{"id":14821,"date":"2019-09-13T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-13T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2019\/09\/13\/en-youth-igf-nigeria-2019-overview\/"},"modified":"2019-09-13T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-13T11:00:00","slug":"en-youth-igf-nigeria-2019-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2019\/09\/13\/en-youth-igf-nigeria-2019-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Youth Internet Governance Forum 2019 (maiden annual meeting) \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-igf-nigeria-2019-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"Youth IGF Nigeria 2019 \u30e9\u30b4\u30b9 \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-igf-nigeria-2019-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"Youth IGF Nigeria 2019 \u30e9\u30b4\u30b9 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>On 10 July 2019 the first Nigeria Youth Internet Governance Forum met at the Muson Centre in Lagos under the theme &#39;Our Internet; Shaping the Digital Future&#39; \u2014 the day before the main Nigeria IGF at the same venue.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Designed to bring young professionals, technologists, researchers and students into national internet-policy debate, the meeting was webcast worldwide via the Internet Society.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>In the country with Africa&#39;s largest youth population, this was the genuine starting point of a national youth IGF that has met every year since \u2014 recorded in the UN Youth Initiatives registry as established in 2019.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>Nigeria Youth Internet Governance Forum 2019 (maiden annual meeting)<\/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-igf-nigeria-2019-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"Youth IGF Nigeria 2019 \u30e9\u30b4\u30b9 \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>Nigeria Youth Internet Governance Forum 2019 (maiden annual meeting)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>10 July 2019<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Muson Centre, Onikan, Lagos, Nigeria<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>&#39;Our Internet; Shaping the Digital Future&#39;<\/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-igf-nigeria-2019-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"Youth IGF Nigeria 2019 \u30e9\u30b4\u30b9 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. The True Maiden Edition \u2014 A Vessel for Youth in National Internet Policy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: 2019 Annual National Youth IGF Meeting (10 July, Muson Centre)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The registration page recorded the &#39;2019 Annual National Youth IGF Meeting \u2026 Lagos, Muson Center, 10 July 2019&#39; under the theme &#39;Our Internet; Shaping the Digital Future&#39; [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>It targeted young professionals of the digital sector, technologists, researchers, academics, activists, civil society, government representatives and students \u2014 to sustain dialogue, build partnerships and propose policy reforms [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Launched as a youth-led initiative under the Nigeria IGF umbrella, it fixed the pattern every later edition followed: convening on the margins of the main NIGF [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. The Run-Up \u2014 January&#39;s University of Lagos Workshop<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: &#39;Internet Governance and Policy Fundamentals&#39; workshop (23 January 2019, CITS, University of Lagos)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On 23 January 2019, research-network organisation Eko-Konnect, with the NIGF and other stakeholders, ran an on-ramp workshop \u2014 &#39;Internet Governance and Policy Fundamentals&#39; \u2014 at the University of Lagos for young professionals and students [3]<\/li>\n<li>Its stated aim: to interface Nigerian youth with stakeholders of the internet ecosystem on public-policy issues, identify emerging issues and make recommendations to relevant bodies [3]<\/li>\n<li>The January primer followed by the July national forum shows the two-stage design \u2014 grow the base, then convene \u2014 was there from year one [3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Into the Main Forum Next Day \u2014 The Same-Venue Design<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Connection to the main NIGF 2019 (11 July, Muson Centre)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The next day, 11 July, the main NIGF 2019 met at the same Muson Centre under &#39;Enabling Digital Commonwealth for Development&#39;, with six workshop tracks: access\/inclusion\/diversity, internet economy, cybersecurity and trust, SDGs, critical internet resources, and emerging issues [2][1]<\/li>\n<li>ISOC Nigeria president Dewole Ajao opened and wrapped up the main forum, and NIGF coordinator Mary Uduma \u2014 also the West African IGF coordinator \u2014 gave the welcome address [2][1]<\/li>\n<li>Debating on day one and walking into the main forum on day two, in the same building, minimised the barrier between youth voices and the national stage [2][1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. Was this really the first one?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Yes. Both the UN Youth Initiatives registry and the official site&#39;s archive record the Nigeria Youth IGF as established in 2019. Claims of a 2017 edition have no documented basis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Who took part?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Young professionals, engineers, researchers and students of the digital sector. Because it shared a venue with the national forum the next day, youth debate flowed straight into the main event.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. It shows how Africa&#39;s most populous country built its on-ramp for young people into internet policy \u2014 a peer and benchmark for youth IGFs everywhere, including Japan&#39;s.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Youth IGF Nigeria? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-youth-igf-nigeria-2019-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"Youth IGF Nigeria 2019 \u30e9\u30b4\u30b9 \u2014 About Youth IGF Nigeria\"><\/p>\n<p>Youth IGF Nigeria 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:\/\/isoc.live\/11195\/\">WEBCAST TODAY: Nigeria National Youth IGF #ourinternet #yigf #nigf2019\uff08\u914d\u4fe1\u544a\u77e5\uff09<\/a> \u2014 ISOC Live\uff08\u30a4\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc\u30cd\u30c3\u30c8\u30bd\u30b5\u30a8\u30c6\u30a3\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youthigf.org.ng\/nyigf-2019\/\">NYIGF-2019\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30a2\u30fc\u30ab\u30a4\u30d6\u30da\u30fc\u30b8\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Nigeria Youth IGF (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eko-konnect.org.ng\/register-for-the-2019-nigerian-youth-internet-governance-forum\/\">REGISTER FOR THE 2019 NIGERIAN YOUTH INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM\uff081\u6708\u306e\u5165\u9580\u30ef\u30fc\u30af\u30b7\u30e7\u30c3\u30d7\u544a\u77e5\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Eko-Konnect Research and Education Initiative (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/livestream.com\/internetsociety\/yigf2019\">Nigeria National Youth IGF 2019\uff08\u4e2d\u7d99\u30a2\u30fc\u30ab\u30a4\u30d6\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Livestream (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\u670814\u65e5 20\u664214\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 July 2019 the first Nigeria Youth Internet Governance Forum met at the Muson Centre in Lagos under the theme &#8216;Our Internet; Shaping th<\/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":[163,161,160,162,164,2619],"class_list":["post-14821","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-youthigfnigeria2019"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14821","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=14821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14821\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}