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Lessons from The third edition of the Tanzania School of Community Networks
Lessons from The third edition of the Tanzania School of Community Networks Community Networks are quickly gaining traction as a complementary access model in unserved and underserved areas. School of community networks is a capacity-building platform aimed at...
Tanzania School of Community Networks – Third Edition
Tanzania School of Community Networks - Third Edition The third edition of the Tanzania School of Community Networks (TZSCN) convened by Kasulu Community Networks Cooperative took place on 1 - 2 November 2022 in Kasulu district, Kigoma Province, Tanzania. The edition...
Understanding Kenya’s ICT Digital Documents
By John Walubengo Early this year, before the contentious politics of the 2022 general elections took centre stage, the former Cabinet Secretary for ICT Innovation and Youth Affairs, Joe Mucheru, through the ICT Authority agency, launched what is currently known as...
KICTANet Pivots to Tackle Online Gender-Based Violence
By Nicodemus Nyakundi Users of digital technologies who wish to make the global information and communication space a safer, more credible, and inclusive place In Kenya, women still face barriers to internet access, and for those who are online, cyber violence impacts...
KICTANet Conducts a Masterclass on Gender and Data
By Angela Minayo and Neema Mujesia On 2nd November 2022, KICTANet in collaboration with Unwanted Witnesses conducted a Masterclass on Utilizing data while safeguarding women’s safety online during the 4th Privacy Symposium in Africa. The activity was part of the DW...
Building Capacity through Communities of Practise – Focus on TunapandaNet
TunapandaNet, a community network located in the informal settlement of Kibera, Nairobi, has been at the forefront of the community networks movement in Kenya, advocating for affordable connectivity through community deployment of infrastructure towards bridging the...
5G is Finally Here – But Where is Our 5G National Strategy?
By John Walubengo Safaricom finally launched their 5G offering last week - that’s a good thing. 5G is the next-generation mobile network standard published in 2020 by the International Telecoms Union (ITU), after, of course, the 4G standard published ten years earlier...
KICTANet Concludes Training of Trainers on Women’s Data Protection and Privacy
The second day of the Training of Trainers on Women’s Data Protection and Privacy workshop focused on the legal provisions of data protection and privacy. Mercy King’ori from the Future of Privacy forum opened the session with a discussion on the data protection...
KICTANet at the Side Events Preceding the 73rd Ordinary Session of the AfCHPR
From 18 to 20th October, KICTANet attended the side events before the 73rd Ordinary Session of the African Commission of Human and People's Rights in Banjul, the Gambia. The African Commission of Human and Peoples' Rights is established under Article 30 of the African...
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.