The 2018 Summit will bring together the growing network of women and girls in technology policy in Africa for three days of peer-to-peer knowledge sharing, hands-on workshops, and networking to build on efforts initiated at the 2016 Summit to promote digital gender equality across the continent.
Furthermore, it will offer a critical forum on how technology policies and
plans can further the rights and interests of African women and girls.
Organizers will engage high-level participants, including African women leading in
technology and ICT policy, to debate policy solutions and contribute to
policy processes on broadband internet access, women’s empowerment,
women’s leadership in various ICT industries and sustainable
development.
Building on the measures outlined in the 2016 Accra Summit Action Plan,
we will examine the key actions that policymakers, activists, teachers,
technologists, and women community leaders must take to ensure that
women and girls in Africa have access to an open, safe, and empowering
internet.
The Summit will connect internet and women’s rights advocates, digital
media and gender policy experts with broadband policy leaders, and
leading and aspiring women technologists and innovators in Africa,
creating a platform for participants to gain a clear understanding of key
technology policy issues that affect African women and giving them a
forum to contribute to ongoing processes to shape ICT policy, practice and
investment on the continent.
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