[africs-ig] [AfrICANN-discuss] Africa report
Poncelet Ileleji
pileleji at ymca.gm
Thu May 30 10:47:27 SAST 2013
Hello Nnenna,
Morning I totally concur with your suggestions, the wiki set up, is a start
and I personally think we should add "Stakeholders Institutions /
Organisations" to the list you recommended for the wiki.
Thank you
Poncelet
On 30 May 2013 07:55, Nnenna Nwakanma <nnenna75 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi people:
>
> Here is my thinking:
>
>
> 1. Set up the wiki - I have copied Seun and Judy from FOSSFA end
> (AfrICANN can also do this)
> 2. On the wiki, have the following pages:
>
>
> - Resources - documents, links to documents
> - Key initiatives - what has happened, what is happening, what is
> upcoming
> - Issues
> - Action points
> - People?
>
> Just initial thought
>
>
> All for now
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 10:43 PM, Mawaki Chango <kichango at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> This is getting more and more interesting! I'm available to participate
>> in the design team, and inviting other people to join in. I propose anybody
>> who volunteers to join a team should make the effort to formulate (for
>> themselves) a clear idea about how they can contribute. This is not the
>> place for endless debates and blah blah blah; must be focused and result
>> oriented. As a consequence, our notion of the output at every level must be
>> clear. Please, everybody, share any information and materials that might
>> help us formulate or break down the design process and result. Anyone with
>> handy experience who would like to guide us is much welcome!
>>
>> mc
>>
>>
>> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 9:22 PM, Ken Lohento <lohento at oridev.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> I hope something concrete will come out of this. That would be great. As
>>> far as I'm concerned, I'm ready to devote some time, from time to time, to
>>> contribute to the design and implementation of the the sort of crowdsourced
>>> space on ICT policy issues.
>>>
>>> Ken Lohento
>>>
>>> Le 29/05/2013 22:44, Adiel Akplogan a écrit :
>>>
>>> You are funny Ben! over to us :)? Well in term of research, data
>>>> analysis and linking research to grassroots projects, AFRINIC is trying
>>>> through its FIRE program (http://www.fireafrica.org). I believe that
>>>> an initiative that can effectively help in telling success stories will
>>>> qualify for funding under such Fund. But definitely we need to start
>>>> telling our own success stories. It is about mindset and education ...
>>>> positioning ourselves as players and not beggers.
>>>>
>>>> Now leaving the path of big data research and coming back to one of the
>>>> simple suggestion of have a repository to collect information about the
>>>> community participation and contribution to various ICT Public Policy
>>>> debate:
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>>> 1. Which African countries contribted content to a giving meeting
>>>>> 2. In which areas/domains were African countries working/interested in
>>>>> 3. Which Countries had delegations and from which sector
>>>>> 4. What commissions/committees of the policy rounds did they
>>>>> chair/work on
>>>>> 5. What Ministers were present? What panels did they feature on? What
>>>>> content did they contribute?
>>>>> 6. What engagements, what plans, what future..
>>>>> All of that in the framework of global Internet/ICT Policy
>>>>> ----
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Certainly this may be refined to few keys and pertinent data but
>>>> talking for AFRNIC I can for sure commit part (or all) the infrastructure
>>>> needed to host such a simple repository. Someone (or a group of people)
>>>> need to design the framework, and someone else (or a group) implement it.
>>>> If the task is properly distributed and everyone commit to contribute in a
>>>> systematic way to the content we can do it. This will be a kind of ICT
>>>> policy trend crowd sourcing platform for the region (or an Internet/ICT
>>>> Policy observatory (the EU has just decided to launch one few weeks ago).
>>>> Well I don't know I'm just trowing ideas and it is late here … I need some
>>>> sleep.
>>>>
>>>> - a.
>>>>
>>>> On 2013-05-29, at 22:36 PM, Ben Akoh <me at benakoh.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Healthy dialogue Mawaki,
>>>>>
>>>>> Perhaps Adiele and others can chime in with the necessary support.
>>>>>
>>>>> Over to them...
