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Network security Workshop.MARCH 19-23, 2012 @ REEF BEACH HOTEL . Click here for more>>

Late 2011 Past Events

6-8 >>Computerizing SACCOs Seminar
SEP.13‐16>>Records Management and Network Security 2011
SEP.15>>Green Computing Day (Tree Planting at Karura)
SEP.20 -23 ICT‐Enabled Secretarial
SEP.27-28 IGF-NAIROBI
OCT.1-4>>IFIP World CIO Forum 2011, Shenzhen-China
OCT.23-28>>ICANN meeting,Dakar-Senegal
OCT.26‐30>>ICT in Local Authorities Advanced Corporate IT Policies||OCT.26‐30>>Disaster Recovery Planning Update 2011
OCT. 24-27>>ITU Telecom World Summit,Geneva- Switzerland

For More events, view our Calendar of Events. Advertisement for events and downloadable material for respective events will be placed here at events page. For more information regarding the above events,events in our calendar, and if you are willing to participate or attend one of the above events. please email events@cskonline.org & copy(Cc) the mail to info@cskonline.org. See you there!

Other 2011 Past Events

August 23-26. Computer Managers Congress . The event was held at Turtle bay Beach Resort- Watamu. Read the executive summary for the event or see the press release document for the event. Group Photo will be posted later.

ICT Innovations in Co-Operative Societies (A Seminar on the Automation of Saccos & Implementation Of Saccos Systems) From 24th -27th May, 2011 At Lake Bogoria Spa Resort. Click here for more info and to download application material (221 kb .pdf file)

Advanced IT Disaster Recovery Planning 1-Day Intensive Workshop. From 31st May 2011 At Jacaranda Hotel, Nairobi. Click here for more info and to download application material (237 kb .pdf file)

12-15 April 2011-Computer Managers Congress,Its now your turn. The Computer Managers Congress is a general meeting held annually in which leading IT executives and managers of top organisations in the country exchange the latest information on basic issues in such fields as the direction and status of computer management, technology and other issues and mutually and sufficiently confirm their current understanding of common problems and issues as well as exchange opinions on the future outlook of the profession. It is the hope that the Computer Managers Congress 2011 will fulfil the objective of playing a leading role in steering the profession of ICT management down the path it should be taking.....
Who Should Attend?
Computer Managers, IT Managers, CIOs, ICT Managers, EDP Managers, IS Managers, IT Directors, Communications, Managers and Directors, Senior Managers dealing with or in Charge of IT functions Senior IT Personnel in line for management roles

Click here for more information and download the application forms Now.

For the last few weeks the communication in Kenya has been interapted on both Voice and Data as a result of Vandalism of already laid Fiber Cables.This has made the Ministry incharge of Communication to come out and give their say on this matter.According to the Permanent Secretary for Ministry of Information and Communication, Dr. Bitange Ndemo,Penalties will be enhanced to curb vandalism of cables by the end of the year, the government has warned.This comes as the telecommunications companies cry foul over the menace blaming it on sabotage by competitors.

Information and Communications permanent secretary Bitange Ndemo on Thursday said a miscellaneous amendment Bill will enhance punishment to life imprisonment and a fine of Sh10 million when convicted.Currently, those found guilty are fined Sh100,000 or three years imprisonment. "What is happening is not vandalism. These are people who want to disable the system," said the PS. Read More>>

The Communication Commission of Kenya has slashed off the interconnection charges based on offnet - onnet mobile tariffs. These where the charges imposed by the communication authority when one call from a different network which was directlyimplecated on the subscriber per call charges.Interconnect tariff is the price a telephone company charges you when you call its customers from another network. The charge has been Sh4.21 but has now been reduced to Sh2.21. The new charges take effect on September 1.

Before the slash, calling offnet in Kenya was about 24 Kenya Shillings per Minute but now one can call as low as one 4 shillings off-net (different Network) or even sometimes free on-net (from same network to same network), Read More>>

This has lead to massive migration from the market leader to her immediate competitor as the competitor swears to take the market leadership. However the public are still asking why the internet is still expensive? why are kenyans being charged 8 shillings per megabyte even after the Kenya Internet Backborne KDN redused the charges to service providers six months ago!

Bharti Airtel has contracted International Business Machines (IBM) to set up infrustructure on its newly acquired Zain Network. The India's top mobile phone firm said it had picked US computer giant IBM to supply information technology services to drive modernisation of its new African operations. This has finally given some hope to overcharged Kenyas that the price might chage drasticall from Ksh. 8/= per MB to something reasonable.As zain prepares to lauch 3G Network, Safaricom's 4G is under testing.

The current market leader in Mobile/Wireless Data provission-Orange Kenya, is now upgrading their networks.The process over the past few weeks has been causing internet problems as the company upgrades their charging portal. The company recently introdused SMS method of purchasing Data bundles which will eliminate disconnecting subscribers unaware whin their bundlesare exhausted, the method which forced the subscribers to use different network connections to purchase a data bundle of from another network or use their smart phones to access the Bundle portal. Read More>>

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