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ISOC Live posted: "On Friday 26 June 2020, from 4pm-5:30pm EAT (13:00-14:30 UTC) the African Union Commission, the Internet Society, and the African Telecommunications Union will host the second webinar in the 'African Internet Resilience' series.
This webinar, 'Shared Spe" </span>
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<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 style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="http://livestream.com/internetsociety/africainternetresilience2" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/africainternetresilience2-300x169.png" alt="livestream" width="300" height="169" 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>Friday 26 June 2020</strong>, from <strong>4pm-5:30pm EAT</strong> (13:00-14:30 UTC) the <strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://au.int/en/commission" target="_blank">African Union Commission</a></strong>, the <strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.internetsociety.org/regions/africa/" target="_blank">Internet Society</a></strong>, and the <strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="http://atu-uat.org/" target="_blank">African Telecommunications Union</a></strong> will host the second webinar in the 'African Internet Resilience' series.</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">This webinar, '<strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.internetsociety.org/events/african-internet-resilience/shared-spectrum-strategies-to-increase-affordable-access-in-rural-areas/" target="_blank">Shared Spectrum Strategies to Increase Affordable Access in Rural Areas</a></strong>' assesses the growing impact of COVID-19 on livelihoods and work in Africa and examines the readiness of the continent’s Internet infrastructure to help mitigate those challenges. The event will explore innovations in regulations that have the potential to improve affordable access to Internet in rural areas through shared spectrum strategies. Issues discussed will include license exempt spectrum, dynamic spectrum management, as well as '<strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1992421" target="_blank">use it or share it</a></strong>' provisions for <strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-R/Documents/ITU-R-FAQ-IMT.pdf" target="_blank">International Mobile Telecommunications Spectrum</a></strong>.</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">Le<strong> vendredi 26 juin 2020</strong>, de <strong>16h00 à 17h30 EAT</strong> (13h00-14h30 UTC), la<strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://au.int/en/commission" target="_blank"> Commission de l'Union Africaine</a></strong>, l'<strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.internetsociety.org/regions/africa/" target="_blank">Internet Society</a></strong> et l'<strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="http://atu-uat.org/" target="_blank">Union Africaine des Télécommunications</a></strong> organiseront le deuxième webinaire de la série 'African Internet Resilience' .</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">Ce webinaire, «<strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.internetsociety.org/events/african-internet-resilience/shared-spectrum-strategies-to-increase-affordable-access-in-rural-areas/" target="_blank">Stratégies à spectre partagé pour accroître l'accès abordable dans les zones rurales</a></strong>», évalue l'impact croissant de COVID-19 sur les moyens de subsistance et le travail en Afrique et examine l'état de préparation de l'infrastructure Internet du continent pour aider à atténuer ces défis. L'événement explorera les innovations dans des réglementations susceptibles d'améliorer l'accès à Internet à un prix abordable dans les zones rurales grâce à des stratégies de spectre partagées. Les questions abordées comprendront le spectre exempté de licence, la gestion dynamique du spectre, ainsi que les dispositions «<strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1992421" target="_blank">utilisez-le ou partagez-le</a></strong>» pour le <strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-R/Documents/ITU-R-FAQ-IMT.pdf" target="_blank">Spectre International des Télécommunications Mobile</a>s</strong>.</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>SPEAKERS</strong><br></p><strong style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Moctar Yedaly</strong><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">, Head Information Society Division, African Union Commission</span><br style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><strong style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Steve Song</strong><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">, <a href="http://manypossibilities.net">manypossibilities.net</a></span><br style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><strong style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Ntsibane Ntlapa</strong><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">, Impact Area Manager, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa</span><br style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><strong style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Leonard Mabele</strong><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">, Strathmore University, Kenya</span><br style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><strong style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Martha Suarez</strong><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">, President, Dynamic Spectrum Alliance)</span><br style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><strong style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Siew Yoo</strong><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">n, Director of Spectrum Insight and Analysis, OFCOM UK</span><br style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><strong style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">H Sama Nwana</strong><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> – Managing Partner, Cenerva UK</span>
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