<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Brian</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Great stuff! Lots of initiatives out there. Great to see that some are actually working!<br><br><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><b>Principal</b></span></div><div><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">+254 0713 601113 / 0770906375</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font></font></span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Skype: abu-jomo</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a><a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none;"></span></a></span></p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font></font></span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"></p><font><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Blog: <a href="http://www.alyhussein.com/" target="_blank">www.alyhussein.com</a></span><br></font></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></span></div><div>"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi</div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On 21 Sep 2015, at 11:54 AM, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Indeed Kivuva,</span><br><span></span><br><span>This practical example can feature on the East African Internet</span><br><span>Governance Forum, now that it is happening in Uganda this week and</span><br><span>being co-hosted by the Ministry of ICT.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Regards</span><br><span></span><br><span>On 9/21/15, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>On 21 September 2015 at 11:09, Brian Munyao Longwe via kictanet <</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>We established a social enterprise that is using internet technologies to</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>improve livelihoods for communities in this post-conflict regions. This</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>is</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>mainly through making high speed broadband available to rural communities</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>at low cost. So far we have been able to establish points-of-presence in</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>the towns of Gulu, Lira, Soroti and Mbale - NGOs, corporates and</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>individuals alike have been flocking to take up the broadband services</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>after years of poor quality and expensive services from the mobile</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>operators who sell mainly data bundles that have poor performance. We</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>ride</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>on Uganda's national optical fiber network (owned by the ministry of</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>ICT's</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>National IT Authority - NITA-U). and from Kampala interconnect with a</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>variety of bulk providers (Seacom, Liquid Telecom, Simbanet, BCS) who are</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>connected to submarine networks via Mombasa. Our service approach has</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>greatly challenged the internet services paradigm and scored greatly with</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>our subscribers, many of whom enjoy better services in these rural towns</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>than their colleagues/counterparts in the capital Kampala.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Thank you very much Brian for the great work. This is quite interesting.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>There is an IGF 2015 track called "Policy Options for Connecting the Next</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Billion". I am not sure if you have heard about it.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>The short writeup of the same reads like this: "Technological advancement</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>in connectivity expanded broadband access and mobile penetration in recent</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>years. Three billion people were connected to the Internet by the end of</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>2014. In spite of the progress achieved, more effort is necessary in order</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>to connect the next billion and to address the digital divide. The</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>identification of strategies to improve connectivity is timely due to the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>ongoing process of reviewing the outcomes of the World Summit of the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Information Society (WSIS+10) and the discussion of the post-2015</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Collaboration between governmental</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>and non-governmental actors is key to meet this challenge and the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>mutistakeholder nature of the IGF makes it a privileged space for</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>discussion. "</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>What next: Your implementation is great and can form a great policy option</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>for the IGF. We hope you are willing to contribute on the same. Local or</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>regional IGF initiatives are encouraged to contribute on how "we can</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>connect the next billion to the Internet". Here is the form created by the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>IGF secretariat to collect feedback. We can then have it presented at the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>global IGF in Brazil later in November.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/policy-options-for-connection-the-next-billion/contributions">http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/policy-options-for-connection-the-next-billion/contributions</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/policy-options-for-connection-the-next-billion/contributions">http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/policy-options-for-connection-the-next-billion/contributions</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Here is the landing page:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/policy-options-for-connection-the-next-billion">http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/policy-options-for-connection-the-next-billion</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Sincerely,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>______________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>"There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>higher ground in that lifetime." - Maxwell Anderson</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>-- </span><br><span>Barrack O. 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