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Johannesburg To Host African Broadband Conference

30 March 2005

Africa Broadband
The event aims to provide telecommunications professionals with strategic and operational insights into how Africa can overcome the challenges it faces.
Stakeholders in the telecommunications industry in Africa and other parts of the Commonwealth and the world will gather in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 6-8 April 2005 to seek ways to overcome the strategic, technical and financial barriers to broadband deployment in Africa. The event, a conference and workshop combined, is organised by the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) in collaboration with private sector partners based in South Africa.
 
Titled 'African Broadband Revolution 2005', the event aims to provide telecommunications professionals with strategic and operational insights into how Africa can overcome the challenges it faces in order to evidence demand, bring regulators and investors on board and offer viable business models.

The programme will seek to provide information exchange and networking opportunities for senior level policy, strategy and technical representatives from regulatory authorities, government departments, operators and internet service providers in Africa.

Speaking on the relevance of the workshop and conference, Marcel Belingue of the CTO stated that the event is part of a wider CTO agenda to assist developing countries through the use of new information and communications technologies (ICTs). "African countries face challenges in developing and expanding their telecommunications infrastructure to accommodate broadband. The event in South Africa provides an occasion to share knowledge and best practice with specialists from other parts of the world," he said, adding that such events would help enable Africa to develop policies and regulatory frameworks in the sector.

The CTO is an international development partnership between governments, business and civil society organisations. It is dedicated to promoting social and economic development in the Commonwealth and beyond by helping to bridge the digital divide. It delivers knowledge-sharing programmes in the use of ICTs in the specific areas of telecommunications, IT, broadcasting and the Internet. For further information, please visit http://www.cto.int/.

 

CNIS - the Commonwealth News and Information Service Issue 228  30 March 2005

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