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Kill the ICT Practitioners Bill
Multi-sector lobbying effort against the Information Communication Technology Practitioners Bill 2022 by the Kenya ICT Ecosystem Stakeholders. Republished from https://www.kies.ke OPEN LETTER Dear Mr President, Greetings from the Kenya ICT Ecosystem Stakeholders...
RightsCon: Prioritizing Digital Resilience Key to Post-pandemic Recovery
Through investment in digital transformation, organizations can lay the foundation for long-term resilience to future crises. The Covid -19 pandemic became a catalyst for change in organizations and across many other sectors. The period has witnessed the need to...
Joint Submission on Draft KICA Regulations, 2022
The past few years have seen seismic shifts in the ICT sector in Kenya. The shift from analogue to digital TV broadcast has resulted in the emergence of new digital TV stations providing news, information and entertainment to Kenyans. Equally, the rise in mobile phone...
Broader Digital Inclusion by Effective Internet Connectivity
Investing in sustainable infrastructure promotes social inclusion and addresses inequality in a society where everyone can contribute and benefit to ensure the level of connectivity is safe to enable users to have a satisfying online experience that is affordable....
Concealing M-Pesa Details is a Step in the Right Direction
By Meshack Masibo and Victor Kapiyo The Lipa Na M-Pesa service has seen tremendous growth since it was launched in 2012. Early this month, Safaricom made a major shift in its privacy policy when it announced that it would start concealing part of the identity details...
Kenya School of Internet Governance 7th Edition Fellowship: Call for Applications
The Kenya ICT Action Network (KiCTAnet) is now accepting applications for the 7th Edition of the Kenya School of Internet Governance (KeSIG) Fellowship for persons who are interested and passionate about internet governance, it's future and internet policy. KeSIG is...
Building ICTs Better in a Post-COVID-19 Era outcomes
By Egline Jeptoo. On 31st March 2022, KICTANet hosted a roundtable meeting on sustainable internet using emerging technologies, themed “Building ICTs Better in a Post-COVID-19 Era.” One of the objectives of the meeting was to amplify the understanding and engagement...
What a Human-Centred Cybersecurity Approach Means to Kenya’s Financial Sector
Today, cybersecurity issues are becoming a daily struggle for most businesses. Recent trends, the adverse effects of the global pandemic, and numerous cybersecurity statistics reveal a massive proliferation of breached data from different sources, including mobile and...
Emerging Concerns on Social media use in the Upcoming 2022 Elections
On 29th March 2022, KICTANet and Meta convened a stakeholder engagement bringing together various civil society groups to discuss emerging concerns on the use of social media in the upcoming 2022 elections. This was a hybrid event with over 70 online and physical...
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.