by Mwendwa Kivuva | May 22, 2021 | Community Networks, Highlights, kictanet post
KICTANet was together with our partners formulated a Licensing and Shared Spectrum Framework for Community Networks for Kenya. Â The Communications Authority of Kenya has invited comments from all stakeholders, including members of the public, licensees utilizing...
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...
by Josephine Miliza | Jan 20, 2020 | Community Networks, Highlights, kictanet post
In November 2019, the APC-LOCNET peer members Chako and Patrick from DRC, South Africa (Gladys) and Malawi (Vigilant representing James) and I arrived in Kampala for the peer exchange travel to BOSCO Uganda, Africa’s largest community network located in Northern...
by Josephine Miliza | Jan 16, 2020 | Community Networks, Highlights, kictanet post
The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Sida organized the Stockholm Internet Forum (SIF) in May 2019. The event’s theme was “Shrinking Democratic Space Online–mobilizing for a free, open and secure Internet”. The Association of Progressive...
by Josephine Miliza | Jan 13, 2020 | Community Networks, Highlights, kictanet post
Access to meaningful, reliable, secure and affordable internet is no longer a luxury but a basic human right. However, there still exists a digital divide, especially in rural, marginalized and underserved areas where it’s not economically viable for traditional...