<div dir="ltr"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><br><div style="text-align:center"><img src="https://2022.afigf.africa/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Aigf-ee-22.png" alt="Aigf ee 22" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; border: none; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-family: "Nunito Sans"; vertical-align: top; max-width: 100%; height: auto; user-select: none; border-radius: 0px; box-shadow: none; pointer-events: none; color: rgb(80, 80, 80);"><br></div><div>Dear Listers,</div><div><br></div><div><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Malawi hosts the 2022 Africa Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF), in which Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) will participate in its mission to promote an enabling environment in the ICT sector through multi stakeholder approaches. </span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">This year, the African IGF is taking place in </span><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Lilongwe, Malawi</span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">, from July 19 to 21, 2022, as a hybrid event. </span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">The African IGF has been organised under the following five sub-themes;</span></p><ul style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Innovation and Entrepreneurship</span></li><li style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Cyber Security, Privacy, and Personal Data Protection</span></li><li style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Digital Skills and Human Capacity Development</span></li><li style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Affordable, Meaningful Access</span></li><li style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Digital Infrastructure</span></li></ul><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">KICTANet will participate in panel discussions with our African counterparts during the forum. They will be represented by Grace Githaiga, Convenor, KICTANet, Ms Catherine Kyalo, Africa Regional Coordinator, Local Networks Initiative;  Ms Josephine Miliza, African Policy Coordinator, KICTANet, Dr Kathrine Getao, Mr Barrack Otieno. </span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">The forums that you can register to participate in include those listed below:</span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#ff0000">Tuesday, July 19 • 10:40am–11:40am</font></span></strong></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p><ul><li><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Africa Cyber Capacity Priority Needs, Future Challenges, and Opportunities <a href="https://sched.co/13lTk">https://sched.co/13lTk</a>.</span></li></ul><p></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">1:00pm - 2:00pm</span></strong></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p><ol><li><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Building Trust in Digital Services—Beyond the Technology <a href="https://sched.co/13lUE">https://sched.co/13lUE</a>. </span></li></ol><p></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">3:00pm - 4:00pm</span></strong></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p><ol><li><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Scale up the Internet Universality ROAM-X indicators assessment in Africa for inclusive and humanistic digital transformation " <a href="https://sched.co/162o4">https://sched.co/162o4</a>.</span></li><li><span style="background-color:transparent">Towards an enabling policy and regulatory environment for Community Networks in Africa" <a href="https://sched.co/13lUQ">https://sched.co/13lUQ</a>. </span><br></li></ol><p></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#ff0000">Wednesday, July 20 • 9:00am - 10:00am</font></span></strong></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p><ol><li><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Community Networks Landscape: A Discussion on the Comparison Between the Technical and Regulatory Framework of Community Networks in Kenya and Nigeria."  <a href="https://sched.co/144C2">https://sched.co/144C2</a>. </span></li><li><span style="background-color:transparent">Bridging the Digital Divide to Build Inclusion and Trust through </span>Multistakeholder<span style="background-color:transparent"> Processes" <a href="https://sched.co/13lTh">https://sched.co/13lTh</a>. </span><br></li></ol><p></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#ff0000">Thursday, July 21 • 1:00pm - 1:30pm</font></span></strong></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p><ol><li><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Building Capacity towards Sustainability of Community Networks <a href="https://sched.co/144UV">https://sched.co/144UV</a>. </span></li></ol><p></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Kenya held its premier internet policy forum on June 30, themed "Resilient Internet for a Shared Sustainable and Common Future." </span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p></div><div>--<br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif"><div><font color="#444444"><b style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif">Kind Regards,</b><br></font></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-top:6pt"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#444444"><b></b></font></p><p></p><p></p><p s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