Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA)

UbuntuNet-Connect Conference
2018-11-22 08:00 - 17:00 (Africa/Kampala)
UbuntuNet-Connect is the Annual Conference of UbuntuNet Alliance that focuses on research and education networking activities in Africa. It is organised by UbuntuNet Alliance and hosted by member NRENs.
UbuntuNet-Connect is the Annual Conference of UbuntuNet Alliance that focuses on research and education networking activities in Africa. It is organised by UbuntuNet Alliance and hosted by member NRENs.
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African Forum on Cybercrime
2018-10-16 - 2018-10-18
Moreover, evidence in relation to fraud, corruption, murder, rape, terrorism, the sexual abuse of children and, in fact, any type of crime may take the form of electronic evidence, which is volatile, often intangible and many times located in foreign jurisdictions.
You click here on CyberCrime to access further details on the event.

International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) 2018
2018-09-28 08:00 - 17:00
IDUAI has particular relevance with the new 2030 Development Agenda, and in particular with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 16.10 which calls for ensuring public access to information and protection of fundamental freedoms.
It’s hard to believe, but there are still over 300,000 people in Victoria with no access to the internet, with a disproportionate amount of lower income households going without.
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Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica18)
2018-09-26 08:00 - 17:00
The Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) is pleased to announce the fifth edition of the Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica). This year, the Forum will be hosted in partnership with the Media Foundation West Africa (MFWA) and will take place on September 26–28, 2018 in Accra, Ghana.
The Forum is a landmark event that convenes various stakeholders from the internet governance and online rights arenas in Africa and beyond to deliberate on gaps, concerns and opportunities for advancing privacy, access to information, free expression, non-discrimination and the free flow of information online on the continent.
See the event page FIFAfrica18 for more information.

Uganda to host the East Africa Cyber Defence Conference
2018-09-06
Cyber security experts from the East Africa region will meet in Kampala, Uganda to attend the East Africa Cyber Defence conference. The 7th edition of the annual conference will focus its discussion on how the 5 East African member states can prepare for cyberattacks
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