{"id":13001,"date":"2008-09-13T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-13T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2008\/09\/13\/en-kenya-igf-2008-overview\/"},"modified":"2008-09-13T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-13T12:00:00","slug":"en-kenya-igf-2008-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2008\/09\/13\/en-kenya-igf-2008-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya Internet Governance Forum 2008 (1st Kenya IGF) \u2014 In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest & 3-Line Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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  1. The first Kenya IGF met on 14 October 2008 at the Jacaranda Hotel in Nairobi's Westlands \u2014 described by the official Kenya IGF site as the first-ever national IGF in Africa, gathering government, regulator, technical community and civil society in a half-day session.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. The forum validated issues raised in KICTANet's August 2008 mailing-list discussions, prioritised Kenya's internet governance concerns, and identified capacity building as a key need. Permanent Secretary Dr Bitange Ndemo officially launched the Kenya IGF.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Outcomes fed into the first East African IGF in November and the global IGF in Hyderabad in December \u2014 pioneering the bottom-up national-regional-global IGF model later replicated worldwide.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on Kenya Internet Governance Forum 2008 (1st Kenya IGF)<\/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

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

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    Item<\/th>\nDetail<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    Official name<\/td>\nKenya Internet Governance Forum 2008 (1st Kenya IGF)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n14 October 2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nJacaranda Hotel, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nRegional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nKenya ICT Board (KICTB), Kenya Network Information Centre (KENIC), KICTANet, East African ICT for Development Network and partners<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Outcome<\/td>\nOutcomes were merged with those of the Ugandan, Tanzanian and Rwandan national IGFs to form the agenda of the first East African IGF (10-12 November 2008, Nairobi), then fed into the global IGF in Hyderabad in December 2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Milestone<\/td>\nThe first-ever national IGF in Africa (per the official Kenya IGF website)<\/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. Launching Africa's First National IGF \u2014 "Thinking Globally; Acting Locally"<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Official launch of the Kenya IGF by Dr Bitange Ndemo, PS, Ministry of Information & Communications (10:10-10:30)<\/p>\n