Day 1: 8 May 2017
Session 1: Opening Session
Mrs. Joyce Dogniez, Senior Director Global Engagement, Internet Society
Dr. Dawit Bekele, Director African Bureau, Internet Society
Mr. Indrajit Banerjee, Director, Knowledge Societies Division (KSD), UNESCO
Dr. Hamadoun Toure, Executive Director, Smart Africa
H.E. Jean Philbert Nsengimana, Minister of Youth and ICT, Rwanda
Coffee Break and launch of “Education and Internet in Africa” report
Session 2: Setting the Scene - ICT for Education
Speaker: Dr. Lishan Adam, ICT for Development Consultant
Moderator: Dr. Boubakar Barry, CEO, WACREN
Session 3: Current ICT & Education successes
- Education/ECOWAS (TBC) o Linking West and Central Africa to the Global Research and Education Network
Speaker: Dr. Boubakar Barry, CEO, WACREN
- Connecting the Next Billion: Why we need to REACT to the Growing Digital Gender Gap Speaker: Nanjira Sambuli, Digital Equality Advocacy Manager, Web Foundation
- Can MOOCs solve Africa’s educational challenges
Speaker: Aminata A. Garba, Assistant Professor, Carnegie Mellon University Africa
Moderator: Yousef Torman, Managing Director, ASREN
Session 4: Roundtables for in depth discussion on Current ICT & Education models
Lunch Break
Session 5: Transforming Africa’s education through ICTs
- Vision, achievements and challenges of MITs OpenCourseWare initiative
Speaker: Mrs. Roksi Freeman, Digital Publication Specialist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- Research and Education networks: Responding to the challenges of African Research
Speaker: Dr. Pascal Hoba, CEO, UBUNTUNET
- Ajiradigital initiative to Digital Literacy Programme
Speaker: Mr. Paul Ronoh, Director for Programmes and Standards, ICT Authority, Kenya
- Providing local content for Africa’s schools using Wikipedia
Speaker: Mr. Tighe Flanagan, Senior Manager, Wikipedia Education Program, Wikimedia Foundation
Coffee break
Session 6: Roundtables for in depth discussion on Transforming Africa’s education through ICTs
Session 7: Wrap up of ICT and Education Discussions
Day 2: 9 May 2017
Session 8: Setting the Scene - African Internet Economy
Speaker: Dr. Michael Kende, Senior fellow, Internet Society
Moderator: Mrs. Alice Munyua, Internet Society
Coffee Break
Session 9: Current successes on Internet Economy in Africa
Speaker: Mr. Alex Masika, Commercial Sales, BRCK Limited
- Hubs: Catalyst for Innovation in Africa
Speaker: Eng. Martin Obuya, Chairman, Internet Society Kenya Chapter
- The creation of the Kenyan Internet Economy
Speakers: Evans Kahuthu, Project Manager Information Security at the ICT Authority, Kenya
- eGov as a Platform to unleash innovation and Entrepreneurship - Irembo Case
Speaker: Mr. Clement Uwajeneza, Rwanda Online
Moderator: Mr. Carl Gahnberg, Policy advisor, Internet Society
Session 10: Roundtables for in depth discussion on Current successes on Internet Economy in Africa
Lunch Break
Session 11: The future of Internet Economy in Africa
Speaker: Mr. Moctar Yedaly, Head Information Society Division, AUC
- Using ICTs to achieve SDGs in Africa
Speaker: Aida Opoku-Mensah, Special Advisor Agenda 2030, UNECA
- Filling the local content gap in Rwanda
Speaker: Mr. Ghislain Nkeramugaba, CEO, Rwanda ICT Authority (RICTA)
- Use of technologies in the future of work and opportunity or a social challenge
Speaker (online): Mrs. Maria-Luz Vega, Coordinator of Future of Work Initiative, International Labour Organization
Moderator: Mr. Pierre Dandjinou, VP Africa, ICANN
Coffee Break
Session 12: Roundtables for in depth discussion on the future of Internet Economy in Africa
Session 13: Wrap up of Internet Economy Discussions
Session 14: Closing session
- Mrs. Joyce Dogniez, Senior Director Global Engagement, Internet Society
- Dr. Dawit Bekele, Director African Bureau, Internet Society
- HE Jean Philbert Nsengimana, Minister of Youth and ICT, Rwanda (TBC)
