by Dr. Radut

AfriSIG News

"AfriSIG is fulfilling a major need": Gbenga Sesan of Paradigm Initiative Nigeria

Gbenga Sesan, executive director of Paradigm Initiative Nigeria, joined this year’s African School on Internet Governance as a member of the faculty team, and highlighted the contribution it is making to capacity building on internet governance in the region.

APCNews: What is your general impression about the school?

Gbenga Sesan: The school is an important part of the capacity- building process to get more African civil society actors more knowledgeable about internet governance and I think it’s fulfilling a
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Openness, transparency and accountability: A chat interview with Alan Barrett, AFRINIC's CEO

AFRINIC is home to Africa’s regional internet registry, based in Mauritius, and has three other operational offices in South Africa (technical operations), Egypt (backup and disaster recovery) and Ghana (training coordination).

AFRINIC was part of the 2016 African School on Internet Governance (AfriSIG) session on “Multistakeholder internet governance: Achievements, strengths and weaknesses”, where it’s CEO Alan Barrett, stated that multistakeholderism is important to the future of internet governance and AFRINIC believes in this process. 

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Avri Doria shares her insights on the 2016 African School of Internet Governance

This year’s African School on Internet Governance included a practicum exercise coordinated by Avri Doria, a highly respected member of both the internet technical community and the global internet governance community, as well as an APC member and volunteer. APCNews spoke with Avri to gather her insights on this year’s edition and on AfriSIG in general.

APCNews: What is your general impression about the 2016 AfriSIG?

Avri Doria: This AfriSIG was amongst the better experiences I have had in
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The human rights paradigm in internet governance: An interview with David Souter

David SouterDavid Souter is a longstanding associate of APC, and has worked for more than 20 years on the relationship between information and communications technologies (ICTs) and public policy, particularly in the areas of development, the environment, governance (including internet governance) and rights. He joined this year’s edition of the African School on Internet Governance (AfriSIG) as a faculty member, focusing on the relationship between internet governance and human rights.

APCNews: What type of role would the internet play in achieving
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Interview with Chenai Chair: Perspectives of a graduate and coach

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
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Bob Ochieng praises diversity of African School on Internet Governance

APCNews spoke with Bob Ochieng, ICANN stakeholder engagement manager for Africa and a faculty member for the 2016 African School on Internet Governance, to gather his impressions on the experience. Ochieng had high praise for the diversity represented by this year’s AfriSIG class, as well as a few pointers for future editions of the School. Bob Ochieng

APCNews: What is your general impression about the school?

Bob Ochieng: I think the school was very successful in general with a very active and enthusiastic
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Internet governance in Africa: Reflections from the director of the Internet Governance ICT Infrastructure Support, Palesa Legoze

Shortly after this year’s African School on Internet Governance (AfriSIG) was held, the 5th African Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF) took place from 16 to 18 October at the Durban International Convention Centre. The South African government was the host government for the AfIGF, and arguably this year the government of South Africa has made significant strides in participating in multistakeholder settings in relation to internet governance locally and regionally. Prior to AfriSIG and the AfIGF, South Africa had its
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A painting of an African feminist internet

The internet remains one of the historical developments transforming human behaviour, greatly impacting on the social, economic, cultural and political spheres of life at an incredible speed. The recently concluded African Internet Governance Forum held from 16 to 18 October 2016 in Durban, South Africa reaffirmed the great opportunities of the internet, demonstrating its capacity to facilitate economic growth and transform society. Increasingly the internet is changing the way we do business, socialise, engage in politics and activism, and acquire and use information. With a 28.7%
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Mon engagement dans des organismes favorisant le développement de l'Afrique

Je vais vous relater l’une des expĂ©riences tant personnelle que professionnelle que j’ai vĂ©cu cette annĂ©e.

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

Ma participation Ă  ces activitĂ©s s’est
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Experiencing the African possibilities, through AfriSIG 2016

The African School on Internet Governance (AfriSIG) 2016 is one of the most impactful programmes I have attended. I am grateful for the training that will definitely enhance my work around advocacy for open and affordable internet access. The School also enabled informal networking of participants for potential collaborations on projects at grassroots level, which is something I intend to follow up. The School created a platform where fellow countries were able to interact with each other and find a common understanding in realisation of a
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