>>>>>
>>>>> Ben
>>>>>
>>>>> On 5/29/13 11:56 AM, Mawaki Chango wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Ben,
>>>>>> Thanks for such a thoughtful response! In the light of your vibrant
>>>>>> case
>>>>>> for such, I hope I didn't convey the impression that I was dismissing
>>>>>> donor-funded and commissioned research/studies/reports as part of
>>>>>> their
>>>>>> programs. They are of course useful since they are supposed to reach
>>>>>> specific objectives and programmatic goals, which generally consist in
>>>>>> helping bring about improvements on some issues or in some areas.
>>>>>> My main point for making the distinction between both research avenues
>>>>>> was to say we (both public and policy-makers, at least) cannot
>>>>>> fundamentally change our rapport to research in the sense you are
>>>>>> advocating for if we do not commit to research. And the indicator
>>>>>> showing that we are seriously committed to research is not to be
>>>>>> found in the number of studies or reports that may be commissioned by
>>>>>> foreign/international donors (the recommendations of which, as you
>>>>>> deplore, are rarely translated into actions by policy-makers), but in
>>>>>> the ways we support our local/national/regional research institutions
>>>>>> and tap into them for, and associate them as much as possible with,
>>>>>> our
>>>>>> various activities for social, economical and political change which
>>>>>> may
>>>>>> gain from research. And the day such level of sustainable support will
>>>>>> manifest, you'll see that (well, that's my speculation but I think
>>>>>> it's
>>>>>> a sound one ;)) even recommendations from donor-sponsored studies will
>>>>>> also be given more attention and they will be more readiness to
>>>>>> translate them into actions. Because, as I think we agree, it is a
>>>>>> cultural thing in addition to being a resource challenge.
>>>>>> I might add some of the donors actually commissioned their studies
>>>>>> through local/national academic institutions keeping institutional
>>>>>> capacity-building as one of their objectives (I'm very much aware of
>>>>>> this since that was what I did with the project 'Scan-ICT' at IDRC.)
>>>>>> On
>>>>>> the other hand you and I know very well that development projects are
>>>>>> not always followed with a robust evaluation and they chronically
>>>>>> suffer
>>>>>> from lack of sustainability. I believe healthier academic research
>>>>>> institutions will help foster the spirit of taking into account any
>>>>>> research outcomes, and consequently, increase the potential impact of
>>>>>> the research-based work done by development actors. So while I put my
>>>>>> emphasis on research institutions, particularly academic research, I
>>>>>> did
>>>>>> not mean to be exclusive but cumulative in order to power the change
>>>>>> we're all seeking.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would add finally, that African based institutions with funding
>>>>>> should step up to the plate and provide the necessary supports
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> creates a space for African research on internet and digital
>>>>>> futures.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> With the clarification I've provided above, I think it's safe to say
>>>>>> we're in violent agreement not only on the point above but all the
>>>>>> preceding ones you made.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Apart from Research ICT in Africa, and other open access journals,
>>>>>> few or none else provides any support for the telling of success
>>>>>> stories of African ICT grassroots initiatives. Perhaps you can
>>>>>> initiate an African Journal for this sort of research, Mawaki, my
>>>>>> friend. I, and I am sure, a few others would gladly provide
>>>>>> articles.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm just getting back in the blocks, my dear... I mean the starting
>>>>>> blocks, scrutinizing the horizon and gauging the challenge ahead ;)
>>>>>> Well, let me just say for now, we will all need each other to make
>>>>>> change happen in these matters of concern to us all.
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>> Mawaki
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Ben Akoh <me at benakoh.com
>>>>>> <mailto:me at benakoh.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Mawaki,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 5/28/13 3:33 PM, Mawaki Chango wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ben, and all:
>>>>>> Could you please provide a link to the web page of the
>>>>>> organization
>>>>>> you're referring to? There are many pages that respond to the
>>>>>> name
>>>>>> "Research in Africa" a link would help disambiguate the search
>>>>>> results.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Research ICT in Africa does not only provide primary data, but
>>>>>> analysis of primary data. See
>>>>>> http://www.researchictafrica._**_net/data.php
>>>>>> <http://www.researchictafrica.**net/data.php<http://www.researchictafrica.net/data.php>>.
