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<p>Thanks for sharing this Joly, and to ISOC for webcasting. I am in
Addis at the event and really happy to share that on day two there
is active participation from Ethiopian participants. Good inputs
from government and two really useful inputs so far on lessons
from Kenya, and on the history of internet development in
Ethiopia.</p>
<p>The latter presentation by Lishan Adam makes a point I often try
to make which is that internet development in Africa took several
steps backwards in the early 2000s when using the internet started
requiring permanent connections (as opposed to the store and
forward systems we used previously). Technology developed (the
web, basically) in countries with good fixed line infrastructure
just did not work for people in countries without fixed line
infrastructure. For at least a decade, often longer, Africans
missed out on the potential of internet connectivity... until
mobile data became a viable option. Although this is still an
unaffordable option for many people. <br>
</p>
<p>This was compounded by how telecoms privatisation and
liberalisation took place.. in a way that made few
people/companies/governments rich with the benefits of competition
taking a very long time to reach ordinary people (with variations
in countries of course).<br>
</p>
<p>For a country like Ethiopia which is embarking on a new era of
internet policy development, and opening markets to new players,
these are important considerations. Competition does work, but not
always, and not under all circumstances in the expected way. <br>
</p>
<p>What is really encouraging is that community networks feature
prominently in the Ethiopian government's plans for opening the
telco/internet environment. <br>
</p>
<p>Anriette<br>
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Association for Progressive Communications
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recorded and streamed at a later time on the Plenary
Channel. Channel 2 has been rededicated to Amharic
interpretation. Thus</div>
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Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong>PLENARY +
TRACK 1 (English): <a
href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/eidc20"
style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(52,120,227)"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://livestream.com/internetsociety/eidc20</a></strong><br>
<strong>PLENARY + TRACK 1 (Amharic) <a
href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/eidc20"
style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(52,120,227)"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/eidc20</a></strong></p>
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Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong>SIMULCAST: <a
href="https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/"
style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(52,120,227)"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/</a></strong></p>
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<div class="gmail_default">This is well under way. We have
managed an Amharic stream too. That can be accessed vis
ISOC Africa facebook or #EIDC2020 on twitter.
Whether we'll achieve that on all 3 tracks tomorrow
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posted: "On 3-5 March 2020 the Internet
Society, together with its partners, hosts
the Ethiopia Internet Development Conference
2020 (EIDC) in Addis Ababa. Recently, the
former Ethiopian state monopoly on
telecommunication has been abolished. The
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Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><a
style="color:rgb(37,133,178)"
href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/eidc20" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true"><img
src="https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/eidc20-300x169.png"
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March 2020</strong>
the <strong><a
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moz-do-not-send="true">Internet
Society</a></strong>,
together with
its partners,
hosts the <strong><a
style="color:rgb(37,133,178)"
href="https://www.internetsociety.org/events/ethiopia-internet-development-conference-2020/"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Ethiopia Internet Development
Conference 202</a>0</strong>
(EIDC) in
Addis Ababa.
Recently, the
former
Ethiopian
state monopoly
on
telecommunication
has been
abolished. The
EIDC is a
multi-stakeholder
event enabling
the local
community to
prepare and
create the
foundation for
a robust
Internet
ecosystem in
this new
post-monopoly
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<strong>PLENARY
+ TRACK 1: <a
style="color:rgb(37,133,178)"
href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/eidc20"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://livestream.com/internetsociety/eidc20</a></strong><br>
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moz-do-not-send="true">https://livestream.com/internetsociety3/eidc20</a>
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AUDIO: <a
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href="https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/</a></strong></p>
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Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>AGENDA:
<a
style="color:rgb(37,133,178)"
href="https://www.internetsociety.org/events/ethiopia-internet-development-conference-2020/agenda/"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.internetsociety.org/events/ethiopia-internet-development-conference-2020/agenda/</a></strong></p>
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<a
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