Kenya won the bid to host the next round of African ICANN meetings in Nairobi from the 7th to the 12th of March 2010. Kenya, through KENIC, had sent in a bid to host the meeting. Other countries who had submitted similar bids include Nigeria and Namibia. The formal announcement and handing over of the mantle will be done during the forthcoming   ICANN meetings in Seoul, Korea from the 25th to the 30th of October 2009.

The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) initiated the regional East Africa Internet Governance Forum (EA-IGF) in 2008, in response to the lack of participation from East Africans in the global Internet governance processes.  The regional forum was preceded by national IGFs held in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.  The second EA-IGF will be held in Nairobi from 7-9th September 2009.

The East Africa region is very represented at the global IGF meeting by participants from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda. Below please find statements by participants from the region:

Global IGF Opening Session: Statement by Alice Munyua

Main Session on Access; Development Perspective: Statement by Brian Longwe

Global IGF Remote Participation

Event Overview
The East Africa Internet Governance Forum (EAIGF) was held in Nairobi Kenya from the 10th to 12th November 2008 at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC). The theme of the meeting was 

Opening the Internet Governance Debate in East Africa
“Thinking Globally; Acting Locally”

The EAIGF was a follow up to the national Internet Governance Forums that were held in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda in October 2008 and was aimed at identifying, exploring and building consensus around national level Internet Governance issues.

The meeting was launched by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Communications (MOIC), Dr. Bitange Ndemo, and attracted international speakers including, among others, Markus Kummer, the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Executive Coordinator.