>>>>>> Data is also available
>>>>>> at the world bank and ITU data sites. Few Project based and
>>>>>> Program
>>>>>> funded research exists on the sites of the institution you work
>>>>>> for
>>>>>> - APC, and as are the regional policy institutes such as CIPACO
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> CIPESA. As it concerns internet governance, substantial amount of
>>>>>> research data exists on Afrinic sites. I have conducted a few
>>>>>> research available on www.iisd.org <http://www.iisd.org>. Ken
>>>>>> Lohento does substantial amount of work on ICTs and Agriculture.
>>>>>> And
>>>>>> there are numerous others sites to mention with research work of
>>>>>> may
>>>>>> Africans local and in the Diaspora (rigorous search would help).
>>>>>> Not
>>>>>> to mention reports that have been written for publications in
>>>>>> Academic journals, some of which you have written but may never be
>>>>>> available to us in Africa. The kind of reports that Nnenna
>>>>>> mentions
>>>>>> may be possible if a blogger takes this as his/her task to report
>>>>>> on
>>>>>> such global international arrangements. But not all bloggers have
>>>>>> the luxury of physically attending these events. Perhaps those
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> do could capture the data and make them available to researchers
>>>>>> like you and I for "proper" presentation to a wider audience.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Clearly we agree on the root of the problem being in the
>>>>>> mindset
>>>>>> you're
>>>>>> describing rather than the simple lack of data (after all
>>>>>> that very
>>>>>> mindset might well be one of the causal factors why data may
>>>>>> be
>>>>>> lacking
>>>>>> on some issues.).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Agreed. Still speculative though but generally a fair assumption
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> begin from.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Having said that, we need to go beyond publishing reports
>>>>>> commissioned
>>>>>> by international/external donors as part of their
>>>>>> programs/projects.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There is nothing wrong with commissioning reports as a part of a
>>>>>> program/project or as I would put it, a strategic focus. It is
>>>>>> besides the point if a program's strategic focus, be it local or
>>>>>> international, is commissioned by a donor. What is most important
>>>>>> is
>>>>>> that it generates useful data and analysis of data, it is
>>>>>> conducted
>>>>>> in a rigorous, systematic and empirical manner, that bias and
>>>>>> other
>>>>>> factors are declared and stated, and that the report recognizes
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> nuances of the local context. You would agree that these are more
>>>>>> important than a mere brush stroke painting of internationally
>>>>>> funded programs or project.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It
>>>>>>
>>>>>> seems to me the intended or natural audience for those
>>>>>> reports are,
>>>>>> or in any case their audience is most of the time limited
>>>>>> to, policy-makers and other policy-driven actors.And
>>>>>> unfortunately,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> unless another round of activities is funded to package the
>>>>>> findings help launch advocacy or campaign efforts, etc. they
>>>>>> are
>>>>>> likely
>>>>>> to die on the shelves or worse in the office drawers.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In most cases (anecdotally) yes, but there remain very good
>>>>>> projects
>>>>>> that have taken research outcomes to the grassroots in the form
>>>>>> of,
>>>>>> for instance, role plays and theaters, that change belief systems
>>>>>> and attitudes about for instance, climate change and adaptation,
>>>>>> finance, reproductive health, and rights. I have researched some
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> these in the past 3 to four years and have funded those sorts of
>>>>>> projects in West Africa for about six years. Certainly, successful
>>>>>> grassroots initiatives like Mpesa did not hit the ground without
>>>>>> some research. The point is, policy makers are a part of a
>>>>>> research
>>>>>> audience, but the mechanisms are required by which such
>>>>>> reports/researches can reach a wider audience base. The point
>>>>>> about
>>>>>> my earlier email is that there is first, a fundamental difference;
>>>>>> and second, a gulf between the commissioning/dissemination of
>>>>>> reports and the implementation of report recommendations. Linking
>>>>>> those two is the "will" (or if you like, mechanism) that must be
>>>>>> developed to transition from the one to the other. That is what we
>>>>>> are missing. That gap needs to be bridged.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> While we should keep making those efforts and pushing
>>>>>> policy-makers to
>>>>>> embrace evidence-based policy making aided by those reports,
>>>>>> it
>>>>>> is in my
>>>>>> view crucial to invest also in academic research on those
>>>>>> issues
>>>>>> --not
>>>>>> just studies and reports, but sheer scholarly research.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Agreed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Because there is
>>>>>>
>>>>>> a wider array of questions that academics are prepared to
>>>>>> tackle and
>>>>>> demonstrate the relevance thereof (as opposed to studies that
>>>>>> are
>>>>>> designed as part of, say, a charity or development
>>>>>> organization-funded
>>>>>> program).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I wouldnt disregard these ll together (although some needs to be
>>>>>> questioned). They provide useful sources of data from which
>>>>>> academic
>>>>>> research papers can be written. Not all researchers are
>>>>>> ethnographic
>>>>>> or willing to situate themselves in their research context for a
>>>>>> long period of time. However, these reports seen through the eyes
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> the research participants help academics to provide research
>>>>>> useful
>>>>>> for academic debate and knowledge.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There are two points here, that I would like to conclude with:
>>>>>> 1. Producing critical, empirical, rigorous, systematic research
>>>>>> useful for contributing to knowledge and for academic debate.
