<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div><div><div>For those still willing to learn, some interesting events at the World Bank and you can participate via a webcast. Today they have a session on m-Money and the title is quite interesting - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri; ">How to Assess m-Money Opportunities and Why you can't Replicate Kenya's MP. This will be at 12.30 Washington time. See the webcast links for the different events below.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri; ">Kindest Regards</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="rgb(0, 0, 0)"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Harry Hare</font></font></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="rgb(0, 0, 0)"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></font></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="rgb(0, 0, 0)"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Director</span></font></font></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="rgb(0, 0, 0)"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">African eDevelopment Resource Centre</span></font></font></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="rgb(0, 0, 0)"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">PO Box 49475 00100</span></font></font></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="rgb(0, 0, 0)"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Nairobi, Kenya</span></font></font></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="rgb(0, 0, 0)"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Tel +254 20 4041646</span></font></font></div><div>Cel +254 725 650044</div><div><br></div></div></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> <<a href="mailto:edevelopment@worldbank.org">edevelopment@worldbank.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Wed, 29 Feb 2012 02:43:23 +0400<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> <<a href="mailto:edevelopment@worldbank.org">edevelopment@worldbank.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> A series of ICT learning events at World Bank on February 29 and March 1, 2012 - participation in Washington<br></div><div><br></div><div><div><p><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>We would like to emphasize that we very much welcome participation of World Bank staff and external audience in person in Washington D.C. </b></font><br><br><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>You can register</b></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> for participation in Washington D.C. by sending an email to <a href="mailto:edevelopment@worldbank.org">edevelopment@worldbank.org</a> (please mention the session you would like to participate in). If you are World Bank staff, please register through LMS by clicking the link under the respective session at </font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://go.worldbank.org/G4NMZDO350">http://go.worldbank.org/G4NMZDO350</a></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">. </font><br><br><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">* * *</font></p><p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">ICT Learning Days will include a series of learning events focusing on different aspects of using ICT for development in various sectors and regions, including universal broadband service in rural Saudi Arabia; mobile applications for agricultural and rural development; mobile money; ICT procurement; transformational potential of ICT for opening development; and the role of eID within e-government strategies. </font></p><p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>When: </b></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">February 29 and March 1</font></p><p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>Venue in Washington: </b></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">World Bank J Building, Room J B1-080, 701 18th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006</font></p><p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>Live webcast: </b></font></p><p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://streaming7.worldbank.org/vvflash/extlive3">http://streaming7.worldbank.org/vvflash/extlive3</a></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> (Flash)</font><br><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">mms://wbmswebcast1.worldbank.org/external-3 (Windows Media - PC) </font><br><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://wbmswebcast5.worldbank.org:1935/live/myStream3/playlist.m3u8">http://wbmswebcast5.worldbank.org:1935/live/myStream3/playlist.m3u8</a></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> (Apple - Mac)</font><br><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">rtsp://wbmswebcast5.worldbank.org:1935/live/myStream3 (Blackberry)</font><br><br><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>Submit your comments and questions via our Chat Room (via Adobe Connect) </b></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">@ </font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://worldbankva.adobeconnect.com/ict">https://worldbankva.adobeconnect.com/ict</a></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><br><br><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>Social Media Hashtag: </b></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">#OpenDTA</font><br><br><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>Web: </b></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://go.worldbank.org/G4NMZDO350">http://go.worldbank.org/G4NMZDO350</a></font><br><br><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>You can register</b></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> for participation in Washington D.C. by sending an email to <a href="mailto:edevelopment@worldbank.org">edevelopment@worldbank.org</a> (please mention the session you would like to participate in). If you are World Bank staff, please register through LMS by clicking the link under the respective session at </font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://go.worldbank.org/G4NMZDO350">http://go.worldbank.org/G4NMZDO350</a></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">. No registration is needed to watch live webcast.