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African Nations At ITU TELECOM WORLD 2009 To Reassert Their Commitment To Bridging The Digital Divide
Published Sep 29, 2009
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African national pavilions will showcase development success, demonstrate best practices, establish partnerships and attract inward investment opportunities.
Countries from across the African continent will join together in national pavilions to address the overarching theme of bridging the digital divide at ITU TELECOM WORLD 2009 (Geneva, 5-9 October).
Pavilions representing Burundi, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and the Africa Lusophone countries will unite a broad range of organizations from the non profit, private and R&D sectors with the common goal of reasserting their commitment to ICT and digital development.
ITU TELECOM WORLD 2009 will be a major milestone in addressing the issue of broadband access, and is seen as an important industry event for the developing world, providing an opportunity to benchmark local ICT sectors in terms of policy, regulation, and infrastructure development.
It also enables the showcasing of local ICT, and represents an invaluable opportunity to attract inward investment and seek opportunities to engage with ICT companies from the developed world.
The event will welcome some 30 Heads of State and Heads of Government whose presence at ITU TELECOM WORLD 2009 will provide a tremendous boost to ICT development, and send out the right message to industry leaders about the importance of ICT infrastructure to ongoing socio-economic development.
Away from ITU TELECOM WORLD 2009’s exhibition floor, African nations will also be playing an important role in the event’s Forum, with top level speakers participating from Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia and Uganda, and much of the focus expected to revolve around the need for ICT infrastructure development, enlightened regulatory frameworks, and structured cybersecurity programmes.
Forum participants from Africa will also be addressing more intangible issues such as digital inclusion and accessibility.
Forum sessions featuring speakers from African pavilion states include:
• Open Summit: ICTs for economic growth – HE Mr Tarek Kamel, Minister of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), Egypt.
• CEO Roundtable: Globalization and localization - Mr Naguib Sawiris, Chairman & CEO, Orascom Telecom Holding, Egypt.
• Regulatory Roundtable: Regulating in times of crisis - Dr Amr Badawi, Executive President, National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA), Egypt.
• Broadband for all – Mr Patrick Masambu, Executive Director, Uganda Communications Commission, Uganda.
• Connected health: innovative business models and clinical practice - Mr Lawrence Mulinda, Senior Systems Analyst, Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, Uganda.
• Rethinking regulation in emerging markets – Mr Mahmoud El-Gowini, Senior Advisor to the Minister for Communications Policies, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), Egypt; Professor John Sydney Nkoma, Director General, Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA).
• Regulatory Roundtable: Setting a new agenda – Ms Alice Wanjira Munyua, Director, Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK).
• Interconnected and vulnerable: the weakest link in cybersecurity – Mr Basil Udotai, Managing Partner, Technology Advisers, ICT Lawyers & Consultants, Nigeria.
Accreditation for media and for industry analysts for ITU TELECOM WORLD 2009:
Telephone: +41 22 730 6039
Fax: +41 22 730 5939
E-mail: pressinfo@itu.int
Website: www.itu.int/newsroom
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