{"id":14993,"date":"2019-09-21T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-21T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2019\/09\/21\/en-cameroon-igf-2019-overview\/"},"modified":"2019-09-21T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-21T07:00:00","slug":"en-cameroon-igf-2019-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2019\/09\/21\/en-cameroon-igf-2019-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Forum National sur la Gouvernance de l’Internet au Cameroun (IGF.CM-19) \u2014 seventh edition \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. On 24\u201325 April 2019 the seventh Cameroon national IGF, IGF.CM-19, met at the H\u00f4tel Sawa in Douala, the economic capital, themed 'Digital transformation: opportunities and threats.'<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Government, civil society, academia and industry debated as equals: equitable and affordable ICT access for rural areas, digital transformation of public administration, personal-data protection, threats to mobile-money transactions and the rise of hate speech.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. The common positions formed here become 'Cameroon's position on internet governance', carried through the Central African regional IGF to the global IGF \u2014 a working example of how national forums feed the global process.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on Forum National sur la Gouvernance de l'Internet au Cameroun (IGF.CM-19) \u2014 seventh 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

    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>\nForum National sur la Gouvernance de l'Internet au Cameroun (IGF.CM-19) \u2014 seventh edition<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n24\u201325 April 2019<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nH\u00f4tel Sawa, Douala<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\n'Transformation num\u00e9rique : opportunit\u00e9s et menaces' (Digital transformation: opportunities and threats)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nANTIC (Agence Nationale des Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication)<\/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. Equitable, Affordable Access \u2014 Rural Areas and the Digital Divide<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Access sessions (24\u201325 April)<\/p>\n

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    "Achieving the public service of the Internet requires an equitable and affordable access to ICT infrastructure for all"
    \n\u2014 Prof. Ebot Ebot Enaw (Director-General, ANTIC) \u2014 translated from the English report<\/strong> [2]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n