Family name: Kikonyogo

First name: Robert

Gender: Male

Country of residence: Uganda

Organisation: Kyambogo University

Stakeholder group: Technical Community

Background and/or experience in IG 

Kikonyogo Robert is a male Ugandan national; currently pursing Master’s Degree in Information Technology and Computing…

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Please see my article published in the New Vision newspaper page 15: For online copy click here: http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/649561-online-services-in-uganda.html

Full name: KIKONYOGO ROBERT



Gender: MALE



Nationality: UGANDAN



Country of residence: UGANDA



Organisation: KYAMBOGO UNIVERSITY



Stakeholder group: TECHNICAL COMMUNITY



Background and/or experience in IG :

Robert is a male Ugandan, currently employed by Kyambogo University-second biggest University in…

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Press release

Brussels, 12 September 2012

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What is the way forward in your country about this issue? For example, according to India’s latest copyright law it is clearly indicates that, in the case of any unpublished work or any work published or communicated to the public and the work is withheld from the public in India, the author is dead or unknown or cannot be traced, or the owner of the copyright in such work cannot be found, any person may apply to the Copyright Board for a license to publish or…

Hello Members,

Please have a look at this Video on Cyber Security by Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security, joined Sens. Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Jay Rockefeller (D-W.V.) to discuss the Cyber security Act of 2012.

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Good news for US for getting the new technology called “Cyber maneuvering”

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Dear Diplo members,

The Uganda online discussions will commence today. The discussions will build on what was discussed last year at the Uganda IGF and also feed into the Uganda Internet Governance forum to be held in early August. A date will be communicated on this list in the coming week.

Now, this year, we have identified a number of topics for discussion…

Recently, yesterday Uganda’s ministers and ICT stake holders were having Cyber security meeting in order to discuss you about the process of embracing online transactions and communications for more efficient services delivery especially for business and e-commerce, and various ICT solutions like business process outsourcing (BPO) models, e-commerce, mobile commerce (m-commerce), e-procurement, e-banking among others without any legal hindrance.

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Greetings from Uganda,

The following are the most 10 powerful and leading women in technology  in the world.

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Regards,

Robert.

This is an opportunity for Diplo fellows:

 This info letter gives you the latest information about the EuroDIG planning process. Everybody is invited to participate!

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