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Nairobi 2014 Theme: Is privacy and security online possible in Kenya?</b></span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Kenya’s most exciting tech conference,
<a href="http://barcamp.co.ke/">Barcamp Nairobi</a>, is back this weekend. Join us and at least 600 techies on what promises to be another awesome Barcamp Nairobi. <br></span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
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</span></font><ul><li><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Date:</b> Saturday 30<sup>th</sup> August</span></font></li><li><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Time:</b> 8am – 8pm (yes we will have lunch and probably the best Kenyan tech after party ever)<br>
</span></font></li><li><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Venue:</b> <span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">Barcamp
Nairobi 2014 will be jointly hosted by four of Kenya’s leading innovation hubs
the iHub, the Nailab, m:Lab East Africa and the South to South Lab at Bishop
Magua Centre, Ngong Road, Nairobi.</span></span></font></li><li><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Co Convenors:</b> ICTA, <span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">Africahackon</span> and Akirachix</span></font></li>
<li><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Tickets:</b> Free but please register on the website <br></span></font></li></ul><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span></font><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">For more information on Barcamp Nairobi
please visit <a href="http://barcamp.co.ke/">http://barcamp.co.ke/</a></span></font><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span></font><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Theme<span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">
for Barcamp Nairobi 2014 is, “Who’s Your Data’s Daddy?” Is privacy and security
online possible in Kenya? At Barcamp Nairobi 2014 we are eager to talk about
privacy and surveillance, we will explore if there are any strategies and solutions
that Kenyan citizens, corporations and governments are using to protect their
privacy and security online. In true Barcamp tradition the floor is also open
for discussion on any other topics you find interesting. </span></span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">Barcamp is an unconference – participants run it. Anyone and
everyone can attend. Attendees set the agenda for what’s discussed, lead the
sessions and workshops that fill the schedule, and create an environment of
innovation and productive discussion.</span></span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">At Barcamp Nairobi 2014</span></font></b></p><b><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span></font></b><ul><li><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">We will examine the how the right to
respect for private life, as a human right be reconciled with the state’s
obligation to protect individuals, including safeguarding human rights, online
as well as offline</span></font></li><li><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">We will discuss privacy and surveillance
and how these affect development and businesses’ ability to contribute to
economic growth</span></font></li><li><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">We will debate if it is possible to
ensure Internet end user privacy considering the existing technological
capacities for wide-ranging abuse by public as well as private actors</span></font></li><li><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">We will share strategies and solutions
that Kenyan citizens, corporation and government are using to protect their
privacy and security online</span></font></li></ul><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Please
join us this Saturday and come ready to engage! </span></font><br><div><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Co – Convenors info</span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
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</span></font></b><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><a href="http://www.icta.go.ke/"><b><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">ICTA</span></font></b></a></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">The Information and Communication Technology Authority of Kenya
(ICTA), Kenya’s premier collective of technology security aficionados,
Africahackon, and Kenya’s leading, high impact collective of women in
technology, Akirachix, have partnered as the co-convenors of Barcamp Nairobi
2014.</span></span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">The Information and Communication Technology Authority is a State
Corporation under the Ministry of Information Communication and Technology of
the Government of Kenya. The parastatal was established in August 2013. The Authority
is tasked with rationalizing and streamlining the management of all Government
of Kenya ICT functions. The ICT Authority shall enforce ICT standards in
Government and enhance the supervision of its electronic communication under
the national message, “One Government, One Voice”. The Authority is the
lead organisation in developing and implementing the Government of Kenya’s
National Cybersecurity Strategy and is working to ensure cyber security is a
national priority. </span>Barcamp
Nairobi provides a strong platform to promote the Government's commitment to
cyber security, to enhance the Government's push to ensure cyber security is a
National Priority and to get feedback on the Government's National
Cybersecurity Strategy.</span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><a href="http://www.africahackon.com/"><b><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">Africahackon</span></span></font></b></a></p>
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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">Africahackon is East Africa’s premier technical computer security
collective which brings together the individual talents of the best and
brightest security professionals in the region, through live presentations,
activities and demonstrations. They are experts on a full range of defensive
and offensive security topics, are well versed in the theoretical aspect of
cyber security and gurus on the practical and tactical angle of the art.</span></span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><a href="http://akirachix.com/"><b><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Akirachix</span></font></b></a></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">Barcamp Nairobi is also about outreach and attracting new people
to the possibilities of technology and Akirachix are leaders in this field. In
pursuing their vision of, “Nurturing generations of women who use
technology to develop innovations and solutions for Africa” they have
formed a community of 400 women in tech, run regular classes and boot
camps, have reached over 1400 women (most from the informal settlements in
Nairobi), creating over 30 jobs in the process. Akirachix do not just talk outreach,
they do outreach, very successfully too!</span></span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
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