Category archive for ‘Newsroom’

• Feb

  2012

  3

  EuroAfrica-ICT.org final review meeting (0)

  

  The EuroAfrica-ICT.org project partners met yesterday (Feb. 2, 2012) at the EC premises in Brussels, for the final review meeting of the project (whose activities officially closed on Dec. 31, 2011). In the presence of the Project Officer (Alvis Ancans) and three external reviewers, the consortium presented the activities implemented during the last two years [...]

   
• Jan

  2012

  31

  Official launch of the EuroAfrica-P8 Project (0)

  

  The kick-off meeting of the newly launched EuroAfrica-P8 FP7 project (”strengthening Africa-EU ICT collaborative research links with the aim of reinforcing the strategic partnership 8 – GA #288309) took place on January 25-26, 2012 in Nice, France.
  Part of the International Relations Unit’s portfolio of the European Commission’s DG INFSO (Call FP7-ICT-2011-7), the EuroAfrica-P8 Project is [...]

   
• Jan

  2012

  20

  Rwanda’s KIST gets ultra modern ICT facility (0)

  

  The Prime Minister Pierre Damien Habumuremye, together with visiting Chinese official, Li Yuanchao, launched a state of the art e-Learning facility at Kigali Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) on January 10, 2012.
  The laboratory was established at a cost of US$ 500,000 (approx. Rwf 300 million) donated by Huawei, the Chinese IT giant. This facility [...]

   
• Jan

  2012

  19

  The World Bank “Knowledge Partner” of the EuroAfrica-P8 Project (0)

  

  Recognising the strategic importance of the EuroAfrica-P8 Project, the World Bank Group (ICT Sector) has expressed its high interest in contributing to its activities, participating accordingly in enhancing the objectives of the 8th Africa-EU Partnership on Science, Information Society and Space.
  As a result, it has been agreed with the EC and the EuroAfrica-P8 Partnership, that [...]

   
• Jan

  2012

  12

  Microsoft to establish software development centre in Maluana, Mozambique (0)

  

  The software giant Microsoft will set up premises in the Science and Technology Park under construction at Maluana, in Maputo province.
  This was revealed by Dr. Cheick Diarra, President of Microsoft Africa and ASI Fellow, during his visit to Mozambique at the invitation of the Science and Technology Minister, Venancio Massingue.
  After his visit to Maluana Park, [...]

   
• Jan

  2012

  1

  Supporting the implementation of the “8th Africa-EU Strategic Partnership” and the JEG8 activities (0)

  

  The EuroAfrica-ICT Initiative will offer the European and African Commissions and Member States the following range of services:

  Assist the day-to-day operation of the Partnership 8 Implementation and Expert Groups
  Ensure a broader mobilization of European and African stakeholder communities in the P8/ICT related meetings
  Raise awareness on P8/ICT objectives, achievements and main activities
  Identify, analyse and map joint [...]

   
• Jan

  2012

  1

  Encouraging African participation in EU-funded projects (ICT Theme) (0)

  

  The level of participation of African organisations in the 7th EU Framework Programme for funding R&D (FP7) has significantly increased in the last few years, but remains quite low partly because of the lack of contacts between European and African researchers and the lack of awareness that opportunities do exist to explore collaborative research on [...]

   
• Jan

  2012

  1

  Building a community and connecting researchers to strengthen EU-African ICT collaborative research (0)

  

  The EuroAfrica-ICT initiative will offer a wide range of services to European and African organisations in order to build a stronger Euro-African community of researchers, therefore strengthening EU-African collaborative research:

  Events (Cooperation Forums, FP/ICT Awareness Workshops and thematic Working Group meetings) will be organised in Europe and Africa to offer more opportunities for dialogue to researchers [...]

   
• Dec

  2011

  31

  The EuroAfrica-ICT Project formally closes today (0)

  

  The EuroAfrica-ICT.org FP7 project, in the framework of which the present website has been developed and maintained these last 24 months, formally closes today.

   
• Dec

  2011

  14

  Establishment of two new NREN in Niger and Cote d’Ivoire (0)

  

  WACREN membership has expanded to six with the coming online of the Niger and Cote d’Ivoire NREN.
  The consultation workshop on the implementation of the Niger NREN began Tuesday, November 15, 2011, under the patronage of HE Mamadou Diallo Youba, Minister of Secondary and Higher Education and Scientific Research. Before the opening address by the Minister, [...]