Nabuzale Doreen Nandutu
Technical Support Engineer, eLAAB Limited, 2026 Youth Ambassador @ Internet Society
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Doreen Nandutu Nabuzale is a Technical Support Engineer at eLAAB Limited, where she resolves hardware and software issues and supports the installation and use of IT systems and networks. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Telecommunication Engineering from Makerere University and is an IEEE-published co-author of "A Power Sharing Scheme for the Yaka Prepaid Power System in Uganda," a research project that allows for transferring prepaid electricity credits between meters.
Doreen is an active member of the Internet Society Uganda Chapter and the Policy Network on Artificial Intelligence (PNAI) working group of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) where she contributes to research and shaping discussions and frameworks that promote sustainable, responsible, and socially inclusive AI governance. As a penholder, she contributes to the multistakeholder consultations to advocate for policies that minimise the environmental impact of AI and ensure accountability, fairness, and transparency in AI systems. She served as a penholder and proofreader for the PNAI policy brief 2024 which was presented at the global IGF in Riyadh. She is also a 2026 Internet Society Youth Ambassador at the Internet Society and she is eager to help more young Africans navigate the Internet governance ecosystem, transition from first-time participants to long-term contributors and shape policies that advance an open, secure, interoperable and inclusive Internet across Africa.
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The Future of Jobs in Africa: Bridging DigitalSkills Gaps for Youth in the AI and Digital Economy
With Africa's rapidly growing youth population and accelerating digital transformation, this session explores how digital skills, AI readiness, digital inclusion, and multi-stakeholder partnerships can create decent work opportunities, reduce inequalities, and empower young people to actively shape Africa's future of work and digital economy.
Shaping Africa's Digital Future: Empowering Youth for Meaningful Contribution to Internet Governance
Proposed Speakers
Noha Ashraf Abdel Baky-Egypt (Network Engineer, MAG Member North Africa IGF)
Godsway Kubi-Ghana (Internet and E-Governance Advocate)
Mitchelle Wambui Wangari-Kenya (International Relations Specialist, 2026 Youth Ambassador @ Internet Society)
Saba Tiku Beyene-Ethiopia (Junior Advisor, AI for Economic Development, 2026 IGF MAG Member)
Khaoula El Habyb-Morocco (Professor, President of Youth IGF Morocco, MAG Member North Africa IGF)
Abdul Manaf Sulemana-Ghana (IT Officer & UA Project Officer)
Session Description
Every year, hundreds of youths across Africa attend Internet Governance Forums and schools on Internet Governance. However, many struggle to understand how the Internet governance ecosystem fits together and how to transition from attending events to making meaningful contributions.
This workshop will demystify the Internet governance ecosystem and provide participants with a roadmap for sustained engagement. The youth will gain an understanding of the multistakeholder model and discover opportunities to contribute through NRIs, Regional and Global IGFs, Dynamic Coalitions, Policy Networks, Best Practice Forums and Youth Internet Governance initiatives.
The session will also highlight learning resources, mentorship opportunities and practical ways to engage beyond public meetings by joining working groups, contributing to consultations, volunteering and collaborating within regional and global Internet governance communities.
Session Objectives
Discover opportunities to participate through Youth IGFs, NRIs, AfIGF, the global IGF, and related initiatives.
Become familiar with Policy Networks, Dynamic Coalitions, Best Practice Forums, Leadership Panels, MAG Leadership and intersessional work.
Identify practical ways to contribute beyond attending events, including volunteering, public consultations, policy drafting and community leadership.
Support participants in developing realistic personal engagement plans with clear short, medium and long-term goals for contributing to Internet governance initiatives.
Discussion Questions
What are the main barriers preventing young people from sustaining their involvement in Internet governance after attending training programmes or forums, and how can these challenges be addressed?
What opportunities exist for African youth to engage meaningfully in Internet governance beyond attending national, regional and global Internet Governance Forums, and how can these opportunities be made more accessible?
How can young people get started in the Internet governance ecosystem, and what knowledge, skills and networks are essential for sustained participation in digital policy processes?
How can Internet governance institutions, National and Regional IGFs (NRIs), and youth initiatives strengthen awareness through fellowships, Schools on Internet Governance, Policy Networks, Dynamic Coalitions and Best Practice Forums?
Expected Outcomes
Increased awareness of Internet governance opportunities for African youth.
A practical engagement roadmap for participants.
Increased participation in NRIs, Policy Networks, Dynamic Coalitions, and other intersessional activities.
A network of young leaders committed to sustained engagement beyond AfIGF 2026.
