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Conference Coverage - Press Releases, Speeches and Presentations
Report of the Fourth Meeting of the Committee on Development Information (CODI)
Resolutions of the Fourth Meeting of the Committee on Development Information (CODI-IV),
23-28 April 2005, Addis Ababa Ethiopia
Amoako stresses link between information and development in Africa
ECA Press Release No. 11/2005
Integrating information into Africa’s development is critical for full economic success on the continent, according to ECA Executive Secretary K.Y Amoako.
Day 4: 28 April 2005
Closing session: 16:30 pm
ICT
Sommet mondial sur la societe de l ’information
Ridha Guellouz
Information Management Resource Kit .... a partnership-based e-learning initiative
Dr Justin Chisenga, Information Management Specialist, Regional Office for Africa, Accra, Ghana
ICT Hardware Development in Nigeria: Naseni Experience
FRANK C. OBI, Ph.D
Geo-Information
Experts Hail Impact of Electronic Mapping on Africa
By Cristina Muller, Addis Ababa, 28 April 2005
Statistics
African governments urged to commit to census programme
By Cristina Muller, ECA, 28 April 2005
 
Day 3: 27 April 2005
Plenary Sessions
The geoinformation industry in africa: prospects and potentials
Craig A. Schwabe, Director, GIS Centre, Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), South Africa
Competition and Transformation of the Telecommunications Industry in Africa
The Case of Kenya: Lessons Learned in Governance and Privatization
Ernest Mwangi KLI for ECA
Statistical information and economic and monetary integration
Richard MICHEL Statistician Economist Consultant
ICT
The status and impacts of development of national and regional ICT policies, plans and strategies
Atsuko Okuda, Development Information Services Division, Economic Commission for Africa
Partnerships and Network in the Implementation of the African Information Society Initiative (AISI)
Nnenna Nwakanma, ACSIS - The Africa Civil Society for the Information Society
ECA’s ICT - Library 2004 - 2005 Activities Report & Biennium 2006-2007 Work Programme
Thierry H. Amoussougbo, Regional Adviser - DISD
Geo-Information
Session 5
African Resource Management Constellation ARM - An African Space Initiative
Sias Mostert Stellenbosch Satellite Engineering Group
South African Satellite Program
Prof Sias Mostert, Stellenbosch University and SunSpace
New Developments: Nigeria’s Earth Observing and Communication Satellite Programmes
Ganiy Agbaje, National Space Research & Development Agency [NASRDA]
Space: A National Resource for Canada
Canadian Space Agency
 
