Update: Nairobi Freedom Online videos are now online .Freedom Online Summit in Nairobi. We supported this initiative, which brought together more than 400 stakeholders from governments, business and NGOs.Freedom Online coalition in the Hague last November. We held a Big Tent at the event, which featured, among other luminaries, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. She used the occasion to make a spirited defense of Internet freedom.Information and Communications Minister Samuel Poghisio . More than 17 million Kenyans - a little more than a third of the total population, and the highest figure in sub-Saharan Africa - enjoy Internet access.economic growth , education and other signs of social success. During the conference, we showed some research demonstrating a strong correlation between the highest rankings in Internet freedom index and social and economic success. Moez Chakchouk , CEO of the Tunisian Internet Agency , announced the decision and vowed to host the coalition’s next summit in Tunis. We look forward to being present and contributing.Posted by William Echikson, Head of Free Expression, Europe, Middle East and Africa
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