<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body 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">
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</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">
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</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>
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