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Connect Africa Summit to be held in Kigali, Rwanda, 29-30 October 2007

   
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Connect Africa Summit to be held in Kigali, Rwanda, 29-30 October 2007
Marshall Plan for ICT to meet 2015 development goals

ONLINE MEDIA ACCREDITATION FOR THE CONNECT AFRICA SUMMIT IS NOW OPEN
For Press accreditation, see
www.itu.int/ITU-D/connect/africa/2007/media/accreditation/index.html.

Geneva, 11 July 2007 - The Connect Africa Summit will be held in Kigali, Rwanda,
29-30 October 2007. This was announced by ITU Secretary-General Dr Hamadoun Touré at
a Press Conference in Geneva, held jointly with the UN Global Alliance for ICT and
Development (GAID).

While investment in ICT infrastructure in Africa has improved dramatically in recent
years, representing a total of USD 8 billion in 2005 (up from USD 3.5 billion in
2000), and growth in mobile phones has increased by as much as 400 per cent, Africa
has fallen back in overall connectivity. While mobile has surpassed fixed line
telephone access, fewer than 4 out of every 100 Africans have Internet access;
broadband penetration remains below 1 per cent; and 70 per cent of all Internet
traffic within Africa is re-routed outside the continent, driving up costs for
businesses and consumers.

"We need a Marshall Plan for ICT infrastructure development in Africa," said Dr
Touré. "We have to mobilize the world's human, financial and technical resources to
support economic growth, employment and development across Africa." He added that
support was pouring in from partners in this endeavour, including from leading ICT
companies in Silicon Valley and elsewhere - who have been given the challenge of
replicating their successes in Africa - as well as from governments, international
organizations and development banks. He pointed out that the Chairman of Intel
Corporation Mr Craig Barrett is spearheading the efforts through his leadership of
UN GAID.

With less than 8 years left to meet the 2015 targets of the UN Millennium
Development Goals (MDG), drastic steps are required. Dr Touré pointed out that
meeting ICT connectivity targets would act as a catalyst in achieving the broader
development goals. "ICT is a means of creating wealth and sustainable economic
growth," he said.

UN Secretary-General to support Connect Africa initiative

Earlier, speaking at a function at the International Telecommunication Union, UN
Secretary-General Mr Ban Ki-moon expressed his full support to the Connect Africa
initiative and said that it represented an important step in overcoming the digital
divide. "This is an important vision," he said. "We need to make our best efforts,
as part of our MDG programme, to bridge this gap." He also said that ITU should
broaden its vision and commitment to meeting long-term global concerns, such as
climate change.

The Connect Africa Summit will be held under the patronage of the President of
Rwanda, Mr Paul Kagame, and Chairman of the African Union, President John Kufour of
Ghana. It will be organized by the International Telecommunication Union, the World
Bank and UN GAID, in partnership with the African Development Bank, the African
Telecommunication Union and the UN Economic Commission for Africa. This
collaborative effort will engage some 500 high-level stakeholders active in the
region, including China, India, the European Commission and G8, OECD and Arab
countries, major ICT companies, the United Nations Development Programme and other
international organizations.

"This will not be just another Summit," said Dr Touré. "It will be a Summit of
commitment between partners, not a meeting to negotiate new resolutions." The
private sector, governments and international organizations will be called on to
work together, and there will be a commitment to creating an environment that
promotes the improvement of ICT. "ICT is a business, and the only way to ensure
sustainability and large-scale effects is to provide an environment that lets
business deliver ICT," added Dr Touré. "For too long we have had negative
information coming from Africa; we have to bring positive news."

Speaking on behalf of GAID, Mr Walter Fust, Director General of the Swiss Agency for
Development and Cooperation, said, "ICT is extremely important for managing
knowledge for development, and for bringing local knowledge into development." He
stressed the importance of the Connect Africa initiative and said that emphasis
should be laid on a few targeted areas, such as using ICT to empower people with
disabilities and to "reverse the pyramid of learning" by ensuring that all schools
are connected to the Internet. He added that the goal is to establish 500 000
telecentres worldwide by 2015.

ONLINE MEDIA ACCREDITATION FOR THE CONNECT AFRICA SUMMIT IS NOW OPEN

For Press accreditation, see
www.itu.int/ITU-D/connect/africa/2007/media/accreditation/index.html.

Information and media briefing notes are available at the designated newsroom for
the Connect Africa Summit www.itu.int/ITU-D/connect/africa/2007/media/index.html.

For further information, see www.itu.int/ITU-D/connect/africa/2007/index.html or
please contact

Sanjay Acharya
Chief, Media Relations and Public Information
ITU
Tel: +41 22 730 6135
Mobile: +41 79 249 4861
E-mail: pressinfo@itu.int

Enrica Murmura
Secretariat of the Global Alliance for ICT and Development
New York
Tel: +1 212 963-5913
E-mail: murmura@un.org

About ITU

ITU is the leading United Nations agency for information and communication
technology issues, and the global focal point for governments and the private sector
in developing networks and services. For more than 140 years, ITU has coordinated
the shared global use of the radio spectrum, promoted international cooperation in
assigning satellite orbits, worked to improve telecommunication infrastructure in
the developing world, and established the worldwide standards that foster seamless
interconnection of a vast range of communications systems.

ITU also organizes worldwide and regional exhibitions and forums bringing together
the most influential representatives of government and the telecommunications
industry to exchange ideas, knowledge and technology for the benefit of the global
community, and in particular the developing world.

From broadband internet to latest-generation wireless technologies, from
aeronautical and maritime navigation to radio astronomy and satellite-based
meteorology, from phone and fax services to TV broadcasting and next-generation
networks, ITU continues to play a central role in helping the world communicate.

Visit our Web site at http://www.itu.int/newsroom
 

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