[africs-ig] [AfrICANN-discuss] Africa report
Dr Yassin Mshana
ymshana2003 at gmail.com
Thu May 30 10:53:33 SAST 2013
Hi
I totally agree on that. Good progress!
Then some of us will volunteer our talents and time to analyse the
information and come up with a Report.
Kind regards
Yassin
On 30 May 2013 08:47, Poncelet Ileleji <pileleji at ymca.gm> wrote:
> 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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