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The Potential for Electric Vehicles in Africa: A Kenyan Case Study

by Mwendwa Kivuva | Feb 18, 2021 | Highlights, kictanet post

By Tevin Mwenda. In 2020 a short video went round on social media showing a Tesla Model Y the first-ever of its kind to be spotted in Kenya. The question that arose in most people’s mind was, where will the car be charged? Climate Change has brought the urgent need...

COVID-19 Has Affirmed that the Internet Is Indeed A Human Right

by Mwendwa Kivuva | Jan 27, 2021 | Highlights, kictanet post

By Egline Samoei. “The Covid-19 pandemic has shown us clearly that the Internet is no longer a luxury, a convenient enhancement for lifestyles for those who can afford it. Rather, Internet access has become a basic necessity” – Dr. Merten Reglitz. When the...

KICTANet submission at the ITU Council Working Group on International Internet-related Public Policy Issues

by Mwendwa Kivuva | Jan 26, 2021 | Community Networks, Highlights, kictanet post, Submissions, Uncategorized

KICTANet presented at the ITU Council Working Group on International Internet-related Public Policy Issues (CWG-Internet). Our submission is available at the ITU website. This Council Working Group was established in 2010, in accordance with Resolutions 102 and 140...

5G Policy Brief. Which way for Kenya?

by Mwendwa Kivuva | Jan 18, 2021 | Highlights, kictanet post, Policy Brief

KICTANet has published the 5G Policy Brief for Kenya. The objective of this study is to establish Kenya’s preparedness to deploy fifth-generation wireless networks (5G). The study reviews the historical progression of mobile networks through to the current 5G mobile...

My reflection on Kenya School of Internet Governance and working in Post Covid19 era

by Mwendwa Kivuva | Dec 31, 2020 | Highlights, IGF Reports, kictanet post

By Peter Mmbando, KeSIG and KeIGF Fellow 2020, from Tanzania. As the year 2020 draws to close and we prepare to welcome the year 2021, I share my reflections on the KeSIG and KeIGF 2020 as the first virtual events hosted in Kenya that engaged Multistakeholders from...

Assessing internet development in Kenya: using UNESCO’s Internet Universality ROAM-X indicators

by Mwendwa Kivuva | Nov 12, 2020 | Access, Highlights, kictanet post

Over three years, UNESCO has developed a framework of Internet Universality ROAM-X Indicators, using a global, open, inclusive and multistakeholder process that tapped the world’s wisdom. The result is a research instrument that contains 303 indicators (109 identified...