13TH -16TH JULY. PROFESSIONAL SEMINARS

For Booking and Resevation Please Contact CSK Events Department early in advance. More information and links for downloading the application formswill be submitted as soon as they are made available by the department.

24TH JULY . UPDATES FOR FINANCE PROFESSIONALS

The CSK Events Department has released their Calendar for the next half year,June to December 2010. Click here to download it in word / pdf format respectively (~42KB). More Provessional training seminars and workshops will be communicated as it approaches and all links to relevant information and application forms will be provided.Ckeck our calendar of events or visit the Events Page for approaching events.For more Information Contact CSK Events Department .

NEW DAWN TO ICT SECTOR IN EAST AFRICA
Its a new dawn to ICT sector in Kenya and East Africa in general.East Africa currently consists of Five countries namely; Kenya,Uganda,Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi.On 1st July 2010,the East African Community took a giant leap as member states simultaneously launched the Common Market Protocol. The protocol, which was signed on November 20, last year, allows free movement of goods, services, capital and labour within the five countries.

The Treaty for Establishment of the East African Community was signed on 30 November 1999 and entered into force on 7 July 2000 following its ratification by the original three Partner States – Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. The Republic of Rwanda and the Republic of Burundi acceded to the EAC Treaty on 18 June 2007 and became full Members of the Community with effect from 1 July 2007.

Setting off the common market, President Kibaki ordered Ministry for imigration to waive the work permit fees for all East Africans coming to search for greener pastures in Kenya.For more information click here>>

ICT SHARE IN THE 2010/2011BUDJET

ICT has a big share in this budjes, although the it is distributed through different channels the direct share has been announced by the Minister, allocation of 1.3 Billion to improve the ICT training in all constituencies. Each constituency will get 300 computers which will be sources from the localassembly firms. So far Kenya has several assembly companies and projects which have already demonstrated their abillity to provide quality machines and software solutions. They will be the first lot to benefit directly from the allocation.This also has indused hope to Computer Engineering students which have graduated from different Colleges Accredited by the Computer Society of Kenya and Universities Countrywide..

The Minister has mentioned ICT allthrough his speech including introduction of several Centrilized Database, online service provisions,tracking and surveillance systems,access to credit and more employment opportunities. More Information as it comes...Keep checking.

DATO DAN'KHOO FROM MALAYSIA RE-ELECTED

Dato Dan'Khoo from Malaysia	Dr. Jorge A. Cassino from Argentina

Dato' Dan Khoo has been re-elected Chairman of the World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA) beating his rival Dr. George A. Cassino. No vote numbers were released by the election officials in the eagerly awaited election, save than to announcing the winner. Mr Khoo from Malaysia will be chair for the next 2 years up to and including the General Assembly meeting in Montreal in 2012. See advert at the top right of this page. Read More>>

37th ICANN Meeting - Nairobi - Rod Beckstrom,ICANN President Opening Remarks

Other News Clip :

Dr. Waudo Siganga addressing the 4th Annual International IGF meeting is Egypt.He is the current Vice President of World Information Technology & services Alliance (WITSA) in charge of Africa

29 JUNE 2010-KENYA PRIVATE SECTOR ALLIANCE BRIEFING

On Friday 29th June 2010 the CSK Chairman and the Corporate Affairs Manager Madam Doris Ofisi, attended a briefing organized by the Kenya Private Sector Alliance at the Serena Hotel. The purpose of the meeting was for the public sector to be appraised by the Minister of Information and Communications, Hon. Porgisio, and the Permanent Secretary, Dr. Bitange Ndemo, on the status of activity at the Ministry.

24 JUNE 2010- ICT PRODUCTIVITY CONSULTATIVE FORUM
Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) held a consultative forum at the KICC on Productivity and Competitiveness of the ICT Cluster in nairobi. Among the CSK representatives was the Chairman and the corporate Affairs manager. Photos will be posted as soon as they are ready.

10 JUNE 2010 - CSK HONORED ANOTHER PROFESSIONAL

Mr. Paul Ronoh, the ICT Manager at the Kenya Rural Urban Roads Authority was recently admitted to the roll of Fellows of the Computer Society of Kenya, in recognition to his outstanding contribution to the ICT profession and his professional achievents spanning a number of years

May 2010. This Year's Internet Governance Forum-GENEVA

Kenya ICT Sector was represented fully by delegates from Computer Society of Kenya,led by the National Chairman Dr. Waudo Siganga Ph.D. In this photo, delagates attending the IGF Planning meeting in Geneva converge in a break-away session to discuss the structure of the IG and Development Session for the upcoming IGF meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania. Click Here >>

April 27th–30th 2010.Implementing e-Procurement - WATAMU MALINDI

Many types of organizations benefit from using the tools of a professional e-procurement software application to centralize and manage their procurement.function.Mission critical e-procurement software systems are currently being implemented in organizations both large and small, in the public and private sectors including businesses, charities, governments, the military and the security services most of the new e-procurement systems are end – to end “Red-to-check” systems providing seamless integration into the existing corporate infrastructure and accounts systems. Our systems incorporate a best of breed approach to systems design and functionality.Electronic Multi-Level Approvals,

