II Fórum de Governança da Internet em Angola (2nd Angola Internet Governance Forum) — In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest & 3-Line Summary

The 3-Line Summary

On 21 February 2025 the 2nd Angola Internet Governance Forum met in Luanda under the theme 'For a safe, inclusive and sustainable Internet,' again organised by INFOSI.
Telecoms minister Mário Oliveira announced the imminent launch of SEGA, a platform to certify and encourage corporate cybersecurity practice; the ICT legislative package and the national cybersecurity strategy were also on the table.
Recorded by regulator INACOM and state broadcaster RNA, the second consecutive edition consolidated the series, with internet massification and responsible use as the running threads.

Welcome — this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on II Fórum de Governança da Internet em Angola (2nd Angola Internet Governance Forum) draws on official outputs, session records and on-site reporting. In a hurry? The three lines above and the diagrams carry the gist.

Conference at a Glance (from official records)

Item	Detail
Official name	II Fórum de Governança da Internet em Angola (2nd Angola Internet Governance Forum)
Dates	21 February 2025
Venue	Luanda (venue name not on record)
Theme	Por uma internet segura, inclusiva e sustentável (For a safe, inclusive and sustainable Internet)
Host	INFOSI (National Institute for the Promotion of the Information Society) / telecoms ministry MINTTICS

(See the source list at the end of this article.)

Discussion Digest — from the Session Records

Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.

1. The SEGA Announcement — Toward Certified Corporate Cybersecurity

Sessions: Opening address by Minister Mário Oliveira

"The launch of the Business Security and Threat Management platform — SEGA — is imminent; it will certify and encourage the adoption of correct cybersecurity practices in companies (translated from Portuguese)"
— Mário Oliveira (Minister of Telecommunications, Information Technologies and Social Communication) [1]

"Certification will focus on fundamental pillars — access control and authentication, data encryption, and risk management (translated from Portuguese)"
— Mário Oliveira (as above) [1]

With the minister himself trailing a state cybersecurity-certification scheme at the forum, the series moved from year one's venue-building to concrete institution-building [1]
The ICT legislative package and the national cybersecurity strategy were discussed alongside [1]

2. Massification and Responsible Use — Consolidation in Year Two

Sessions: Plenary discussions

Per state broadcaster RNA, the forum centred on internet massification, digital inclusion and correct, responsible use, with national and foreign specialists joining government entities [2][1]
Framed as a gathering of experts, practitioners, government, academia and civil society debating digital-governance policy and practice, it kept the first edition's format [2][1]
That the regulator INACOM itself recorded and publicised the event shows the regulator joining the forum's institutional base [2][1]

Three-Minute Short Talk — Your Questions Answered

Q. What was this edition?

A. The consolidation year: under a 'safe, inclusive, sustainable' theme, the minister announced the imminent SEGA platform to certify corporate cybersecurity practice.

Q. What changed from the first edition?

A. Year one built the venue; year two got concrete — SEGA, the ICT legislative package and the national cybersecurity strategy.

Q. Why should I care?

A. A state-run corporate security certification built on access control, encryption and risk management invites comparison with schemes elsewhere — a live example of institutional design in an emerging digital market.

What Is Angola IGF? (for first-time readers)

Angola IGF is a National or Regional IGF Initiative (NRI), aligning local internet governance discussion with global IGF principles.

Why It Matters to You

What was discussed here becomes the baseline for national digital policy, platform rules and AI regulation worldwide within a few years. The principles confirmed at the 2025 meeting are the foundation of the "next rules" for the phones, social platforms and AI services you use every day.