Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA)
OSISA funded Creative Commons Southern Africa in 2004 and 2005. In 2004 it also funded the Secure Online Communications workshop at Highway Africa; and in 2003 supported the Africa ICT Policy Monitor Project. In 2002, in addition to funding the Africa ICT Policy Monitor project, OSISA also supported the “Civil Society and ICT Policy in Africa” workshop; Africa ICT Policy Monitor project; and the African participation at the World Summit on the Information Society’s PrepCom I.
APC and the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency–e-Africa Programme call for applications to the second African School on Internet Governance to be held from 23 – 26 November 2014. The venue of the school will be advised in due course.
APC’s efforts to ensure affordable and equitable internet access focus significantly on radio spectrum. While use of wireless internet, particularly through mobile devices, is growing exponentially in the developing world, access to reliable and affordable broadband continues to be a challenge, especially for remote and rural locations. Open, development-oriented spectrum management has great potential for dramatically improving internet access.
