[kictanet] Fwd: [Fibre-for-africa] Five Goals of Connect Africa

[Eric Osiakwan]

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> From: Eric Osiakwan <eric at afrispa.org>
> Date: 1 November 2007 09:33:30 GMT+03:00
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> Subject: [Fibre-for-africa] Five Goals of Connect Africa
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> Dear All,
>
> The Connect Africa Summit justed ended in Kigali with the following  
> five major goals;
>
> Goal 1. Interconnect all African capitals with ICT Broadband  
> infrastructure and strengthen connectivity to the rest of the world  
> by 2012 as well as interconnect major African cities by 2015.
> Goal 2. Connect all African villages to broadband ICT services by  
> 2012 and implement shared access initiatives such as community tele- 
> centres and village phones.
> Goal 3. Adopt key regulatory measures that promote affordable,  
> widespread access to a full range of bradband ICT services,  
> including technology and service neutral licensing/authorisation  
> practises, allocating spectrum for multiple, competitive broadband  
> wireless service providers, creating national internext exchange  
> points (IXPs) and implementing competition in the provision of  
> international internet connectivity.
> Goal 4. Support the development of a critical mass of ICT Skills  
> required by the knowledge economy, notably through the estamishment  
> of ICT Centres of Excellence network in each sub-region of Africa  
> and ICT capacity-building and training centres in each country,  
> with the aim of achieving a borad network of inter-linked physical  
> and virtual centres, whiles ensuring coordination between academia  
> and industry by 2015.
> Goal 5. Adopt a national e-strategy, including a cyber-security  
> framework, and deploy at least one flagship e-government service as  
> well as e-education, e-commerce and e-health services using  
> accessible technologies in each country in Africa by 2012, with the  
> aim of making multiple e-government and other e-services widely  
> available by 2015.
>
> The African ICT Ministers have also shortlisted some projects under  
> ARAPKE which would be implenented through Connect Africa @ http:// 
> www.itu.int/ITU-D/connect/africa/2007/bgdmaterial/flagship-11.html
>
> It is important that we all engage and ensure that these ICT goals  
> are met by 2012 and the larger MDGS by 2015.
>
> Thank you and sorry for cross-posting.
>
> Eric M.K Osiakwan
> Executive Secretary
> AfrISPA (www.afrispa.org)
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Eric M.K Osiakwan
Executive Secretary
AfrISPA (www.afrispa.org)
Tel: + 233.21.258800 ext 2031
Fax: + 233.21.258811
Cell: + 233.244.386792
Handle: eosiakwan
Snail Mail: Pmb 208, Accra-North
Office: BusyInternet - 42 Ring Road Central, Accra-North
Blog: http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/eric/
Slang: "Tomorrow Now"




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