Africa Internet Summit 2016

The fourth edition of the Africa Internet Summit (AIS), will take place in the city of Gaborone, Botswana, from 29 May to 10 June 2016.

The AIS is an annual, regional multistakeholder ICT conference. It is the pinnacle educational and business ICT event in Africa where key players in the Internet industry interact with the global Internet community. Launched in The Gambia in 2012, the Summit consists of seminars, workshops, tutorials, conference sessions, birds-of-a-feather (BOFs), and other forums for sharing ICT knowledge within the African region. The African Internet community, drawn from academia, public and private sectors, technical organisations, governmental institutions and civil society, interact on Internet issues and Internet development in general. The range of topics spans mobile networking, applications, cybersecurity, cyber laws, Internet governance, ICT for development, research, civil and information society issues, and African ICT success stories.

The AIS is a platform where key Internet-related development issues faced by Africa are discussed. The event is hosted by BOCRA ( Botswana Communication Regulatory Authority).

Visit the conference website for the source and more information.