{"id":15219,"date":"2024-09-24T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2024\/09\/24\/en-senegal-igf-2024-overview\/"},"modified":"2024-09-24T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T09:00:00","slug":"en-senegal-igf-2024-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2024\/09\/24\/en-senegal-igf-2024-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Forum National sur la Gouvernance de l&#8217;Internet 2024 (FGI-SN \/ IGF-SN) \u2014 eleventh edition \u2014 In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest &#038; 3-Line Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"{{WP_MEDIA:en-senegal-igf-2024-overview_thumbnail.svg}}\" alt=\"Senegal IGF 2024 \u30c0\u30ab\u30fc\u30eb \u2014 Thumbnail\"><\/p>\n<h2>The 3-Line Summary<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/en-senegal-igf-2024-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"Senegal IGF 2024 \u30c0\u30ab\u30fc\u30eb \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>On 10 July 2024 the eleventh Senegal national IGF, FGI-SN 2024, met at the Hotel Azala\u00ef in Dakar under the theme &#39;Strengthening digital governance for digital sovereignty and inclusive growth.&#39;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Two panels \u2014 with speakers from the regulator ARTP, data-protection commission CDP, Sonatel and academia \u2014 took up the pending data framework law, cutting foreign-technology dependence through local solutions, closing the urban\u2013rural divide, and AI-catalysed skills development.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Its signature was the pipeline design: the national forum closed straight into the opening of the 16th West African IGF at the same hotel the next day. And &#39;digital sovereignty&#39;, first floated at the 2015 edition, finally headlined the forum.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>Forum National sur la Gouvernance de l&#39;Internet 2024 (FGI-SN \/ IGF-SN) \u2014 eleventh 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\/08\/en-senegal-igf-2024-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"Senegal IGF 2024 \u30c0\u30ab\u30fc\u30eb \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>Forum National sur la Gouvernance de l&#39;Internet 2024 (FGI-SN \/ IGF-SN) \u2014 eleventh edition<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>10 July 2024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Hotel Azala\u00ef, Dakar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>&#39;Renforcer la Gouvernance num\u00e9rique au S\u00e9n\u00e9gal pour une souverainet\u00e9 digitale et une croissance inclusive&#39; (Strengthening digital governance in Senegal for digital sovereignty and inclusive growth)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>The ISOC Senegal Chapter (FGI Senegal focal point: Maimouna Diop)<\/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\/08\/en-senegal-igf-2024-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"Senegal IGF 2024 \u30c0\u30ab\u30fc\u30eb \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Governance Frameworks and Strategic Autonomy \u2014 the Data Law and Local Content<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Panel 1 &#39;Governance framework and digital policy: towards Senegal&#39;s strategic autonomy&#39; (moderated by Mberry Seck)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prof. Mamoudou Niane of the data-protection commission (CDP) addressed a governance framework that protects national interests while enabling innovation; ICT director Aissatou Jeanne Ndiaye reported on drafting the data orientation law and updating cybersecurity, data-protection and e-commerce legislation [1]<\/li>\n<li>Strengthening local content, reducing dependence on foreign technologies and promoting local solutions stood as an agenda item in its own right [1]<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Alex Corenthin took the question of strengthening Senegal&#39;s active participation in international internet-governance forums \u2014 bridging the national forum to the global process [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Digital Inclusion and Skills \u2014 Divides, AI and Start-ups<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Panel 2 &#39;Digital inclusion and skills development: guaranteeing a digital transformation for all&#39; (moderated by Ndeye Awa Gueye)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ousmane Ndiaye of ARTP&#39;s universal-service department addressed narrowing the urban\u2013rural digital divide; Dr Idrissa Sarr (UCAD) took digital-skills education at every level with AI as a catalyst [1]<\/li>\n<li>Rokhaya Solange Mbengue of Sonatel covered policies for including marginalised groups \u2014 women, the elderly, people with disabilities \u2014 in the digital economy [1]<\/li>\n<li>Bassirou Ba of Senegal Connect Park presented strategies to boost the role of start-ups and SMEs in job creation and inclusive innovation [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. National Straight into Regional \u2014 Back-to-Back with WAIGF 2024<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: From the closing synthesis (Maimouna Diop) into the WAIGF opening ceremony (same venue)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The official programme placed the WAIGF opening ceremony at the same Hotel Azala\u00ef immediately after the FGI&#39;s noon closing synthesis by Maimouna Diop \u2014 piping national outcomes straight into the regional forum [1][2][3][4]<\/li>\n<li>WAIGF 2024 (11\u201312 July, Dakar; theme &#39;Disruptive technologies: assessment and prospects&#39;) convened fifteen member states in hybrid format, backed by the ECOWAS Commission, the UN IGF Secretariat, ISOC and ICANN, with Minister Aliou Sall presiding [1][2][3][4]<\/li>\n<li>Its opening drew WAIGF coordinator Mary Uduma, ECOWAS commissioner S\u00e9diko Douka and UN IGF secretariat head Chengetai Masango, while ARTP DG Dahirou Thiam argued for governance fit for the disruptive-technology era [1][2][3][4]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Digital Sovereignty, Nine Years On \u2014 a Theme Comes Full Circle<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: The theme choice of FGI-SN 2024<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#39;Digital sovereignty&#39; \u2014 pioneered as a theme by Prof. Olivier Sagna at the third edition in 2015 \u2014 moved to the heart of the forum&#39;s title at the eleventh, closing a nine-year loop in the series&#39; agenda [1]<\/li>\n<li>The official site stated the mission as responsible, transparent and participatory digital governance, and the vision of a Senegal where the internet drives sustainable, inclusive development [1]<\/li>\n<li>It also published the edition&#39;s scale \u2014 26 international experts, 10 sessions, 12 partner organisations \u2014 with technical-community speakers including Dr Idrissa Sarr of NIC S\u00e9n\u00e9gal [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What did the meeting decide?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Nothing binding \u2014 but it worked through concrete sovereignty measures, from the pending data law to home-grown technology, and fed the results straight into the West African IGF that opened at the same hotel the next day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What was the highlight?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The pipeline: the regional forum opened at the same venue within the hour of the national forum&#39;s close, making the IGF&#39;s national-regional-global architecture visible as one hotel timetable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Data legislation, technological autonomy and inclusion are every country&#39;s current agenda, and the venue-level linkage of national to regional dialogue is a model worth copying.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Senegal IGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/en-senegal-igf-2024-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"Senegal IGF 2024 \u30c0\u30ab\u30fc\u30eb \u2014 About Senegal IGF\"><\/p>\n<p>Senegal IGF 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 2024 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:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240831225255\/https:\/\/igfsenegal.sn\/\">IGF-SN \u2014 Forum National sur la Gouvernance de l&#39;Internet 2024, 11i\u00e8me \u00e9dition\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\uff1a\u65e5\u4ed8\u30fb\u4f1a\u5834\u30fb\u30c6\u30fc\u30de\u30fb\u767b\u58c7\u8005\u30fb\u5168\u30d7\u30ed\u30b0\u30e9\u30e0\uff09<\/a> \u2014 FGI\u30bb\u30cd\u30ac\u30eb\uff08igfsenegal.sn\uff09\uff0fWayback Machine\u4fdd\u5b58\uff082024\u5e748\u670831\u65e5\u6642\u70b9\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-23)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/waigf.ecowas.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FR-WAIGF-Final-Communique.pdf\">16\u00e8me \u00e9dition du Forum Ouest-Africain sur la Gouvernance de l&#39;Internet \u2014 Communiqu\u00e9 final\uff08WAIGF 2024\u6700\u7d42\u30b3\u30df\u30e5\u30cb\u30b1\uff1a7\u670811\u301c12\u65e5\u30c0\u30ab\u30fc\u30eb\u958b\u50ac\u306e\u78ba\u8a8d\uff09<\/a> \u2014 WAIGF\uff0fECOWAS (accessed 2026-07-23)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artp.sn\/espace-multimedia\/ouverture-dakar-de-la-16e-edition-du-forum-ouest-africain-sur-la-gouvernance-de\">Ouverture \u00e0 Dakar de la 16e \u00e9dition du Forum Ouest Africain sur la Gouvernance de l&#39;Internet (WAIGF)\uff08\u898f\u5236\u5e81\u306b\u3088\u308b\u958b\u4f1a\u5f0f\u5831\u544a\uff09<\/a> \u2014 ARTP\uff08\u30bb\u30cd\u30ac\u30eb\u96fb\u6c17\u901a\u4fe1\u30fb\u90f5\u4fbf\u898f\u5236\u5e81\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-23)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.socialnetlink.org\/2024\/07\/10\/dakar-accueille-le-16eme-forum-sur-la-gouvernance-de-linternet-en-afrique-de-louest\/\">Dakar accueille le 16\u00e8me Forum sur la Gouvernance de l&#39;Internet en Afrique de l&#39;Ouest\uff08WAIGF 2024\u306e\u958b\u50ac\u5831\u9053\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Socialnetlink (accessed 2026-07-23)<\/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\u5e748\u67088\u65e5 17\u664201\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 2024 the eleventh Senegal national IGF, FGI-SN 2024, met at the Hotel Azala\u00ef in Dakar under the theme &#8216;Strengthening digital gove<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,3,11,41],"tags":[163,161,160,162,2782,164],"class_list":["post-15219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-afigf","category-igf","category-regional-igf","category-senegal-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-minutes-digest","tag-senegaligf2024","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15219","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=15219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15219\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}