Session
Organizer 1: Yves Gérard Christian Mbono Samba, Consultant
Organizer 2: Koa Onana Cendrine, B. O
Organizer 3: Christian Nzhie, CAPDA
Organizer 4: Marcelle NGOUNOU, ISOC Cameroon Chapter
Speaker 1: Marcelle NGOUNOU, Civil Society, African Group
Speaker 2: Thierry Minka, Private Sector, African Group
Speaker 3: Raynolds Nyarko Darkwah , Private Sector, African Group
Christian Nzhie, Civil Society, African Group
Yves Gérard Christian Mbono Samba, Private Sector, African Group
Koa Onana Cendrine, Private Sector, African Group
Round Table - Circle - 90 Min
1) Digital Safety to enable a healthy and empowering digital environment for all Topics: Human rights, digital safety, child online safety, CSAM, hate speech, terrorist violent and extremist content (TVEC), platforms, freedom of expression Example: How can a digital environment be created that enables human interaction and communication while ensuring the ability to participate and to access information, freedom of expression, and the privacy and safety of individuals? 2) Trust and identity Topics: facial recognition, biometrics, digital identity, decentralized identities, certified identities, blockchain, bias, e-banking, e-health, artificial intelligence, AI, business models
Connection with previous Messages:
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9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
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9.c
10. Reduced Inequalities
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Targets: Each of these, as well as others, are aided by the protection of the right to access to the Internet; both as a source of information and sharing. In all cases, this access and sharing can be aided by reasonable applications of Internet Governance.
Description:
In Central Africa, only Gabon has a law and a national authority for personal data protection. The rest of the sub-region has neither, which greatly hinders the protection of personal data and frighten the future of human right in the region; In Southern Africa, we have Zambia which, following a jurisprudence case, adopted in 2019 a law on the protection of personal data; In West Africa, Ghana has a national data protection law and an effective authority. in addition, the west africa sub-region is also experiencing fairly rapid progress in terms of the protection of personal data; Furthermore, there are very few countries who have ratified the Malabo Convention, which promotes the establishment of a national law and authority for the protection of personal data. Finally, most of the existing laws are not translated into local languages in Africa while more than 60% of the people are not so fluent in English and/or French. There is therefore a need to disseminate the awareness, the knowledge about and around the personal data protection throughout the heart of the community through a local outreach. This session is an opportunity for experts to focus on educating individuals especially in central Africa regarding their digital rights. It will be a great opportunity to assess the existing situation in Cameroon and Central Africa in particular, while comparing it with other sub-regions in Africa such as West, Eastern, Southern, North as well as beyond in terms of digital rights and the existing laws and regulations as well as policies. The session will be primarily in English but the interpretation will be available in French. We will also be covering the health sector and dwell in the exercise of digital law and how users exercise their rights. Concerning the involvement of participants and audience, we intend to use a tripartite approach to tackle the objectives of the session and involve consumers, community and state actors. A series of events to be organized to discuss practical case studies and engage the community more effectively.
We intend to learn and provide specific outputs on the following : ● Mapping Central Africa in terms of Personal Data Protection ● A comparative approach with other sub-regions (West and East Africa) ● Brainstorm and sharing of vision, ideas, and strategies in order to better implement, recommend to the authority as well as create awareness in terms of policies and regulations with regard to Personal Data Protection. ● Series of webinars to be organized to cover the other areas of digital rights in Africa and beyond ● The practical case study: an ongoing study on Personal Data Protection in Africa to be strengthened and practical exercises to be performed and learned from. ● A blog to be updated, articles to be written, published and made available to further the discussions.
Hybrid Format: No current plans other than to follow the guidance given by the IGF Secretariat and MAG on how to be inclusive of both onsite and offsite participants. Additionally, the session will be primarily in English and the interpretation will be available in French. So, we intend to have French - English and English - French translations to ensure effective inclusiveness and collaboration among the sub-regions.
Usage of IGF Official Tool.