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

Legal Innovation and Tech Fest 2020
2020-06-08 - 2020-06-09 | Johannesburg, South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa
Celebrating the people, technology, ideas & innovations that are literally transforming the way law firms & in-house legal teams operate. See event details here.

Digital Africa Conference and Exhibition 2020
2020-06-23 - 2020-06-25 | Abuja, Nigeria, Baze University, Abuja, Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria
The Digital Africa Conference and Exhibition is Africa’s premier consumer technology show which holds annually. It provides the perfect platform to showcase your brand and enhance your reputation. Click here for the event details.

EGOV-CeDEM-ePart 2020
2020-08-31 - 2020-09-02 | Sweden, Linköping University, Sweden
The conference focuses on e-Government, Open Government, eParticipation and e-Democracy, but on several other related topics too, such as the role of social media, digital transformation in society, Artificial Intelligence, policy information, smart governance and social innovation.
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Africa Future Summit 2020
2020-09-18 | Plano, Texas, USA, Plano, Texas, USA, United States
The Africa Future Summit is the world’s most exclusive event featuring Africa’s growing network of exponential tech influencers. The annual program brings together hundreds of entrepreneurs, investors, pioneers, and creatives under one roof to address the greatest exponential technologies launching across the continent and its future role as the world’s final tech frontier.
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Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa 2020
2020-09-28 - 2020-09-30
The Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (#FIFAFRICA) 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.
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Kenya Internet Governance Forum 2020
2020-10-29 | Nairobi, Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
The Kenya Internet Governance Forum 2020 – a multi-stakeholder platform for policy dialogue bringing together all the public and private sector stakeholders, technical community, academia and civil society to openly discuss emerging issues on internet governance in an inclusive process and equal. For further information on the event, please click here.

Internet Governance Forum (IGF 2020)
2020-11-02 - 2020-11-06 | Online
The Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) will be hosted online by the United Nations under the overarching theme: Internet for human resilience and solidarity. The programme continues to develop around the four main thematic tracks: (1) Data; (2) Environment; (3) Inclusion; (4) Trust. The theme of “digital cooperation” and the UN Secretary-General’s Roadmap for digital cooperation will also feature ‎prominently.
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International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2020
2020-12-03 | London, UK, London, UK, London, United Kingdom
On this Day WHO joined partners to celebrate “a day for all”. This theme reflects a growing understanding that disability is part of the human condition. Almost everyone will be temporarily or permanently impaired at some point in life. Despite this, few countries have adequate mechanisms in place to respond fully to the needs of people with disabilities.
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International Conference on Information Technology (ICIT) 2021
2021-01-14 - 2021-01-15 | Switzerland
The International Conference on Information Technology aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of Information Technology. It also provides a premier interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the fields of Information Technology.
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Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIF)
2021-04-12 - 2021-04-30 | Abuja, Nigeria, Baze University, Abuja, Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria
The 8th edition of the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIF) will be held between April 12 to 30th, 2021, under a model that will celebrate the multi-country community that contributes to promoting digital rights and inclusion in Africa. The upcoming DRIF21 will be a distributed multi-country festival of in person convenings that communities can join virtually. The DRIF multi-country festival will be opened by a virtual open day on the 12th of April 2021 which will be followed by in-country day convenings across Africa.
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World Press Freedom Day 2021
2021-05-03 - 2021-05-05 | Online
The event acts as a reminder to governments of the need to respect their commitment to press freedom and is also a day of reflection among media professionals about issues of press freedom and professional ethics. For more information on the event, please click here.

World Telecommunication and Information Society Day 2021
2021-05-17 | Berlin, Berlin
World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) is celebrated annually to help raise awareness of the possibilities that the use of the Internet and other information and communication technologies (ICT) can bring to societies and economies, as well as of ways to bridge the digital divide.
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16th ISSA International Conference on Information and Communication Technology in Social Security
2021-05-18 - 2021-05-21 | The-Africa-Digital-Rights-Fund—Le-Fonds-Africain-pour-les-Droits-Numériques
Focussing on the theme Digital transformation for adaptable and people centric social security, this world-class event, held only once every three years is the unique opportunity to analyse and discuss opportunities and challenges regarding the management of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in social security institutions with the professionals. Click here for more information.

