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<p class=MsoHeader style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>AfriNIC
is pleased to invite you to attend the 2nd Annual West Africa IGF (WAIGF) that
is being held 14-16 October 2009, at La Palm Royal Beach Hotel, Accra, Ghana.
The forum will be attended by regulators, academia, civil society, governments,
private sector, the technical community, and other leaders and stakeholders in
the Internet community. This event is open to the public and will be hosted by
the <a href="http://www.moc.gov.gh/"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:
112%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;text-decoration:none'>Ghana
Ministry of Communications</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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justify;text-kashida-space:50%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:112%;
font-family:"Garamond","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify;text-kashida-space:50%'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>This event is a part of a broader Internet Governance initiative
that we are
establishing with stakeholders and is referred to as the
WAIGF initiative, which will also be used as aformal
preparatory forum to improve West Africa’s contribution to the
global Internet Governance Forum. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify;text-kashida-space:50%'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify;text-kashida-space:50%'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>The three (3) day forum
will include discussions on Internet governance, Internet Access, Capacity
Building and the Internet, Role of Government in Internet Development, Cyber
Crimes & Cyber Security, and a Government/Regulator’s Roundtable
discussion. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify;text-kashida-space:50%'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Anticipated outcomes of this event are: That
relationships are established, promoted and strengthened; A more global
platform will be established to consolidate key issues and concerns affecting
development of the Internet throughout Africa; Continuity can be achieved from
similar local and regional efforts being made, such as the EAIGF in Nairobi,
Kenya, the West Africa IG Workshop held in March 2009, and the IG Workshop held
in Dakar, Senegal, Oct 2008; and, That other local IGF initiatives will be
established in areas where they do not currently exist or are in the process of
being formed to ultimately result in a global African IGF.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Garamond","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Please visit the meeting site for registration
and information at:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-kashida-space:50%'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>http://meeting.afrinic.net/waigf/<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-kashida-space:50%'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>You are also invited to
participate as a sponsor for this event. Sponsorship information can be
obtained at: http://meeting.afrinic.net/waigf/index.php/sponsorship<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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