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. 

This year, the African IGF is taking place in Lilongwe, Malawi, from July 19 to 21, 2022, as a hybrid event. 

The African IGF has been organised under the following five sub-themes;

• Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• Cyber Security, Privacy, and Personal Data Protection
• Digital Skills and Human Capacity Development
• Affordable, Meaningful Access
• Digital Infrastructure

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. 

The forums that you can register to participate in include those listed below:

Tuesday, July 19 • 10:40am–11:40am

• Africa Cyber Capacity Priority Needs, Future Challenges, and Opportunities https://sched.co/13lTk.

1:00pm - 2:00pm

1. Building Trust in Digital Services—Beyond the Technology https://sched.co/13lUE. 

3:00pm - 4:00pm

1. Scale up the Internet Universality ROAM-X indicators assessment in Africa for inclusive and humanistic digital transformation " https://sched.co/162o4.
2. Towards an enabling policy and regulatory environment for Community Networks in Africa" https://sched.co/13lUQ. 
   

Wednesday, July 20 • 9:00am - 10:00am

1. Community Networks Landscape: A Discussion on the Comparison Between the Technical and Regulatory Framework of Community Networks in Kenya and Nigeria." https://sched.co/144C2. 
2. Bridging the Digital Divide to Build Inclusion and Trust through Multistakeholder Processes" https://sched.co/13lTh. 
   

Thursday, July 21 • 1:00pm - 1:30pm

1. Building Capacity towards Sustainability of Community Networks https://sched.co/144UV. 

Kenya held its premier internet policy forum on June 30, themed "Resilient Internet for a Shared Sustainable and Common Future."