Session
Organizer 1: Ihueze Nwobilor, Paradigm Initiative
Organizer 2: Angela Onyegbuna, Paradigm Initiative
Organizer 3: Thobekile Matimbe, Paradigm Initiative
Organizer 4: Khadijah El-Usman, Paradigm initiative
Speaker 1: AMANING FRANCIS ACQUAH, Intergovernmental Organization, African Group
Speaker 2: Thobekile Matimbe, Civil Society, African Group
Speaker 3: Nashilongo Gervasius, Civil Society, African Group
Ihueze Nwobilor, Civil Society, African Group
Khadijah El-Usman, Civil Society, African Group
Angela Onyegbuna, Civil Society, African Group
Panel - Auditorium - 60 Min
1. How is accessible is the internet to underserved communities?
2. How affordable is the internet to underserved communities?
3. Who should be responsible for making meaningful Internet access available and affordable to people in underserved communities?
4. What can be done to bridge the to to meaning access to the internet where it exists?
Connection with previous Messages:
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9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Targets: The internet connects the world to endless socio-economic opportunities and people who lack access to it are excluded from these opportunities. So the session connects to the SDGs that I selected as going to show how connection to the internet brings endless opportunities to people from underserved communities, helping to solve inequality problem by providing an equal platform for anyone no matter where they are in any part of the world. The opportunities can come inform of digital jobs, access to digital training that are not physically available in their communities e.t.c.
Description:
Conversations on this session will be around the role the internet is playing in inclusivity efforts around the world especially in developing countries. the session will be looking at the progress made in bringing digital opportunities to underserved communities with the help of the internet, challenges facing these efforts and proffering solutions to the identified challenges. The session will feature a panel of digital inclusion experts working in some underserved communities in Africa who will also discuss the identified challenges in the light of their causes and solutions on how to overcome them. The panelists will also share their experiences on how they worked to overcome some of the challenges in the course of their work in underserved communities with the help of the internet. Questions will also be entertained from both the online and onsite audience.
1. Lessons that can help improve the contribution of the internet to digital inclusion in underserved communities
2.Participants will learn from the experiences that will be shared in session
3. Outcomes of the conversation from the session will contribute to the development of the Global Digital Compact
Hybrid Format: 1.We will facilitate interaction between onsite and online speakers and attendees by having an onsite moderator who will coordinate interaction emanating onsite and online moderator who will be coordinating interactions emanating from online. we will create a seamless interface between the two moderators to make sure that both onsite and online activities are well blended.
2.The session will be onsite and a link to participate from the online platform which will be connected to onsite activities will be shared with intending online participants and this process will be managed by the online and onsite moderators
3.Depending on the primary online platform that IGF will be using we can connect that to our organisation's Facebook and Youtube channels for enlarge participation and reaching of a wider audience
Usage of IGF Official Tool.