{"id":13030,"date":"2022-09-05T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2022\/09\/05\/en-kenya-igf-2022-overview\/"},"modified":"2022-09-05T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T09:00:00","slug":"en-kenya-igf-2022-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2022\/09\/05\/en-kenya-igf-2022-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya IGF 2022 (15th Kenya Internet Governance Forum) \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 15th Kenya IGF met in hybrid form in Nairobi on 30 June 2022 \u2014 about 280 in person and 220 online \u2014 under the theme 'Resilient Internet for a shared sustainable and common future', weeks before the August general election.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Post-pandemic resilience and rising cyber incidents, data governance, and women's privacy in the election dominated: IGF Week included a GIZ-backed women's digital-security training and a policy brief on women's privacy and data protection in elections.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Putting gender, privacy and elections at the centre of a national IGF was ahead of its time \u2014 directly relevant wherever online abuse of women candidates shadows every campaign.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on Kenya IGF 2022 (15th Kenya Internet Governance Forum)<\/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 IGF 2022 (15th Kenya Internet Governance Forum)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Edition<\/td>\n15th edition<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n30 June 2022 (Kenya IGF Week: 27\u201330 June)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nNairobi, Kenya (venue name not confirmed in sources; Zoom for remote participation)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nResilient Internet for a shared sustainable and common future<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Participants<\/td>\n\u73fe\u5730\u7d04280\u4eba\u30fb\u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3\u7d04220\u4eba\uff08\u7fcc\u5e74\u306e\u696d\u754c\u5831\u9053\u306b\u3088\u308b\u5b9f\u7e3e\u5024\u3002\u4e8b\u524d\u544a\u77e5\u306f\u300c250\u4eba\u8d85\u300d\uff09<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Format<\/td>\nHybrid (in-person and online)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nConvened by KICTANet; title sponsors GIZ, the Communications Authority and Meta, with Safaricom, AFRINIC, FCDO, CIPESA, TESPOK, KeNIC and Liquid Telecom among others<\/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. A Resilient Internet \u2014 After the Pandemic, Amid Rising Cyber Incidents<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Opening remarks by the KICTANet convenor and main forum<\/p>\n

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    "This year the KIGF will focus on discussion around the resilience of the Internet in the wake of the pandemic and emerging rise of cybersecurity incidents"
    \n\u2014 Grace Githaiga (Convenor, KICTANet)<\/strong> [2][3]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n