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The new ICT Cabinet Secretary Eliud Owalo sets the stage
By John Walubengo. Last week the nominee for the position of ICT Cabinet Secretary, Mr. Eliud Owalo finally took his seat on the hot chair to face the parliamentary vetting committee to make his case and justify why he is fit for office. As a professional economist...
KICTANet at the 2022 National Cybersecurity Conference
By Mwendwa Kivuva, For the past three years, the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has organised the conference as a way of commemorating October as cybersecurity month. In his keynote speech, the CA Director General Ezra Chiloba assured participants that one of...
Data Privacy – Why Should You Care?
By John Walibengo. The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) recently made a move against the mobile Digital lenders who were reported to have abused personal data. That sent the strongest signal yet, that the Kenyan Data Commissioner, the privacy...
Dialogue Initiatives to End Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
By Neema Mujesia KICTANet and different organizations concluded a 2-day (October 11th to October 12th, 2022) state and non-actors dialogue on the opportunities to enhance legal, policy, and other measures to end child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA). Equality Now...
Is KENET Just Another Internet Service Provider?
This question popped up a while back in one of my computer networking classes. Is the Kenya Educational Network, commonly known as KENET, just another one of Kenya's many Internet Service Providers (ISPs)? The answer to this question is not so obvious. Still, it is...
Alt Text: It’s Time to Make Your Social Media Accounts Accessible
By Florence Ouma People with limited vision and reliance on screen readers still do not have complete accessibility to social media content. We can remedy that with some steps. What Is Alt Text? Alt text is a short form for “alternative text.” It makes online content...
Examining Online Gender-Based Violence on Female Politicians and Leaders in Kenya
By Florence Awino and Neema Mujesia On 5th October 2022, KICTANet attended a workshop organized by Pollicy in conjunction with CREAW Kenya to assess the impact of online gender-based violence on female politicians and leaders. This meeting, moderated by Irene Mwendwa...
KICTANet Attends a Consultative Meeting on KFCB’s PADiL Program
By Nicodemus Nyakundi Today, KICTANet attended a consultative meeting, organized by the Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) in collaboration with Netflix, on their upcoming Parental Digital Literacy program (PADiL). In his opening remarks, FCB’s Ag. Chief Executive...
KICTANet at the Decolonising the Internet East Africa Workshop in Lusaka, Zambia
From 26th to 27th September 2022, KICTANet participated in the decolonising the internet workshop hosted by FEMNET and Whose Knowledge. The two-day workshop focused on Feminist Movement Building and knowledge sharing on how to decolonize the internet. Is the Internet...
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.
Featured publications
Featured publications
KICTANet 2022 Annual Report
UNESCO ROAM-X Indicators
Licensing Framework for Community Networks
Kenya Policy Brief on Internet Shutdowns
Kenya IGF Report 2023
KICTANet Quarterly Spotlight Report January - March 2023