{"id":790,"date":"2011-09-01T11:51:33","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T11:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/php7.innershed.com:10000\/virtual-server\/link.cgi\/212.71.245.84\/http:\/\/www.connectafrica\/?p=790"},"modified":"2012-12-30T12:48:01","modified_gmt":"2012-12-30T12:48:01","slug":"connect-africa-joins-major-sa-forum-to-debate-internet-governance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/?p=790","title":{"rendered":"Connect Africa joins major SA forum to debate internet governance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_791\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Sandton-20110901-00019.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-791\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-791  \" title=\"Southern African Internet Governance Forum, Sandton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Sandton-20110901-00019-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Internet Governance Forum | Connect Africa | image\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SAIGF, 1-3 September 2011 in Sandton, Johannesburg<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This week Connect Africa attends a major internet\u00a0forum to discuss\u00a0how\u00a0the internet should be\u00a0governed\u00a0across Southern Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0 Southern African Internet Governance Forum (SAIGF), held from 1-3 September 2011 in Sandton, Johannesburg,\u00a0will discuss internet governance and development in Southern Africa ahead of the\u00a0global 2011 Internet Government Forum, due to\u00a0be\u00a0held in Kenya\u00a0at the end of\u00a0September.<\/p>\n<p>Connect Africa Director, Dion Jerling, said &#8220;It&#8217;s great to contribute to this event and balance the multitude of issues surrounding the rapid evolution of the internet in Southern Africa. I look forward to highlighting some of the real issues facing sustainable rural connectivity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Connect Africa&#8217;s \u00a0mission is to harness Africa\u2019s entrepreneurial spirit combined with innovations in technology, enabling rural communities to\u00a0improve their quality of life and economic\u00a0well-being\u00a0 The organisation was invited to attend the Forum\u00a0to\u00a0highlight connectivity issues in rural areas and mobile coverage.<\/p>\n<p>Such challenges include ensuring the provision of a sustainable ICT infrastructure, internet access and renewable energy supplies to rural communities. Connect Africa is working together with local ICT entrepreneurs to overcome these issues and ensure the delivery of valuable services in rural communities.<\/p>\n<p>Outcomes from the SAIGF will contribute to\u00a0a coherent framework for dealing with internet governance issues\u00a0in the region, to be further discussed at the IGF &#8211; a global forum to\u00a0discuss harnessing the powers of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for socio-economic development at all levels &#8211; global, regional, national and local.<\/p>\n<p>For more information and live updates from the SAIGF visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ngopulse.org\/saigf\">http:\/\/www.ngopulse.org\/saigf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week Connect Africa attends a major internet\u00a0forum to discuss\u00a0how\u00a0the internet should be\u00a0governed\u00a0across Southern Africa. The\u00a0 Southern African Internet Governance Forum (SAIGF), held from 1-3 September 2011 in Sandton, Johannesburg,\u00a0will discuss internet governance and development in Southern Africa ahead of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/?p=790\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=790"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":793,"href":"https:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790\/revisions\/793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}