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Local Internet Governance Initiatives in Africa

Explore the inception and progress of East Africa's Internet Governance initiatives, aiming to raise awareness, establish relevant issues, build consensus, and enhance regional expertise. Addressing key priorities such as access, cybersecurity, resources management, and legal frameworks.

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Local Internet Governance Initiatives in Africa

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  1. Local Internet Governance Initiatives in Africa Vincent Ngundi, Administrative Manager, KENIC AfriNIC-9 Public Policy Meeting, 26th November 2008, Mauritius

  2. Outline • The Process • The Vision • IG Forums Thematic Areas • EA Priority Issues • Taking Stock • Way Forward • The Team

  3. The Process

  4. The Vision • Vision Statement Opening the Internet Governance Debate in East Africa: “Thinking Globally; Acting Locally”

  5. ..The Vision • Objectives • To raise awareness of Internet Governance issues among policy makers and stakeholders in the East Africa Region • To establish which Internet Governance issues are relevant to East Africans • To build consensus and national and regional positions around relevant Internet Governance issues and • To share the outcomes of the regional forum with the 2008 global IGF in Hyderabad, India.

  6. IG Forum Thematic Areas • Access - Supply, Demand and Development • Content – Development, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Localisation • Management of Critical Internet Resources • Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust • Governance – Participation in Internet Governance

  7. East Africa IG Priority Issues.. • Universal affordable Access • Access to infrastructure • Affordable access to relevant local Content • Multi lingualism/Localisation • National and regional Internet exchange points

  8. ..East Africa IG Priority Issues.. • Capacity and skills development • Strengthening knowledge base/understanding of IG issues both policy and technical • Increase size and quality of local contributions to international IG policy processes • Develop local community expertise

  9. ..East Africa IG Priority Issues.. • Legislative frameworks that will create an enabling environment for creation and innovation • Provision of legal and regulatory frameworks for use of ICTs for development in the region • Harmonisation of legal and regulatory frameworks

  10. ..East Africa IG Priority Issues.. • Critical internet resources • IPv6 transition • Management of Internet Resources • New gTLDs and IDNs • Collaboration and sharing of best practices and procedures • ccTLD’s and re-delegation of dot UG and RW

  11. ..East Africa IG Priority Issues.. • Cyber crime, security and privacy • Creating a national and regional framework • Protecting national/regional internet infrastructure • Protecting personal information • Spam • E-crime and security legislation • Regional CERT and CSIRT

  12. Taking Stock • Have we realised Vision? Milestones? • Online Forums • National Forums • Regional Forum • East Africa Report • Global IGF – next week! • Ditto in 2009? Tanzania!

  13. The Way Forward • Annual Events • National IGF’s • Regional IGF (EAIGF 2009 Tanzania) • Deliverables • Address Priority Issues • Incorporate Issues in National/Regional Information Agenda • NOT only “Talk the Walk” but also “Walk the Talk”

  14. The Team • Civil Society (KICTANet, SWOPNet, CIPESA, WOUGNET, I-Net, APC, EAICT4D…) • ccTLD Community (KENIC..) • Government (KICTB, CCK, RITA, RURA, RDG, TCRA…) • Private Sector/Industry (TESPOK..) • Academia (Strathmore University, KCCT..) • International Orgs (ICANN, ITU, ISOC, AfriNIC..) • Donors: IDRC

  15. Asante!www.eaigf.or.keinfo@eaigf.or.ke

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