by David Indeje | Aug 8, 2023 | Access to information, Cyber Security, kictanet post, Privacy
By John Walubengo The Cabinet Secretary in charge of Interior Security, Prof. Kithure Kindiki, ordered the Kenyan operations of a startup organization called Worldcoin to stop last week. This came after the media reported long queues of Kenyans who were receiving 50...
by David Indeje | Jul 27, 2023 | Access to information, Digital Resilience, Highlights, Human Rights, kictanet post
The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multistakeholder platform and think tank based in Nairobi. The network provides mechanisms and a framework for continuing cooperation and collaboration in ICT matters among stakeholders. It also encourages synergies for ICT...
by Neema Mujesia | Jul 21, 2023 | Access to information, Digital Resilience, Highlights, kictanet post
Safaricom, a leading telecommunications company in Kenya, has faced legal challenges from customers who lost funds in M-PESA and M-Shwari accounts. In a recent case, the High Court upheld a ruling that Safaricom was liable for a customer’s loss of KES 751,680 due to a...
by David Indeje | Jun 14, 2023 | Access, Access to information, Digital Economy, Highlights, kictanet post
By John Walubengo It has been slowly happening over the last twenty years, but developing countries haven’t been keen to notice. We do have what is currently called the ‘Data Divide’ though some would want to call it the ‘Data Colonisation’. The “data...
by David Indeje | Jun 13, 2023 | Access to information, Digital Economy, Freedom of Expression, Highlights, kictanet post
By Cecilia Maundu, Lusaka, Zambia. The Second Media Convention, which was held in collaboration with UNESCO, the African Union (AU), and the Southern African Editors’ Forum (SAEF), addressed the urgent matters of social media regulation and the safeguarding of...
by David Indeje | May 26, 2023 | Access to information, Digital Economy, Highlights, kictanet post
By John Walubengo The annual ID4Africa conference was officially opened Thursday by President William Ruto in Nairobi. The President reiterated the plan to provide all Kenyan citizens and residents with a digital identity to facilitate and boost their involvement in...
