The Open Internet for Inclusive and Human-centered Digital Partnership session was a side event of the eCommerce week with a focus on EU-Africa cooperation potential. It discussed how access to the open Internet, linked to interoperable connectivity infrastructures, can enable digital inclusion, local innovation, entrepreneurship and people’s empowerment, which are at the core of the development process.
Dawit Bekele, our Regional Vice President-Africa was speaking at the event on ‘Protecting the open and global Internet for all’ on 28 April, 12-1 PM UTC.