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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
by Mwendwa Kivuva | Nov 12, 2020 | Highlights, kictanet post, KIGF ONLINE
By Rebeccah Wambui. The insistent message to “do something meaningful with your time” during the unprecedented, at least in our generation, the covid-19 pandemic period had taken its toll on me. So in a typical millennial style, I did nothing meaningful in protest for...
