A KICTANet Thought Leadership Series. Date: 28 June 2022. Venue: Sarova Panafric Hotel. Introduction KICTANet and Meta will host an interactive thought leadership roundtable for stakeholders in Kenya to highlight emerging concerns arising from the use of Meta’s Platforms in Kenya. This event is a follow-up meeting to a successful event held on 29th March …
7th Kenya School of Internet Governance Session Kicks Off
The Kenya School of Internet Governance (KeSIG) virtual sessions began Friday. KeSIG is one of the Kenya ICT Action Network’s (KICTANet) capacity building programs that aims to promote diversity and inclusion in the country’s ICT policy dialogues and beyond. The program responds to the need and importance of ensuring inclusive cyber policy. It was established …
Privacy and Data Protection for Women roundtable
Date: Monday, 27th June 2022Place: Four Points by Sheraton Introduction KICTANet in partnership with GIZ will host three interactive discussions as part of the Strengthening Women’s Safety Online: Digital Security and Data Protection Training and Awareness Raising for Women in Kenya. Launch of Policy Brief Kenya’s Data Protection Act 2019 and Article 31 of the …
Kenya School of Internet Governance
KENYA SCHOOL OF INTERNET GOVERNANCE (KeSIG)Seventh Edition 17 – 30 June 2022Venue: Online via e-learning platform and webinars Objectives KeSIG’s mission is to increase the capacity of key actors and potential actors in the local internet governance space. These include traditional human rights defenders and civil society organizations, students, academia, the tech community, and government …
Youth Internet Governance Forum
Date: 29 June 2022. Kenya Youth IGF 2022 Concept Note: Kenya Youth IGF 2021 Report: Background and Introduction. The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) is a multi-stakeholder forum for policy dialogue on issues of Internet governance. The forum is held in an informal setting, free from binding negotiations. It brings together all stakeholders from government, private …
Dissemination of Country Reports: Data Governance and Disinformation Pathways
Date: Wednesday 29th June 2022, 8.30 am to 1.00 pm. Place: Panafric Hotel. Introduction. KICTANet in Partnership with CIPESA conducted two research projects on Data Governance and Disinformation Pathways. This event will form part of our dissemination efforts as well as policy advocacy for the effective implementation of digital rights policies in Kenya. Through this …
Cherie : My #KeSIG2021 Experience – A Cheat Sheet for Future Students
By Cherie Oyier. Earlier this year 2021, I read a book by Austin Kleon titled, “Show Your Work.” It is a tiny book that I think everyone should read. Anyway, this book’s main objective is to encourage more people to show the behind-the-scenes or backend processes that go into achieving final results. Austin claims that …
Why Parliament must not pass the anti-pornography bill
By Winfred Gakii. Early 2021, Garissa Township MP Aden Duale tabled a bill to criminalize pornography. The Computer Misuse and Cybercrime (Amendment) Bill, 2021 was gazetted on 16th April 2021 and read for the first time on 9th June 2021. The bill seeks to amend the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act, 2020, which is currently …
New voices at Kenya School of Internet Governance 2021
The Kenya School of Internet Governance (KeSIG) is the premier training platform to grow new voices in the internet governance space in Kenya and also serves the larger African continent. KeSIG, convened annually from 2016, is held just before the Kenya Internet Government Forum. The 6th edition was held from 10th – 23rd September 2021. …
Exclusivity, Universal access, and meaningful connectivity. Is Kenya achieving it?
Kenya just concluded the Kenya Internet Governance Forum, KeIGF2021 took a dive into what it takes to achieve a united internet locally as globally and what could possibly hinder this. Themed; United Internet, the hybrid forum was hosted for the 14th time since 2008. The whole day forum, hosted by KiCTANet covered three main topics; …