by Mwendwa Kivuva | Dec 7, 2019 | Highlights, kictanet post
By Ali Hussein. A few weeks ago, KICTANet held a #Fintech Stakeholders breakfast, sponsored by Huawei. We discussed the state of the Fintech industry and the way forward. We release a report titled:- “Towards an inclusive and sustainable fintech ecosystem in...
by Mwendwa Kivuva | Nov 28, 2019 | Access, Community Networks, Highlights, kictanet post
The 4th Community Networks (CN) summit in Africa was hosted by Internet Society (ISOC) and the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) at the University of Dodoma-Tanzania. The sessions were focused on helping participants who had an interest in starting a...
by Mwendwa Kivuva | Nov 25, 2019 | Highlights, IGF Reports, kictanet post
By Barrack Otieno. The 7th East African Internet Governance Forum took place from 17th to 18th October 2019. The theme of the forum was “Achieving Digital Inclusion in East Africa”. The Forum was hosted by the East African Community Secretariat under the...
by Mwendwa Kivuva | Oct 29, 2019 | Access to information, Highlights, Human Rights, kictanet post
By Mildred Achoch. The British Institute of Eastern Africa held an event in October 2019 titled “Data Justice, an agenda worth pursuing in Kenya?” In “A Structural Model and Manifesto for Data Justice for International Development” Richard Heeks cites a paper that...
by Mwendwa Kivuva | Oct 15, 2019 | Access to information, Highlights, kictanet post
By Tevin Mwenda Gitonga. Access to information is a crucial pillar in any democratic society. The citizens of a country deserve to know what is happening in their country and public officials have the duty to inform their citizens on any important matters affecting...