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African Technical Advisory Committee (ATAC)
News
Second
meeting of ATAC V - Maputo, Mozambique - 30 to 31 May 2007
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First
meeting of ATAC V - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - 12 to 14 December
2006
For more information visit the website: http://www.uneca.org/disd/events/2006/atac/
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First meeting of ATAC IV
The first meeting of the newly appointed members of the African
Technical Advisory Committee (ATAC) for the AISI will take
place from 9 to 10 December 2004 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Report
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About ATAC
Based
on ECA resolution 812 (XXXI) ECA Executive Secretary appoints
an African Technical Advisory Committee (ATAC) within the
institutional framework required for implementing the African
Information Society Initiative (AISI).
Functions
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The major functions of the African Technical Advisory Committee on the African Information Society Initiative are: |
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to assess the impact of the implementation of the African Information Society Initiative and
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to advise the ECA secretariat on the content of its work programme for the implementation of the African Information Society Initiative
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suggest ways and means of resource mobilisation for the implementation of AISI
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As an advisory committee, ATAC shall operate at the strategic and conceptual level. It may also suggest modalities to ECA for implementation of the AISI. |
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ATAC members will act as advocates of the African Information Society Initiative both in the Africa region and elsewhere. |
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The ECA Secretariat will report on ATAC activities in the context of the annual report of ECA activities to the United Nations Economic and Social Council. |
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Meetings
ATAC meets annually in formal sessions. Between formal meetings, it works through the atac-cl electronic discussion list.
Click here for details on The First Meeting of ATAC III (4- 5 November 2002).
Click here for details on 2001 Annual Meeting of ATAC.
Joint meeting of the new ATAC (2000 - 2002) and African members of the DOT Force, 10 -12 May 2001 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Second Meeting, 16-17 November 1998, Johannesburg
First Meeting, 21-22 October 1997, Addis Ababa
ATAC Members
ATAC
IV (2004 - 2005)
| Name |
Function/Title |
Main
Area of Interest |
Email
address |
| Mr.
Adiel A. Akplogan |
Executive
Director, AfriNIC |
Internet
Governance |
adiel@afrinic.org |
| Prof.
Abdoullah Cissé |
Doyen
de la Faculté de Droit, Université de Saint-Louis, Senegal |
Policy/Enabling
Environment |
acisse@ugb.sn
; acissea@sl.refer.sn |
| Mr.
Abdelaziz Sdigui Doukkali |
Enseignant-chercheur,
Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Informatique et d'Analyse
des systèmes, Morocco |
e-Commerce |
doukkali@ensias.ma |
| Ms.
Sebiletso Mokone-Matabane |
CEO,
SENTECH, South Africa |
Infrastructure/Regulatory |
CEO@sentech.co.za |
| Ms.
Ruth Ochieng |
Isis/WICCE,
Uganda |
Gender
/
Civil Society |
isis@starcom.co.ug |
| Mr.
Dayo Ogunyemi |
Lawyer,
EMC MATRIX, USA/Nigeria |
Diaspora/Legal |
dayo@emcmatrix.com |
| Mr.
'Gbenga Sesan |
Team
Leader, Paradigm Initiative Nigeria |
Youth |
me@gbengasesan.com |
| Mr.
Maurice Tadadjeu |
Professeur
de Linguistique, Université de Yaoundé IPrésident de l'Association
Nationale des Comités de Langues au Cameroun (ANACLAC),
Cameroon |
African
Languages/ Civil Society |
nacalco@camnet.cm |
| Ms.
Woubalem Taye |
Managing
Partner, Information Technology Solutions, Ethiopia |
Private
Sector/ e-Government |
ethioits@hotmail.com |
| Dr.
