November 21, 2018
Regulating The New Oil
A brief review of the Kenya data protection bill For those of us who have tried to install mobile lending apps like Mshwari and Tala, you have realized that kictanet post
November 21, 2018
Creating A Feminist Internet
In May, I was privileged to sit on a panel at Rightscon Toronto, organized by KICTANet to discuss online gender based violence. The sessions in this conference were so many kictanet post
September 20, 2018
ICT Conference on The Frameworks of Digital Markets in Kenya
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) in partnership with Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) organized a two-day ICT stakeholder engagement forum on the Framework for Digital Markets at the Tribe Hotel Nairobi kictanet post
September 12, 2018
ICT CONFERENCE ON THE FRAMEWORK FOR DIGITAL MARKETS TO BE HELD IN NAIROBI, KENYA.
With an ever increasing uptake of the Internet in Kenya, comes new opportunities for a digital economy. This comes in the form of new ventures such as digital based work kictanet post
March 8, 2018
Open Call for Proposals: Mapping and Making Available Evidence Based Research for Internet Policies in Africa
Submission deadline: 25th March, 2018 The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet), together with Article 19 East Africa, BudgIT, Centre for Intellectual Property and Information, Technology Law at Strathmore University (CIPIT), kictanet post
January 31, 2018
Making a Freedom of Information request: Barriers and guidelines
Dr. Wambui Wamunyu It has been nearly a year and a half since the Freedom of Information Act was signed into law. It is an important piece of legislation for Access to information
January 21, 2018
Promoting policy impact through tech Access to Information Act 2016
The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) in partnership with the Global Partners Digital (GPD), is undertaking a project to promote the Access to Information policy that was passed in 2016. Access to information
October 9, 2017
KICTAnet’s Bill on the Election Law Amendment Bill 2017
On the 29th September 2017 Parliament embarked on tabling the election laws amendment bill of 2017 which seeks according to some legislators, remedy or reduce the irregularities identified by the Election laws
September 20, 2017
Highlights of KIGF 2017 Online discussions
Article written by Mwara Gichanga As the online discussions carried on throughout the week, online/cyber-bullying also came up as point of discussion especially in this digital era where most conversations kictanet post
July 17, 2017
Facebook Open house KE
Written by Mwara Gichanga As the world’s biggest social network, Facebook has held a contentious place in the ongoing debate about what role social media is playing in how information is Highlights, kictanet post
July 17, 2017
KIGF online discussions day 4: Fintech ecosystem in Kenya
Written by Mwara Gichanga Kenya’s financial sector is on the brink of yet another sweeping revolution that will define the playing field in the next decades to come: financial technology. kictanet post