by Florence Awino | Jan 18, 2023 | Access, Highlights
Civil society and advocates for social justice have persistently championed reforms in tech policy to effectively address the impact of inequities in ICT in marginalized communities. Despite the best efforts, tech policy fails to understand or respond to the barriers...
by David Indeje | Dec 12, 2022 | Access, Accessibility, Highlights, kictanet post
By Nicodemus Nyakundi Online disinformation is propagated by simply clicking on the share button. The intent is to mislead and daint the image and reputation of the victim. Its target is to spread and reach a vast majority of the targeted audience. Although it...
by David Indeje | Dec 2, 2022 | Access, Accessibility, Highlights, kictanet post
By Florence A. Ouma I tried to guess the odds of anyone reading this article identifying as a “vulnerable person.” You probably think you do not fit the definition of a vulnerable person right now. Let’s see if that changes when you finish reading this article. One...
by David Indeje | Nov 30, 2022 | Access, Digital Economy, Highlights, kictanet post
By John Walubengo So last week, the Parliamentary Committee on ICT vowed to investigate mobile operators’ practices that expire internet data bundles that subscribers have purchased. The fundamental argument is that once goods are purchased, they become the...
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...
by Catherine Kyalo | Nov 25, 2022 | Access, Community Networks, Highlights, kictanet post
Communities of practice are groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they regularly interact to promote the spread of best practices. Under the National Exchange Fund from APC sponsored by UKAid, virtual...