April 20 - 23 2010: Computer Managers Congress-North Coast

17th Annual Computer Managers Congress Windsup: The 17th Annual Computer Managers Congress which was held at North Cost Beach Hotel from 20th to 23rd .Among the participants were the top IT and ICT Managers, CIOs, CTO’s, IT Directors, IT Service & Support Managers, IT Process Owners and Quality Managers, IT Auditors, IT Consultants and individual ICT proffessionals.More information will be posted later:- See other past events>>

March 07 - 03 -2010 The 37th International Meeting of the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

ICANN MEETING NAIROBI :The 37th International Meeting of the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) 2010 was closed on Friday 12th of March. It has been a busy week for the delegates since Sunday when the Computer Society of Kenya held a Five Star Reception Dinner for the delegates at Hilton Hotel in Nairobi. More has been discusses and the report will be posted as soon as compilation is complete.For More information on the 37th ICANN international meeting visit the official website for the event and get comprehensive information about the meeting.

25-11-2009: Kenya ICT Hall of Fame:

Official Launch of Kenya ICT Hall of Fame:Five individuals were selected by an independent panel of judges to be the first inducted into the Kenya ICT Hall of Fame that is to be launched by the  Deputy Prime MInister Musalia Mudavadi on Wednesday 25th November 2009. The five are Hon. Eng. james Rege, Dr. Crowther Pepela, Geroge Wanyama Okado, Ms Njeri Rionge and Dr. Sylavanus Juma Okech (posthumous)

THE 2009 ICT HALL OF FAME WINNER

ENG James Rege, who is also Hon. Member of parliament for Karachuonyo Constituency takes ICT to the grassroot. James Rege, MP pledges himself to the improvement of the people's access to capital and increased education on opportunities for commercial activity especially taking advantage of credit facilities from financial institutions. He has introduced several ICT projects in His constituency such as CCNA training centres and others.He was Acknowledged by the Minister for Education Dr. Sam Ongeri in the ongoing RECEe Conference at KIE, as a person who has set an example in ICT sector in Kenya. Read more>>

CSK Departments :

The computer Society of Kenya has 4 departments:- The events department, Accounts Department, Media Department , The Training Department and the marketing department. All departments work together in favour of each other such as the events department work together with The training Department in offering Proffessional Training to members and other ICT compampanies. The media Department Work Hand in Hand with the marketting department inorder to share and deliver information to members appropriately for more information of each department, visit the respective links above or contact us.

Welcome: Pleasure to invite you to the Computer Society of Kenya Official website . Our mission is to synchronize ICT in Kenya and represent Kenya in International ICT summits and policy making. Our goal is to provide you with useful information and Ideas as far as Information Communication and Technology is concerned. As Kenya gears ahead towards her set development goal of year 2030 We believe that ICT is among the major tools towards achieving the set goal that is why the Society is putting efforts in public policy advocacy towards achieving the development Goal. Read more>>

Services:The Computer Society of Kenya has been serving the Corporate ICT Companies, the SME's and Individual ICT Professionals,Currently the Society has a more than 6000 individual and corporate members countrywide.

Accreditation:Computer Society of Kenya is Accredited ICT Training Body in Kenya since 1986, providing an industry identity and forum, leading in public policy advocacy, offering technology and management training services, and running a recognition and awards program.The Society is also the official IT examining Body, offering certification in introductory courses , Proffessional and Special ICT Training workshops countywide

Publications:The Publication Department of Computer Society of Kenya takes care of all print and ICT media contents of the Society.Among the Publications,is the Computer Age,The official ICT Journal

Among the Publications,is the Computer Age,The Kenya's official ICT Journal, The Email Directory,The Kenya ICT Business Guide,The Introductory Courses handbooks and much more.For More Information on Publications.

The Media Department of Computer Society of Kenya handles raw facts and figures , Database, Hard and Digital contents from internal and external sources as far as ICT is conserned. It is the department that collects the data from the ground, keeps and updates the CSK Databases, Updates and uploads content in CSK Portal, processes and analyses facts and figures to information and redistributes the information in different internal media. The CSK Media department is divided into 3 sub-sections namely:-  The Data Section, Publications and Coverage  Section. Read More>>

2009: Kenya ICT Excellence Awards [KICTEA]

The Kenya's Most Excellent Companies in ICT Sector: The Kenya ICT Excellence Awards[KICTEA] is the annual ICT Excellence Awards by Computer Society of Kenya . Its our duty and responsibility to recognize the effort put by different entities in ICT. Our awards are benchmarks of Performance excellence as the awards panel, comprising of ICT Professionals, Retired ICT Managers and other Internationally Recognized ICT Personnel, enter into every detail in determining the deserved company for a given category. Find the list of the previous award winners which are now putting more efforts to ensure that they keep their awards in the next KICTEA. Also find some of the photos for the event from our Media Department. Both the Awards and the Hall of Fame where held in the same day and venue-Laico Regency formaly known as Prestigious Grand Regency.Find the list of the award winners right below >>

THE LIST OF KICTEA AWARD WINNERS 2009

The following are the companies which deserved the awards according to the CSK professional Awards Panel 2009. More information on the creteria used to choose the winners will be uploaded in Events Page. Congratulations to all companies and professional Individuals below for their awards.Year 2009 was the toughest economic year and according to the Panel it was a complete challenge to pick the best out of the catecories.The following companies therefore displayed the ability to perform regardless of the situation and we would urge any one to have our confidence and trust in doing business withthe following companies

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