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 | | Regional Preparatory Conference
02 February - 04 February 2005 | |  | Daily Newsletter
:: Friday 4 February 2005
:: Thursday 3 February 2005
:: Wednesday 2 February 2005
|  | Address by Mr. K.Y. Amoako,
Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa
2 February 2005, Accra, Ghana | | 
| Speech by His Excellency Paul Kagame,
President of the Republic of Rwanda
2 February 2005, Accra, Ghana |  | Speech by H.E. John Agyekum Kufuor
President of the Republic of Ghana
2 February 2005, Accra, Ghana | | | Speech by His Excellency Abdoulaye Wade
President of Senegal
2 February 2005, Accra, Ghana | Pre-Conference Workshops
28 January - 01 February 2005 :: Progamme of Pre-Conference Workshops :: Main Conference Brochure - CSO Forum
28 January 2005 (Friday) Presentations:
A New Policy Framework for ICTD
Willie Currie Association for Progressive Communications (APC) 28 June 2005
Community multimedia centres (CMC) Opportunities and challenges for Africa
Hezekiel Dlamini, UNESCO Accra Office h.dlamini@unesco.org
Civil Society Online Discussion - Summary
Related Document:
"Africa Civil Society to strengthen an inclusive Information Society at national, sub-regional and continental levels", [PDF version] - Internet Goverance
28 - 29 January 2005 (Friday - Saturday)
Pre-Conference Workshop on Internet Governance, [PDF version]
Presentations:
Challenges and Opportunities In Managing ccTLDs
Victor CIZA, Admin Contact, .bi ccTLD, ccNSO Council Member
Internet Governance : Ensuring Effective Public and Stakeholder Participation
The Role of the Private Sector
Mouhamet Diop, Chief Executive Officer, NEXT La Gouvernance de l’Internet - Rôle des Pouvoirs Locaux
Joseph SARR, Conseiller Régional à Dakar
Membre du Groupe de Travail sur la Gouvernance de l’Internet CTO Internet Governance Survey
Kojo Boakye; Programme Officer, CTO «Internet et Développement du Commerce Electronique»
Lamia Chaffai Sghaier, Agence Nationale de Certification Electronique
Anne Rachel Inné, ICANN Gouvernance Internet et Commerce électronique . . .
Abdelaziz S. Doukkali, Researcher – ICT International Consultant
ATAC member (UNECA) Emerging IPR issues in the information society
Eskedar Nega, DISD/ECA Améliorer la participation africaine au processus de définition d’une politique globale de la SI
Abdou A. Sarr et Abdoullah CISSE Global IPR regime and challenges in bridging the knowledge gap - African Virtual Library and Information Network
Felix N Ubogu, University Librarian & Denise Nicholson, Copyright Services Librarian
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
Anne-Rachel Inné, Policy Analyst The Internet Governance Space: Exploring the Core Issues from Africa’s Perspective
Professor Clement Dzidonu, Senior Research Fellow
International Institute for Information Technology (INIIT) Mainstreaming Internet Governance in National e-strategies
Makane Faye, DISD/ECA African Discussion List on Internet Governance - National, regional, local and sectoral E-Strategies
29 - 30 January 2005 (Saturday - Sunday)
Background Document, [PDF version] Presentations:
Africa and International ICT Policy Making
Dayo Ogunyemi, Attorney and Consultant, CAG/EMC Matrix The African Information Society Initiative (AISI) and the Geneva Plan of Action and e-strategies
DISD/ECA E-Health Strategies and Applications. Uganda Experience
Dr Catherine Omaswa, Chairperson National e-Health Committee UGANDA Commerce Electronique. Quelles opportunités de développement pour l’Afrique?
Abdelaziz S. Doukkali, Researcher – ICT International Consultant
ATAC member (UNECA) De la méthodologie utilisée dans je processus d’élaboration du projet de plan de développement des TIC au Burundi
Evode NDAYIZIGIYE, Président du Comité Technique des TIC AU BURUNDI et Président du Comité Préparatoire du SMSI-Phase Tunis Gouvernance Internet et Commerce électronique . . .
