Addis-Ababa

ICT Africa is a NEPAD council continental Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) event addressing a wide range of ICT issues in Africa. Attendees come from all parts of Africa and abroad to meet and greet, teach and learn, make connections and move business forward for one week every year. Hundreds of new ideas on ICT development in Africa are shared every year, lessons learnt from other regions of the world are shared and attendees have an opportunity to interact with the industry’s top minds. With technical tutorials, peer reviewed technical presentations, demonstrations, industry exhibitions, news in the making and the opportunity to network with the industry experts, ICT Africa is an experience. Whether you are a policy maker, entrepreneur, university professor, scientist or engineer, exhibitor, member of the press, the conference program will be tailored to your information needs and interest. ICT Africa 2008 offers:  A Plenary session featuring policy makers, Business leaders and key ICT research leaders  High quality, peer reviewed technical presentations  Technical tutorials on emerging ICT technologies  Workshops on ongoing projects  Industry exhibition ICT Africa 2008 topics include:  Fiber optic networks  Submarine cable systems  Wireless LANS  Broadband over power line  e-commerce solutions  e-health solutions  Digital subscriber line (ADSL)  Voice over Internet Protocol  Satellite Broadband  e-learning solutions  Wireless broadband access  Wireless LANS: including Wi-Fi  Internet exchange points  e-government solutions ICT Africa 2008 is an Integral part of NOVATECH 2008, the ICT Africa Marketplace. NOVATECH 2008, the ICT Africa Marketplace combines the NOVATECH business focused programming and ICT Africa research and awareness focused programming to bring the attendee a rich variety of ICT topics. NOVATECH is a component of the Pro€Invest programme, which is a common initiative of the European Commission (EC) and Institutions from the ACP States (Africa, the Carribean and the Pacific) to stimulate Euro-African cooperation.