The First Meeting of the African Development Forum (ADF)
(24 - 28 October 1999)
Statements, Opening Remarks, Addresses & Panel Summaries


  Thursday: 28/10/99         Click here for video clips . . .
Closing day
- ADF ends with concrete initiatives on the table
- SCENARIO: FINAL PLENARY ADF, 28 October 1999
- The Way Forward to a people-centred African Information Society
- ADF Summary No. 17 - Workshop on introducing electronic commerce to small business (Tuesday 26/10)
- ADF Summary No. 16 - Feedback on Youth Focus Group (Tuesday 26/10)
- ADF Summary No. 15 - Breakout sessions on Infrastructure (Tuesday 26/10)
- ADF Summary No. 14 - Breakout sessions on Democratizing Access (Tuesday 26/10)
- ADF Summary No. 13 - Breakout sessions on Governance (Tuesday 26/10)
- ADF Summary No. 12 - Breakout sessions on Information Economy (Tuesday 26/10)
- ADF Summary No. 11 - Indicators for the information economy and theirrelevance to Africa (Tuesday 26/10)
- ADF Summary No. 10 - The Response from Donors (Wednesday 27/10)
- ADF Summary No. 9 - Summary of Address by President Alpha Oumar Konaré to the ADF
  Wednesday: 27/10/99      Click here for video clips . . .
- ADF Panel Summary No. 8 - ICTs and the Media (Tuesday 26/10)
- ADF Panel Summary No. 7 - Findings of the Gender Focus Group (Tuesday 26/10)
- ADF Panel Summary No. 6 - Strategies for Policy Research: A role for African Think Tanks (Tuesday 26/10)
  Tuesday: 26/10/99           Click here for video clips . . .
- ADF Panel Summary No. 5 - Democratizing Access to the Information Society (Theme 4) (Monday 25/10)
- ADF Panel Summary No. 4 - Strengthening Africa?s Information Infrastructure (Theme 3) (Monday 25/10)
- ADF Panel Summary No. 3 - ICTs for Improved Governance (Theme 2) (Monday 25/10)
- ADF Panel Summary No. 2 - Globalization and the Information Economy - Challenges and Opportunities (Theme 1) (Monday 25/10)
  Monday: 25/10/99            Click here for video clips . . .
- ADF Panel Summary No. 1 - "Progress towards the African Information Age" , 25 October 1999 (Monday 25/10)
- Speech by Mr. Noah Samara, Chairman and CEO, World Space Corporation
- Address by Mr. Leonard H. Robinson, JR. President and CEO, the National Summit on Africa
- Opening remarks by Mr. K.Y. Amoako, United Nations Under-Secretary General of the Economic Commission for Africa
- Address by the Deputy Secretary-General   (English/French)
  Sunday: 24/10/99             Click here for video clips . . .
Opening Session 
- Statement by H.E. Ato Meles Zenawi
- Opening remarks at the inaugural session by the Deputy Secretary-General of the UN, Louise Fréchette
- Opening remarks by Mr. K.Y. Amoako, United Nations Under-Secretary General of the Economic Commission for Africa
- Statement by Mr. Omar Kabaj, President of the African Development Bank
- Statement by the Secretary General of the Organization of African Unity, Salim Ahmed Salim;