by David Indeje | Dec 7, 2022 | Accessibility, Highlights, kictanet post
By Judy Okite The Government of Ethiopia hosted the 17th Internet Governance Forum (IGF) between 28 November to 2 December 2022 in Addis Ababa under the overarching theme Resilient Internet for a Shared Sustainable and Common Future. I arrived early Monday morning to...
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 | Dec 1, 2022 | Accessibility, Highlights, kictanet post
By Nicodemus Nyakundi When we talk about PWDs, we usually refer to what we can see, such as physical disability, visual disability, and so on. However, there are invisible disabilities. Disabilities that are not so easy to detect and therefore are mostly overlooked...
by David Indeje | Nov 29, 2022 | Accessibility, Highlights, kictanet post, KIGF ONLINE
By Nicodemus Nyakundi As a newcomer to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF 2022) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, I attended the newcomers’ session, specifically for first-timers. In the session, we were introduced to the IGF’s structure for connecting with...
by David Indeje | Nov 24, 2022 | Accessibility, Highlights, kictanet post
By Nicodemus Nyakundi To use EdTech to produce inclusive, effective, and resilient learning, we must rethink accessibility. We must consider moving the EdTech ecosystem towards evidence-based, technology-enabled teaching and learning. There is no better place to...
by David Indeje | Nov 11, 2022 | Accessibility, Highlights, Human Rights, kictanet post
By Florence Ouma Twitter’s Accessibility Experience Team got laid off in a series of changes sweeping the social media platform. The team was responsible for making the site’s user experience friendlier for people living with disabilities. The now ex-Engineering...