[Kictanet] 2006 Dates/events to watch

Tue Jan 17 17:35:56 EAT 2006

Dear all

FYI and some of you might want to take up the sponsorship opportunity
provided for this event. See below

> Hi Alice,
>  Would appreciate if you could include the International Conference on
> e-learning, known as e-Learn Africa (eLA) to be held in Addis Abeba May
> 24 - 26, 2006.
>  this will be a major event. I did circulate the other important links
> such as the bursary link to KICTANET members. I hope you saw this.
>  All the best for this year.
>  Leonard
>
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>
>  Dear All,
>
>    I am contacting you with regard to eLearning Africa, the 1st
> international conference on ICT for development, education and training to
> be held in the UNCC in Addis Ababa from May 24 - 26, 2006.
>
>  eLearning Africa has been conceived as an annual Pan-African event that
> will take the same approach as the very successful conference series
> Online Educa Berlin and Online Educa Madrid (www.online-educa.com and
> www.online-educa-madrid.com). These events involve experts and
> practitioners in e-learning from all over the world; Berlin's last
> conference - now in its 11th year - attracted over 1890 delegates from 73
> countries and included 103 sessions and workshops with 473 speakers from
> 53 countries, and involved all the major organisations and associations in
> the field of distance learning and e-learning.
>
>  eLearning Africa intends to become the African eLearning capacity
> building event and - at the same time - a forum for all stakeholders
> engaged in the planning and implementation of technology-supported
> learning and training on the African continent.  Intended as a uniquely
> African event reflecting the issues faced by those interested in
> harnessing technology to support education and training throughout the
> continent to meet the challenges faced by African people, eLearning Africa
> will bring together those active in the eLearning sector throughout the
> continent as well as people interested in collaborating with Africans to
> exploit the opportunities afforded by ICT in the education and training
> field.
>
>  Under the patronage of the H.E. Tefera Waluwa, Minister of Capacity
> Building Ethiopia, supported by the United Nations Economic Commission for
> Africa and the European Commission, eLearning Africa is certain to become
> the target destination of Africa's educational decision makers and
> practitioners in governments, public and private education and corporate
> HRD. The event will offer a unique opportunity to gain invaluable insights
> into the latest activities and achievements from the ever-evolving
> eLearning world. It is planned as an annual event which will take place in
> a different African country each year.
>
>  Most development and donor organisations have already recognised the
> value that ICT can bring to the education and training process, whether
> this is with regard to upskilling central services and government
> provision, providing access to desperately needed expertise and advice or
> to specifically meet a need like supporting basic in-service teacher
> training through ICT supported distance learning. There can be little
> argument that Africa cannot afford to miss out on the information
> revolution. eLearning Africa plans to play its part by providing a real
> face-to-face opportunity for African eLearning experts and enthusiasts to
> meet and exchange experiences and discuss issues, to bring the best
> expertise available in the international eLearning community to Africa and
> ! to provide an exciting and sustainable event that can grow in tandem
> with the African eLearning community in the years to come.
>
>  We would like to involve international development and donor
> organisations who are already supporting or planning to support
> educational and training projects in Africa, since we believe that you
> represent a key stakeholder in the drive towards a better future for the
> African continent.
>
>  We are therefore looking for you to support African participation in the
> form of bursaries. Bursaries would cover the participation fees,
> accommodation and perhaps in some cases travel costs of those African
> delegates who cannot afford to attend, but - due to their involvement in
> the education process - should be there, as this will help them in their
> work on the ground to achieve the Education for All goal.
>
>  The costs per person for participating and accommodation will be approx.
> 450 Euros. At present we are collecting questionnaires from potential
> participants who need funding, these will be evaluated and awarded by the
> conference Advisory Committee
> (www.elearning-africa.com/partner_advisory.php).
>  Furthermore different organisations and associations involved in ICT
> supported education in Africa will be identifying potential participants
> who they will put forward for funding.  We are hoping to be able to fund
> between 300 - 400 participants and are looking at different sources for
> funding.
>
>  Of course! we also welcome your input in terms of direct registration of
> people with whom you are already working in Africa who you think should
> attend this event and are very happy to work with you in this regard.
>
>  In return for your support, we will mention your organisation on our web
> site, in press releases and in all our outgoing material.  Furthermore
> should you be directly involved in ICT supported education in Africa, we
> also welcome your input to the conference programme, as we will be
> including sessions devoted to development organisations and eLearning..
>
>  Any ideas that you may have for benefits that you would find useful are
> most welcome. Attached you will find a form that you can use to enquire
> about further information with regard to the bursaries and additional
> information.
>
>
>  More information on eLearning Africa can be found at
> www.eLearning-Africa.com.
>
>
>  Yours sincerely,
>
>
>  Rebecca Stromeyer
> Conference Organizing Committtee
>
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> Germany
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> Fax: +49-30-324 9833
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> alice at apc.org wrote:
>  Dear all
>
> See below and attached 2006 dates/events to watch. If any member has an
> event please send us the details so that we could include it on the
> KICTANET
> calanedr.
>
> Thank you and have a great 2006
>
> alice
>
>
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> 10 January 2006
>
> KICTANET Cocktail Party
>
> Appreciating old friends welcoming new ones
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> Jacaranda Hotel, Nairobi
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> 19 January
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> LINUX Chicks Strategic Planning meeting. Jacaranda Hotel
