by Catherine Kyalo | Dec 5, 2022 | Community Networks, Highlights, kictanet, kictanet post
Capacity and skill development Community networks being complementary models deployed and owned by the community, often suffer from a lack of technical and business capacities to run these networks. Digital literacy and capacity building are important for...
by Catherine Kyalo | Dec 4, 2022 | Community Networks, Highlights, Human Rights, kictanet, kictanet post
Digital rights and the gender digital divide The Global Information Society Watch (GISWatch) session analyzed the Impacts of digitization on marginalized groups and the effects of digitization on social welfare services. Who decides how technology is developed and...
by Catherine Kyalo | Dec 3, 2022 | Community Networks, Highlights, kictanet, kictanet post
Favourable digital policy frameworks are the cornerstone of innovation. Bridging digital policy gaps for rural and disadvantaged urban impoverished communities should take a multi-stakeholder approach engaging both policymakers, community connectivity operators and...
by Catherine Kyalo | Dec 2, 2022 | Community Networks, Highlights, kictanet, kictanet post
Perspectives and Resolutions at the 2022 IGF on Connectivity for the Global Majority Perspectives on Community Networks as Last Mile Solutions Community networks dominated the corridors of the 2022 Global IGF coming out as the most viable model for connecting...
by Catherine Kyalo | Nov 26, 2022 | Access, Community Networks, Highlights, kictanet post
Stakeholder engagement and participation were visible at the Kenya National School of Community Networks, bringing together various organisations supporting the community networks movement. 1. KICTANet has been supporting the movement in Africa through its Africa...