<div dir="ltr">Hello AFRALO family <div><br></div><div>FYI for whom interest  to participate in the  Virtual AFIGF 2020 </div><div><br></div><div>Bonsoir /Bonjour la Famille d'AFRALO </div><div><br></div><div>Pour votre information pour ceux qui souhaitent participer virtuellement  au Forum Africain sur la Gouvernance de l'Internet .</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>De : <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Secretariat AfIGF</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:africanigf@gmail.com">africanigf@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: mar. 17 nov. 2020 à 23:50<br>Subject: Registration for the 9th virtual African IGF - (vAfIGF-2020)<br>To: <br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Dear members of African IGF community,<u></u><u></u></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">We are pleased to announce that registration for this year forum is now OPEN. Please visit the link </span></strong><a href="http://2020.afigf.africa/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">2020.afigf.africa</span></a><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> <strong><span style="font-weight:normal">to register for the Forum. Once you have completed your registration, you will be able to view the draft programme and create your own personal calendar.  To participate in a particular session, click on the link associated with the session you wish to attend to add it to your personal calendar. Various zoom rooms have been availed to accommodate breakout sessions during Day 0 (25 November 2020). Day 1 and day 2 (26^th & 27^th of November 2020) will only have Plenary sessions.<u></u><u></u></span></strong></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal"><u></u> <u></u></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">Find a few guidelines that can be used for the Event:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif"> </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eTwbWsWIQ0LRFOZI16wpWTQma9ltwp-0C41UVktssIw/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eTwbWsWIQ0LRFOZI16wpWTQma9ltwp-0C41UVktssIw/edit?usp=sharing</span></a><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal"><u></u> <u></u></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><u><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Important Notes:<u></u><u></u></span></u></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal"><u></u> <u></u></span></strong></p><p><u></u><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">     </span></span></strong><u></u><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">The Forum will be preceded by two pre-events, namely the African School on IG (AfriSIG) and the African Youth IGF to be held on the 23^rd and 24^th of November respectively,</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal"><u></u><u></u></span></strong></p><p><u></u><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">     </span></span></strong><u></u><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">Registration for the African School on IG is closed to AfriSIG Alumni and PRIDA trainers,</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal"><u></u><u></u></span></strong></p><p><u></u><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">3.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">     </span></span></strong><u></u><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">Please do share the registration link (2020.afigf.africa) with people in your network,</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal"><u></u><u></u></span></strong></p><p><u></u><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">4.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">     </span></span></strong><u></u><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">For further information / inquiries regarding the African Youth IGF please contact Keith Andere (</span></strong><a href="mailto:kephand@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">kephand@gmail.com</span></a><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">),</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal"><u></u><u></u></span></strong></p><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><u></u><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">5.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">     </span></span><u></u><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">This year vAfIGF-2020 event is themed “</span></strong><strong><i><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Unlocking Africa's Digital Opportunities During and Post COVID-19</span></i></strong><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">”,</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:13pt"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p><u></u><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:normal">6.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">     </span></span></strong><u></u><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">The main theme, plenary and breakout sessions were chosen by the African IGF MAG from the session proposals submitted by the community.</span><u></u><u></u></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal"><u></u> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal"> </span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">Thank you,<u></u><u></u></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal"><u></u> <u></u></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>-------------------------------------------</div><div>The African Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF) Secretariat, African Union</div><div>Le Secr<span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(32,33,36);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:0.2px;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.93px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:transparent">é</span>tariat du Forum sur la Gouvernance de l'Internet (AfIGF), Union Africaine</div><div>Email: <a href="mailto:Africanigf@gmail.com" target="_blank">Africanigf@gmail.com</a></div></div></div></div></div>
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