Dear Stakeholder, Upon request from the African Union Commission’s Information Society Division (ISD), the Knowledge Services Section (KSS) of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has established a website for the African IGF (http://afigf.org/) and set up a discussion forum at: http://knowledge4africa.uneca.org/. In this context, I am kindly inviting you to join the forum in order to participate in the discussions leading to African IGF 2015 and subsequent IGF related activities. The 4th African IGF will be held in Addis Ababa at the African Union Commission from 6 to 8 September 2015, to be preceded by the Conference of Ministers of Information, Communications, ICT and Post. Thank you. Makane Faye (Mr.) Chief, Knowledge Services Section --- United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) --- P.O. Box 3001 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Tel: +251 11 5443563; Ext. 33563 Fax: +251 11 5514416 / +251 11 54411458 Email: mfaye@uneca.org; faymakane@gmail.com facebook.com/makane.faye.eca twitter: @makaneeca Skype: makaneaddis Check out [afigf-l] on African Knowledge for Development: http://knowledge4africa.uneca.org/groups/afigf-l?xg_source=MSG_INVITE_GROUP&xggi=JgiyCsXo8dqNd1 If your email program doesn't recognize the web address above as an active link, please copy and paste it into your web browser -------------------- About [afigf-l] on African Knowledge for Development AfIGF aims to be a platform for an inclusive multilateral, multi-stakeholder and multilingual discussion on issues pertinent to the Internet in Africa in general and Internet Governance issues in particular. Specific objectives include: To increase awareness and build capacity on Internet Governance for African users to ensure that all stakeholders are well prepared for contribution and interaction. To ensure that the concerns of Africa are taken into account in the IGF process. To put in place a coordinated African process for dealing with Internet governance issues on the continent. To strengthen the multi-stakeholder dialogue model for Internet Governance in Africa through regional and national forums. To ensure a multi-stakeholder representation of all parts of the continent To ensure that all the countries are part of the regional processes and launch/strengthen their national processes. To facilitate national and regional exchanges and interactions between countries and regions in continent. To facilitate the participation of African stakeholders in AfIGF and other appropriate regional and national Internet Governance Forums. To promote use of African languages in the cyberspace. The AfIGF website is: afigf.org Created By: Girma Dessalegn -------------------- To control which emails you receive on African Knowledge for Development, or to opt-out, go to: http://knowledge4africa.uneca.org/?xgo=If-BwopgzxYWwuukg5dGnd0GLpSVGQE/wtwKvJ-0dGauIvKzN6bs5w&xg_source=msg