<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default">Here's one to put in your calendar (easily done, go to the livestream page and click 'GET NOTIFIED'). In advance you can bone up by reading ISOC's <a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/resources/doc/2017/supporting-the-creation-and-scalability-of-affordable-access-solutions-understanding-community-networks-in-africa/">2017 report</a>.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><u></u>
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ISOC Live posted: "On Wednesday 30 September 2020 at 12:00-13:30 UTC the Internet Society (ISOC) and the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) present the first session 'The Path towards Growing Community Networks in Africa' in the 5th (Virtual) Summit on Communi" </span>
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<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="http://livestream.com/internetsociety/VirtualCNAfricaSummit1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/VirtualCNAfricaSummit1-300x169.png" alt="livestream" width="300" height="169" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);"></a>On <strong>Wednesday 30 September 2020</strong> at <strong>12:00-13:30 UTC</strong> the <strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.internetsociety.org/regions/africa/" target="_blank">Internet Society</a></strong> (ISOC) and the <strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.apc.org/" target="_blank">Association for Progressive Communications</a></strong> (APC) present the first session '<strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.apc.org/en/news/virtual-community-networks-summit-africa" target="_blank">The Path towards Growing Community Networks in Africa</a></strong>' in the<a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.internetsociety.org/events/summit-community-networks-africa" target="_blank"> <strong>5th (Virtual) Summit on Community Networks in Africa</strong></a>. This first session (of five) focuses on how to grow community networks in Africa as a means to reduce the ranks of the unconnected in the continent. The panel will try to answer questions around how communities can build, manage, and grow their own connectivity networks.</p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em">Le <strong>mercredi 30 septembre 2020</strong> à <strong>12: 00-13: 30 UTC</strong>, l'<strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.internetsociety.org/regions/africa/" target="_blank">Internet Society</a> </strong>(ISOC) et l'<strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.apc.org/" target="_blank">Association for Progressive Communications</a></strong> (APC) présentent la première session «<strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.apc.org/en/news/virtual-community-networks-summit-africa" target="_blank">La voie vers la croissance des réseaux communautaires en Afrique</a></strong>» lors du <strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.internetsociety.org/events/summit-community-networks-africa" target="_blank">5e Sommet (virtuel) sur les réseaux communautaires en Afrique</a></strong>. Cette première session (sur cinq) se concentre sur la manière de développer les réseaux communautaires en Afrique comme moyen de réduire les rangs des non connectés sur le continent. Le panel tentera de répondre aux questions sur la manière dont les communautés peuvent créer, gérer et développer leurs propres réseaux de connectivité.</p>
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