Emma Okonji
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) stakeholders in West Africa have agreed to embrace the universality of the internet with the aim of deepening internet penetration across the region and ensuring safe internet.
The agreement was reached recently during the joint organised forum of The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, (UNESCO) and the African ICT Foundation, on how to mainstream Internet Universality and the Rights, Openness, Access and Multi-stakeholder (ROAM) approach principles.
The session, which was held on the occasion of the West African Internet Governance Forum 2021, focused on how to encourage more countries to use ROAM-X indicators for improving national Internet development and digital policies in West Africa.
Emma Okonji
The African ICT Foundation is partnering United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)to host a stakeholders’ engagement for the advancement of evidence-based policy making of Internet governance
The virtual even, which holds next week,is the first of the Foundation’s partnership with global organizations across to the world to deepen internet penetration in Africa.
The event which is jointly organised by UNESCO Headquarters and the African ICT Foundation, seeks to engage in an extensive partnership with the West African Internet Governance Forum community via the newly launched Dynamic Coalition of IUIs, so as to join forces for advancing evidence-based policy making of Internet governance and fostering digital collaboration in line with UN SG’s roadmap of digital cooperation.