SUSTAINABLE CAPACITY BUILDING: INTERNET GOVERNANCE IN AFRICA - An Action Plan

The sample selected for the study encompasses some of the organisations included in the group of the Af* (AfStars)3 which is composed of actors responsible for supporting the growth of the Internet connectivity in the region, particularly from a technical stand- point: AFRINIC, AFNOG, AfTLD, and AfricaCERT. [...] Some examples are the foreign ministries of the Netherlands, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Canada, the US State Department, the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and development of Germany, the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), and the Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM) of Switzerland and, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). [...] Some examples are the Centre d’Excellence Africain en Technologies de l’Information et de 18 la Communication (CETIC), harboured by the University of Yaounde, in Cameroon, the African Center of Excellence in Internet of Things (ACEIoT), hosted by the College of Science and Technology of the University of Rwanda, and the African Center of Excellence for Data Science, hosted by the College of Busine. [...] The Center for Information Knowledge and Na- tional Development in Africa, which is part of the Faculty of Commerce of the University of Cape Town, for example, maintains a project on extending the benefits of e-commerce with the aim to improve business in Africa and foster the use of ICTs for development. [...] More than 88% of the respondents of the English version of the survey and 92% of the French survey mentioned that the activities they took part in happened face-to-face.