Tag archive for ‘Africa’

• Jul

  2010

  16

  Education and ICT in the East African region (0)

  

  The two days East African ICT & Higher Education Symposium 2010 was held in Kampala, Uganda on June 27-28, 2010.
  About 120 participants attended the event, including 3 ministers and senior representatives from governments, universities, industry, and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and other experts on ICT and education, addressing important and timely connectivity issues facing East Africa, [...]

   
• Jul

  2010

  15

  Tech4Africa Conference (0)

  

  [ August 12, 2010 to August 13, 2010] Tech4Africa is a web & emerging technology conference, taking place on August 12-13, 2010 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The event will focus on the role emerging and web technologies have to play in Africa and their implications on business and society.

   
• Jul

  2010

  13

  Third Conference of African Ministers in charge of ICT (CITMC-3) (1)

  

  [ August 3, 2010 to August 7, 2010] The African Union Commission (AUC), in collaboration with the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is organising the Third session of the African Union Ordinary Conference of Ministers in charge of Communications and Information Technologies, to be held on August 3-7, 2010 in Abuja, Nigeria.

   
• May

  2010

  27

  3rd Euro-Africa Cooperation Forum on ICT Research – New Event Sponsor: VTT (0)

  

  The EuroAfrica-ICT Partnership is very pleased to announce that the “3rd Euro-Africa Cooperation Forum on ICT Research” will be sponsored by VTT. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is a globally networked multi-technological contract research organisation. VTT provides high-end technology solutions and innovation services and strives to enhance its customers’ competitiveness, thereby creating prerequisites for society’s sustainable development, employment, and wellbeing.

   
• May

  2010

  26

  8th EuroAfrica-ICT Concertation Meeting (June 23, 2010 – Brussels) – Agenda & Registration Form available! (1)

  

  The next EuroAfrica-ICT Concertation Meeting will be held on June 23, 2010, at the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel in Brussels, Belgium. The meeting will coincide with the next meeting (June 24, 2010) of the European members of the Joint Expert Group for the “8th Africa-EU Strategic Partnership for Science, Information Society and Space” (the so called JEG8).

   
• May

  2010

  26

  African ICT Best Practices Forum 2010 (0)

  

  [ June 17, 2010 to June 19, 2010] The 3rd edition of the African ICT Best Practices Forum is taking place at the Ouaga 2000 International Conference Centre in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) on June 17-19, 2010.

   
• May

  2010

  26

  Seminar “Africa: The Missing Link in Global Communications” (0)

  

  [ June 1, 2010 ] The seminar is taking place at the LInC Interdisciplinary Communications Laboratory in Paris on June 1, 2010.

   
• May

  2010

  18

  European Foundation Week – Presenting opportunities for S&T partnerships with Africa (0)

  

  [ May 31, 2010 to June 4, 2010] A special seminar presenting science and technology cooperation opportunities with Africa, will be organised as part of the European Foundation Week’s “Open Days”.

  The European Foundation Week, to be held in Brussels from May 31 to June 4, 2010, is a week-long event with debates and exhibitions about foundations and how they work for Europe.

   
• May

  2010

  16

  3rd Euro-Africa Cooperation Forum on ICT Research – New Event Sponsor: Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland (0)

  

  The EuroAfrica-ICT Partnership is very pleased to announce that the “3rd Euro-Africa Cooperation Forum on ICT Research” will be sponsored by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland. Released funds will mainly be allocated to the best African researcher under the form of “mobility grants”.

   
• May

  2010

  10

  JEG8 Meeting (EuroAfrica-ICT & eI-Africa participation) (0)

  

  [ May 18, 2010 ] The next meeting of the Joint Expert Group for the 8th Africa-EU Strategic Partnership for Science, Information Society and Space (JEG8), organised by the European Commission and the African Union Commission, will be hosted by the South African Department of Science and Technology (DST) at the International Convention Centre in Durban (South Africa) on May 18, 2010.