2010 Kenya National IGF

2010 KENYA INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM (KENYA IGF): "ADVANCING THE INTERNET GOVERNANCE DEBATE IN KENYA: STRENGTHENING EAST AFRICA’S CRITICAL INTERNET RESOURCES"

The Kenya Network Information Centre (KENIC), the Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) and other participating organizations held the 2010 Kenya IGF at the Panafric hotel in Nairobi, on the 29th of July 2010 7.00 Am to 1:00 PM

 Download the 2010 Kenya IGF e-discussions here

 Download the 2010 Kenya IGF Programme here

The Presentations for the Forum can be downloaded here:

The 2010 Kenya IGF is a follow up to the 2009 national IGF and the regional East Africa Internet Governance Forum 2009 (EA-IGF2009), as well as preparation for the EA-IGF 2010.

The national and the regional forums aim at creating awareness, instituting a consensus building process to develop a common understanding
of local IG issues as well as building capacity in order to enable meaningful participation in global Internet policy, governance and development processes and initiatives.
The Kenya IGF will therefore provide Kenyan Internet stakeholders with an opportunity to increase understanding of Internet governance issues and
the links with socio-economic, political and cultural development and strengthen the internet governance community of practice evolving in the
East Africa region.

Further, Kenya has expressed interest in hosting the 2011 global United Nations Internet Governance Forum (UN-IGF) the Kenya  and EA IGF  will
support the goals of the IGF and the continued evolution of the open, multi-stakeholder internet.

The outcomes of the K-IGF will be submitted and presented at the 2010 East Africa Internet Governance Forum (EA-IGF 2010) to be held in Kampala,
Uganda from the 11th to the 13th of August 2010 and subsequently to the global Internet Governance Forum (IGF) meeting to be held in Vilnius,
Lithuania, on 14-17 September 2010. 

2009 Kenya National IGF

The 2009 Kenya national IGF meeting was held on the 19th of August 2009. The forum was organised by the Kenya Network Information Centre and the Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) and attracted about 40 participants. The forum was graced by the presence of Hon. (Eng.) James Rege, MP, Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Energy, Communications and Information, who delivered the keynote address, and Hon. (Eng.) Philip Okundi, Chair of the CCK Board, among others.

Some of the issues discussed include:

• The input from the Kenya Online Internet Governance Discussions report;
• Access to Broadband;
• Cyber security, trust and privacy;
• Legal and Regulatory Issues;
• Critical Internet Resources;
• Consumer Issues;
• The continuation/future of the global IGF; and,
• The Nairobi ICANN Meeting in March 2010.

Reports:

2009 Kenya National IGF Discussions Report

2009 Kenya IGF Programme

2009 Kenya Online Internet Governance Discussions Draft Report

2008 Kenya Internet Governance Forum (Kenya IGF): Opening the Internet Governance Debate in Kenya: "Thinking Globally; Acting Locally"

The Kenya Internet Governance Forum (Kenya IGF) was successfully launched on the 14th of October 2008 (See Kenya IGF Report).

Other reports:

Kenya IGF Report

Kenya Online Discussions Report