[kictanet] Draft National ICT Policy Discussions Day 8 of 10: Emerging Issues ( Big Data, Bitcoin, Internet of Things)

[Barrack Otieno]

Listers,

As we start day 8 of 10, please note that you can still contribute to
any of the threads of the previous days. We would also like to thank
everyone who has edited the policy on the Jadili platform
http://jadili.ictpolicy.org/docs/kenya-ict-policy. We welcome your
views on emerging issues. If there is any subject that has not been
covered feel free to propose emerging areas that should be considered.

Regards

On 7/1/16, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com> wrote:
> Day 8 of 10:
>
> * Internet of Things, M2M
> * Net Neutrality & OTT
> * Big Data
> * Virtual Money/BlockChains
>
> The Background:
>
> Internet of Things is a vision (now a reality) of physical objects
> (machines, vehicles, buildings, etc) fitted with sensors that allow
> them to  communicate with each other.  The smart-city concept
> envisions sensors continuously reporting status (e.g Traffic status,
> Pollution Status, Maintenance Status) of the different objects to
> allow for efficient management response. A lot of data exchanges
> arises hence the term Big Data with its associated data analytics
> requirements.
>
> Meanwhile, Virtual Money/Currency (Bitcoin, etc) threatens to disrupt
> the need for a centralised banking institutions. Over The Top (Skype,
> Twitter, FB, Youtube) have been around longer but the need to regulate
> or NOT to regulate them continues to be debated.
>
> Given recent developments on the KiCTANET list on Virtual money  what
> should  our position on these and other emerging issues be from a
> policy perspective ? is there need to embrace the issues?
>
> Your comments are welcome
>
>
>
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