBV) is a growing global crisis, with its prevalence rising sharply across Africa. While much of the reporting and research on OGBV focuses on high-profile individuals such as politicians, journalists, and human rights defenders, it’s...
UK Government, KICTANet Empowers Mandera with 150 Computers for Digital Inclusion
Mandera County receives a boost in digital access and literacy, empowering youth, women, PWDs, and senior citizens.
Celebrating Data Privacy: Insights from the Annual Privacy Day Conference 2025
By Valarie Waswa Each year on January 28th, the world comes together to mark International Privacy Day, and Kenya is no exception. This year’s theme, “Safeguarding Personal Data to Spur Digital Transformation and Economic Development,” set the stage for an engaging...
Kenya Emerges as a Leader in Responsible AI Development
Kenya is actively shaping its AI future, prioritizing ethical development, inclusive growth, and global collaboration.
Shaping the Future of AI in Kenya
By, Neema Mujesia On January 28, 2025, we convened a two-day Workshop on the Kenya AI Statement of Principles in Nairobi attended by at least 100 stakeholders drawn from different sectors. Hosted by the Ministry of ICT & Digital Economy in partnership with...
KeNIC increases domain registration and transfer fees.
The Kenya Network Information Center (KeNIC) announced a price increase for .KE domains, effective February 3, 2025. This comes at a time when the total number of .KE domain registrations has remained stagnant at around 100,000 for several years, despite previous...
KICTANet Celebrates Data Privacy Day 2025 : Safeguarding Personal Data to Spur Digital Transformation & Economic Development
As we commemorate Data Privacy Day 2025, observed annually on 28th January, KICTANet reflects on how protecting personal data is essential for fostering trust in digital systems. By prioritizing privacy, we enable the secure adoption of technology, encourage...
Kenya: Urgent Call for Stronger Digital Rights Coalitions
Dr. Grace Githaiga, KICTANet CEO, urges collaboration among Kenyan digital rights organizations to navigate the evolving digital landscape and protect online freedoms.
Digital Divide in Kenya: ICT Access and Usage Data Reveals Disparities
The 2023/24 Kenya Housing Survey reveals significant disparities in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) access across Kenyan counties. Computer Access Computer usage is significantly higher in urban areas (20.9%) compared to rural areas (7.3%),...
KICTANet is a multi-stakeholder Think Tank for ICT policy and regulation. The Think Tank is a catalyst for reform in the Information and Communication Technology sector. Its work is guided by four pillars of Policy Advocacy, Capacity Building, Research, and Stakeholder Engagement.
KICTANet’s mission is to promote an enabling environment in the ICT sector that is robust, open, accessible, and rights-based through multistakeholder approaches.
During the 2022 – 2024 strategic period, KICTANet has prioritised the promotion of effective multistakeholder participation; an enabling legal, policy and regulatory environment; building capacities and empowered communities; and institutional strengthening. KICTANet’s guiding philosophy encourages synergies in ICT policy-related activities and initiatives. As such, the network provides mechanisms and a framework for continuing cooperation, engagement and collaboration in ICT matters among industry, technical community, academia, media, development partners, civil society and government.
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Strategic Priority.
- Convening power. To strengthen and promote engagement, collaboration and relationships with relevant stakeholders (state, business and non-state actors).
- Promoting an enabling environment. To catalyse policy, legislative and regulatory reforms in the ICT sector.
- Building capacities and empowered communities. To build the capacity of the stakeholders across government, business society and civil society and the citizens.
- Institutional strengthening.
The report outlines the work undertaken in between 2007 and 2016 which is underpinned by crowd sourcing and community engagement
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FACTS AND FIGURES
Achievement of the Network over the Years
Publications
Thought Leadership Forums
Persons trained
Policy Interventions
Conversations in KICTANET listserv
Active listers contributing often
Different conversation threads
Impressions on ICT policy discussions
Our Pillars
KICTANet’s organisational strategy:
Policy Advocacy
Capacity building
Research
Stakeholder engagement
We facilitate stakeholder engagement through collaborative initiatives in face-to-face Town Hall meetings, and in the KICTANet?s interactive mailing list where multiple stakeholders engage regularly on ICT policy issues.