Dar to take part in ICT Indaba development meet 2012

Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority 

Director general Prof John Nkoma

Dar es Salaam. Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority director general Prof John Nkoma is among regulators from 51 African countries invited for ICT Indaba in South Africa to strategies on ICT promotion for the development of the continent.

 International models on how to boost development of the ICT sector in Africa will come under the spotlight during the inaugural four-day event to be held from 4 to 7 June at the Cape Town Convention Centre.
The ICT Indaba 2012 has identified six critical sectors in driving the ICT as a tool for African development: education, health, infrastructure, agri-business, trade and extractive industries.  The event is aimed at formulating an African Agenda to promote ICT as a primary tool to spur on social and economic development throughout the continent.
 It is organised by the South Africa’s department of Communications and endorsed by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the United Nations’ leading information and technology agency with 193 member states and 700 associates.
Among other topics, the meet will look at “Digital Africa: A Vision for the Future and Preparing Skills and Create Jobs that will enable the Emergence of the Knowledge Economy.”  One of the keynote speakers will be Mr Houlin Zhao, the ITU’s deputy secretary general, who will present a paper “The Powerful Dynamic Role of ICTs in Socio-economic Development.”