07:35 – 7:40 +00: Zoom login / Networking
07:40 – 07:50 +00: EMCEE / Moderator: Lily Edinam Botsyoe, Ghana Youth IGF Cordinator
Welcome Message (3mins): Wisdom Donkor, Africa Open Data and Internet Research Foundation
Opening Remark (5mins): Fuatai Gisa Purcell: - Chief Executive Officer, Office of the Regulator, Government of Samoa.
07:50 – 08:25 +00 Segment 1: Theme: Community Networks, Electricity and Digital Inclusion
Moderator: Kwaku Antwi, Africa Open Data and Internet Research Foundation
Speakers:
1. Onica Nonhlanhla Makwakwa, A4AI Coordinator, Africa
2. Andre Laperriere, Executive Director, Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN), Montreal, Canada
3. Michuki Mwangi, Senior Director, Internet Technology and Development, Internet Society
4. Stanley Kwakye Dankyira, Co-Founder / Director, Maxim Nyansa (NGO)
08:25– 08:30+00 Memory Refresh: Musical Interlude by Wiyala
08:30 – 09:00 +00 Segment 2: Spectrum and the Regulatory Environment
Moderator: Kwaku Antwi, Africa Open Data and Internet Research Foundation
Speakers:
- Hon. Samuel Nartey George, Member of Parliament, Ghana
- Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro, Legal Practitioner / Former UN IGF MAG Member
- Stephanie Pariel, ICANN GNSO Council Member
- Moctar Yedaly, Head of Information Society Division, Africa Union (AU)
09:00 - 09:15 +00 Discussants: Segment 1 and 2:
We do have some discussants in the room and they will share their own perspective, based on their experiences and the lessons they’ve learnt developing and implementing various policies and initiatives with regards to the topics been disscussed.
1. Carlos Rey-Moreno, Community Network Specialist, Association for Progressive Communications (APC), South Africa
09:15: Closing remarks: Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro, Legal Practitioner / Former UN IGF MAG Membe