AfICTA, Africa ICT Alliance, a private sector-led initiative of ICT industry leaders in Africa, celebrated its first anniversary, 26-28 June 2013 in Lagos, Nigeria with an inaugural Summit with the theme: “Fulfilling the Promise of the Digital Age in Africa”. Delegates attended the event from Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt, Kenya, Togo and the USA with many others from South Africa, Rwanda, the Gambia, Burundi and Namibia participating remotely.
At the end of its 1st physical Board Meeting on 25 June, 2013, the Board members signed the Lagos Declaration with the commitment to:
- Uphold the vision, mission and goals of AfICTA
- Support, promote and defend the multi-stakeholder principle of ICT and Internet governance
- Enhanced Cooperation (all stakeholders working together) as a principle for collaborative governance for Africa’s sustainable socio-economic development
- Enriching African economies through continuous networking, business to business and ICT driven intra-African trade
- Engage and cooperate with other stakeholders and stakeowners towards the realization of all the above
