[Kictanet] Re: New Member to Kiplist / Kictanet mailing list

David Sparrow Malaba sdmalaba at yahoo.com
Fri Feb 3 12:14:29 EAT 2006


Dear Lizette,

Kindly add the following ICT professional on the
mailing list:

Mr. Brian Rop Kiplagat
E-mail address:

ropkb at yahoo.com

Thanks
Yours
David
  

--- Florence Etta <feanywhere at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> FYI sorry for cross posting.
>   Cheers,
>   FE
>   
>  
>        PICTA Bulletin, January 2006 
> Number 48 
> 
> 
> 
> PICTA Bulletin is a monthly publication that
> provides information on activities of members in the
> partnership, as well as offers news on ICT-related
> activities in Africa. This bulletin is also
> available at:
> http://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/PICTAbulletin   
> 
> NEWS: PICTA Members 
    NEWS: PICTA Members 
   
> =========================================== 
> 
> Scan-ICT launched in The Gambia, Cameroon and
> Mauritius 
> The Scan-ICT project was launched in The Gambia,
> Cameroon and Mauritius during national consultative
> workshops held from 29 to 30 November 2005 (The
> Gambia), from 5 – 6 January 2006 (Cameroon) and 23
> January 2006 (Mauritius). These events identified
> core ICT indicators, reviewed  ...... 
>
http://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/pictabulletin/pb48.htm#1
> 
> 
> Achieving affordable bandwidth in West and Central
> Africa 
> The workshop was organized by the Open Society
> Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), held from 30
> November to 2 December 2005  .......   
>
http://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/pictabulletin/pb48.htm#2
> 
> 
> IICD receives renewed support from the Dutch
> government 
> The International Institute for Communication and
> Development (IICD) successfully gained support for
> its work from The Netherlands' Minister of
> Development Cooperation, Agnes van Ardenne.. ...   
>
http://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/pictabulletin/pb48.htm#3
> 
> 
> Swaziland validates its ICT Policy 
> About 50 participants drawn from government, private
> sector, civil society, international and regional
> organizations (SADC) attended the NICI Policy
> validation workshop organized by the ECA on the 26th
> of January 2006 in Mbabane, Swaziland.  ......
>
http://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/pictabulletin/pb48.htm#4
> 
> 
> ECA and IDEP go virtual to address African training
> needs 
> The UN Institute for Development and Economic
> Planning (IDEP) and ECA’s Development Information
> Services Division have joined forces to  ..... 
>
http://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/pictabulletin/pb48.htm#5
> 
> 
> CODESRIA to become an AVLIN node 
> With possibly the largest collections of African
> social science research findings on the continent,
> CODESRIA, the Council for the Development of Social
> Science Research in Africa has.......... 
>
http://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/pictabulletin/pb48.htm#6
> 
> 
> 
> OTHER NEWS ........OTHER NEWS ........ 
> ================================== 
> 
> Ethiopia: National consultation on ICT education 
> The workshop was organized by the College of
> Telecommunication and Information Technology (CTIT)
> took place from 26 to 27 January 2006 in Addis
> Ababa, Ethiopia........
>
http://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/pictabulletin/pb48.htm#7
> 
> 
> Uganda: Government to set up full ICT ministry 
> The Government will create a separate ministry to
> manage and coordinate the ICT sector. This follows a
> recommendation by the ICT working group
>
ofhttp://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/pictabulletin/pb48.htm#8
> 
> 
> Ghana: Telecommunications bill meets stiff
> opposition from stakeholders 
> Stakeholders in the ICT industry in Ghana have
> requested that the proposed Telecommunications Bill
> 2006 and the National Communications Authority ACT
> 2005 be redrafted ....... 
>
http://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/pictabulletin/pb48.htm#9
> 
> 
> Tanzania: Regulator now allow multiple services over
> single network 
> The new licensing regime, introduced by the Tanzania
> Communication Regulatory Authority, now permits
> multiple services over a single network. ....... 
>
http://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/pictabulletin/pb48.htm#10
>   
> 
> Meeting on India/AU Pan-African Network Project
> (PANP) 
> The PANP Steering Committee meeting took place from
> 30 – 31 January 2006 at the Africa Union HQ in Addis
> Ababa, Ethiopia. The meeting reviewed technical
> modalities and operational arrangements made for
> launching the network .... 
>
http://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/pictabulletin/pb48.htm#11
>   
> 
> 
> FORTHCOMING EVENTS ........FORTHCOMING EVENTS
> ........ 
> ================================================= 
> 
> 10 – 12 February 2006, Internet Governance - The Way
> Forward: From Tunis via Malta to Athens, Radisson
> SAS Bay Point Resort, Malta. ...... 
>
http://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/pictabulletin/pb48.htm#12
>   
> 
> 14 – 17 February 2006, Applying Geographic
> Information Systems to SADC Development, Cape Town,
> South Africa...... 
>
http://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/pictabulletin/pb48.htm#13
>     
> 
> 23 – 25 February 2006, IDLELO2: Achieving millennium
> development goals through community software?,
> Nairobi, Kenya. ..... 
>
http://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/pictabulletin/pb48.htm#14
>   
> 
> 01 – 03 March 2006, IFISI World Forum, Marrakech,
> Morocco...... 
>
http://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/pictabulletin/pb48.htm#15
> 
> 
> 7 – 15 March 2006, World Telecommunications
> Development Conference, Doha, Qatar
>
http://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/pictabulletin/pb48.htm#16
> 
> 
> 7 – 9 March 2006, ICTs for Civil Society, Indaba
> Hotel, Fourways, Johannesburg, South Africa 
>
http://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/pictabulletin/pb48.htm#17
> 
> 
> 8 – 11 March 2006, 5th FIG Regional Conference in
> Accra, Ghana 
>
http://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/pictabulletin/pb48.htm#18
> 
> 
> 14 – 16 March 2006, e-Trade in Africa, Addis Ababa,
> Ethiopia
>
http://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/pictabulletin/pb48.htm#19
> 
> 
> 
> ANNOUNCEMENTS / RESOURCES ......
> ================================== 
> 
> AFRICA: NEW PUBLICATION ON ICTS. 
>
http://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/pictabulletin/pb48.htm#20
> 
> 
> SOUTHERN AFRICA: NEW TRENDS LED BY SOUTHERN AFRICA 
>
http://www.uneca.org/aisi/picta/pictabulletin/pb48.htm#21
> 
> 
> 
> ====================================== 
> 
> PICTA Bulletin is a monthly information sharing
> service designed to keep members informed of each
> other’s activities in the area of ICTs in Africa. 
> 
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