{"id":14755,"date":"2019-09-14T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-14T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2019\/09\/14\/en-youth-afigf-2019-overview\/"},"modified":"2019-09-14T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-14T08:00:00","slug":"en-youth-afigf-2019-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2019\/09\/14\/en-youth-afigf-2019-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"African Youth Internet Governance Forum 2019 (inaugural edition) \u2014 In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest &#038; 3-Line Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-youth-afigf-2019-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"Youth AfIGF 2019 \u30f3\u30b8\u30e3\u30e1\u30ca \u2014 Thumbnail\"><\/p>\n<h2>The 3-Line Summary<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-youth-afigf-2019-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"Youth AfIGF 2019 \u30f3\u30b8\u30e3\u30e1\u30ca \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>On 10 September 2019 (listed as 9\u201310 September), the first African Youth IGF convened in N&#39;Djamena, Chad, as the youth summit of the 8th African IGF (10\u201312 September) \u2014 with more than 350 participants.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Born of the observation that youth are the internet&#39;s largest demographic yet its least represented voice in policy, the forum debated access, education and cybersecurity, distilling 17 recommendations reported to the AfIGF closing ceremony.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>This was the origin point of the continental youth-IGF tradition that has since travelled to Lilongwe, Abuja, Addis Ababa and Dar es Salaam every year.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>African Youth Internet Governance Forum 2019 (inaugural edition)<\/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<h2>Conference at a Glance (from official records)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-youth-afigf-2019-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"Youth AfIGF 2019 \u30f3\u30b8\u30e3\u30e1\u30ca \u2014 Conference at a glance\"><\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Item<\/th>\n<th>Detail<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Official name<\/td>\n<td>African Youth Internet Governance Forum 2019 (inaugural edition)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>10 September 2019 (listed on dig.watch as 9\u201310 September 2019)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>N&#39;Djamena, Chad<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Regional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Outcome<\/td>\n<td>17 recommendations from the youth forum, summarised at the AfIGF 2019 closing ceremony by SIGI Waigumo Mwanzia of Kenya<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>(See the source list at the end of this article.)<\/p>\n<h2>Discussion Digest \u2014 from the Session Records<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-youth-afigf-2019-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"Youth AfIGF 2019 \u30f3\u30b8\u30e3\u30e1\u30ca \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Why an Inaugural Youth Forum \u2014 A Seat for the Internet&#39;s Largest Demographic<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: African Youth IGF plenary (September 2019, N&#39;Djamena)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Organisers framed the launch around a simple fact: youth are the largest demographic group on the internet, yet still under-represented at the IGF \u2014 so the forum was built as a multistakeholder policy dialogue for African youth [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>The founding principle: young people who live in the digital world daily hold real expertise and deserve a stronger role in internet decision-making and policy processes [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>The official AfIGF 2019 report logs &#39;Inaugural Africa youth IGF +350&#39;, confirming an unusually large first edition of over 350 participants [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Seventeen Recommendations \u2014 Feeding Youth Voices into the Main Forum<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Reported at the AfIGF 2019 closing ceremony (12 September)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The youth forum&#39;s output was distilled into 17 recommendations, summarised on behalf of participants at the AfIGF 2019 closing ceremony by SIGI Waigumo Mwanzia of Kenya [2]<\/li>\n<li>At the opening ceremony, African Union Deputy Chairperson Kwesi Quartey referenced the just-ended youth IGF, calling African youth a major opportunity for the continent&#39;s ICT sector and linking them to Agenda 2063 [2]<\/li>\n<li>The pattern set here \u2014 a co-located youth summit handing its recommendations into the main forum&#39;s record \u2014 became the template for the AfIGF youth track [2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Hosting in N&#39;Djamena \u2014 The First Central African, Francophone AfIGF<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: The 8th AfIGF as a whole (10\u201312 September 2019)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AfIGF 2019 made Chad the first francophone and first central African host, drawing a then-record 700+ participants from 45 countries \u2014 with the inaugural youth IGF among the meeting&#39;s headline firsts [2][3]<\/li>\n<li>The main forum met under &#39;Shared Responsibilities of Stakeholders for a Robust Internet Governance&#39;, covering cybersecurity, access, digital rights and local content [2][3]<\/li>\n<li>Holding the meeting in a landlocked country with difficult connectivity itself embodied the digital divide, and access and inclusion dominated the youth discussions accordingly [2][3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What exactly was this event?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The first-ever youth edition attached to the African IGF. It met in N&#39;Djamena, Chad, in September 2019, gathering over 350 young people to debate internet policy for the continent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Did it produce anything concrete?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Yes \u2014 17 recommendations, formally reported to the AfIGF 2019 closing ceremony. That hand-over ritual became the template for every African Youth IGF since.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Africa has the world&#39;s youngest population, so whoever shapes its internet policy pipeline shapes the internet&#39;s next billion users \u2014 and this is where that youth pipeline formally began.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Youth AfIGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-youth-afigf-2019-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"Youth AfIGF 2019 \u30f3\u30b8\u30e3\u30e1\u30ca \u2014 About Youth AfIGF\"><\/p>\n<p>Youth AfIGF is a National or Regional IGF Initiative (NRI), aligning local internet governance discussion with global IGF principles.<\/p>\n<h2>Why It Matters to You<\/h2>\n<p>What was discussed here becomes <strong>the baseline for national digital policy, platform rules and AI regulation worldwide within a few years<\/strong>. The principles confirmed at the 2019 meeting are the foundation of the &quot;next rules&quot; for the phones, social platforms and AI services you use every day.<\/p>\n<h2>Sources &amp; References<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dig.watch\/event\/african-youth-internet-governance-forum-2019\">African Youth Internet Governance Forum 2019<\/a> \u2014 DiploFoundation (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/igf.africa\/docs\/afigf-2019-draft-report-eighth-african-igf\/\">AfIGF 2019: Draft Report Eighth African IGF\uff08\u7b2c8\u56de\u30a2\u30d5\u30ea\u30abIGF\u516c\u5f0f\u5831\u544a\u66f8\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Africa IGF Secretariat (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apc.org\/en\/blog\/igf-2019-strengthening-internet-governance-africa\">IGF 2019: Strengthening internet governance in Africa<\/a> \u2014 APC (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/igf.africa\/youth-track\/\">Youth Track \u2013 Africa Internet Governance Forum<\/a> \u2014 Africa IGF Secretariat (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>Quotes are translated or condensed from the records listed above. Bracketed numbers [n] refer to the source list.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Related links<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>IGF official (NRI list): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/national-and-regional-igf-initiatives\">https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/national-and-regional-igf-initiatives<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Japan IGF: <a href=\"https:\/\/japanigf.jp\/\">https:\/\/japanigf.jp\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Yuki Nakazawa&#39;s blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/category\/igf\/\">https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/category\/igf\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\u66f4\u65b0\u5c65\u6b74<\/h2>\n<p>\u7b2c1\u7a3f\u6295\u7a3f 2026\u5e747\u670819\u65e5 21\u664218\u5206\uff08\u8a18\u4e8b\u30b3\u30f3\u30c6\u30f3\u30c4\u30a2\u30c3\u30d7\uff09<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 \u4e2d\u6fa4\u7950\u6a39<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 10 September 2019 (listed as 9\u201310 September), the first African Youth IGF convened in N&#8217;Djamena, Chad, as the youth summit of the 8th Afr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[163,161,160,162,164,2580],"class_list":["post-14755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-igf","category-youth-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced","tag-youthafigf2019"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14755\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}