RightsCon 2021
2021-06-07 - 2021-06-11 | Virtual
Access Now is thrilled to announce that the 10th edition of the RightsCon Summit Series will take place entirely online and across every time zone.
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14th International Conference on ICT, Society and Human Beings
2021-07-20 - 2021-07-22 | Virtual
The effects of ICT on human beings as well as the interaction between ICT, individuals, and society are all within the focus of this conference. Today, computer science and ICT-related disciplines are working more and more together with various behavioural and social sciences including child psychology and developmental psychology.
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Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica) 20121
2021-09-28 - 2021-09-30 | Virtual
This landmark event convenes a spectrum of stakeholders from across the internet governance and digital rights arenas in Africa and beyond to deliberate on gaps, concerns and opportunities for advancing privacy, free expression, non-discrimination and the free ﬂow of information online.
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11th International Conference on Internet Technologies & Society 2021
2021-12-15 - 2021-12-17, 2021-12-15 08:00 - 2021-12-17 17:00 UTC | Virtual
The Internet Technologies & Society 2021 Conference (ITS 2021) aims to address the main issues of concern within WWW/Internet as well as to assess the influence of Internet in the Information Society. Click here to access the event webpage for more information.

Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2022
2022-11-28 - 2022-12-02 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
CIPESA among other entities at the 17 annual IGF 2022.
IGF Participants are invited to chat with a digital security specialist about personal or organisational information security at the Digital Security Hub. The Digital Security Hub is staffed by volunteer trainers, auditors, and technologists from across the world. It is a collaboration of DefendDefenders, Cipesa, Greenhost, Digital Society of Africa, Dig/Sec Initiative and Digital Security Alliance. Supported remotely by AccessNow, CChub and Center for Digital Resilience.
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International Day of Persons With Disabilities (IDPWD) 2022
2022-12-03 | Online
The theme this year is “Transformative solutions for inclusive development: the role of innovation in fuelling an accessible and equitable world“.
The annual observance of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) on 3 December was proclaimed in 1992 by the United Nations General Assembly resolution 47/3. The observance of the Day aims to promote an understanding of disability issues and mobilize support for the dignity, rights and well-being of persons with disabilities.
The 2022 global observance to commemorate the International Day of Persons with Disabilities will be around the overarching theme of innovation and transformative solutions for inclusive development, covering in three different interactive dialogues the following thematic topics:
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Africa Tech Summit 2023
2023-02-15 - 2023-02-16 | Nairobi, Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
It is an annual event. Click here for its details.

The Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIF) 2023
2023-04-12 - 2023-04-14 | Nairobi, Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
The Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIF) it’s an annual event. Kindly click here for further details.

Transform Africa Summit (TAS2023)
2023-04-26 - 2023-04-28 | Zimbabwe
The Transform Africa Summit is Africa’s leading annual forum bringing together global and regional leaders from government, business and international organizations to collaborate on new ways of shaping, accelerating and sustaining Africa’s on-going digital revolution. Click here for the event details.

16th International Conference & Exhibition on ICT for Education, Training & Skills Development
2023-05-24 - 2023-05-26 | Senegal
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World Technology Law Conference 2023
2023-05-24 - 2023-05-26 | Toronto, Canada, Toronto, Canada, Toronto, Canada
Attending an ITechLaw conference is “an exciting opportunity to meet colleagues and friends across the globe who are similarly passionate about law and technology. Click here to read more on the event.

African Smart Cities Summit 2023
2023-06-27 - 2023-06-30 | Johannesburg, South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa
The African Smart Cities Summit is Africa’s only dedicated conference that explores how smart cities can deliver a quality life and enable economic growth through IoT, technology and creative thinking. Click here for more information on the event.

The Africa Law Tech Festival 2023
2023-07-11 - 2023-07-12 | Nairobi, Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
The Africa Legal Innovation Week is an annual conference convened by the Lawyers Hub that brings legal technologists across the African Continent together to discuss the role of technology in supporting access to justice. Click here for further information on the event.

Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica) 2023
2023-09-27 - 2023-09-29
This event is annual event. Stay tuned for more information coming soon.

Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2023
2023-10-08 - 2023-10-12 | Japan
It will be the 18th annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum this year. Click here for further details on the event.

Forum on Internet Freedom In Africa (FIFAfrica24)
2024-09-23 - 2024-09-27
Forum on Internet Freedom In Africa 2024.
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