CONFERENCE OVERVIEW
NEPAD ICT Africa Summit is a NEPAD council and NEPAD Secretariat continental Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) event addressing a wide range of ICT issues in Africa. NEPAD Council’s 2008 NEPAD ICT Africa Summit event was organized as an integral part of NOVATECH - The ICT Africa Summit Marketplace in collaboration with Pro-Invest - www.proinvest-eu.org. Pro-Invest is a common initiative of the European Commission (EC) and Institutions from the ACP States (Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific) to stimulate Euro-African cooperation.
The conference successfully ended on the 15th of February 2008 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Over 300 participants came from more than 40 countries in Africa and abroad to meet and greet, teach, and learn, make connections and move business forward. Dozens of new ideas on ICT development in Africa, business opportunities and lessons learnt from other regions of the world were shared. With technical tutorials, peer reviewed technical presentations, demonstrations, industry exhibitions, business to business meetings, and networking during lunch and dinner events, NOVATECH – The NEPAD ICT Africa Summit market place was a memorable event.
More importantly, NEPAD Council came out of the conference with concrete action items to address some of the most important issues discussed at the conference. Partnerships with other organizations were forged during the conference to facilitate the execution of identified programs.
Building on the successes of the last three NEPAD ICT Africa Summit, African Events Company Ikapa Media together with NEPAD and partners will again raise flags to organise the ICT Africa Summit, indeed making it possible for suppliers to meet ICT decision makers of the continent at one location and, furthermore, to show competence by making a professional presentation in accordance with International standards.
ICT Africa Summit 2010 aims at promoting and supporting business opportunities in the sector of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in order to encourage further growth and development in African countries.
The ICT Africa Summit 2010 will mobilise the major practitioners involved in ICT, e-business and related sectors all over the world, due to take place on 9th to the 11 of August 2010 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre in Cape Town, South Africa.
Over 2 000 high level delegates and 350 exhibitors will take part in a well placed agenda which will include plenary sessions, thematic breakaway sessions and one-to-one business meetings between participants and ICT Africa Summit 2010 exhibitors.