</font><br><br><br><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>Detailed description:</b></font><br><br><font size="3" face="sans-serif"><b>February 29, 08:00 - 09:30 am Washington time</b></font><br><font size="3" color="#0000FF" face="sans-serif"><b>Universal Broadband Service in Rural Saudi Arabia: Innovations by USF & Operators Close the Access Gap</b></font><br><br><font size="3" face="sans-serif">Saudi Arabia had the leading mobile and computer penetration in the Gulf region, while quality of service and Internet penetration were low. The focus of its universal service and access program was placed on improving service quality and providing universal broadband. With complementary regulatory measures, such as favourable frequencies, the program offers interesting lessons. </font><br><br><font size="3" face="sans-serif">Moderator: Doyle Gallegos, Lead ICT Policy Specialist, World Bank</font><br><font size="3" face="sans-serif">Speaker: Andrew Dymond, Managing Director of Intelecon </font><br><br><br><font size="3" face="sans-serif"><b>February 29, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Washington time</b></font><br><font size="3" color="#0000FF" face="sans-serif"><b>Mobile Applications for Agricultural and Rural Development</b></font><br><br><font size="3" face="sans-serif">Focus on a recent study which describes global research on mobile applications addressing rural development issues. 92 applications were categorized and analyzed and country case studies document leading applications in Kenya, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. The study describes various business models in the context of the mobile ecosystem in developing countries, and lessons are drawn for measures to support development of a viable mobile application ecosystem.</font><br><br><font size="3" face="sans-serif">Moderator: Tim Kelly, Sr. ICT Policy Specialist, World Bank</font><br><font size="3" face="sans-serif">Speaker: Steve Esselaar, Sr. Consultant, Intelecon</font><br><br><br><font size="3" face="sans-serif"><b>February 29, 12:30 - 14:00 Washington time</b></font><br><font size="3" color="#0000FF" face="sans-serif"><b>Mobile Money: How to Assess m-Money Opportunities and Why you can't Replicate Kenya's MP</b></font><br><br><font size="3" face="sans-serif">The Four Country Mobile Money Study was commissioned by the IFC and it was designed to increase the understanding of mobile money and to help address key issues such as scaling up and replicability. The study looks at the ecosystem requirements and the business models used by mobile network operators, banks, and others in four developing countries—Brazil, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. It compares these countries with Kenya and Japan, which have successfully developed mobile money operations, and with the United States.</font><br><br><font size="3" face="sans-serif">Speaker: Sonja Oestmann, Universal Access, Policy and Broadband Specialist</font><br><br><br><font size="3" face="sans-serif"><b>February 29, 14:30 - 16:00 Washington time</b></font><br><font size="3" color="#0000FF" face="sans-serif"><b>A Pan-African Perspective Towards ICT Sustainability in Africa</b></font><br><br><font size="3" face="sans-serif">Creating and supporting a Pan-African community of competent, internationally certified IT professionals focused on developing the IT tools for African Agriculture, Business, Education, Health Care, Government and general Social needs.</font><br><br><font size="3" face="sans-serif">Session Lead: Samia Melhem, Sr. Operations Officer, ICT Sector Unit, World Bank</font><br><font size="3" face="sans-serif">Speakers: </font><br><font size="3" face="sans-serif">Amadou Daffe, CEO, Coders4Africa</font><br><font size="3" face="sans-serif">Kwame Andah, Director of Marketing Communication, Coders4Africa</font><br><font size="3" face="sans-serif">Ibrahim Cisse, Director of Technology, Coders4Africa</font><br><font size="3" face="sans-serif">Ellwood Kerkeslager, CEO Information Futures</font><br><br><br><font size="3" face="sans-serif"><b>March 1, 08:00 - 09:30am Washington time</b></font><br><font size="3" color="#0000FF" face="sans-serif"><b>How Could Computing and Low cost internet devices make global e-commerce viable for SMEs in developing countries Cloud Computing</b></font><br><br><font size="3" face="sans-serif">Moderator: Samia Melhem, Sr. Operations Officer, ICT Sector Unit, World Bank</font><br><font size="3" face="sans-serif">Speaker: Gurcharan Singh, Sr. Procurement Specialist, World Bank</font><br><br><br><font size="3" face="sans-serif"><b>March 1, 10:00 - 12:00 </b></font><br><font size="3" color="#0000FF" face="sans-serif"><b>Open, smart and Inclusive Development: Can ICT Transform Development?</b></font><br><br><font size="3" face="sans-serif">ICT is diffusing rapidly across the globe, yet its revolutionary potential for development is at a very early stage of realization. Hanna explores this potential in terms of advancing a vision of open, smart and inclusive development. He draws on the experience of some pioneering countries to illustrate their paths and practices and to draw lessons for our client countries.</font><br><br><font size="3" face="sans-serif">Moderator: Samia Melhem, Senior Operations Officer, ICT Sector Unit, World Bank</font><br><font size="3" face="sans-serif">Speakers: </font><br><font size="3" face="sans-serif">Nagy Hanna, Sr. Fellow, Centre for Policy on Emerging Technologies</font><br><font size="3" face="sans-serif">Soren Gigler, Senior Governance Specialist, World Bank Institute</font><br><br><br><font size="3" face="sans-serif"><b>March 1, 12:30 - 14:00 </b></font><br><font size="3" color="#0000FF" face="sans-serif"><b>Open Government: From Data to Information</b></font><br><br><font size="3" face="sans-serif">How do Governments need to manage their information assets in an increasingly open world?</font><br><font size="3" face="sans-serif">How can Governments, Citizens and International Organizations best use and re-use this information?</font><br><font size="3" face="sans-serif">The BBL will encourage broad thinking on how the full spectrum of public information assets, from data and statistics to archives and records, can be associated and be made more useful for providing evidence, making decisions, and reporting results. The Session will include a demonstration of an innovative mock up which provides a mashup of the World Bank's Open Data, current project data and archival records in a contextual and meaningful way.</font><br><br><font size="3" face="sans-serif">Moderator: Arleen Cannata Seed, IMTLA</font><br><font size="3" face="sans-serif">Speaker: Tariq Khokhar of the World Bank Open Data Initiatve, Anne Thurston of the International Records Management Trust, and others (TBC)</font><br><br><br><font size="3" face="sans-serif"><b>March 1, 14:30 - 16:00 </b></font><br><font size="3" color="#0000FF" face="sans-serif"><b>Role of eID within the eGovernment Strategy</b></font><br><br><font size="3" face="sans-serif">Case will be set forth for how eID in Government, when it is well implemented, can result in greater efficiency, transparency and cost effectiveness.</font><br><br><font size="3" face="sans-serif">Moderator: Samia Melhem, Senior Operations Officer, World Bank</font><br><font size="3" face="sans-serif">Speaker: Frank Leyman, Belgian Rep. in eGovernment High Level Group of European Commission</font><br><font size="3" face="sans-serif">Discussant: Mariana Dahan, Consultant, ICT Policy Unit, World Bank</font><br></p></div></div></span></body></html>