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Bridging the Digital Divide: How Kenya Can Empower Girls in ICT
By Cherie Oyier International Girls ICT Day is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of April every year. This day is set aside by the United Nations International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to raise awareness of the need to promote the inclusion of girls and women in...
Understanding Public Participation and Human Rights Gap in AI in East Africa
“Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an irrefutable force, and we are likely to become dinosaurs in three years if we don’t change”
Part 3: How Community Networks Foster Disability Inclusion in Kenya
Accessibility is not only the right thing to do, but it often benefits all users.
Advancing National Cohesion: Recommendations for NCIC 2023 Bill Amendments
By Linda Gichohi "Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be." – Khalil Gibran. Amidst a gathering of distinguished minds, representatives from the National Coalition on Freedom of Expression and Content Moderation (FeCoMo)...
KICTANet Tackles Digital Rights at #DRIF24: Open Internet, Inclusion, and Countering Disinformation
KICTANet is participating in Paradigm Initiative's 2024 Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIF) in Accra, Ghana. DRIF is an essential platform for shaping conversations on African digital policy, debating policy directions, and forming partnerships for action. This...
Part 2: Beyond Buzzwords: Unveiling True Inclusion in Society and Community Networks
Calls for inclusion are becoming louder, but do we understand what it is to be inclusive – in society and within the community networks?
#ConnectedAfricaSummit2024: Kenya Calls for Youth-Led Digital Africa
In a momentous event in Nairobi, President William Ruto of Kenya launched the inaugural Connected Africa Summit 2024, urging the continent to prioritize its young innovators in the journey towards digital transformation. Highlighting Africa's burgeoning talent and...
Part 1: Bridging the Digital Divide: Community Networks for Disability Inclusion
Community Networks hold the key to inclusive digital access for people with disabilities.
AI biases: what they are and how to mitigate them
By John Walubengo As artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly infiltrates diverse sectors—healthcare, judiciary, agriculture, media, employment, and others—it's essential to recognise and address AI bias. AI bias is a phenomenon where AI systems generate skewed...
KICTANet is a multi-stakeholder Think Tank for ICT policy and regulation. The Think Tank is a catalyst for reform in the Information and Communication Technology sector. Its work is guided by four pillars of Policy Advocacy, Capacity Building, Research, and Stakeholder Engagement.
KICTANet’s mission is to promote an enabling environment in the ICT sector that is robust, open, accessible, and rights-based through multistakeholder approaches.
During the 2022 – 2024 strategic period, KICTANet has prioritised the promotion of effective multistakeholder participation; an enabling legal, policy and regulatory environment; building capacities and empowered communities; and institutional strengthening. KICTANet’s guiding philosophy encourages synergies in ICT policy-related activities and initiatives. As such, the network provides mechanisms and a framework for continuing cooperation, engagement and collaboration in ICT matters among industry, technical community, academia, media, development partners, civil society and government.
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Strategic Priority.
- Convening power. To strengthen and promote engagement, collaboration and relationships with relevant stakeholders (state, business and non-state actors).
- Promoting an enabling environment. To catalyse policy, legislative and regulatory reforms in the ICT sector.
- Building capacities and empowered communities. To build the capacity of the stakeholders across government, business society and civil society and the citizens.
- Institutional strengthening.
The report outlines the work undertaken in between 2007 and 2016 which is underpinned by crowd sourcing and community engagement
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FACTS AND FIGURES
Achievement of the Network over the Years
Publications
Thought Leadership Forums
Persons trained
Policy Interventions
Conversations in KICTANET listserv
Active listers contributing often
Different conversation threads
Impressions on ICT policy discussions
Our Pillars
KICTANet’s organisational strategy:
Policy Advocacy
Capacity building
Research
Stakeholder engagement
We facilitate stakeholder engagement through collaborative initiatives in face-to-face Town Hall meetings, and in the KICTANet?s interactive mailing list where multiple stakeholders engage regularly on ICT policy issues.