>>>>>> Research of this form have a place in our African societies and
>>>>>> context. The capacities for these need to be created. These
>>>>>> include:
>>>>>> developing the human research capacity; creating the necessary
>>>>>> research departments and faculties in academic institutions;
>>>>>> commissioning and providing the necessary funding for such
>>>>>> research
>>>>>> by African governments, private sectors, economic commissions,
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> institution communities (i.e. Afrinic); and creating a space for
>>>>>> wider policy debate of research in our countries and regions.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2. Linking research to grassroots development. I mentioned in my
>>>>>> previous email that research should not just be for the sake of
>>>>>> it,
>>>>>> but that it should make meaning in the lives of people. We should
>>>>>> be
>>>>>> able to say that, "this policy or government program was
>>>>>> influenced
>>>>>> by this or that research". I can however, not substantially assert
>>>>>> that policy makers and governments can say so. These mechanisms
>>>>>> need to be developed and systematized within the African
>>>>>> governance
>>>>>> structures.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would add finally, that African based institutions with funding
>>>>>> should step up to the plate and provide the necessary supports
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> creates a space for African research on internet and digital
>>>>>> futures. Apart from Research ICT in Africa, and other open access
>>>>>> journals, few or none else provides any support for the telling of
>>>>>> success stories of African ICT grassroots initiatives. Perhaps you
>>>>>> can initiate an African Journal for this sort of research, Mawaki,
>>>>>> my friend. I, and I am sure, a few others would gladly provide
>>>>>> articles.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>> Ben
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Because research leads to an orderly accumulation of
>>>>>>
>>>>>> knowledge, and research generates more research. Students and
>>>>>> peers read
>>>>>> the outcomes and seek to critique it and to add their
>>>>>> contribution (and
>>>>>> this ripple effect doesn't require that much additional
>>>>>> funding.) And
>>>>>> because once research findings are recognized as valid by the
>>>>>> community
>>>>>> of peers, it is more likely that they will raise questions
>>>>>> wherever they
>>>>>> apply, eg, to policy-makers, and sparkle debates, which can
>>>>>> in turn
>>>>>> drive the public attention, etc.
>>>>>> So this is my impassioned call ;) for all practitioners and
>>>>>> all
>>>>>> those
>>>>>> already in this field to make particular efforts to associate
>>>>>> researchers, particularly social science researchers (and
>>>>>> further
>>>>>> particularly the younger ones who might be interested in new
>>>>>> areas to
>>>>>> specialize in), to your relevant activities and proceedings.
>>>>>> We
>>>>>> could
>>>>>> wait for them to come to us but we are the ones closer to the
>>>>>> field, so
>>>>>> we can afford to be more proactive and reach out to them
>>>>>> knowing
>>>>>> that to
>>>>>> date there's no subject area labeled internet governance in
>>>>>> university
>>>>>> curricula.
