<div dir="ltr">In both Walda and Adiel's talks there was emphasis that, despite these regional events, in Africa the trend for multistakeholderism is towards localism. Thus we can expect many local IGFs and other smaller events to pop up. If you know of any such, please feel free to add them in the comments. We look forward to facilitating webcasts wherever possible!<br>
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joly posted: "On March 7 2013, speaking at the African Multi-stakeholder Internet Governance Meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Andrew Rugege of the ITU; Walda Roseman of the Internet Society, and Adiel Akplogan of AFRINIC, took it in turns to announce upcoming conferen" </span>
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<p style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em">On March 7 2013, speaking at the African Multi-stakeholder Internet Governance Meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Andrew Rugege of the ITU; Walda Roseman of the Internet Society, and Adiel Akplogan of AFRINIC, took it in turns to announce upcoming conferences in Africa. Video is below</p>
<p style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em">Add to your calendar:</p>
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<li style="margin-left:1em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">June 17-21 2013 - Lusaka, Zambia - African Internet Summit (AFRINIC)</li>
<li style="margin-left:1em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">June 26-28 2013 - Kampala, Uganda - Africa Children Online Protection Summit (ACOP) (ITU)</li>
<li style="margin-left:1em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">July 13 -14 2013 - Durban, South Africa - DNS Forum (ISOC) (alongside ICANN 47)</li>
<li style="margin-left:1em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">October 28 - Nov 1 2013 - Kigali, Rwanda - Transform Africa Conference & Summit (ITU)</li>
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<p style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em">Both the ITU events present shifting targets as the ITU's <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="http://www.itu.int/net/pressoffice/press_releases/2012/79.aspx#.UT7vyxzkt8E" target="_blank">current pr</a> announces Transform Africa as March 2013, and the <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="http://acop-ch.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">ACOP eventbrite</a> is dated June 4-7. </p>
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<li style="margin-left:1em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Transcribe on <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="http://www.amara.org/en/videos/UW3WViq5BvIJ/" target="_blank">AMARA</a></li>
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