Abdelaziz S. Doukkali, Researcher – ICT International Consultant
ATAC member (UNECA) Regional E-Government Strategy For The East African Community (EAC)
Sarah Kagoda-Batuwa/ Enock Yonazi, EAC Secretariat E-readiness Assessment for Egypt
Nihal Soliman, e-readiness Project Manager E-Health Strategies and Applications
DR. LAWRENCE KWEKU YAMUAH, AHRI/ALERT, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
ATAC IV MEMBER Towards regional e-strategies in support of Africa’s regional integration efforts
DISD/ECA Expérience du Rwanda. Problèmes, chances et leçons
Dr Pius Ndayambaje Legal Framework for E-Commerce in ECOWAS
Dayo Ogunyemi, Attorney and Consultant, CAG/EMC Matrix The GAMBIA’S NICI POLICY EXPERIENCE
By Lamin Sawo, NICI Coordinator, Gambia Village e-Strategies (VICIs): The case of Ghana - AMANOKROM PROJECT
Mr. Ayesu Ebenezer, Ghana Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit
Randeep Sudan, Global ICT Department, The World Bank The SADC Perspective
Access – Africa’s key to an inclusive Information Society
By P.N. Jaddoo e-Banking and Financial Services
Oumar Seck, Executive Director, Regional Programme Coordinator
Enterprise Africa ITU NEPAD Preliminary Assistance Project
Shola TAYLOR, Consultant, ITU
- ICT and Poverty Reduction
29 January 2005 (Saturday)
OECD/ECA Joint Workshop on ICT and Poverty Reduction [PDF version]
Presentations:
How ICTs contribute to Pro Poor Growth WSIS ICT and Poverty reduction - Information Society and Regulation: Access and Infrastructure
30 January 2005 (Sunday)
Background Document, [PDF version]
Presentations:
Information Society & Regulation: Access & Infrastructure. Setting the scene
Sizo D. Mhlanga – Regional Adviser, DISD/ECA EASSy, Easterm Africa Submarine Cable System
Peter K Kenduiywo, Telkom Kenya Information Society and Regulation in Africa: Issues and Opportunities
Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, Chief Executive Officer, CTO Management of Top Level Domains: Contribution of the International College of AFNIC
Boubakar Barry (NIC Sénégal), Jean-Yves Babonneau (AFNIC) Convergence and Regulation in the Information Society
Mr. Joshua Peprah, Director, Regulations and Licensing, National Communications Authority
Ghana Project creation of African telecommunication numbering space (ATNS)
M. Aboubakari Baba-Moussa, Director Infrastructure and Energy, Africa Union Commission Creating an Information Society Through Effective Regulation: Challenges, Opportunities and Issues. Tanzania’s Experiences
James M-KILABA, Ag. Deputy Director Telecom Development
Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority, TCRA Telecom Liberalisation – The Nigerian Experience
Opening Up the Market Through Legislation, Regulation and Licensing
Engr Ernest C.A. Ndukwe, Executive Vice Chairman/CEO, Nigerian Communications Commission Uganda’s Approach to Universal Access
Patrick Mwesigwa, Technical Manager, Uganda Communications Commission Regulating VoIP
Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, Chief Executive Officer, CTO - GKP Africa Day on Multi-Stakeholder Partnership in building the Information Society
30 - 31 January 2005 (Sunday - Monday)
Background Document, [PDF version] - African languages and Open source software: Creativity in the service of African renaissance
30 January 2005 (Sunday)
Background Document, [PDF version]
Presentations:
Nurturing Research and Development in the Information Society
WSIS Academia Research Networks (ARN) Local Content and Localization: the Ethiopian Case
Solomon Atnafu (PhD.)
Department of Computer Science, Addis Ababa University Free and Open Source Software: an African Regional perspective
DISD/ECA « Modèles de visibilité » des langues africaines sur Internet l’aide de logiciels libres
Alex Corenthin
Président ISOC Sénégal African languages and content development in the cyberspace
Salam Diakite
Director of the Research and Documentation Centre of the African Academy of Languages Introducing the Free Software & Open Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA)
Bildad Kagai
Free Software & Open Source Foundation For Africa (FOSSFA) What can Creative Commons and open content do for Africa?
