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margin-bottom: 20px; float: left;" dir="ltr" />The AFRINIC Government Working Group (AfGWG) was set up in January 2010 by AFRINIC, the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) responsible for the management of IP resources in Africa.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The AfGWG is a dedicated platform for open and interactive discussions between AFRINIC, African governments, ICT regulators and Law Enforcement Authorities.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Given the rapid growth of the Internet and its impact on Africa’s socio-economic development, it is critical that African ICT stakeholders work together to formulate, discuss and develop mechanisms and policies for the proper and effective management of Internet resources.</p> <p> </p> <h3 style="text-align: justify;">Objectives of the Working Group</h3> <ul> <li style="text-align: justify;">To strengthen the collaboration between AFRINIC and African Governments and Regulators to promote sustainable and secure Internet development in Africa.</li> <li style="text-align: justify;">To address collaboratively the general Internet governance challenges faced within the region, particularly those related to Internet number resources.</li> </ul></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></section><section id="section-id-1590405711845" class="sppb-section" ><div class="sppb-row-container"><div class="sppb-row"><div class="sppb-col-md-6" id="column-wrap-id-1590405711842"><div id="column-id-1590405711842" class="sppb-column" ><div class="sppb-column-addons"><div id="sppb-addon-wrapper-1590406587136" class="sppb-addon-wrapper"><div id="sppb-addon-1590406587136" class="clearfix " ><div class="sppb-addon sppb-addon-text-block sppb-text-left "><h3 class="sppb-addon-title">Why attend an AfGWG meeting?</h3><div class="sppb-addon-content"><p style="text-align: justify;">The AfGWG meetings are an opportunity for Governments, Regulators and Law Enforcement Authorities to take stock of current and new activities/initiatives (for example IPv6 deployment for Government, Internet Measurement for Regulators, capacity and training programmes) as well as outcomes of important meetings and negotiations at both regional and international levels.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The meetings also enable the sharing of regional/international best practices and help, inter alia, in the establishment of appropriate ICT programmes to address African needs in terms of IP resources.</p></div></div></div></div><div id="sppb-addon-wrapper-1590406587141" class="sppb-addon-wrapper"><div id="sppb-addon-1590406587141" class="clearfix " ><div class="sppb-addon sppb-addon-text-block sppb-text-left "><h3 class="sppb-addon-title">Who should attend AFGWG meeting?</h3><div class="sppb-addon-content"><p style="text-align: justify;">The AFGWG Meetings are open to:</p> <ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li>Government Officials dealing with ICT matters</li> <li>ICT Regulators & policymakers</li> <li>Regional ICT Organisations</li> <li>Law Enforcement Agencies </li> </ul> <p style="text-align: justify;">Invitations to AFRINIC Government Working Group (AfGWG) meetings are mainly sent to contacts registered in the government discussion mailing list (<span id="cloakafa01bb14ff65fd16ae928dcbec940c9">This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.</span><script type='text/javascript'> document.getElementById('cloakafa01bb14ff65fd16ae928dcbec940c9').innerHTML = ''; var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; var addyafa01bb14ff65fd16ae928dcbec940c9 = 'afgwg-discuss' + '@'; addyafa01bb14ff65fd16ae928dcbec940c9 = addyafa01bb14ff65fd16ae928dcbec940c9 + 'afrinic' + '.' + 'net'; var addy_textafa01bb14ff65fd16ae928dcbec940c9 = 'afgwg-discuss' + '@' + 'afrinic' + '.' + 'net';document.getElementById('cloakafa01bb14ff65fd16ae928dcbec940c9').innerHTML += '<a ' + path + '\'' + prefix + ':' + addyafa01bb14ff65fd16ae928dcbec940c9 + '\'>'+addy_textafa01bb14ff65fd16ae928dcbec940c9+'<\/a>'; </script>)</p></div></div></div></div><div id="sppb-addon-wrapper-1590407793365" class="sppb-addon-wrapper"><div id="sppb-addon-1590407793365" class="clearfix " ><div class="sppb-addon sppb-addon-text-block sppb-text-left "><h3 class="sppb-addon-title">How to register on AFGWG Discussion Mailing list?</h3><div class="sppb-addon-content"><p style="text-align: justify;">AFRINIC manages the mailing list (<span id="cloaka286a271951b665f832e67deef72db77">This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.</span><script type='text/javascript'> document.getElementById('cloaka286a271951b665f832e67deef72db77').innerHTML = ''; var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; var addya286a271951b665f832e67deef72db77 = 'afgwg-discuss' + '@'; addya286a271951b665f832e67deef72db77 = addya286a271951b665f832e67deef72db77 + 'afrinic' + '.' + 'net'; var addy_texta286a271951b665f832e67deef72db77 = 'afgwg-discuss' + '@' + 'afrinic' + '.' + 'net';document.getElementById('cloaka286a271951b665f832e67deef72db77').innerHTML += '<a ' + path + '\'' + prefix + ':' + addya286a271951b665f832e67deef72db77 + '\'>'+addy_texta286a271951b665f832e67deef72db77+'<\/a>'; </script>) that is open to anybody who has an interest in the activities of AFRINIC Government Working Groups. </p> <p style="text-align: justify;">There are three ways to subscribe to AFRINIC Government Working Group:</p> <ol> <li style="text-align: justify;">Filling the online form which can be obtained by clicking the link <a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/afgwg-discuss">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/afgwg-discuss</a></li> <li style="text-align: justify;">By email: you can send a request to <span id="cloak5af797a8eda774c591bf671782e5ffc2">This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.