<div dir="auto">Dear Brother Ish,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">You are very correct. Most of the politicians are ignorant about technology even the ministers are normally not technology people.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I remember the senator of America called Ted Cruz who went to the USA congress to propose ideas that can stop a piece of Internet the ICANN from being managed under global governance.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">So sometimes the politicians are ignorant. So the Afrinic should invite technical government people who can explain to the politicians in lay man language about importance of open internet.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">This problem is very serious and more education and engagement is the best way and platform to reach out to the politicians.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">Best Regards,<br><br>Tutu Ngcaba<br>Kwazulu Techno Hubs<br>South Africa<br> </div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 13 Apr 2017 7:19 p.m., "Ish Sookun" <ish@lsl.digital> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Kris,<br>
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On 04/13/2017 06:53 PM, Kris Seeburn wrote:<br>
> May be interesting to have the ICT ministers or information ministers as<br>
> well. The director generals also act on instructions but both are as<br>
> important in such maters that we should envisage at our best to get them<br>
> on board and listen in and participate or at least the senior advisors<br>
> to the minister of ICT. Just thought as they are key to anything that<br>
> happens.<br>
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I see Alan has mentioned that the meeting is happening in Kenya. If that<br>
were in a local context, i.e Mauritius, I would be a little skeptical to<br>
have the TCI Minister or "senior advisors" involved.<br>
<br>
Advisors or officers close to ministers are mostly known to be yes-man,<br>
while the ministers themselves have most of the time little experience<br>
in the field of technology, communication or yet about innovation. The<br>
post of advisor is often given as "gift" to political agents who might<br>
not necessarily have any interest beyond their own political advancement<br>
(instead of technology advancement).<br>
<br>
It might produce better results to have people who are technology<br>
influencers and who understand & can also disseminate the information in<br>
the right way. Digital freedom activists are to be considered as well.<br>
NGOs involved in the promotion of technology for social impact are good<br>
candidates.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
--<br>
Ish Sookun<br>
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I drink coffee and manage Linux servers for <a href="http://lexpress.mu" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">lexpress.mu</a>.<br>
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