Heather Ford
Association for Progressive Communications
- ITU Core Partners Meeting
31 January 2005 (Monday) - Financing the information society
31 January 2005 (Monday) Presentations:
African Digital Initiatives and Financing Agency (ADIFA)
Ebrima D. Jobe, COORDINATOR NEPAD’S Regional ICT Broadband Infrastructure Development Programme
E-Africa Commission presentation Financing Mechanisms Setting the Scene
DISD/ECA Financing Experiences from the Ghana Investment Fund for Telecommunication Development
Abraham Kofi Asante, Administrator, GIFTEL Task Force on Financing ICTD
Convened by UNDP in collaboration with other partners at the request of the UN Secretary General Le Fonds Mondial pour la Solidarité Numérique
Amadou Top, Vice-President - Evaluation of the implementation of the Geneva Plan of Action & Information Society Indicators
31 January - 01 February 2005 (Monday - Tuesday)
Background Document, [PDF version] Presentations:
Evaluation of implementation of the Geneva Plan of Action and Information Society Indicators. Introduction to SCAN-ICT Phase II
Tuomo Raitanen, Technical Advisor, ECA Conclusions et recommandations de l’atelier régional tenu a Gaborone en octobre 2004 Review of ICT Core Indicators
DISD/ECA Comment évaluer la fracture numérique de genre ? "Fracture numérique de genre en Afrique francophone : Indicateurs et données"
Marie-Hélène Mottin-Sylla, Coordonnatrice REGENTIC
ENDA, Dakar, Sénégal Information society measurement in the ESCWA region: Status and prospects
Mansour Farah, Senior Information Technology Officer
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Implementing the WSIS Action Plan
Stocktaking and Indicators for Measuring Impact
Abdul Waheed Khan, Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information
UNESCO Proposed list of Core ICT Indicators
By Aliou GAYE, Chef de la Division des Enquêtes Démographiques et Sociales
Direction de la Prévision et de la Statistique, Sénégal Results of the Regional metadata Collection
DISD/ECA “Mechanism and Sources for Data Collection”
Francisco Mabila, Eduardo Mondlane University Scan-ICT
DISD/ECA SCAN-ICT implementation Plan and project coordination
DISD/ECA Report on the Outcomes of the questionnaire to assess the implementation of the Geneva plan of action
DISD/ECA Report on the Outcomes of the questionnaire to assess the implementation of the Geneva plan of action (Synthesis)
DISD/ECA A Framework for Core Information Society Measurement Indicators
Professor Clement K. Dzidonu, Senior Research Fellow
International Institute for Information Technology (INIIT)
- ICANN At Large Meeting
01 February 2005 (Tuesday) Presentations:
The Numbers
Axel Pawlik, Chairman, Number Resource Organisation Becoming an At-Large Structure (ALS): The Process and the Modality
Sunday Folayan, ALAC Member - Africa Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
Theresa Swinehart, Global Partnership Manager Promoting effective participation: the way forward
Albert Opoku Fokuo, Computer Science Society of Valley View University (Accra) Facilitating Africa’s Participation in the Global Policy Fora and in the Wider Internet Governance Space
Professor Clement K. Dzidonu, Senior Research Fellow
International Institute for Information Technology (INIIT) The Internet as a Global Communications Delivery platform: The Basics
Sunday A. Folayan, Member ICANN ALAC New Emerging ccTLD Organization
William Tevie, .gh ccTLD Tech Admin - E-Ghana Workshop
01 February 2005 (Tuesday) Related Documents :: Link to the official website of the conference Press Release :: Africa Prepares for Second Phase of World Summit on Information Society
ECA Press Release 01/2005, 11 January 2005, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | | |
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(Mar 16, 2010)
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(Mar 04, 2010)
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(Feb 20, 2010)
· GHANA GOES DIGITAL BY 2010
(Jan 19, 2010)
· GHANA SOUTH KOREA SUSTAIN RELATIONS
(Dec 30, 2009)
· THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION BILL, SOON TO BECOME LAW- HARUNA IDDRISU
(Dec 23, 2009)
· 45,000 JOBS TO BE CREATED BY 2011
(Dec 12, 2009)
· ICT, A CRITICAL FACTOR IN ACCELERATED DEVELOPMENT SAYS HON. HARUNA IDDRISU.
(Dec 10, 2009)
· BOARD DIRECTORS FOR KACE INAUGRATED 11/11/09
(Nov 16, 2009)
· BRAZILIAN AMBASSADOR CALLS ON
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| Wednesday, December 23 |
| · | THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION BILL, SOON TO BECOME LAW- HARUNA IDDRISU (0) |
| Saturday, December 12 |
| · | 45,000 JOBS TO BE CREATED BY 2011 (0) |
| Thursday, December 10 |
| · | ICT, A CRITICAL FACTOR IN ACCELERATED DEVELOPMENT SAYS HON. HARUNA IDDRISU. (0) |
| Monday, November 16 |
| · | BOARD DIRECTORS FOR KACE INAUGRATED 11/11/09 (0) |
| Tuesday, November 10 |
| · | BRAZILIAN AMBASSADOR CALLS ON (0) |
| · | PRESS RELEASE: ITU ENDS SESSION WITH GREAT SUCCESS (0) |
| Friday, January 09 |
| · | MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS BIDS FAREWELL TO STAFF (0) |
| Tuesday, November 25 |
| · | ITU COUNCIL ELECTS GHANA AS VICE CHAIR (0) |
| Thursday, November 06 |
| · | DIGITAL MIGRATION PILOT PROJECT LAUNCHED (0) |
| Thursday, October 23 |
| · | POSTAL SECTOR COULD BE A REVENUE GENERATING AND EMPLOYMENT INDUSTRY (0) |
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