Happy Anniversary!
At its 11th Anniversary, AfICTA - Africa ICT Alliance which was founded in 2012 by 6 (six) member nations (Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt, Kenya, Tunisia, and the Gambia) led by Dr. Jimson Olufuye, the founder, Past Chairman, and the Chair of the Advisory Council, now has membership in more than 38 African nations and the work of advocacy for Africans to reap the benefit of the digital innovation is quite on course.
The Chairman, Mr. Thabo Mashegoane in his congratulatory message appreciates all the stakeholders involved in AfICTA’s milestone of success. He says “AfICTA in its advocacy for prosperity and enabling environment for businesses in Africa has held ten (10) consecutive Summits in different member nations and from the past experiences and outcomes of the summits, AfICTA continues to close the gap that exists between all sectors that are involved in shaping the Internet and delivering the information society to the realization of digital Africa through knowledge sharing, trade facilitation, and cross-African advocacy”. In more specific terms, AfICTA Summit promotes Public-Private Partnerships by enhancing links between businesses and governments across Africa.
In 2018, the strategy to further deepen engagement and fast-track the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 was conceived, and that birthed organizing quarterly regional-focused eConferences and capacity development seminars, discussing pertinent topics to each region in Africa and working with governments and other involved stakeholders in achieving the recommendations thereof.
In the past 11 years, we’ve added our impactful voice to Internet Public Policy discussions at the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development through its Working Groups on Internet Governance Forum and Enhanced Cooperation. We have similarly been active in promoting the United Nations Internet Governance Forum and the African Internet Governance Forum. AfICTA also pioneered business engagement at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Business Constituency (BC). We have thus accomplished partnerships with a number of international bodies of like minds and we continue to build on such relationships. Some of the partners are the AU (African Union); ICANN-BC EU (European Union); UNECA (United Nations on Economic Commission for Africa), and ASOCIO (Asian-Oceania Computing Industry Organization)…, AfICTA has indeed been identified as the leading digital business voice on the continent.
We want to appreciate all our members, partners, and sponsors for their efforts and support geared toward fulfilling the promise of the digital age for everyone in Africa.
Cheers!
AfICTA Secretariat
