December 19, 2022
Hustler Fund – What Are the Data Privacy Implications?
By John Walubengo As per the Kenya Kwanza “Plan,” President William Ruto launched the Hustler Fund, and millions of Kenyans have been onboarded and borrowed over 8 billion shillings so far. The Hustler Digital Economy, Highlights, kictanet post, Privacy
December 18, 2022
Increasing Media Capacity to Use Online Spaces Safely
Kenya has made significant gains in information and communication technology (ICT). However, there needs to be more in the inclusion of women and the full use of the internet for Gender, Highlights, kictanet post
December 14, 2022
Internet Access and Participation as Enablers of Digital Human Rights
One of the most interesting sessions I attended at the IGF2022 was the plenary on Access & participation as enablers of digital human rights. A discussion mainly revolved around meaningful Accessibility, Highlights, kictanet post
December 12, 2022
AJC2022: ICJ Kenya Carries out African Post-Election Review
By John Walubengo The Kenyan Section of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ Kenya) organized and hosted its Annual Jurists Conference (AJC) 2022 on the theme, “Reflections on Electoral Democracy 2022elections, Election laws, Highlights, kictanet post
December 12, 2022
Are We Missing The Point in How We Define Disability?
By Nicodemus Nyakundi As a KICTNet ICT Accessibility and Equality for persons with disabilities fellow and a beneficiary of the three-day Disability Reporting Training by the Internews in Nairobi, my interest was captured by Accessibility, Highlights, kictanet post
December 12, 2022
My First Time at The IGF: International travel Is OK Even if You are Hard of Hearing
By Florence A. Ouma Feedback to the IGF Host and the Multistakeholder Advisory Group I have always wondered what it would be like to travel internationally as someone with a hearing Accessibility, Gender, Highlights, kictanet post
December 12, 2022
Online Disinformation and Its Gendered Element
By Nicodemus Nyakundi Online disinformation is propagated by simply clicking on the share button. The intent is to mislead and daint the image and reputation of the victim. Its target Access, Accessibility, Highlights, kictanet post
December 7, 2022
Physical Accessibility at the Internet Governance Forum 2022
By Judy Okite The Government of Ethiopia hosted the 17th Internet Governance Forum (IGF) between 28 November to 2 December 2022 in Addis Ababa under the overarching theme Resilient Internet Accessibility, Highlights, kictanet post
December 5, 2022
Understanding online Gender Based Violence (OGBV) #16DaysOfActivism
According to a recent study on sexism and violence against women in African parliaments conducted by the Interparliamentary Union (IPU) and the African Parliamentary Union (APU), at least 42% of Gender, Highlights, Human Rights, kictanet post
December 2, 2022
You are More Vulnerable to Digital Marginalization than You Think
By Florence A. Ouma I tried to guess the odds of anyone reading this article identifying as a “vulnerable person.” You probably think you do not fit the definition of Access, Accessibility, Highlights, kictanet post
December 1, 2022
ICTs Assistive Technologies for Invisible Disabilities
By Nicodemus Nyakundi When we talk about PWDs, we usually refer to what we can see, such as physical disability, visual disability, and so on. However, there are invisible disabilities. Accessibility, Highlights, kictanet post
November 30, 2022
Should Internet Data Bundles Expire?
By John Walubengo So last week, the Parliamentary Committee on ICT vowed to investigate mobile operators’ practices that expire internet data bundles that subscribers have purchased. The fundamental argument is Access, Digital Economy, Highlights, kictanet post