Nigeria hosts AfrITEx2008
No fewer than 200 exhibitors across the globe are expected to be part of a three-day 2008 Africa Information Technology Exhibition (AfrITEx2008) strategic conference to be held in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, starting on Wednesday, reports All Africa.com.
The event, which will be hosted by the National Information Technology Development Agency in collaboration with DASMedia, is also expected to attract over 5 000 industry leaders and stakeholders from across the African, American, Asian and European continents "to learn, network and showcase the best in ICT".
Telecommunications and GIS will take the centre stage on the first day of the conference; e-government, e-banking and e-commerce for the second day; and hardware, software and systems integrations on the last day.
KickStart selects Serenic
Serenic Navigator and integrated business operations solutions have been selected by KickStart International, a multinational non-profit organisation that develops and markets new technologies in Africa to help millions of people emerge from poverty, says Fox Business.
KickStart supports sustainable economic growth and employment through its low-cost technologies used for irrigation and agricultural production. Its MoneyMaker products are purchased by local entrepreneurs in African nations, who use them to establish new, highly profitable, small businesses.
In addition to promoting small enterprise development, KickStart's technologies, expertise and methods are widely applied throughout Africa to support programmes in agriculture, shelter, water, sanitation, health and relief.
African ICT industry is booming
Africa has been the fastest growing market worldwide in communication technology over the past three years, according to the head of the United Nations International Telecommunication Union, states AllAfrica.com.
Speaking at the opening of a major trade fair for the African telecommunications industry in Cairo on Monday, Hamadoun Tour'e, secretary-general of the ITU, said the African ICT industry "is an exciting place to be".
A report released at the event by the ITU said growth in Africa's mobile telephone sector had "defied all predictions". Africa had 65 million new subscribers in 2007 alone and mobile phone penetration has risen from just one in 50 people in 2000 to one-third of the population today.
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