The Kenya Internet Governance Forum (KIGF) is an annual multi-stakeholder forum. It convenes representatives from government, civil society, the private sector, academia, and the technical community to discuss and share knowledge on key issues related to Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and internet policy in Kenya.
While the KIGF doesn’t directly set policy, its discussions and knowledge-sharing sessions inform and influence policy development in the public and private sectors.
In 2008, Kenya with the support of the Geneva-based Secretariat of the Internet Governance Forum hosted the first-ever national Internet Governance Forum in Africa, the Kenya Internet Governance Forum. The first regional forum, the East African Internet Governance Forum that brought together East African regional actors took place at the same time under the theme, “thinking globally acting locally”.
A key outcome of the national and regional Internet Governance fora was the need for capacity building to enable the multi-stakeholder community to participate actively in public policy development processes locally and internationally.
Click here to read about the Kenya IGF 2024 Themes and Discussion Topics.
Reports for previous Kenya Internet Governance Forums are available here.