<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default">I don't believe there is anyone in Africa who doesn't already know about this event, which is nearing the end of the its second day.What may not be known is that a) there is a <a href="https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-WAIGF">real time text feed</a> on the English channel, and 2) that, after the conference, the video and audio and text will be available for download at <span class="gmail_default"></span><a href="https://archive.org/details/waigf">https://archive.org/details/waigf </a></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><u></u>
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ISOC Live posted: "The Virtual West Africa Internet Governance Forum (vWAIGF 2020) will be convened from 22nd-24th July 2020. With the general theme "Digital Access and Inclusion in Response to COVID19" the vWAIGF 2020 will focus on key sub-themes that relate to human right" </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/internetsociety2/vwaigf" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/vwaigf-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>The <strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://2020.waigf.org/" target="_blank">Virtual West Africa Internet Governance Forum</a></strong> (vWAIGF 2020) will be convened from <strong>22nd-24th July 2020</strong>. With the general theme "<strong>Digital Access and Inclusion in Response to COVID19</strong>" the vWAIGF 2020 will focus on key sub-themes that relate to human rights issues in COVID-19; Cybersecurity, Trust and Privacy; and Emerging Issues and technologies. The objective will lead to discussions on how best to mitigate and solve these issues in the Post COVID -19 scenario, and put the sub-region in a state of preparedness for future pandemics. The discussion will also focus on policies that would promote digital inclusion and access which are critical to West Africa in achieving the 2030 digital transformation goals.</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><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://2020.waigf.org/" target="_blank"> Forum virtuel sur la gouvernance de l'Internet en Afrique de l'Ouest</a></strong> (vWAIGF 2020) se tiendra du <strong>22 au 24 juillet 2020</strong>. Avec le thème général « <strong>Accès numérique et inclusion en réponse au COVID19</strong> », le vWAIGF 2020 se concentrera sur les principaux sous-thèmes liés aux droits de l'homme dans le COVID-19; la cybersécurité, la confiance et la confidentialité; et les problèmes et technologies émergents. L'objectif mènera à des discussions sur la meilleure façon d'atténuer et de résoudre ces problèmes dans le scénario post COVID -19, et de mettre le sous-région en état de préparation aux futures pandémies. La discussion portera également sur les politiques qui favoriseraient l'inclusion et l'accès numériques, qui sont essentielles pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest pour atteindre les objectifs de transformation numérique à l'horizon 2030.</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>ENGLISH LIVESTREAM<span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"> </span></strong><strong style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(85,85,85)"><a href="http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/vwaigf" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(213,78,33);border-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(187,187,187)">http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/vwaigf</a></strong><strong><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></span></strong></p>
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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"><strong>PROGRAMME <a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://2020.waigf.org/schedule" target="_blank">https://2020.waigf.org/schedule</a></strong></p>
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