<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div>Good afternoon </div><div><br></div><div>Agree was brilliant; was the clear highlight. Last but not at all least! </div><div><br></div><div>Nigel </div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Nick Ashton-Hart <<a href="mailto:nashton@consensus.pro">nashton@consensus.pro</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Reply-To: </span> Nick Ashton-Hart <<a href="mailto:nashton@consensus.pro">nashton@consensus.pro</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Wednesday 4 March 2015 18:07<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> Nnenna Nwakanma <<a href="mailto:nnenna75@gmail.com">nnenna75@gmail.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc: </span> "<<a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>>" <<a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>>, Governance <<a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>>, Edetaen Ojo <<a href="mailto:edetaen@gmail.com">edetaen@gmail.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Re: [bestbits] Text of speech - losing remarks at UNESCO Connecting the Dots Conference<br></div><div><br></div><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">
Dear Nnenna, as others have said, this is terrific; I doubt anyone of us could have said it better, though I'm sure many of us are secretly jealous as a result! :)<br><br><div><div>On 4 Mar 2015, at 17:56, Nnenna Nwakanma <<a href="mailto:nnenna75@gmail.com">nnenna75@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span style="line-height:107%">Connecting the Dots: Options for Future Action</span></font></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span style="line-height:107%">UNESCO headquarters, Paris, France.<br>
Closing Remarks by Nnenna Nwakanma</span></font></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span style="line-height:107%">Africa Regional Coordinator</span></font></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span style="line-height:107%">The World Wide Web Foundation.</span></font></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span style="line-height:107%">March 4, 2015</span></font></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"></span><div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span style="line-height:107%"> </span></font></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span style="line-height:107%">Deputy Director General<br>
Friends and colleagues<br>
Onsite and online</span></font></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"></span><div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span style="line-height:107%"> </span></font></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"></span><div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span style="line-height:107%"> </span></font></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span style="line-height:107%">My name is Nnenna.<span>
</span>I<span> </span>come from the Internet. And I have been asked to say a few words to us, as a member of the civil society, before we leave. I coordinate the activities of the World Wide Web Foundation in my continent, Africa. The Web Foundation is<span>
</span>that organization that believes that the Internet is for everyone.<span> </span>
Therefore we work on affordable access to all, we work on opening up data for participation and
<span> </span>we support<span> </span>the global Web We Want Coalition.</span></font></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"></span><div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span style="line-height:107%"> </span></font></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:107%">I have three things to say.<span>
</span>The first is on the UNESCO study itself.<span> </span>The second is on one of the issues raised.<span>
</span>The third is<span> </span>on where we go from here.<br><br>