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<div class="gmail_default" style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">This is underway. Some quite vigorous online discussion happening on Livestream chat, not to mention spam on the twitter hashtag! Everyone is definitely getting on board!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:12.8px;direction:ltr;margin:5px 15px 0px 0px;padding-bottom:5px"><div style="overflow:hidden"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#DDDDDD" style="width:691.818px;background:rgb(221,221,221)"><tbody><tr><td style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="width:671.818px;padding:10px"><tbody><tr><td style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><div style="direction:ltr;max-width:600px;margin:0px auto;overflow:hidden"><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline">​​</div><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:600px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);max-width:1024px;min-width:320px;margin:0px auto"><tbody><tr><td style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:600px"><tbody><tr><td style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"></p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><a href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/kigf2018" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration:none"><br class="gmail-m_-9077619781646936056gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><img class="gmail-m_-9077619781646936056gmail-alignright gmail-m_-9077619781646936056gmail-size-medium gmail-m_-9077619781646936056gmail-wp-image-10406" src="https://i1.wp.com/isoc-ny.org/p2/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/kenyaIGF.png?resize=300%2C169" alt="livestream" width="300" height="169" style="border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); float: right; padding: 2px; margin: 0px 0px 2px 7px; display: block; clear: none; vertical-align: top; max-width: 98%; height: auto;"></a>Today,<span> </span><strong style="font-weight:bold">Thursday July 19 2018</strong>, the<span> </span><strong style="font-weight:bold"><a href="https://kigf.or.ke/front-page-features/kenya-igf/kenya-igf-programme-2018/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration:none">11th Kenya Internet Governance Forum</a></strong><span> </span>(Kenya IGF) is taking place in Nairobi with the theme “<strong style="font-weight:bold">ICTs for Kenya’s Development: Getting Everyone on Board</strong>”. Modelled on the IGF structure and principles, since 2009 the Kenya IGF has been convened by<span> </span><strong style="font-weight:bold"><a href="https://www.kictanet.or.ke/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration:none">KICTAnet</a></strong><span> </span>in partnership with industry, academia, government, and civil society stakeholders. The outcomes of the Kenya IGF will feed into the African IGF and Global IGF later this year. The event is being webcast live on the<span> </span><strong style="font-weight:bold"><a href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/kigf2018" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration:none">Internet Society Livestream Channel</a></strong>.</p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"></p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><strong style="font-w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