{"id":13058,"date":"2014-09-26T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-26T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2014\/09\/26\/en-nigeria-igf-2014-overview\/"},"modified":"2014-09-26T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-09-26T08:00:00","slug":"en-nigeria-igf-2014-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2014\/09\/26\/en-nigeria-igf-2014-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"3rd Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (NIGF 2014) \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 3rd Nigeria IGF met in July 2014 under the theme 'Harnessing Multi-stakeholder Framework for Internet Governance and Economic Growth', organised by the NiRA-led advisory group; cumulative attendance since 2012 passed 1,000 stakeholders.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. The dominant issue was the absence of a cybersecurity law: participants warned that the legislative gap was choking ICT growth, especially mobile money and the central bank's nationwide cashless initiative.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. That same month Nigeria hosted the 3rd African IGF in Abuja (10\u201312 July) \u2014 fulfilling a pledge written into the NIGF's very first communiqu\u00e9 in 2012.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on 3rd Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (NIGF 2014)<\/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 host city was most likely Abuja, but neither venue nor exact date could be confirmed in primary sources<\/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
    Official name<\/td>\n3rd Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (NIGF 2014)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\nJuly 2014 (a 14 July 2014 news report calls it 'recently held'; exact date unconfirmed)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nAbuja, Nigeria<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nHarnessing Multi-stakeholder Framework for Internet Governance and Economic Growth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nOrganised by the NiRA-led Local Multi-stakeholder Advisory Group (LMAG)<\/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. No Cybersecurity Law \u2014 A Drag on the Cashless Policy<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Headline concern of the forum (per news coverage of 14 July 2014)<\/p>\n