African internet governance forum concludes on the policies to enable internet access

Abstract

Over 470 participants drawn from the government, private sector, academia, research institutions, technical committee, civil society organizations, media, and other stakeholders from over 41 countries attended the 3rd African Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF) held on 10 to 12 July 2014 in Abuja. The Forum was co-organized by the Federal Ministry of Communications and Information Technology through the Nigerian Internet Registry Authority and Nigerian IGF and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). The Forum was also supported by Local Multi-stakeholder Advisory Group (LMAG) of the Nigerian Internet Governance Forum (NIGF), and the African Union Commission (AUC) as well as the African sub-regional IGFs.