>>>>>> Mawaki
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Ben Akoh <me at benakoh.com
>>>>>> <mailto:me at benakoh.com>
>>>>>> <mailto:me at benakoh.com <mailto:me at benakoh.com>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Some organizations, eg Research in Africa are producing
>>>>>> reports from
>>>>>> primary data (because of the challenges of accessing both
>>>>>> primary
>>>>>> and secondary data) such as mawaki describes. A
>>>>>> substantial
>>>>>> amount
>>>>>> of data and analysis of data already exists, although
>>>>>> more
>>>>>> needs to
>>>>>> be done. However, the fundamental question pertains to a
>>>>>> mindset
>>>>>> that fails to read these reports or to associate research
>>>>>> findings
>>>>>> with policy action. It shouldn't be a report just for the
>>>>>> sake of it!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2013-05-28, at 6:27 AM, Dandjinou Pierre
>>>>>> <pdandjinou at gmail.com <mailto:pdandjinou at gmail.com>
>>>>>> <mailto:pdandjinou at gmail.com
>>>>>> <mailto:pdandjinou at gmail.com>>**> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mawaki,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You said it all ! collecting the information and
>>>>>> documenting those
>>>>>> relevant events as the ones Nnenna alludes to should
>>>>>> be
>>>>>> the focus.
>>>>>> But this calls for resources (human and financial
>>>>>> resources). The
>>>>>> way some parts of the world do this is through
>>>>>> regional
>>>>>> organizations such as the European commission who
>>>>>> commissioned
>>>>>> (!!) appropriate studies and white papers.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Our challenge here is how to get the Africa Union
>>>>>> commission and
>>>>>> other RECs interested.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Pierre
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Mawaki Chango
>>>>>> <kichango at gmail.com <mailto:kichango at gmail.com>
>>>>>> <mailto:kichango at gmail.com <mailto:kichango at gmail.com>>>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> All,
>>>>>> There is a lot to be done in Africa. So one might
>>>>>> think it
>>>>>> is even more crucial here to bring in all
>>>>>> segments of
>>>>>> the society which can help improve our
>>>>>> understanding and
>>>>>> practice. I totally agree that academia should be
>>>>>> invited in
>>>>>> what we do at all levels. It doesn't matter how
>>>>>> much you slice
>>>>>> this, you can't avoid education, training,
>>>>>> research
>>>>>> without a
>>>>>> serious loss. As recently as last year I was
>>>>>> doing
>>>>>> a survey in
>>>>>> an African country and one of my respondents
>>>>>> working in a
>>>>>> public research agency told me once she asked to
>>>>>> consult a
>>>>>> document (which was not a government classified
>>>>>> document but
>>>>>> has to do with some development issues in one
>>>>>> sector of
>>>>>> activity) at another government agency, then
>>>>>> after
>>>>>> asking what
>>>>>> exactly she was looking for her colleague opened
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> corresponding pages for her to make note of,
>>>>>> while
>>>>>> concealing
>>>>>> the non-related contents. That's the mindset
>>>>>> we're up
>>>>>> against. In many places, it is the very notion of
>>>>>> collecting
>>>>>> information and making it easy to retrieve later
>>>>>> on
>>>>>> which is
>>>>>> lacking. Believe it or not, in some countries
>>>>>> ICT-related
>>>>>> policy documents are said to exist but cannot be
>>>>>> easily found
>>>>>> by the public. For the medium and long-term there
>>>>>> is a need to
>>>>>> educate and train information specialists,
>>>>>> librarians, people
>>>>>> who are prepared to identify relevant data
>>>>>> gathering
>>>>>> opportunities and sources and people who are
>>>>>> prepared to
>>>>>> systematically gather and curate information,
>>>>>> index
>>>>>> it and
>>>>>> make it easy to find and retrieve at any point in
>>>>>> the future.
>>>>>> This can only help all researchers, academic or
>>>>>> practitioners,
>>>>>> to do their job better as well as
>>>>>> decision-makers,
>>>>>> for that
>>>>>> matter.
