<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body ><div>Thank you Ephraim for this 'distilled' update. It is very useful to know about the depth of African involvement is this 'process' for the benefit of and promotion of such policy issues.</div><div><br></div><div>It is good to see how the quality of the outcomes can be affected by the level of the participation from Africa. </div><div><br></div><div>It is also important to note that there is a need for the regional IGF to involve their respective governments deeper and this should happen uniformly throught the continent ....the knowledge of the local Barriers should be an advantage?.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards.</div><div>Yassin </div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:9px;color:#575757">Sent from Samsung Mobile</div></div><br><br>-------- Original message --------<br>From: Ephraim Percy Kenyanito <ekenyanito@gmail.com> <br>Date:11/05/2014 23:07 (GMT+02:00) <br>To: kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke,isoc@orion.my.co.ke,africann@afrinic.net <br>Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] What did Africa Get out of NetMundial Internet Governance Discussions? <br><br><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large;display:inline"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large"><a href="https://www.accessnow.org/blog/2014/05/09/spotlight-on-african-contributions-to-internet-governance-discussions-part-">https://www.accessnow.org/blog/2014/05/09/spotlight-on-african-contributions-to-internet-governance-discussions-part-</a><br>
<i><br>"Generally, the final NetMundial statement is in line with the priorities
expressed in the African submissions in acknowledging the universality
of human rights and taking into consideration internet governance
priorities from developing countries’ perspectives. For example, the
NetMundial outcome document recognizes that the internet is a global
resource, which should be managed in the public interest."</i><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<p><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);font-size:13pt"></span>Best Regards,<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline!important;float:none"></span></p>
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</div><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(136,136,136)">Ephraim Percy Kenyanito</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(136,136,136)"></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(136,136,136)"></span></span><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large;display:inline">
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