Day 2: 26 April 2005
ECA Calls for Rapid Transition to 'Information Economy' 
ECA Press Release No. 10/2005, Addis Ababa, 26 April 2005.
Plenary Sessions
National Knowledge Systems and the Status of Information Access Policies in Africa
Abraham Azubuike, ECA
Logiciels libres et à codes source ouverts et la créativité industrielle en Afrique
Pierre Ouédraogo, Institut francophone des nouvelles technologies de l’information et de la formation (INTIF), Bordeaux, France
Location based services A South African case study
Ray Wilkinson
ICT
Creation D’un Environnement Favorable
Pr. Abdoullah Cissé, Université Gaston Berger Saint-Louis-Sénégal
National ICT Policies for Poverty Reduction: Emerging Trends and Issues
The Gambia NICI Development Process
Dr Baharul Islam, Development Information Services Division, ECA
Innovation for economic Grow
Constantino Sotomane, MICTI-Mozambique Information and Communication Technology Institute
The Internet Governance Space: Exploring the Core Issues from Africa’s Perspective
Professor Clement Dzidonu, Senior Research Fellow, International Institute for Information Technology (INIIT)
“Information and Economic Growth: Legal Framework”
Dayo Ogunyemi, Attorney and Consultant, Counsel Advisory Group/EMC Matrix
« Logiciels Libres et Sécurité »
E. Bouillon, C. Blancher
Emerging IPR issues in the information economy
Eskedar Nega,
DISD/ECA
Pan-African e-Commerce Initiative, Towards a Program of Action for Accelerating e-Commerce in Africa
Makane Faye, DISD/ECA
Customs Automation and Trade Facilitation (In the Case of Ethiopian Customs)
MekonnenGebeyehu
Report on implementation of the Recommendations of the Subcommittee on ICT of CODI III
Mohamed Timoulali, DISD, ECA
E-Services in Africa: Banking and Financial Sector
Oumar Seck, Executive Director - Financial, Technology & Linkage Services, Regional Programme Coordinator, Enterprise Africa
The African Technical Advisory Committee (ATAC) Report to CODI IV
Sebiletso Mokone-Matabane, Chairperson, ATAC IV
Geo-Information
Session 4
Progress Report on African Reference Frame (AFREF), 2003-2005
Dr. Wilber Ottichilo, Director General, Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development
Nairobi, Kenya
The ICA Working Group Mapping Africa for Africa
Bengt Rystedt, Past President of the International Cartographic Association 2003-2007
Data content standards in Africa
Antony K Cooper (CSIR), Sives Govender (EIS-Africa), Kate Lance (USGS/EROS), Larry L Tieszen (USGS/EROS)
The SALB project. Second Administrative Level Boundaries data set
Steeve Ebener, SALB Coordination Office WHO / EIP/ KMS /EHL
Executive Working Group (EWG). Task Team on Standards
Session 3
Factors Enabling the Use of Geoinformation in Africa’s Development
Craig Schwabe
Report Situs Addressing System in Africa workshop
Remy Sietchiping, DISD/ECA, Addis Ababa
Integration of spatial data infrastructures into national information policies: Linking SDI and NICI Development Processes to Speed Up the Emergence of the African Information Society
Session 2
Request Mapping Projects to Japan
K. Tsuda, JICA Study Team for Mapping in Nairobi, Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd.
Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD)
Dr. Wilber Ottichilo, Director General of RCMRD
Statistics
Statistics Experts Concerned by Slow Progress
By Cristina Muller, 26 April 2005
 
Day 1: 25 April 2005
Discours d'ouverture prononcé par Joséphine Ouedraogo, Secretaire Executif Adjoint par Intérim de la Commission Economique pour l'Afrique
Plenary
Briefing on the Fourth Meeting of the Committee on Development Information (CODI IV)
Aida Opoku-Mensah, OIC, Development Information Services Division (DISD)
Information as an Economic Resource: A Response from Geo-Information Perspective
Peter Adeniyi
“Information as an Economic Resource” ICT Keynote Response
Dayo Ogunyemi, Attorney and Consultant, Counsel Advisory Group/EMC Matrix
Geoinformation & Natural Resources Exploitation in Africa
Francis A. ADESINA, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-ife, Osun State, Nigeria
Information and Communication Technologies in International Trade
Matthew Wake
Role of Librarians & Other Information Professionals
Kingo Mchombu, Department of Information & Communication Studies - University of Namibia
Information as an Economic Resource
Moubarack LO
Statistical Information and the Banking Sector
Sheku A.F. Bangura
ICT
The African Information Economy: ICTs in the National Budgets of African Countries
Assefa Bahta, DISD
“Information and Economic Growth: Legal Framework”
Dayo Ogunyemi, Attorney and Consultant, Counsel Advisory Group/EMC Matrix
Geo-Information
Session 1
Réforme cadastrale, droits de propriété et développement économique pour un développement pacifique et libre des ressources naturelles et des collectivités
Natural Resources Canada
Cadastral Reform, Property Rights and Economic Development.  Underpinning peaceful and unimpeded natural resource and community development
Natural Resources Canada
 
Pre- CODI IV Workshops: 23 - 24 April 2005

Welcoming speech at the Open Source Workshop
by Aida Opoku-Mensah, OIC of DISD

"Africa should make more use of Free and Open Source Software",
By Mercy Wambui, 24 April 2004

Experts to unpack the value of Information as an Economic Resource,
By Mercy Wambui, 22 April 2005
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