>>>>>> In any case, and particularly for the short term,
>>>>>> the best we
>>>>>> can do is to gather raw data whenever possible, I
>>>>>> agree with
>>>>>> Nnenna on that (Reports are just a means to build
>>>>>> reference
>>>>>> repositories for such data and there may be other
>>>>>> ways). The
>>>>>> most important (and urgent) is to make sure the
>>>>>> data (as per
>>>>>> the data points she just indicated) is available
>>>>>> somewhere for
>>>>>> the public to access. Otherwise, how is one to
>>>>>> debate cogently
>>>>>> about the geopolitics of the Internet in Africa
>>>>>> without
>>>>>> knowing which African countries were there during
>>>>>> relevant
>>>>>> proceedings, which ones contributed language,
>>>>>> what
>>>>>> their
>>>>>> rationale was, what the different positions among
>>>>>> African
>>>>>> countries are and which ones took which positions
>>>>>> and why,
>>>>>> etc. A handful of people may be able to find out
>>>>>> with a
>>>>>> reasonable time investment but most people, who
>>>>>> might use that
>>>>>> information for useful things that we cannot even
>>>>>> predict, won't be able to find it. Not to mention
>>>>>> that the
>>>>>> more aware the public, the greater the benefits
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> the debate.
>>>>>> So yes, we need to demonstrate more awareness
>>>>>> for the
>>>>>> necessity to collect information and
>>>>>> systematically
>>>>>> document
>>>>>> what we do and relevant events, to associate
>>>>>> academia and
>>>>>> other researchers and work with them in order to
>>>>>> facilitate
>>>>>> data collection and information retrieval for
>>>>>> research and
>>>>>> policy analysis as well as for decision-making,
>>>>>> policy-making
>>>>>> and public information.
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>> Mawaki
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 9:40 AM, Nnenna Nwakanma
>>>>>> <nnenna75 at gmail.com <mailto:nnenna75 at gmail.com>
>>>>>> <mailto:nnenna75 at gmail.com <mailto:nnenna75 at gmail.com>>>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> SM, all
>>>>>> I am talking about an Africa report directly
>>>>>> in relation
>>>>>> to the:
>>>>>> WCIT - World Conference on Information
>>>>>> Technology
>>>>>> WTPF - World Telecommunications and ICT
>>>>>> Policy
>>>>>> Forum
>>>>>> WSIS+10 - World Summit of Information
>>>>>> SOciety +
>>>>>> 10 meetings
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It is not about "what worked in a country"
>>>>>> but
>>>>>> rather the
>>>>>> sum total of:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1. Which African countries contribted
>>>>>> content
>>>>>> 2. In which areas/domains were African
>>>>>> countries
>>>>>> working/interested in
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 3. Which Countries had delegations
>>>>>> 4. What commissions/committees of the policy
>>>>>> rounds did
>>>>>> they chair/work on
>>>>>> 5. What Ministers were present? What panels
>>>>>> did they
>>>>>>
>>>>>> feature on? What content did they
>>>>>> contribute?
>>>>>> 6. What engagements, what plans, what
>>>>>> future..
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> All of that in the framework of global
>>>>>> Internet/ICT Policy
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nnenna
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 8:28 AM, SM
>>>>>> <sm at resistor.net <mailto:sm at resistor.net>
>>>>>> <mailto:sm at resistor.net
>>>>>> <mailto:sm at resistor.net>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Nnenna,
>>>>>> At 00:04 28-05-2013, Nnenna Nwakanma
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I honestly do believe that if we have
>>>>>> an "Africa
>>>>>> report" after each of these meetings,
>>>>>> such will
>>>>>> come in handy when we are planning
>>>>>> for
>>>>>> the future.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Replicating what worked in Country X does
>>>>>> not work
>>>>>> well. The quality of reports are in my
>>>>>> opinion
>>>>>> relatively low. That might be due to
>>>>>> research
>>>>>> constraints. The reader would expect an
>>>>>> Africa report
>>>>>> to include as many countries as possible.
>>>>>> Reports
>>>>>> generally cover a few countries as case
>>>>>> studies and
>>>>>> are extrapolated from there.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There isn't a breath of expertise as
>>>>>> input;
>>>>>> either the
>>>>>> expertise is not there, or it is
>>>>>> untapped,
>>>>>> or there is
>>>>>> lack of interest.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> -sm
>>>>>>
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