June 7, 2010

June 9, 2010

The second meeting of NEPAD e-Africa Commission ICT Ministers will be held on June 7-9, 2010 at the Meridian President Hotel in Dakar, Senegal.

The meeting will be held under the aegis of the African Union and will be jointly organised by the NEPAD Agency and the Senegalese government. It will be attended by 20 African Ministers of Information and Communications Technology who constitutes the NEPAD Heads of State and the Government Orientation Committee (HSGOC); two African Union Commissaries (Human Resources, Science and Technology, Energy and Infrastructure); the NEPAD Executive Secretary; the 20 members of the Commission’s Executive Committee and ISPAD Forum participants (Information Society Partnership for Africa’s Development).

The NEPAD e-Africa Commission was established in October 2001 as the organ responsible for drafting policies, strategies and projects at the continental level, as well as managing the structures development of the ICT sector within NEPAD. The organ is presently operating in the domain of education and infrastructure.

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