Participants gain an appreciation of both policy and technical implementation pathways and identify opportunities to contribute to initiatives that strengthen an open, interoperable, secure, and inclusive Internet across Africa
Intergenerational Leadership: Building Meaningful Youth Pathways into African Digital Governance
Over the past decade, Africa has made significant progress in creating opportunities for young people to participate in Internet governance through Youth IGFs, fellowships, schools on Internet governance, national and regional initiatives, and multi stakeholder forums. As a result, a new generation of young leaders is contributing fresh perspectives to conversations on Africa's digital future.
Yet for many young people, the journey into digital governance can still feel difficult to navigate. Language differences, limited access to established networks, varying levels of institutional familiarity, and unequal access to mentorship can make sustained participation challenging, particularly for those joining from underrepresented regions or communities. At the same time, many experienced leaders are actively investing in mentoring the next generation, creating an opportunity to strengthen collaboration across generations rather than viewing leadership as something that is simply passed from one group to another.
This interactive session asks: How can Africa build more intentional, inclusive, and sustainable pathways that enable young people not only to participate in digital governance discussions, but also to grow into long term contributors and leaders?
The discussion will bring together youth leaders, experienced Internet governance practitioners, policymakers, civil society, academia and the technical community to explore practical approaches for strengthening mentorship, expanding multilingual participation, improving regional inclusion, encouraging peer-to-peer learning, and supporting meaningful collaboration across generations. The session will also highlight inspiring examples of young Africans who have built cross-border communities, collaborated beyond language barriers, and created new spaces for participation and innovation.
Rather than focusing only on the barriers, the session will showcase solutions that are already emerging across the continent and explore how they can be strengthened through multi stakeholder cooperation. Participants will collaboratively identify practical recommendations for building more accessible and sustainable pathways into African digital governance, ensuring that the continent continues to benefit from both institutional experience and the creativity, energy, and leadership of its young people.
From AI Users to AI Creators: Empowering Africa’s Youth to Shape the Digital Future
Artificial Intelligence is becoming a fundamental layer of the Internet, shaping digital services, public infrastructure, and the ways people access, create, and exchange information. For Africa, this transformation presents a major opportunity, but many young people still face barriers that prevent them from moving from AI users to AI creators. These barriers include limited access to practical skills, affordable and meaningful connectivity, cloud and computing resources, locally relevant datasets, financing, employment pathways, research networks, and opportunities to participate in policymaking and technical standards processes.
This interactive workshop will examine how African youth can take meaningful roles in the development, governance, and responsible use of AI. For this session, an “AI creator” is not limited to a software developer. The term also includes researchers, entrepreneurs, data practitioners, artists, content creators, open-source contributors, language-technology innovators, policy contributors, technical standards participants, and community leaders who adapt AI to address local needs.
Particular attention will be given to young women, rural youth, and young people from underserved communities who face additional structural barriers to accessing AI education, infrastructure, funding, professional networks, and decision-making spaces. The discussion will explore how governments, universities, companies, civil society, the technical community, and youth networks can create stronger pathways from training to employment, entrepreneurship, research, innovation, and policy participation.
The session will also address the security risks faced by young creators in an AI-enabled environment. Artists, entrepreneurs, content creators, and digital innovators may be exposed to AI-enabled social engineering, impersonation, account compromise, intellectual property misuse, fraudulent content, malicious false flags, and automated platform lockouts. These incidents can cause financial, professional, reputational, and personal harm, especially when creators lack cybersecurity support, transparent appeal procedures, or effective redress mechanisms. A practical case study will help participants examine how cybersecurity awareness, identity protection, platform accountability, digital trust, and accessible remedies can support safer participation in the AI economy.
The workshop will combine short expert interventions, facilitated working groups, participant prioritization, and stakeholder commitments. Both onsite and online participants will contribute recommendations on skills and education, infrastructure and computing, innovation and financing, governance and standards, cybersecurity, online safety, human rights, and youth participation.
Participants will identify practical actions that different stakeholder groups can implement within the next 12 months. The session will seek to produce five priority recommendations for a Youth AI Creators Action Framework, a stakeholder responsibility matrix, practical 12-month commitments, and a documented list of fellowships, standards bodies, policy processes, research networks, technical communities, innovation programmes, cybersecurity initiatives, and Internet Governance opportunities open to African youth.
The overall objective is to ensure that African youth are not only consulted about the future of AI, but are equipped and empowered to build, govern, secure, and shape it.
Beyond SIGs and Fellowships: From Capacity Building to Community Action
African youth participate in numerous schools of Internet governance (SIGs), fellowships, and capacity-building programmes offered by different organizations like ISOC and ICANN, yet the challenge remains translating knowledge into lasting impact. This session explores practical strategies, partnerships, and leadership pathways that enable youth to cascade learning, influence policy, and strengthen local digital communities.
Nabuzale Doreen Nandutu
Technical Support Engineer, eLAAB Limited, 2026 Youth Ambassador @ Internet Society
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