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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Dear
Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:black'>East Africa’s enterprises and innovators have a unique opportunity
on their doorsteps to learn new techniques in web content development at the
East African Local Content Innovation Summit to be held in a</span><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> week’s</span><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> time
over 7-8 August at the Windsor Hotel. The Summit is being hosted by Ignite
Consulting and AITEC Africa in response to the urgent need for development of
locally relevant content that is responsive to the interests and needs within
the region about to link to the world via undersea fibre cables that will
deliver much faster and cheaper Internet connections.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:black'>The Summit is unlike a standard conference because the
facilitators have designed a highly interactive process and will use
specialized techniques to leverage the combined knowledge, experience and ideas
that all the participants will bring to the event. The objective is to develop
actionable ideas, and through collaboration over two days to serve local
content ideas – as well as design plans and strategies for real world
implementation. </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:black'>The Summit is co-facilitated by Njeri Rionge, founder of Ignite
and one of Kenya’s leading ICT pioneers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:black'>Registration is still open for those who are yet to submit their
registration forms, to confirm participation kindly email back the attached
form duly filled to the undersigned.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Kind
regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Celestine
Macharia</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>AITEC
East Africa <br>
H4, Showbe Plaza<br>
P.O Box: 13891-00800, Nairobi</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'> <br>
</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
color:maroon'>(</span><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";
color:black'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Office
+ 254 20 2121028</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
color:maroon'>(</span><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";
color:black'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Cell
+254 722 284328</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Wingdings;color:maroon'>*</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><a
href="mailto:celestinem@aitecafrica.com">celestinem@aitecafrica.com</a><br>
<a href="http://www.aitecafrica.com">www.aitecafrica.com</a></span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:blue'>UPCOMING AITEC Africa EVENTS: <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Wingdings;color:#C0504D'>l</span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>East African Local Content
Innovaton Workshop, 7&8<sup>th</sup> August 2009</span><b><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#C0504D'> </span></b><strong><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Wingdings;color:#C0504D'>l</span></b><strong><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
7.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'> </span></strong><strong><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
font-weight:normal'>Pan-African Media Research Organisation, Nairobi,
24-26 August 2009<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Wingdings;color:#C0504D'>l</span></b><strong><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:
"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#C0504D;font-weight:normal'> </span></strong><strong><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black;font-weight:normal'>AITEC</span></strong><strong><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>
Mozambique National ICT Convention, Maputo, 17-18 September 2009</span></strong><b><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><br>
</span></b><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
color:#C0504D'>l</span></b><strong><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'> </span></strong><strong><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
font-weight:normal'>East African Fibre Summit, Nairobi, 22-23 September 2009</span></strong><b><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><br>
</span></b><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
color:#C0504D'>l</span></b><strong><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";
color:black;font-weight:normal'> </span></strong><strong><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>Customer
Service & Contact Centre, Lagos, 14-15 October 2009</span></strong><b><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><br>
</span></b><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
color:#C0504D'>l</span></b><strong><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";
color:black;font-weight:normal'> </span></strong><strong><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>ComBIT,
Lagos, 9-10 November 2009</span></strong><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
7.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><br>
</span></b><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
color:#C0504D'>l</span></b><strong><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";
color:#C0504D;font-weight:normal'> </span></strong><strong><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black;
font-weight:normal'>Outsourcing & Contact Centre East Africa, Nairobi,
11-12 November 2009</span></strong><strong><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
7.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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