[kictanet] ICTs for civic and political engagement

[Josiah Mugambi]

Hi Steven,

*> I am interested in discovering both local and national Kenyan or **African
politicians who are quite active with social media.*

Hon Martha Karua is active on twitter ->
http://twitter.com/#!/martha_w_karua .
President Kikwete as well for his re-election campaign -
http://twitter.com/kikwete2010
I'm sure there are a few more..

 <http://twitter.com/#!/martha_w_karua>*> I am interested to understand
what percent of Kenyan mobile phones are used to access the Internet in some
way beyond SMS.*

Opera's monthly 'State of the Mobile Web' might be indicative of the level
of mobile internet usage in Kenya -> http://www.opera.com/smw/2010/08/ (August
Report). Moses Kemibaro did a blog
post<http://www.moseskemibaro.com/2010/10/01/state-of-the-kenyan-mobile-web-august-2010/>on
this a little while ago.

Hope that's a start :)

Kind Regards,
--
Josiah Mugambi



On 7 Oktoba 2010 8:31 alasiri, Steven Clift <clift at e-democracy.org> wrote:

> Warigia, thank you for passing along my request.
>
> I've joined your forum to help me become better informed about current
> examples of online engagement in Kenya - I have a hunch I will humbly
> learn far more than I will ultimately share with my upcoming speaking
> trip.
>
> This is me: http://stevenclift.com  - I've spoken across almost 30
> countries on "e-democracy" but this is my first opportunity to visit
> Sub-Saharan Africa. I run, http://E-Democracy.org which created the
> world's first election information website in 1994 and today focuses
> on hosting local online discussion that matter. We have a special Ford
> Foundation funded effort in the Cedar Riverside neighborhood of
> Minneapolis which has large Somali and Oromo populations:
> http://e-democracy.org/inclusion
>
> So I've put out a few global queries:
>
> Digitial Inclusion Network:
>
> http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/inclusion/messages/topic/2AiHjJ1MZ8Hr8dsz2vOoeT
>
> Democracies Online Exchange:
> http://groups.dowire.org/r/topic/3Y7NmSTaw3sb7cm7SGvtKz
>
> See the links for the great responses so far.
>
> Here is a query for your network ...
>
> I am interested in discovering both local and national Kenyan or
> African politicians who are quite active with social media. Being able
> to point out examples at a more local level where the feedback loop
> and closeness to the public is often stronger is quite useful.
>
> I am also interested in any political, government, or NGO-based
> "engagement" or "consultation" sites that have jumped on the mobile
> bandwagon. I am particularly interested in any mobile website or apps
> that are taking advantage of the increasingly popular smartphone
> broader net access beyond SMS. I am interested to understand what
> percent of Kenyan mobile phones are used to access the Internet in
> some way beyond SMS.
>
> Any suggestions? Links? Comments?
>
> Thanks for having me as a guest here.
>
> Sincerely,
> Steven Clift
>
>
>
>
>
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