[kictanet] Fwd: Invitation to the first African Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF 2012) from 3 to 4 October 2012 in Cairo, Egypt

[Alice Munyua]

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Subject: 	Invitation to the first African Internet Governance Forum 
(AfIGF 2012) from 3 to 4 October 2012 in Cairo, Egypt
Date: 	Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:56:30 +0300
From: 	Makane Faye <mfaye at uneca.org>
CC: 	Makane Faye <faymakane at gmail.com>, sayele <sayele at uneca.org>, 
fkurabachew at uneca.org, "KHushaidan at uneca.org" <khushaidan at uneca.org>



Dear Colleagues,

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union 
Commission (AUC) in collaboration with the Government of Arab Republic 
of Egypt through the Ministry of Communications and Information 
Technology and the sub-regional IGFs will organize the first African 
Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF 2012) from 3 to 4 October 2012 in 
Cairo, Egypt. The event is expected to bring together participants from 
all over the continent to define Africa’s collective common position on 
Internet Governance and share best practices based on the results of 
national and sub-regional consultations.

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Building on the United Nations (UN) Millennium Development Goals, and 
the mandate given at the Second Phase of the World Summit on the 
Information Society in Tunis (WSIS), the IGF is a United Nations 
led-activity initiated in 2006 as a global platform for 
multi-stakeholder policy dialogue on prevailing and emerging issues on 
Internet governance in order to foster the sustainability, robustness, 
security, stability, and development of the Internet.

The Internet Governance space in Africa has been very active during the 
WSIS process with regional meetings held from 2002 to 2005 in Bamako, 
Accra, Addis Ababa, Cairo, Johannesburg, Douala and Tunis. Moreover, 
within the IGF global initiative, Africa has hosted IGF in Egypt (2009) 
and in Kenya (2011).

Presently, there are five regional initiatives that are ongoing in 
Africa; which include the West Africa Internet Governance Forum (WAIGF), 
the East Africa Internet Governance Forum (EAIGF), Forum de Gouvernance 
de l'Internet en Afrique Centrale (FGI-CA), the Southern Africa Internet 
Governance Forum (SAIGF) and the North Africa Internet Governance Forum 
(NAIGF). These sub-regional initiatives, which have organized meetings 
in 2012, together with AfIGF will support and promote the consolidation 
of on-going national initiatives and also reach out to continental and 
global stakeholders for Africa’s better participation in IGF.

Accordingly and in view of the pivotal role that you and your 
institution are playing in the promotion of the Internet Governance 
agenda, I am pleased to invite you, on behalf of the Director of the ICT 
and Science and Techology Division of ECA, to participate in AfIGF 2012.

Please note that the Forum will bring together representatives from 
governments, businesses and non-governmental organisations for two days 
of intensive discussions about the state of Internet Governance in 
Africa and developing strategies on best practices. The Forum will also 
attract participation from related international and regional 
organizations and partners. Moreover, AfIGF 2012 is the first of its 
kind addressing IG issues on the continent providing substantive input 
to the global IGF process and Africa’s participation in other 
international fora.

The organizers would appreciate if you could kindly confirm your 
participation by 20 August 2012. The registration form is attached. The 
programme and list of hotels will be soon made available at the 
conference website. Please circulate this information to all your 
colleagues and network members.

We hope to hear from you soon.


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Makane Faye (Mr.)

En mission aux Seychelles

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Officer-in-Charge, ICT Policy and Development & E-Application Sections
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
P.O. Box 3001 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
ECA New Building, Office 5S14
Ext. 33563
Tel: +251 11 5443563
Fax: +251 11 5514416 / 0512
Email: mfaye at uneca.org <mailto:mfaye at uneca.org>
Private mail: faymakane at gmail.com <mailto:fmakane at gmail.com>



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