[kictanet] AITEC East Africa: Low cost broadband - Summit focussing on local content innovation.

[Fatma Bashir]

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----- Original Message ----- *From:* Sholto Moroney<sholtom at aitecafrica.com>
*To:* 'Helen Moroney' <helenm at aitecafrica.com>
*Sent:* Thursday, June 25, 2009 12:55 PM
*Subject:* AITEC East Africa: Low cost broadband - Summit focussing on local
content innovation.

 Dear Colleague,



The East African Region is on the brink of access to plentiful, low-cost
broadband. News of the undersea cable-laying progress reaches us on a daily
basis. The arrival of this dramatically increased capacity will change the
way that East Africans access and use the Internet.



And riding this wave of dramatic expansion in infrastructure, the ICT sector
must now address the challenge of locally developed content that is relevant
to local interests and needs. Who is going to develop this new content? What
will it look like? Who will use it, and how? What opportunities are there to
enhance community development and stimulate business? How will entrepreneurs
capture the value of the new possibilities?



Ignite Consulting, in conjunction with AITEC East Africa, is pleased to host
an exciting event that will help answer some of these questions. The event,
a highly participatory “Summit” focusing on local content innovation, will
engage participants in dialogue and action planning.



In this Summit, participants will:



   - Engage in high-level dialogue with their peers on innovation.
   - Explore and understand the web content needs of business and local
   communities throughout Kenya.
   - Discover the common positive themes that drive the need for local
   content.
   - Collaboratively discuss actionable ideas to serve local content needs.
   - Design plans for implementation and follow-through.



Thought-leaders, community leaders and entrepreneurs, business leaders, ICT
specialists, development partners, social change professionals, youth and
rural leaders are invited to participate, contribute and learn from the
interactive sessions over two days.



Please join us for this exciting and unique experience.  Please reply to
this e-mail if you would like to receive a registration form.



Yours sincerely,

Sholto Moroney
*Administrative Assistant*
*AITEC Africa*
Tel: +44 (0)1480 880774
Fax: +44 (0)1480 880765
Email: sholtom at aitecafrica.com
www.aitecafrica.com

*UPCOMING EVENTS:**
**l** CCK 10th Anniversary Celebrations: Forum and Expo,** **Nairobi**,
15-17 July 2009
**l** AITEC Mozambique ICT Convention, **Maputo**, 17-18 September 2009
**l** East African Fibre Summit, **Nairobi**, 22-23 September 2009
**l** Customer Service & Contact Centre, **Lagos**,** 14-15 October 2009
**l** ComBIT, **Lagos**, 4-6 November 2009
**l** Outsourcing & Contact Centre East Africa, **Nairobi**, 11-13 November
2009***

AITEC Africa is the trading name of AITEC Conferences Limited registered in
England and Wales.
Company registration number: 4698475

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