<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear all,<div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Warm greetings to you all, </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">You are warmly <span style="font-size:11pt"> invited to take part in the second edition of Africa Internet Governance Community Engagement Call, which will be held on Thursday, July 14, 2022, at 14:00 UTC.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The call's theme is "The Roads to IGF 2022, Ethiopia".  The Africa IGF 2022 in Malawi, the Africa Youth IGF, The Africa Parliamentary Network on IG and the AFRINIC Issues and Matters emerging internationally will be the main topics of conversation.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Recommendations from the engagement will be made available to the public and key institutions.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The agenda for the call as follows:</p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">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>Welcome and Introduction</p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">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>Opening Remarks</p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">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>Updates: Africa IGF 2022 Malawi, Africa Youth IGF 2022, IGF 2022, Ethiopia</p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">         Africa Parliamentary Network on Internet Governance (APNIC)</p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 72pt;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<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>Q&A</p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">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>Presentation of AFRINIC Issues and Matters arising</p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 72pt;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<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>Understanding AFRINIC perspectives of the issues</p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 72pt;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<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>Open Discussions / Q&A</p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;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>Recommendation highlights </p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">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>Closing remarks</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">This engagement is a unique opportunity for the Africa IG Community to come together to discuss, sensitize ourselfs and come up with recommendations to inform decision making.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">For registration and participation, kindly use the following zoom link: <a href="https://bit.ly/AfricaIGFCommCall2" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/AfricaIGFCommCall2</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""> After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Kindly help spread this invitation on your various networks and platforms.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">I look forward to your participation.</p></div></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font><b>Wisdom Donkor</b> </font><font size="1">(CASP+,  CISM, CEH </font><span style="font-size:x-small">Certified,</span><span style="font-size:x-small">)</span></div><div style="font-size:small"><font size="1">President & CEO</font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font size="1">Africa Open Data and Internet Research Foundation (AODIRF) | Africa Geospatial Data and Internet Conference (AGDIC)</font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font size="1">P.O. Box CT 2439, Cantonments, Accra | <a href="http://www.aodirf.org" target="_blank">www.aodirf.org</a>  / <a href="http://www.afrigeocon.org" target="_blank">www.</a><a href="http://agdic.info" target="_blank">agdic.info</a> </font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font size="1">Tel: +233 20 812 8851</font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font size="1">Skype: wisdom_dk | Facebook: kwasi wisdom |  Twitter: @wisdom_dk </font></div><div><div style="font-size:small"><font size="1">_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</font></div><div><font size="1"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">ICANN GNSO Council Member |</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> ICANN</span> transfer policy review working group Member  | <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Council Committee for Overseeing and Implementing Continuous</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> Improvement (CCOICI)</span> | UN IGF MAG Member | IGF Support Fund Association Executive Committee Member, World Bank Independent Consultant | AU AFIGF Member |  Ghana OGP Advisory Committee member | GSS SDGs Advisory Committee Member</font></div><div><font size="1">____________________________________________________________________________________________</font></div></div><div><font size="1">Specialization:</font></div><div><font size="1">E-government Network Infrastructure and E-application, Internet Governance,  Open Data policies platforms & Community Development, Cyber Security, Geospatial Technologies, Open Source Technologies, Domain Name Systems, Human Resource Planning and Development, Software Engineering, Event Planning & Management, <br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>