[Air-L] SUMMARY – Africa IGF Roundtable ‘Forging connections between Internet Governance, human rights, and development through the WSIS+20’

[Joly MacFie]

*[I had already embarked on transcribing my recording of this when I
realized that Elonnai had invoked the CH Rule. Thus summary it is.
Beginning to notice a common theme in these pre-WSIS+20 discussions?]*

[image: ISOC LIVE] <https://isoc.live/19416>S*UMMARY EN
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Om *May 31 2025*, the *Global Network Initiative
<https://globalnetworkinitiative.org/>* (GNI) convened a roundtable ‘*Forging
connections between Internet Governance, human rights, and development
through the WSIS+20*
<https://afigf2025.sched.com/event/24q3x/forging-connections-between-internet-governance-human-rights-and-development-through-the-wsis+20>‘
at the *Africa Internet Governance Forum <https://isoc.live/19416>* (Africa
IGF) in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. The session was held under the *Chatham
House Rule <https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/chatham-house-rule>*.

*Participants*

*Lillian Naroka* – Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and
Southern Africa, (CIPESA)
*Margaret Nyambura Ndongo* –  Internet Society Tanzania Chapter
*Imazo Mataji* – Program Advisor, Digital Agenda for Tanzania Initiative
*Bridget Ndongo* – Paradigm Initiative
*Céline Bal* – UN IGF Secretariat
*Peace Oliver-Muge* – Africa Regional Strategy Lead,  APC  / Member, IGF
Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG)
*Sorina Safa* – UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
*Craig Stanley-Adamson* – Head of Internet Governance, UK Department for
Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)
*Dawit Bekele* – Regional Vice President for Africa, Internet Society (ISOC)
*Mohamed Farhat* – AfIGF MAG
*Andrea Calderaro* – Director of Cyber Diplomacy, EU Institute for Security
Studies (EUISS)
*Ahmed Haroun* –  Chad
*Emmanuel Manassi* – Acting Regional Director for Africa, International
Telecommunication Union (ITU)
*Navina Mutabas* – Data Values Advocate, Global Partnership for Sustainable
Development Data (GPSDD)
*Providence Baraka* – Program Associate, Bingo Civic Tech Lab, Democratic
Republic of Congo
*Huroma Gideon Manyama* – Law Student, Tanzania
Moderator: *Elonnai Hickok* – Managing Director, Global Network Initiative
(GNI)

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