Written by Samuel Muchiri, KESIG 2017 participant. Internet stakeholders are major contributors to the development and governance of Internet. They were termed as entities that use the internet as was defined by Mwendwa Kivuva of Afrnic. Internet governance categorizes them into 5 or 6 groups that is the government, civil society, business community, technical community, …
Written by Victoria, from the Bloggers Association of Kenya. The Kenya Internet Governance Forum celebrated 10 years of internet governance in the country. The forum always focuses on bringing in new voices and ideas from individuals who understand ICT globally and in Kenya making processes, to ensure the debates and discussions held are consistent and continuous. …
Written by Victoria, from the Bloggers Association of Kenya. Kenya is the birthplace of some of the most revolutionary FinTech ideas. The FinTech ecosystem is fast growing in the country. Investopedia defines the term ‘FinTech’ as, ‘a portmanteau of financial technology that describes an emerging financial services sector in the 21st century. Originally, the term applied …
Written by Victoria, from the Bloggers Association of Kenya. The globe is experiencing an exceptional growth in the information and technology (ICT) sector. This has seen immense growth in the social, economic, and business operations happening due to this global digitisation. The Kenyan government has not being left behind as it has embraced digitisation in their …
Written by Victoria, from the Bloggers Association of Kenya. Most of us use the internet every day. It has even become a ‘most of the day’ habit. The more time we spend online, the more disconnected we can feel from the world around us. We get excited whenever we hear a beep from our phones and …
Written by Samuel Muchiri, KESIG participant. “Because of internet’s nature it cannot be governed by a single sector – it has a lot of “haki yetu”” said Grace Githaiga during her opening remarks at the opening of this year’s start of Kenya School of Internet Governance. The idea of Kenya School of Internet Governance (KSIG) …
Written by Jefferson Anyega: KESIG 2017 participant. The Kenya School of Internet Governance, presently in its second edition, focuses on raising awareness about emerging internet governance issues. The definition of internet governance has evolved over the years as stakeholders understanding of its role in shaping the digital era changed. The World Summit on Information Society, …
Written by Victoria, from the Bloggers Association of Kenya Kenya is currently involved in a General Election battle. Political parties are investing money, time and energy in their online and physical campaign presence.Television and radio are considered as the most prevalent source of news in Kenya. However, more and more people are relying on the …
It is an election period in Kenya. A season of loud hope that your favourite politician will win and the quiet fear of electoral violence. This fear is due to our unhealed scars from the 2007 post-election violence. Other than the fact that the results of that election were contested, the violence has been blamed …
According to Alice Munyua former Chair of the Kenya Internet Governance Forum and Convener of the Kenya ICT Action Network , the Internet Governance Forum has the most impact at national level (Kenya IGF Report, 12 August 2016). The forum has promoted the use of the multistakeholder model in public policy development across different sectors …