<div dir="ltr"><br><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Many thanks Kivuva,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> "Since the internet affects</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">everyone, Africans citizens who are aware of internet governance</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">discussions, expect African stakeholders to engage in these</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">discussions..."</span><br></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br>
</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">I think this says it all...`Citizens` through Governments OR Businesses OR Special Interest Groups within the ICANN Structure?</span></div><div>As an African citizen I have not seen that happening up to now since this Sector is still taken as a Technical function in Africa.....?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div><br></div><div>Yassin</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 16 April 2014 21:41, Mwendwa Kivuva <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com" target="_blank">Kivuva@transworldafrica.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">This is an interetesting perspective from Africa on the changing face<br>
of Internet Governance<br>
<br>
Spotlight on African Contributions to Internet Governance Discussions<br>
Part 1: NetMundial<br>
1:55pm | 14 April 2014 | by Ephraim Percy Kenyanito,<br>
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The internet affects every individual in this world whether directly<br>
or indirectly. For example, a medical professional somewhere in Goma,<br>
Congo might access the internet to read and post reviews to current<br>
medication available and this might have an impact on the kind of<br>
medication that he/she recommends to the patient, whether the patient<br>
has access to affordable internet or not. Since the internet affects<br>
everyone, Africans citizens who are aware of internet governance<br>
discussions, expect African stakeholders to engage in these<br>
discussions.<br>
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Read more: <a href="https://www.accessnow.org/blog/2014/04/14/spotlight-on-african-contributions-to-internet-governance-discussions-netmu" target="_blank">https://www.accessnow.org/blog/2014/04/14/spotlight-on-african-contributions-to-internet-governance-discussions-netmu</a><br>
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