[governance] Kenya's IGF 2011 Announcement News

[Fouad Bajwa]

Thanks to Tracy for sharing this bit of information:

Kenya’s global status in IT sector grows
By JEVANS NYABIAGE jnyabienge at ke.nationmedia.com Posted Tuesday,
January 4 2011 at 18:12
Source: http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Kenyas%20global%20status%20in%20IT%20sector%20grows/-/1006/1083636/-/10nwbahz/-/

Kenya’s stature in the technology world is growing globally as it
prepares to host a major international conference this year, the
second in as many years.

Kenya will host the Sixth International Governance Forum in September
at the United Nations offices in Gigiri, Nairobi.

Information PS Bitange Ndemo says the forum will share insights into
the potential of the Internet and its governance.

The forum is a follow-up of the World Summit on the Information
Society, which took place in Tunis in 2005.

“We proudly look forward to hosting yet another significant Internet
governance process in Kenya,” says Alice Munyua, chair of the Kenya
organising committee.

Last March, Nairobi hosted the 37th Internet Corporation for Assigned
Names and Numbers global meeting.

At the time, the organisation’s chief executive and president Rod
Beckstrom said Kenya had provided the best internet connection
compared to the venues for all the previous meetings.

“We will use Nairobi as a benchmark for future meetings,” said Mr Beckstrom.

The five previous meetings of the forum were held in Athens, Greece,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Hyderabad, India, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt and
Vilnius, Lithuania.

Kenya’s information communication technology sector has grown by
double digits, prompting the World Bank to project that the country is
at a ‘tipping point’ for a possible economic boom.

Major IT innovations include crisis monitoring Ushahidi and global
winner M-pesa, the mobile money transfer service.

There have also been huge investments in fibre optic cables and the
proposed technology city.

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