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January 20, 2018 @ 12:00 am – Date: 20/02/2018 Participants: 82, 21 talks and 16 sponsors PyCon Namibia, is a programming conference. That is annually attended by ICT professionals, software entrepreneurs, engineers, researchers, students, educationalists, for this open-source software conference. The Internet Society Namibia Chapter served as one of the sponsors of the event and like in 2017, the chapter once again […]
February 26, 2018 – February 27, 2018 @ 12:00 am – Date: 26-27 February 2018 Participants: 50 Together with ICANN and the Ministry of Information Communication and Technology, we organized this workshop to empower Namibian youth with deeper knowledge and understanding of the internet ecosystem and how it functions. Additionally, the workshop also aimed at strengthening Internet Governance matters in Namibia by creating local youth networks […]
March 10, 2018 @ 12:00 am – MODE: Twitter online discussion Purpose of the Activity: Our Chapter Coordinator who is also a well known,youth activist was invited to be a panelist for this online discussion organized by the international organization AIESEC. The online discussion discussed different innovative and creative ways that the Namibian youths can start out to in doing business and […]
March 20, 2018 @ 12:00 am – Participants: 35 + 37 72 participants todate have attended the IETF Viewing Hub 101 and 102. The purpose of the remote hub is to promote the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) in Namibia country with the aim to identify individuals who could contribute to the work at IETF from Africa at global level. The Hubs also aim to […]
March 24, 2018 @ 12:00 am – Participants: 50 Violence against women online has become an increasing issue of concern in Namibia, and hence there was a need to raise awareness, especially on Women’s Month. In collaboration with the Namibia Women in Computing ISOC Namibia organized this panel discussion that amongst others highlighted legislation and legal instruments in curbing online violence but […]
April 14, 2018 @ 12:00 am – Participants: Chapter Officers Purpose of the Activity: In responding to the call by the Ministry of ICT to provide input on the draft Broadband policy, The Chapter provided input on this said policy with assistance from the Global Policy team. Our input – focused on the policy direction, its technical content as well as clarity […]
April 24, 2018 @ 12:00 am – Participants: 11 Online content for Namibia is a key concern, but is also one of our founding aims. When ISOC’s Women’s Special Interest Group (SIG) reached out with this global outreach initiative to our chapter was only pleased to partake. The aim of the initiative was to edit as profiles of women on the Wikipedia […]
May 5, 2018 @ 12:00 am – Participants: 20 Purpose of the Activity: This town hall dialogue was host by the Fellows of the Mandela Washington with the main topic of Accountability on youth unemployment in Namibia with the aim to engage key community stakeholders on key issues of youth unemployment and to probe relevant questions holding the stakeholders accountable to the […]
May 7, 2018 @ 12:00 am – Participants: 31 The aim of this workshop was to train unemployed and student with blogging and coding skills and further empower them with digital security skills and an awareness of blogging on the African Continent and how that ties in with access and development of the internet. Thirty one (31) participants took part in […]
May 24, 2018 @ 12:00 am – Participants: 6 Purpose of the Activity: The Chapter management met the newly appointed Minister of ICT, introducing the Chapter and its mandate and aims in Namibia. The meeting also provided an opportunity to engage on different issues related to the internet in Namibia and explored opportunities for partnerships. The minister also notified the Chapter about […]
