African School on Internet Governance (AfriSIG)

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Summary

Name of your School: African School on Internet Governance (AfriSIG)
Is your School a global, regional or national initiative? regional/national
Who is the convenor/s of your School?
  • Association for Progressive Communications
  • Research ICT Africa
  • African Union Commission
Is your School targeting one specific stakeholder group (i.e. do you focus on young people)? We include all stakeholders and our School is intergenerational. It is focused on leadership development with both existing and emerging leaders in Internet governance in Africa.
Region or country your School is based: The School is in a different country every year, usually linked to the African Internet Governance Forum.
Year of foundation: 2013
Frequency of your School: annually
Duration of your School: 5 days/6 days
Besides Internet Governance do you focus on another sub topic? Access and infrastructure, gender and human rights.
Is your school associated with or co-located with any other event or process? The African Internet Governance Forum
What is the funding model of your SIG? Not for profit
Please provide the link to the website of your school: www.afrisig.org
Anything else you would like to tell us about your school?