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 …
The Kenya IGF will be held on July 6th 2017 at Laico Regency Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya from 8am to 6pm. It will be the summit of the Kenya IGF Week. Other activities for the week are Kenya School of Internet Governance, Network Disruptions report, Internet Shutdowns workshop, and Youth IGF. The Kenya Internet Governance Forum has …
Thought leaders/Working group meeting on Internet Shutdowns at Laico Regency Hotel on 4th July 2017 from 0900 hrs to 1200hrs
Kenya School of Internet Governance (KeSIG) is in its seventh year in 2022. The very successful inaugural school was held in 2016 in Nairobi with 50 participants going through an intense three day training.
The school targets Kenyans from all sectors- government, academia, tech community and civil society who are new to Internet Governance issues.
KeSIG is an introductory course covering technical, economic, legal and contemporary social issues brought about by the Internet and how they affect Kenyan decision making. It aims to build critical mass of individuals advocating for Internet rights and freedoms through equipping the participants with the skills needed to participate meaningfully in local, regional and global policy discourse.