Okay, thanks

On May 1, 2016 11:50 AM, "rberchie" <rberchie@gmail.com> wrote:

Well not at this stage but we hope to expand the discourse to include them in the nearest future.

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From: Nkansah Rexford <nkansahrexford@gmail.com>

Date: 01/05/2016 11:44 (GMT+00:00)

To: Wikimedia Ghana User Group <wikimedia-gh@lists.wikimedia.org>

Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-GH] Internet for all Campaign

Thanks for sharing.

Will any of reps from the telcoms in Ghana be there? And by reps I mean, either the country manager, or director, or west African regional manager of any of the telcos?

On May 1, 2016 10:58, "Raphael Berchie" <rberchie@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello all I am writing this email to invite you to be part of the fast internet celebrations in Africa and in Ghana.The Open Foundation West Africa will be hosting this event in Ghana to promote Fast and Affordable Internet in Ghana.

FASTAfrica is Africa’s campaign to highlight the importance of Internet access and affordability to development and human rights. To support local groups working on Internet policy and to encourage regional collaboration, we are organizing an action week from May 1-7, 2016 with over 40 organisations participating across 30 countries.

Later this year, WWW will travel to Kigali, Rwanda for The World Economic Forum on Africa (May 11-13) and the African Union Summit (June) to bring our demands to African leaders.

The events in Ghana are as follows;

2nd May 2016: Tamale Discourse HopIn Academy Waterworks Tamale. Time 9am -1pm

5th May 2016 Accra Internet Discourse Venue will be communicated in the course of the week

7th May 2016 Kumasi Affordable Internet Discourse.Venue Kumasi Hive

Time 9am-1pm.

Please help change the state of internet in Ghana by joining any of the events to make your contributions to changing polices to ensure internet affordability. You can also help this campaign by signing the online petition and questionnaire which will be shared on this platform subsequently.

You can also join the conversation on twitter using the following hashtags;#FASTAfrica,#internet4all

Others#AfricanInternetRights | #WebWeWant | #WomensRightsOnline |#affordableinternet | #AF16 | #Transparency | #WEFAfrica | #Africa |#OpenDaa | #AU

Regards

Raphael Berchie

Marketing Manager Farm Fresh Dairies Wikimedian,Open Advocate, Climate Change Activist,Blogger

P.O Box CT 10469

Cantoments Accra

Ghana

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