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Enabling Telecom Regulatory Frameworks for Community Networks in Africa
Digital adoption took a quantum leap as a result of the COVID 19 pandemic, technology implementation that would have taken several years was done in months. The pandemic not only renewed the focus on universal access and universal service but also the importance of...
Policy Brief: Personal Data and Elections 2022
By Meshack Masibo Increasingly, elections are becoming more data intensive as the adoption of technology for personal data collection, storage, and processing, during the entire election cycle have grown in recent years. The 2022 general election will be different and...
Lessons and Resolutions from the National School of Community Networks
The Kenya National School of Community Networks convened on 28th February and ended on 4th March 2022. The 21 participants from seven community networks underwent rigorous training in areas of: Network Infrastructure and services Policy and Regulations Sustainability...
International Women’s Day
International Women’s day (IWD) is marked every year on March 8th, to celebrate women’s achievements in social, economic, cultural and political spheres. The 2022 IWD’s theme is #BreakTheBias. KICTANet joins the celebrations and hereby highlights its contributions to...
Kenya School of Community Networks
The Kenya National School of Community Networks convenes in the first week of March 2022 at AheriNet in Kisumu. The National School Movement is a concept that has been initiated by APC-LocNet, an initiative convened in partnership with Rhizomatica with support from...
Inheritance of personal data: the future of succession in the metaverse
By Amrit Labhuram Humans are a profoundly social species. Within half a century, the nature of social connections amongst humans has undergone significant change. From physical interactions, we have transitioned our social connections to global online communities such...
Safeguarding privacy as data monetisation reigns supreme
By Meshack Masibo One of the reasons behind the enactment of the Data Protection Act, 2019 and its attendant regulations was to create a framework that safeguards the right to privacy in the ever-increasing world where personal data is being monetised. Privacy is...
Celebrating the Safer Internet Day
Today, February 8 2022, is Safer Internet Day. The theme this year is "Together for a better internet". The year marks the 19th edition of Safer Internet Day which commemorates a day for stakeholders to come together to bring attention and solidarity towards making...
Building a Supportive and Enabling Ecosystem for Community Networks in Africa
The “Connecting the Unconnected: Supporting community networks and other community-based connectivity initiatives” is a project being implemented by the Association of Progressive Communications in partnership with Rhizomatica that focuses on addressing the human...
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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KICTANet’s organisational strategy:
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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