[governance] WEBCAST TODAY: ISOC Nigeria Webinar ‘The Internet as a force for social good – Avoiding Internet shutdowns in Africa’

[Joly MacFie]

A mildly edited version of this very positive session from a couple of
weeks back.


[image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/isocngwebinar>
Today, *Tuesday February 26 2019* at *11am ET* (16:00 UTC) the *Internet
Society Livestream Channel <https://lisoc.live/>* presents '*The Internet
as a force for social good – Avoiding Internet shutdowns in Africa
<https://livestream.com/internetsociety/isocngwebinar/>*'. This is a
recording of the* Internet Society Nigeria Chapter <https://isoc.ng/>* webinar
on February 14 2019. After an initial presentation by *Chuks Okoriekwe*,
Research Fellow, African Academic Network on Internet Policy (AANOIP) '*The
Understated Value of an Undisputed Internet – Ending Internet shutdowns in
Africa*', a panel of seasoned veterans (*Nnenna Nwakanma*, *Sunday Folayan*
, *Boye Adegoke* ) in the Nigerian Internet Community were joined by *Berhan
Taye* of AccessNow and ISOC Zimbabwe's Lisa Nyamadzawo. The conversation
covered issues around Internet Shutdown, Fake News and Hate Speech.
Additional speakers were *Salvation Alibor* and *Tomiwa Ilori*. The webinar
is intended to sensitize participants and ISOC members of the implication
and current trends on Internet shutdowns across Africa and the way it will
impact the freedom of the expression, access to information and other
related economic and human rights activities that has its operational base
on the Internet. It also tried to identify necessary
legislations/conventions/ policies within the context of Africa / Nigeria
that can or cannot guarantee the open accessibility of the Internet. It
also explored how to balance and engage the competing rights of
stakeholders and the state actors. The webinar is intended to sensitize
participants and ISOC members of the implication and current trends on
Internet shutdowns across Africa and the way it will impact the freedom of
the expression, access to information and other related economic and human
rights activities that has its operational base on the Internet. It also
tried to identify necessary legislations/conventions/ policies within the
context of Africa / Nigeria that can or cannot guarantee the open
accessibility of the Internet. It also explored how to balance and engage
the competing rights of stakeholders and the state actors. The Session was
moderated by *Bukola Fawole-Oronti* and *Dewole Ajao* of ISOC Nigeria
Chapter, while the organization was done by the Programmes Secretary of the
ISOC Nigerian Chapter - *Caleb Ogundele*.

*VIEW ON LIVESTREAM: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/isocngwebinar
<https://livestream.com/internetsociety/isocngwebinar>*

*TWITTER: @isocngchapter #keepiton http://bit.ly/2UawIiW
<http://bit.ly/2UawIiW>*


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