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Cyberbullying and Online Safety: KICTANet on NTV’s Fixing the Nation
KICTANet’s Cherie Oyier discussed Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV) on NTV’s Fixing the Nation, covering self-protection strategies, legal challenges, and KICTANet’s initiatives to combat online harms.
World Radio Day: Bridging Digital Policy and Climate Justice
World Radio Day 2025, themed "Radio and Climate Change," presents a crucial opportunity for reflection. KICTANet recognises the role of radio in disseminating information and fostering public dialogue on this urgent issue. While KICTANet has engaged with climate...
Countering Online Radicalization in the Age of Disinformation.
By Neema Mujesia, The Rise of Disinformation and Extremism Disinformation has emerged as a pervasive challenge in today’s digital ecosystem, fueling mistrust, societal polarization, and, in extreme cases, radicalization. According to the upcoming 2024 CHRIPS...
Safer Internet Day: A Call for Shared Responsibility
The digital landscape evolves at breakneck speed. Young people are adept at finding ways around any controls on the use of the internet, including parental controls. They often outpace the very parents tasked with safeguarding them from potential cyber threats.
Celebrating Safer Internet Day 2025: Together for a Better Online World
Discover how Kenya is celebrating Safer Internet Day 2025, with a focus on initiatives by Watoto Watch Network to educate children and promote online safety.
Balancing Innovation and Data Sovereignty in Kenya
KICTANet plays a crucial role in shaping Kenya’s data protection landscape, advocating for strong policies and promoting digital inclusion.
From Words to Action: Lexicon for Safer Digital Spaces
In Kenya, technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) has become a growing concern, particularly with the widespread adoption of digital platforms. Women, girls, and persons with disabilities (PWDs) are disproportionately targeted with cyber harassment,...
Kenya Sets Stage for AI Leadership with Landmark AI Convening
The AI Statement of Principles and Africa AI Convening, held in Nairobi, brought together stakeholders to discuss ethical AI development in Kenya. The event focused on key principles like safety, inclusivity, and trustworthiness, and explored Kenya’s role in shaping Africa’s AI future.
Tracking Online Gender-Based Violence in Africa: AI Trolling Dominates Week 1
Online Gender-Based Violence (OGBV) is a growing global crisis, with its prevalence rising sharply across Africa. While much of the reporting and research on OGBV focuses on high-profile individuals such as politicians, journalists, and human rights defenders, it’s...
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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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