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AITEC reveals ICT congress speakers

Staff Writer
By Staff Writer, ITWeb
Johannesburg, 22 Sept 2011

The congress will take place on 5 and 6 October, at the Joaquim Chissano International Conference Centre, in Mozambique.

With the theme 'Building on local skills and capacity to develop effective ICT solutions that address local needs', the event aims to profile successful ICT projects and organisations in the country.

According to AITEC chairman Sean Morone, 18 Mozambican ICT industry leaders helped design the programme for Mozambique's ICT community.

The speakers include Adrian Schofield, manager of the Applied Research Unit at the Joburg Centre for Software Engineering; Bill Hearmon, chairman of the African Forum; Arthur Goldstuck, CEO of World Wide Worx; and Prof Erkki Sutinen, chief technical assistant in Finland's Ministry of Science and Technology.

The two-day congress will cover a variety of key subjects, including bandwidth, e-learning, the unbanked, ICT systems, practical ICT solutions, ICT management, as well as open source software.

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