</span><script type='text/javascript'> document.getElementById('cloak5af797a8eda774c591bf671782e5ffc2').innerHTML = ''; var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; var addy5af797a8eda774c591bf671782e5ffc2 = 'government' + '@'; addy5af797a8eda774c591bf671782e5ffc2 = addy5af797a8eda774c591bf671782e5ffc2 + 'afrinic' + '.' + 'net'; var addy_text5af797a8eda774c591bf671782e5ffc2 = 'government' + '@' + 'afrinic' + '.' + 'net';document.getElementById('cloak5af797a8eda774c591bf671782e5ffc2').innerHTML += '<a ' + path + '\'' + prefix + ':' + addy5af797a8eda774c591bf671782e5ffc2 + '\'>'+addy_text5af797a8eda774c591bf671782e5ffc2+'<\/a>'; </script>, with the Header word “subscribe to AFRINIC Government Working Group”</li> <li style="text-align: justify;">Request your registration on-site during an AFGWG meeting by providing your name, position, organisation, country, email.</li> </ol></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="sppb-col-md-6" id="column-wrap-id-1590405711843"><div id="column-id-1590405711843" class="sppb-column" ><div class="sppb-column-addons"><div id="sppb-addon-wrapper-1590407793364" class="sppb-addon-wrapper"><div id="sppb-addon-1590407793364" class="clearfix " ><div class="sppb-addon sppb-addon-text-block sppb-text-left "><h3 class="sppb-addon-title">How could governments obtain their own IP addresses?</h3><div class="sppb-addon-content"><p style="text-align: justify;">African government are encouraged to have their own public IP resources directly from AFRINIC to develop their governmental internet networks.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Please find as follows, the process that a government entity must follow to become an AFRINIC resource member and get their own IP addresses: <a href="/become-member#eligibility">https://afrinic.net/become-member#eligibility</a> </p></div></div></div></div><div id="sppb-addon-wrapper-1590407793363" class="sppb-addon-wrapper"><div id="sppb-addon-1590407793363" class="clearfix " ><div class="sppb-addon sppb-addon-text-block sppb-text-left "><h3 class="sppb-addon-title">How could governments benefit free assistance from AFRINIC?</h3><div class="sppb-addon-content"><ul> <li style="text-align: justify;">IPv6 Deployment: <a href="https://learn.afrinic.net/#h4advance-my-countryh4hr-government--task-force">https://learn.afrinic.net/#h4advance-my-countryh4hr-government--task-force</a></li> <li style="text-align: justify;">Internet Research: <a href="/research">https://afrinic.net/research</a></li> <li style="text-align: justify;">Policies developed by the AFRINIC community: <a href="/policy">https://afrinic.net/policy</a></li> <li style="text-align: justify;">AFRINIC IP Resources statistics: <a href="/stats">https://afrinic.net/stats</a></li> <li style="text-align: justify;">AFRINIC membership Statistics: <a href="/stats/membership">https://afrinic.net/stats/membership</a> </li> </ul></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></section><section id="section-id-1590407793360" class="sppb-section" ><div class="sppb-row-container"><div class="sppb-row"><div class="sppb-col-md-12" id="column-wrap-id-1590407793361"><div id="column-id-1590407793361" class="sppb-column" ><div class="sppb-column-addons"><div id="sppb-addon-wrapper-1590406346502" class="sppb-addon-wrapper"><div id="sppb-addon-1590406346502" class="clearfix " ><div class="sppb-addon sppb-addon-text-block sppb-text-left "><h3 class="sppb-addon-title">Previous Meetings</h3><div class="sppb-addon-content"><p style="text-align: justify;">AFGWG Meetings are by-invite only. The first AfGWG Meeting was held in January 2010 in Ebene, Mauritius. For more information, please contact us via <span id="cloak37959ae71ef9fd509f3e3d52d39e5853">This email address is being protected from spambots. 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March 2022</p> <p>23 - Online - August 2021</p> <p>22 - Online - 27 May 2021 </p> <p>21 - Luanda, Angola - December 2019</p> </td> <td> <p>20 - Kampala, Uganda - June 2019</p> <p>19 - Hammamet, Tunisia- November 2018</p> <p>18 - Dakar, Senegal - May 2018</p> <p>17 - Lagos, Nigeria - November 2017</p> <p>16 - Nairobi, Kenya - June 2017</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>15 - Mauritius, Volmar - November 2016</p> <p>14 - Gaborone, Botswana- June 2016</p> <p>13 - Congo, Pointe Noire - November 2015</p> <p>12 - Tunis, Tunisia - June 2015</p> <p>11- Mauritius, Ebene - November 2014</p> </td> <td> <p>10 - Djibouti, Republic of Djibouti - June 2014</p> <p>9 - Côte D'Ivoire, Abidjan - November 2013</p> <p>8 - Zambia, Lusaka - June 2013</p> <p>7 - Sudan, Khartoum - November 2012</p> <p>6 - The Gambia, Serekunda – May 2012</p> </td> <td> <p>5 - Cameroon, Yaoundé – November 2011</p> <p>4 - Tanzania, Dar es Salaam – June 2011</p> <p>3 - South Africa, Johannesburg – November 2010</p> <p>2 - Rwanda, Kigali – June 2010</p> <p>1 - 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