AFRISIG

The African School on Internet Governance (AfriSIG) was announced this week as the winner of a 2017 World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Prize, awarded by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), in a ceremony at the Geneva International Conference Centre during the annual WSIS Forum 2017.

AfriSIG is a joint initiative of the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and the NEPAD Agency. The School aims to give Africans from diverse sectors and… Read more

Chenai Chair, researcher and communications/evaluations officer at Research ICT Africa, was an AfriSIG participant and graduate of the 2015 edition. This year, however, she became a member of the faculty, and did a spectacular job as team coach, assisting Avri Doria in the practicum sessions. In this interview, she shares her insights from that new position.

APCNews: How did you generally find this edition of AfriSIG?

Chenai Chair: I found this year’s AfriSIG a class full of young people ready to learn about internet… Read more

Je vais vous relater l’une des expériences tant personnelle que professionnelle que j’ai vécu cette année.

J’ai eu l’honneur d‘être parmi quelques participants retenus après le test en ligne pour faire partie de la 4e Édition de l’École Africaine de la Gouvernance Internet (en abrégé AfriSIG2016) du 11 au 18 Octobre 2016 ainsi que de la 5e Édition du Forum Africain de la Gouvernance Internet (en abrégé AfIGF), tous deux à Durban, en Afrique du Sud.

Ma participation à ces activités s’est… Read more

Carine Momeni, volontaire et militante des TIC pour le développement à PROTEGE QV (Organisation camerounaise membre du réseau APC) ainsi que professeure de langue espagnole, a eu sa première expérience immergée dans une sphère de la gouvernance de l’internet et raconte son expérience…

Mon expérience de l’école Africaine sur la Gouvernance de l’Internet – en abrégé AfriSIG2016 à Durban en Afrique du Sud, était vraiment impressionnante et très intéressante. Il faut noter que c’était ma première fois d’assister à cette école sur la gouvernance de l’internet en… Read more

I first heard this statement on the first day of the African School on Internet Governance (AfriSIG) in Dr David Souter’s lecture and overview of the Internet governance ecosystem and its key players.

Initially, I silently disagreed and to an extent, did not quite grasp the full meaning of the statement at the time. In my mind, in any discourse that seeks to incorporate the input of several stakeholders, the objective would be to win, leaving such a process after having successfully pushed through one’s stakeholder interests and positions. Otherwise what would be the point of even… Read more

Before I attended the Gender and Internet Governance eXchange (gigX) I did not think there was anything I could say related to gender activism. The last four days have reaffirmed the saying shared on the first day “if you are not at the table you will be on the menu”.

There is often an assumption that gender issues are only women’s rights issues but they operate on a principle of inclusivity for all-marginalised, invisible members of society. Our different intersectionalities may sometimes result in us assuming or not seeing the issues affecting others.

The gigX showed the… Read more