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SESSION REPORT ON DIGITAL INCLUSION IN AFRICA AS THE MOST IMPORTANT RIGHT DURING THE INTERNET FREEDOM FORUM, 2018 IN ABUJA BY AKINREMI PETER TAIWO, ACSIS WEST COORDINATOR.

The session seeks to identify the barriers to greater digital inclusion and recommend ways of overcoming these obstacles towards empowering Africans with the transforming power of ICTs. Tope Ogundipe, the Director of Programs with Paradigm Initiative moderated the session. She reflected on the 21% internet penetration in Africa, a figure that reflects the underdevelopment on a continent with a population of around 1.2billion. On the panel were Chioma Agwuegbo from CC Consulting Services (Nigeria), Akinremi Peter Taiwo, a West Africa Coordinator of African Civil Society (Nigeria), Olajumoke Adekeye, a statistician (Nigeria) and Poncelet Ileleji from The Gambia. Chioma, the first speaker listed three key factors that must be met before access would become a priority for the human kind which are Food, Shelter and Clothing. She further looked at how poverty has handicap many Africans in the area of affordability of computers and internet access. Peter, who was the second speaker