Hello from Ouagadougou.
Thank you Anriette for rising up this gap.
Since, the future of the world is in the minds and the hands of the
younguest people, they need to reinforce their capacities on the tools
they need for the survival of our world : INTERNET.
+1
Cheers !
-Olévié-
2016-09-11 1:45 UTC, Benjamin Akinmoyeje <[log in to unmask]>:
> Great wake up call from Anriette for the African universities.
> African Universities at least Nigerian universities that I have interacted
> with are willing to integrate Internet Governance if they understand the
> subject matter and if it could show some prospects in the area of it been a
> research topic or a thematic area.
>
> In a place like Nigeria, where most Internet policy issues still reside
> with Civil Societies that have somewhat become social entrepreneurs, it is
> difficult to get the university involved when individuals who are exposed
> to the Internet Governance discussion do not return to the universities to
> propagate Internet Governance discussions.
>
> Until there are direct implications of Internet Governance in the continent
> that can be seen in terms of impact on governance, economic life of the
> people, it will be difficult of the universities to see it as a serious
> issues.
>
> The recent celebration of Mark Zukerberg visit , and subsequent celebration
> of FreeBasic in Nigeria show the lack of understanding of Internet
> Governance and it's implication to the future of the country and critical
> resources.
>
> But as the number of Africans who are active in the Internet Governance
> increases in Africa, the Internet Governance discussion will find it's way
> into the lecture halls, research topics and university speeches.
> I have reached out to my alumni and a few other universities in Nigeria ,
> but it has been tough for them to move it forward because they still
> struggle to understand Internet Governance issues as it relates to the
> African continent, especially when it comes to the issues of domain name
> (INRM)
>
> If IG bodies or initiatives can dedicate some resources to engage the
> universities in Africa, the effect will be tremendous.
>
> This is my personal opinion and experience.
>
> Benjamin
>
> On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 9:13 PM, Sam Lanfranco <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Another way to approach Internet Governance in universities is through
>> their research centres. I was slated to give a "birds of a feather"
>> presentation on that topic at the 2016 International Society for Third
>> Sector Research (http://www.istr.org) conference in Sweden this year but
>> there were conflicts with ICANN in Helsinki so we had to drop the idea.
>> ISTR is a gathering of many of the non-for-profit sector researchers from
>> around the world, and it has regional chapters in Africa, Asia, Latin
>> America, etc.
>>
>> The next ISTR international conference is in Amsterdam, Netherlands,
>> 10-13 JULY 2018. ICANN, or stakeholder groups within ICANN, should
>> consider engaging ISTR at the global or regional level. Research centre
>> research agendas are a sure way to embed new content into university
>> curricula. I would be happy to discuss this further, off list, for
>> possible
>> activities in 2017.
>>
>> Sam L, NPOC
>>
>
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