[kictanet] Fwd: Pre-IGF event Kenya and ITU

[Alice Munyua]

Dear Colleagues,

*__*(apologies for cross posting)

The Government of Kenya (GOK) will hold a High level Ministerial forum 
on 26th September 2011. This forum Co-organized with the International 
Telecommunications Union (ITU) will providea platform where Ministerial 
level participants and other stakeholders will discuss issues of mutual 
interest around the opportunities and challenges to developing countries 
presented by information and communications technologies.


The main agenda topics will be drawn from the following themes:

·Broadband: Access, challenges and opportunities

·Uptake of wireless devices as key elements in providing a conduit to a 
new and dynamic socio-economic future for the region, including new 
mobile services (e.g. E-government, mobile banking, access to Internet, 
among others)

·Cloud computing and;

·Cyber security and Privacy.

  The outcomes of the Ministerial forum will be shared with the  main 
IGF scheduled from 27^th - 30^th September 2011.

More details will be made available soon.


Best regards

Alice Munyua






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