Zimbabwe has in the past year seen a rise in the number of internet users. According to figures from the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) statistics, at least 50% of the Zimbabwean population has access to the Internet.4 This growth is reflected in an increase in the number of bloggers, citizen journalists, and social media users who rely on the internet for communication, and in some instances, for conducting business. It is therefore, vital that the Internet space is free, open, and accessible to people from Zimbabwe’s various socio-economic backgrounds and gender. This is even more important especially in light of the rise in the persecution and arrest of Zimbabwean journalists and online human rights activists. Cognisant of these hurdles to internet freedom, this year’s IGC was appropriately themed “Promoting Freedom, Privacy, and Security on the Internet.” This year’s IGC also provided a suitable platform to review and discuss the draft Cyber Crimes and Cyber Security Bill5 which has been in the pipeline since 2013. The principles set out in the African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms6 formed the basis of the various discussions which were held under three thematic sessions. Participants were drawn from different parts of the country as well as from different regional partners; this is also true of the panellists who led the various discussions. The various multi-stakeholders represented included, but were not limited to: “a number of incidents which threaten internet freedom in the African space have shown the need for robust national and relevant national discussions convened for the purpose of fostering democratic internet governance principles and practices“ social commentators, gender activists, bloggers, entrepreneurs, members of academia, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), the media, policy makers, and socio-economic rights activists. This report provides a summary of the main issues raised and discussed throughout the sessions held during this year’s edition of the IGC 4 According to POTRAZ figures, in the 4th Quarter of 2015, 48.1% of the Zimbabwean population had access to the internet. This figure grew to 50% by the 4th Quarter of 2016. 5 Draft Bill from the MISA website- http://crm.misa.org/upload/web/Zimbabwe_Draft%20Cybercrime%20and%20%20 Cybersecurity%20Bill_2017.pdf 6 Link to the African Principles- http://www.africanplatform.org/apai-declaration/14-key-principles/ 05 Misa Zimbabwe Second Internet Governance Multi Stakeholder Conference 21 September 2017