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The 3-Line Summary<\/h2>\n

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  1. The 14th West African IGF (WAIGF) returned to in-person format \u2014 as a hybrid meeting in Accra, Ghana \u2014 on 26\u201327 May 2022, under the theme 'Digital Sustainability: Data Innovations for Post covid Recovery.'<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. The 5th WASIG school (23\u201325 May) built capacity beforehand, and the West Africa Youth IGF ran alongside under 'Building Digital Capabilities of Youth in a Connected World'; outcomes fed a communiqu\u00e9.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. The agenda had moved on from crisis response to using data for recovery \u2014 pairing data innovation with sustainability in a way that echoes national data strategies elsewhere.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on West African IGF 2022 in Accra<\/strong> draws on official outputs, session records and on-site reporting. In a hurry? The three lines above and the diagrams carry the gist.<\/p>\n

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    📍 The catalogue lists both Abidjan and Dakar for 2022, but records show the 14th edition (2022) met in Accra, Ghana, in hybrid format. Abidjan hosted the following year (15th, 2023) and Dakar in 2024 (16th) \u2014 the duplicate catalogue IDs appear to stem from a year-offset confusion.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    Conference at a Glance (from official records)<\/h2>\n

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    Item<\/th>\nDetail<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    Edition<\/td>\n14th edition<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n26\u201327 May 2022<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nAccra, Ghana (hybrid)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nDigital Sustainability: Data Innovations for Post covid Recovery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Pre-event<\/td>\nPreceded by the 5th West Africa School on Internet Governance (WASIG), 23\u201325 May; the West Africa Youth IGF (WAYIGF) 2022 ran virtually alongside<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nECOWAS Commission (as WAIGF Secretariat) and the WAIGF Team<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    (See the source list at the end of this article.)<\/p>\n

    Discussion Digest \u2014 from the Session Records<\/h2>\n

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    Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n

    1. Digital Sustainability \u2014 Data-driven Post-COVID Recovery<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Multiple sessions<\/p>\n