Mwende Njiraini's Blog (19)

In his article “The Bane of “Consultants” on African Telcos fortunes”, Tom Makau states that investors have made a big mistake by formulating a single strategy for “Africa” assuming there exists a homogenous economic entity called the “African market”.  The African continent as far as geo-political boundaries, economic zoning has widely varying tax policies and regulatory…

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Assessment of the impact of Internet Exchange Points – empirical study of Kenya and Nigeria - a study done by ISOC shows the Kenya Internet Exchange Point (KIXP) currently localizes approximately 1Gbit/s of peak traffic, reduces latency from 200-600 ms to 2-10 ms to 2-10ms allowing ISPs to save almost $1.5 million per year on international connectivity.

On the other hand, the Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN)…

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According to Tom Makau, the existing telco business model in Kenya is under threat. 

Despite the exponential growth of the mobile internet it has the potential to diminishing marginal returns on investments thus the need cleverly craft triple play bundles.  Additionally, the regulator is making the environment more difficult with other measures including…

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Once again, many companies in the telecoms and information and communications technology (ICT) sector are facing the spectre of …… the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)) regulating critically important aspects of the internet........

….in December 2012, the ITU will be holding a major treaty-writing conference in Dubai......(World Conference on International Telecommunications…

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It was like a dream come true…… the 6^th Internet Governance Forum (IGF11) was held in my home town, Nairobi!

 

The relaxed space that is the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON) facilities, offered speakers and participants a serene environment for rather hurried discussions on access, development, freedoms and innovation at time-limited…

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Cybersecurity is a growing global concern as critical infrastructure and services including financial, energy, telecommunication and transport increasingly becoming internet-dependent.    Deterring cybercrime is an integral component of a national cybersecurity and critical information infrastructure protection (CIIP) strategy. 

 

The formulation and implementation of a cybersecurity strategy requires a comprehensive approach that involves the adoption of appropriate…

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Cloud computing is said to present numerous advantages including reduced capital costs associated with IT resources and equipment as well as flexibility - the ability to scale up or down IT applications, platform or infrastructure on demand. 

 

Cloud computing services such as Communications-as-a-Service (CaaS) support the “dematerialization” - the replacement of atoms with bits - potentially reduce carbon emissions hence promoting sustainable consumption and development by…

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1.      Introduction

There is now global recognition of the central role of the Internet in social and economic development.  This realisation is influencing government policies to improve access to affordable internet services.  To achieve this objective governments have pursued liberalisation and privatisation strategies to improve the state of telecommunication network infrastructure and services while the industry is employing strategies that will give them competitive…

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Do you have a  facebook, gmail, yahoo, twitter, linkedIn or other social network account?

 

You can get all your google mail chats

 

Do you have your cat, dog, niece, nephew as your facebook profile feature: Forget it…..…

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I had the privilege of  making a presentation at the 23rd Annual FIRST Conference held 12-17 June 2011, Vienna Austria on Cybersecurity in the Kenyan Context

 

The…

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Access to affordable broadband is increasing influencing government policies.  Traditional remedies to improve access to affordable internet services including liberalisation and privatisation have unfortunately not resulted in reduction of the price of broadband particularly in developing countries.  This has resulted in the need for new and innovative approaches to meet the growing demand for broadband access.  One such approach that is gaining ground globally is the ‘open access…

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These are excerpts from BBC News:

 

The (Egyptian) government says it is open to dialogue but also warned of "decisive measures" as the fourth day of violent protests loomed…

 

Widespread disruption has been reported to the internet and mobile phone messaging services…..the Facebook and Twitter social websites had been disrupted along with mobile phone messaging, followed by loss of many internet services….3G was not working and SMS messages were…

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In his contribution to workshop Legal Aspects of Internet Governance: International Cooperation on Cyber-security (Workshop 123 ) Vint Cerf recommended that cybercrime should not be the only motivation to develop legal agreement; in addition to legal mechanisms digital signatures could be used to validate information. However there is need for uniform agreement to justify legal structures on cybercrime. Caution however should be applied in viewing cybercrime strictly as legal abuse/criminality,… Continue

The 3^rd East African Internet Governance Forum ended today Friday 13^th August. The following is summary of the issues discussed today and paraphrased resolutions of the forum.

Session 7: Emerging issues…

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The 3^rd East African Internet Governance Forum that began on 11^th August ends on Friday 13^th August. The following is summary of the

discussions that highlights key issues addressed in the sessions held so far.

Session 1: Official Opening…

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In Africa Group A of the IGCBP10 there was general consensus that there should be measures to mitigate risks associated with disruptions on Internet cables.

One of the participants stated that it was important to understand the problem first in order to establish appropriate countermeasures. Consequently, individual causes of disruption of internet

cables would have different solutions. Some of the examples of disruptions

include those caused by "acts of…

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The East African IGF is currently on going.
We are currently using twitter for live updates
Follow me @njiraini

I am looking for information that would be useful in setting up a National Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT)or Computer Security Incidence Response Team (CSIRT). Specifically I am interested in learning from country experiences, the legal basis, financing, technical and operational considerations, etc.

Dear Colleagues



Please be advised that AfriNIC is offering several fellowships to attend AfriNIC-10 which will take place 10-22 May, 2009, Cairo, Egypt (back-to-back with AfNOG-10).



The fellowship is reserved for individuals representing small organizations, universities, and journalists who are activity involved in Internet development in the African Region or ICT Policy in their countries and respective communities, who can positively and actively contribute to IP… Continue