Internet Governance Forum 2022: Resilient Internet for a Shared Sustainable and Common Future.

28 November – 2 December 2022. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
#IGF2022

About the Internet Governance Forum

The 17th IGF, under the overarching theme Resilient Internet for a Shared Sustainable and Common Future, will be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 28 November to 2 December 2022.

The programme is designed around the following themes: 

• Connecting All People and Safeguarding Human Rights 
• Avoiding Internet Fragmentation 
• Governing Data and Protecting Privacy 
• Enabling Safety, Security and Accountability
• Addressing Advanced Technologies, including AI 

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Highlighted sessions

Launch of the Internet & Jurisdiction African Union Report
Monday, 28th November, 2022, 14:20 UTC

In 2021, the Internet & Jurisdiction Policy Network, with the support of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), embarked on a two-year project with the primary objective to frame, map and address cross-border digital policies for Africa. This project builds on the outcomes of the African Union Commission and Internet & Jurisdiction Policy Network Regional Conference 2020 which addressed transnational and regional legal challenges in cyberspace, emphasizing the value of multistakeholder cooperation to enable digital transformation.

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IGF 2022 High-Level Leaders Session: Digital Rights Challenges
Monday, 28th November, 2022, 11:05 UTC

What are the digital rights challenges specific to the African context? How do they apply to women and marginalized groups? → Digital rights & gender parity → Internet shutdowns → Data justice

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IGF 2022 High-Level Leaders Session: Digital Trust and Security
Tuesday, 29th November, 2022, 10:50 UTC

In what ways can the AU Convention on Cybersecurity and Personal Data Protection and Lomé's Declaration on Cybersecurity and the fight against cybercrime provide the African nation with the appropriate framework for protecting their critical infrastructures and achieving sustainable digital transformation? What are some of the reasons for low ratification? In the post-covid era, what are some of the emerging cyber threats in Africa? Cybersecurity is crucial for ensuring universal, trustworthy, and meaningful access to everyone, as well as for the advancement of an information society. What are some of the trust frameworks used to promote and facilitate cooperation between stakeholders, at the national, regional, and international levels? How is cybercrime, such as phishing, forms of online financial fraud and online confidence schemes, being addressed in Africa? What are the best practices used? What are the consequences globally and the economic ramifications for Africa? → African cybersecurity frameworks → Transnational & transregional cybersecurity cooperation → Mis/dis-information in the global & African contexts

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African Union Open Forum

Wednesday, 30th November, 2022 10:50 UTC

The AU Open Forum aims at discussing digital inclusion especially in relation to Capacity Building; Digital Transformation; Data Policy, Cybersecurity and Digital Cooperation. The Forum will also discuss the Internet Governance Capacity Building activities of PRIDA at the national, regional and continental level. Through the host country chair (Malawi) of the Africa IGF 2022, an overview of the Africa School of IG, Africa Youth IGF, African IGF and the Africa IGF Parliamentary session will also be given and comments from the participants received. The 2022 Forum will be linked to the SDGs, especially Goals 5, 8, 9, 10 and 17. Like in the previous editions, the African Union Open Forum is expected to be attended by a broad stakeholders’ representation across government, private sector, academia, technical communities, civil society, ministers, parliamentarians, media, regional and international organizations.  In this session.

PRIDA (Policy and Regulation Initiative for Digital Africa) project’s contribution to streamlining National, Regional and Continental Internet Governance processes for a common progressive African position - supported by Capacity Building and awareness creation – will be presented in this session. PRIDA programme is a joint initiative of the AU, the EU and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

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Resource and Reference Materia

Africa Digital Learning Strategy Factsheet

Africa Digital Learning Strategy (official released document)

Africa Digital Learning Strategy – Press Release ENG – Press Release FRE

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