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> 20 January KICTANET
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> Strategic planning one day meeting. Jacaranda Hotel Nairobi
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> 27 January 2006
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> KICTANET Meeting with CATIA/UNDP Open Access Project
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> Jacaranda Hotel
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> KICATNET Planning meeting
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> 7-8 February, Lagos
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> Customer Service & Call Center Training Course
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> 16-17 February, Nairobi
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> Corporate Network Management Forum: LANs, WANs, VPNs, Multimedia, VoIP,
> and
> Security
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> 23-25 February, Nairobi
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> Idlelo2: Achieving Millennium Development Goals through Community Software
> (in association with FOSSFA)
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> 2-3 March, Kigali
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> The second Rwanda National ICT Convention (Under the auspices of the
> Rwanda
> IT Authority)
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> 10-13 March (TBC)
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> KICTANET Media and ICTs workshop
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> Indian Ocean Beach Club Mombasa, Kenya
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> 16-17 March, Nairobi
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> East African Banking & Financial Services & Markets
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> 21-22 March, Lagos
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> Finance-IT Africa
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> 23-24 March, Dar es Salaam
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> Tanzania GSM Forum
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> 27-31 March 2006
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> ICANN, Wellington, New Zealand
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> 5-7 April, Nairobi
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> VSAT Installation Course (in association with Global VSAT Forum)
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> 10-12 April, Johannesburg
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> The African WiMAX & CDMA Forum
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> 26-27 April, Nairobi
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> Competitive Intelligence Africa
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> 4-5 May, Maputo
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> The Mozambique National ICT Convention (Under the auspices of the Ministry
> of Science & Technology)
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> May 7-15 2006
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> Africa Network Operators Group (AFNOG). Nairobi. Kenya
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> 16-17 May 2006
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> Africa Internet Numbers Registry (AFRINIC )
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> Meeting. Nairobi, Kenya
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> 17 May, Nairobi
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> The AITEC African ICT Excellence & Achievement Awards: East Africa
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> 18-20 May, Nairobi
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> The African Open Access Forum
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> 24-26 May, Ottawa
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> The Canada-Africa Trade & Investment Exhibition & Conference
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> 1-2 June, Nairobi
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> East African BPO & Call Center Conference
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> 14-16 June, Lusaka
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> AITEC Zambia
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> 15-17 June, Nairobi
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> Telecom East Africa (in association with ECO Kenya)
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> 20 June, Johannesburg
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> The AITEC African ICT Excellence & Achievement Awards: Southern Africa
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> 26-30 June
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> ICANN Meeting
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> Marrakech, Morocco
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> 29-30 June, London (Holiday Inn Regent's Park)
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> AITEC Europe 2: The African ICT Investment & Partnership Forum
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> 5-6 July, Lagos
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> The African VoIP Forum 3
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> 6 July, Lagos
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> The AITEC African ICT Excellence & Achievement Awards: West Africa
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> 20-21 July, Dar es Salaam
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> Tanzania Banking Technology Expo & Conference
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> 3-5 August, Mauritius
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> AITEC Indian Ocean
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> 4-7 September, South Africa
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> ACT 8: The African Computing & Telecommunications Summit
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> 30 August, Durban
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> The AITEC African ICT Excellence & Achievement Awards: Pan-Africa
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> 16-18 November, Nairobi
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> Made in India Exhibition
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> 23-24 November, Dar es Salaam
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> East African Government Technology Conference
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> 30 November-3rd December 2006
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> ICANN Meeting, Latin America
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> Submitted by: alice at apc.org 2006-01-13 10:49:25 EST5
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