[governance] Kenya's IGF 2011 Announcement News

[Jean-Louis FULLSACK]

Dear membrers of the list

Exerpt from the IGF 2011 announcement :

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



As a member of CS committed in solidarity and cooperation, I'll be really "proud"  when the Africa's largest shanty town Kibera disappears and when its 1,4 million people, living in unworthy conditions, are integrated in the capital city as plain and recognized citizens of Nairobi. 

If we, as ICT, telecoms and Internet aware folks, can be helpful for this to happen, then only can we "proudly look forward".

That's my simple opinion 

Jean-Louis Fullsack
CSDPTT

> Message du 10/01/11 21:15
> De : "Fouad Bajwa" 
> A : governance at lists.cpsr.org
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> Objet : [governance] Kenya's IGF 2011 Announcement News
> 
> 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.
> 
> -- 
> Regards.
> --------------------------
> Fouad Bajwa
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