Lawrence Kweku Yamuah |
Data
Manager / Post-Doctoral Researcher, Armauer Hansen Research
Institute (AHRI), Ethiopia/Ghana |
e-Health |
yamuahlk@yahoo.co.uk |
ATAC III (2002
- 2003)
| Name |
Function/Title |
Main Area of Interest |
Email address |
| Mr. Zakaria Ould Amar |
Directeur de l’Enseignement Supérieur |
Policy and Infrastructure |
zakaria@univ-nkc.mr |
| Dr. Dawit Bekele |
Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science |
Language |
dawitb@ethiolink.com |
| Mme Angèle Bonane |
Secrétaire Général, Conseil Regional de L'Epargne Publique et des Marches Financiers |
Gender |
angele.bonane@crepmf.
org |
| Mr. John Dada |
Programs Director, Fantsuam Foundation |
Civil Society |
johndada@fantsuam.
com |
| Mr.Ramanou Kouferidji |
Directeur général, Radio Afrique Espoir FM 99.1 |
Media |
rkouferidji@yahoo.fr |
| Professor Silas B. Lwakabamba |
KIST Rector |
Education |
Lwakabamba@avu.org |
| Docteur Ousmane Ly |
Coordinateur, Projet Pilote de Télémédecine,"Kènèya Blown = le vestibule de la Santé" |
Health |
oussouly@keneya.org.
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| Ms Thandi Mbvundula |
Managing Director, Epsilon & Omega |
Private Sector |
thandim@eomw.net |
| Mr. Olivier Nana Nzépa |
Regional co-ordinator, Anais. Afrique Centrale |
Governance |
anais_ac@yahoo.fr |
| Ms. Dorothy Okello |
Coordinator, WOUGNET |
Diaspora |
dokello@wougnet.org |
| Miss Otema Yirenkyi |
Management Consultant, Federal Strategic Consulting, IBM Global Services |
Private Sector |
yirenkyi@us.ibm.com |
ATAC II (2000
- 2002)
| Name |
Function/Title |
Main Area of Interest |
Email address |
| Ms. Sophia Bekele |
President, SbCommunication Network, plc, Ethiopia |
Private Sector |
sbekele@lycos.com cbs@telecom.net.et cbs@cbsintl.com |
| Mr. Chukwu-Emeka PF Chikezie |
Director, Africa Foundation for Development (AFFORD), United Kingdom |
Diaspora |
emke@afford.dircon.
co.uk |
| Professor Mamadou Gueye |
Telemedicine Coordinator, University Cheik Anta Diop, Senegal |
Health |
Passed away on 22 March 2002
[ECA Message of Condolence] |
| Mrs. Tina James |
Director, Tina James Consulting, South Africa |
Education |
tjames@intekom.co.za |
| Mr. Salomao Manhica |
Executive secretary, ICT Policy Commission, Office of the Prime Minister, Mozambique |
Governance |
salomao.manhica@
infopol.gov.mz |
| Ms. Aida Opoku Mensah |
Program Officer, Media, Arts & Culture, Ford Foundation, Nigeria |
Gender |
a.opoku-mensah@
fordfound.org |
| Professor Beda Mutagahywa |
Director, University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania |
Higher Education |
bmutag@udsm.ac.tz |
| Mr. Abdoulaye Ndiaye |
Consultant/Researcher, AGIR Pouvoir, Senegal |
Information Economy |
abdoulay@sonatel.sn |
| Ms. Heba Ramzy |
Director, Kids Information Highway Division, Regional Information Technology and Software Engineering Center, Egypt |
Youth |
hramzy@idsc.net.eg |
ATAC I (1997-
2000)
| Name |
Function/Title |
Email address |
| Prof. Raymond Akwule |
Department of Communication, George Mason University, Fairfax Virginia USA |
rakwule@gmu.edu |
| Ms. Anriette Esterhuysen |
Executive Director, Sangonet, Johannesburg, South Africa |
anriette@sn.apc.org |
| Ms. Christine Kisiedu |
Information consultant and former University Librarian, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana |
ckisiedu@ug.gn.apc.org |
| Mr. Ouhadj Mahiddine |
Special Advisor to the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, 4 bis BD Krim Belkacem Algiers, 16000, Algeria; fax: 213 271 9215 |
ouhadj@algeria.eu.net |
| Dr Venancio Massingue |
Vice-Rector and Director, Computer Center, University Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique |
venancio@bandla.uem.mz |
| Mr. Souleymane Sall |
Director, Silicon Valley, Ltd., Dakar, Senegal |
sall@cyg.sn |
All serve in their personal capacities.
ECA expresses its appreciation to the current and previous ATAC members for their invaluable contributions to the building of the African information society.
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