<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"></div>We are halfway through this <div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline">two</div> day event. Day 1 focused on <div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline">e</div>ducation, and was keynoted by the presentation of a new ISOC report <a href="http://bit.ly/2qSKec3" target="_blank">Internet for Education in Africa: Helping Policy Makers to Meet the Global Education Agenda Sustainable Development Goal 4</a><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"> As well as Livestream the sessions are archived on YouTube at <a href="http://bit.ly/riddvid" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/riddvid</a> where individual speakers are indexed in the descriptions. Tomorrow's topic is the economy.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><u></u><div class="m_-6840904976507501875gmail-m_-6763371549231809370subscription-body-tag"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#DDDDDD" style="width:766px;background:rgb(221,221,221)"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" class="m_-6840904976507501875gmail-m_-6763371549231809370subscribe-body" style="width:746px;padding:10px"><tbody><tr><td><div style="direction:ltr;max-width:600px;margin:0px auto;overflow:hidden"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="m_-6840904976507501875gmail-m_-6763371549231809370subscribe-wrapper" style="width:600px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);max-width:1024px;min-width:320px;margin:0px auto"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:600px"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:560px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="m_-6840904976507501875gmail-m_-6763371549231809370the-post"><div class="m_-6840904976507501875gmail-m_-6763371549231809370post-content" style="direction:ltr;margin-top:1em;max-width:560px"><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><a href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/riddafrica2017/" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" target="_blank"><img border="0" class="m_-6840904976507501875gmail-m_-6763371549231809370size-full m_-6840904976507501875gmail-m_-6763371549231809370wp-image-9176" src="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/RIDD2017_170x255w.png" alt="Livestream" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;margin-bottom:12px;clear:both;float:right;margin-left:1em;padding:4px;border:1px solid rgb(204,204,204)"></a>On <strong>Monday/Tuesday May 8-9 2017</strong> the <strong><a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/where-we-work/africa-middle-east/team" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" target="_blank">Internet Society's Africa Bureau</a></strong> will host the <strong><a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/ridd/africa/2017/" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" target="_blank">African Regional Internet and Development Dialogue (RIDD 2017)</a> </strong>in Kigali, Rwanda. The conference has the theme - <strong>Enhancing Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Education in Africa through the Internet</strong> - and is part of the global series of Internet Development conferences organized by the Internet Society with the aim of supporting the implementation of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The conference will offer open high-level discussions addressing the following dimensions: <strong>Internet and SDGs</strong>; <strong>Connecting the Next Billion</strong>; <strong>African Internet Economy</strong>; <strong>Opportunities for Africa’s education</strong>. The plenary sessions will be webcast live via the <strong><a href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/riddafrica2017/" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" target="_blank">Internet Society Livestream Channel</a></strong>. Kigali is UTC+2 - 6 hours ahead of NYC.</p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>What: <a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/ridd/africa/2017/" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" target="_blank">African Regional Internet and Development Dialogue (RIDD 2017)</a><br>Where: Kigali, Rwanda<br>When: Monday/Tuesday May 8-9 2017<br>Agenda: <a href="http://bit.ly/riddafrica2017" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/<wbr>riddafrica2017</a><br>Webcast: <a href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/riddafrica2017/" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" target="_blank">https://livestream.<wbr>com/internetsociety/riddafrica<wbr>2017/</a><br>Twitter: #RIDD - <a href="http://bit.ly/riddtweets" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/riddtweets</a></strong></p></div><p class="m_-6840904976507501875gmail-m_-6763371549231809370subscribe-action-links" style="direction:ltr;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(102,102,102);padding:1em 0px 0em;width:auto"></p><table class="m_-6840904976507501875gmail-m_-6763371549231809370auto-width" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:auto"><tbody><tr><td style="width:10px"><a href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9175#respond" style="color:rgb(255,255,255);border-radius:10em;border:1px solid rgb(17,114,158);text-decoration-line:none;background-color:rgb(37,133,178);padding:5px 15px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;margin-left:0px;white-space:nowrap" target="_blank">Comment</a></td><td> <a class="m_-6840904976507501875gmail-m_-6763371549231809370subscribe-action-link" href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9175#comments" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" target="_blank">See all comments</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#efefef" class="m_-6840904976507501875gmail-m_-6763371549231809370subscribe-wrapper-sub" style="width:600px;background-color:rgb(239,239,239);border-top:1px solid rgb(221,221,221)"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-6840904976507501875gmail-m_-6763371549231809370subscribe-content" style="font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;border-top:1px solid rgb(243,243,243);color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:14px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><p style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:12px;line-height:1.4em;margin:0px 0px 10px"><br></p><p style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:12px;line-height:1.4em;margin:0px"><strong></strong></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"><strong>Permalink</strong></div><br><a href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9175" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" target="_blank">http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9175</a><p></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="3" class="m_-6840904976507501875gmail-m_-6763371549231809370subscribe-footer-wrap" style="width:600px;background-image:url("https://s0.wp.com/i/emails/stripes.gif");background-repeat:repeat-x;background-color:rgb(67,164,208);height:3px"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br></td></tr></tbody></table><img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?blog=10787942&post=9175&subd=isoc-ny.org&ref=&email=1&email_o=jetpack&host=jetpack.wordpress.com" width="1" height="1"></div></div><br><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="m_-6840904976507501875gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>---<br><span>Joly MacFie <span title="Call with Google Voice"><span id="m_-6840904976507501875gmail-gc-number-81" class="m_-6840904976507501875gmail-gc-cs-link" title="Call with Google Voice"><span id="m_-6840904976507501875gc-number-82" class="m_-6840904976507501875gc-cs-link" title="Call with Google Voice"><a href="tel:(218)%20565-9365" value="+12185659365" target="_blank">218 565 9365</a></span></span></span> Skype:punkcast</span><br>------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>--<br>-</div></div></div>
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