Date of EngagementEvent TypeTime & AccessibilityVenueSession TitleParticipationFocusTuesday, 5 May 2026Satellite Event In-person.
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09:00-11:00 GMT+2Room A116, Kenneth Kaunda Wing, Mulungushi Conference CentreSouth-South Digital Public Infrastructure Approaches: Challenges and OpportunitiesResearch ICT Africa, Internet Lab, ECDPM, Institute of Development Studies, Aapti InstituteDPI researchers and practitioners from across the Global South will discuss how to close the gap between the technical framing of DPIs and their real-world governance implementations by situating them within their political, social and legal contexts.Tuesday, 5 May 2026Satellite Event In-person.
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09:00-15:00 GMT+2Room AG05, Kenneth Kaunda Wing, Mulungushi International Conference CentreD4D Joint Dissemination WorkshopResearch ICT Africa, LDRI, CIPIT (Strathmore University), IDRCThis workshop brings together regulators, policymakers, and practitioners to engage directly with D4D research findings, determine what can be taken forward, and explore how insights can directly inform regulatory, legislative, and policy work.Wednesday, 6 May 2026Main Summit In-person.
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10:15-11:15
GMT+2Room 3, Mulungushi Conference CentreA Just AI Framework of Inquiry for the Global SouthResearch ICT Africa, ICRIER, AUDA-NEPAD, ACHR, Access NowThis session introduces RIA’s Just AI Framework of Inquiry, exploring its potential to provide an alternative pathway that centres marginalised voices, ensures economic sovereignty and demands AI systems produce tangible, just outcomes for all.Wednesday, 6 May 2026Main Summit Hybrid
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12:45 – 13:45
GMT+2
Room A102, Mulungushi Conference Centre
The Weaponisation of Trade and Its Effects on Human-centric Regulation of the Digital EcosystemPublic Citizen, IT for Change, Data Privacy Brazil, Research ICT AfricaThis discussion will focus on how digital sovereignty is being threatened, why the US weaponisation of trade matters, and what the effects of US trade policy are on domestic tech regulation in different countries.Thursday, 7 May 2026Main SummitIn-person
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12:45 – 13:45
GMT+2Room A110, Mulungushi Conference CentreThe Digital Inequality Paradox: What Does Access Mean in the Age of Digital Public Infrastructure?Research ICT Africa, Access Now, Paradigm Initiative, Co-DevelopThis session will develop actionable frameworks to ensure the DPI Initiative advances rather than undermines digital equity. It will also lay the foundations for concrete strategies advocating rights-based approaches to DPI development, policy tools for addressing demand-side barriers, and frameworks for holding DPI initiatives accountable to inclusion principles.
Open: register to attend.
09:00-11:00 GMT+2Room A116, Kenneth Kaunda Wing, Mulungushi Conference CentreSouth-South Digital Public Infrastructure Approaches: Challenges and OpportunitiesResearch ICT Africa, Internet Lab, ECDPM, Institute of Development Studies, Aapti InstituteDPI researchers and practitioners from across the Global South will discuss how to close the gap between the technical framing of DPIs and their real-world governance implementations by situating them within their political, social and legal contexts.Tuesday, 5 May 2026Satellite Event In-person.
Open: register to attend.
09:00-15:00 GMT+2Room AG05, Kenneth Kaunda Wing, Mulungushi International Conference CentreD4D Joint Dissemination WorkshopResearch ICT Africa, LDRI, CIPIT (Strathmore University), IDRCThis workshop brings together regulators, policymakers, and practitioners to engage directly with D4D research findings, determine what can be taken forward, and explore how insights can directly inform regulatory, legislative, and policy work.Wednesday, 6 May 2026Main Summit In-person.
Open: register for a ticket.
10:15-11:15
GMT+2Room 3, Mulungushi Conference CentreA Just AI Framework of Inquiry for the Global SouthResearch ICT Africa, ICRIER, AUDA-NEPAD, ACHR, Access NowThis session introduces RIA’s Just AI Framework of Inquiry, exploring its potential to provide an alternative pathway that centres marginalised voices, ensures economic sovereignty and demands AI systems produce tangible, just outcomes for all.Wednesday, 6 May 2026Main Summit Hybrid
Open: register for a ticket.
12:45 – 13:45
GMT+2
Room A102, Mulungushi Conference Centre
The Weaponisation of Trade and Its Effects on Human-centric Regulation of the Digital EcosystemPublic Citizen, IT for Change, Data Privacy Brazil, Research ICT AfricaThis discussion will focus on how digital sovereignty is being threatened, why the US weaponisation of trade matters, and what the effects of US trade policy are on domestic tech regulation in different countries.Thursday, 7 May 2026Main SummitIn-person
Open: register for a ticket.
12:45 – 13:45
GMT+2Room A110, Mulungushi Conference CentreThe Digital Inequality Paradox: What Does Access Mean in the Age of Digital Public Infrastructure?Research ICT Africa, Access Now, Paradigm Initiative, Co-DevelopThis session will develop actionable frameworks to ensure the DPI Initiative advances rather than undermines digital equity. It will also lay the foundations for concrete strategies advocating rights-based approaches to DPI development, policy tools for addressing demand-side barriers, and frameworks for holding DPI initiatives accountable to inclusion principles.