{"id":15259,"date":"2017-09-22T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2017\/09\/22\/en-uganda-igf-2017-overview\/"},"modified":"2017-09-22T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-22T08:00:00","slug":"en-uganda-igf-2017-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2017\/09\/22\/en-uganda-igf-2017-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda National Internet Governance Forum 2017 \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 Uganda National IGF 2017 met at Kampala's Golf Course Hotel on 14 December 2017, with 111 participants shaping 'Your Digital Future' \u2014 the annual meeting, well past its tenth edition, of a forum running since 2006.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Mobile-money transactions had reached 44 trillion shillings \u2014 nearly double the national budget \u2014 while, in front of government officials, participants charged that the Computer Misuse Act was being used to curb free expression rather than fight cybercrime.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Across big data, cybersecurity and gender inclusion, it records the moment when Uganda's Data Protection Bill was still a draft \u2014 a hinge point in the country's Internet-policy history.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on Uganda National Internet Governance Forum 2017<\/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>\nUganda National Internet Governance Forum 2017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n14 December 2017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nGolf Course Hotel, Kampala, Uganda<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nShape Your Digital Future<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Participants<\/td>\n111<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Keynote<\/td>\nKeynote by Vivian Dambya, Director Technical Services at NITA-U, on behalf of ICT Minister Frank Tumwebaze<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nConvened by the multistakeholder UIGF process led by the Internet Society Uganda Chapter (chair Lillian Nalwoga)<\/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. Three Waves \u2014 Government's Digital Future and Its Blind Spots<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Keynote by Vivian Dambya (NITA-U Director Technical Services) on behalf of the ICT minister<\/p>\n