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The African Union’s Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, HE Mrs Elham Mahmood Ahmed Ibrahim, will tell participants at this year’s eLearning
Mrs Ibrahim, who will be a keynote speaker at eLearning Africa in
“A review of infrastructure-sharing experiences found that developing countries can save billions and speed broadband access by sharing infrastructure,” Mrs Ibrahim said in a pre-conference interview with eLearning
Better access to education and training through improvements in communications is a crucial element of the African Union’s 2063 Vision for a ‘transformed continent’ and Mrs Ibrahim will stress the importance of improvements in infrastructure for meeting the AU’s targets.
Many African governments have recently become convinced that poor telecommunications infrastructure, rather than a lack of ICT hardware, is the main factor preventing African countries from using new technology to create a “multiplier effect” in their education systems. The subject is likely to be one of the major themes for discussions, involving African ICT and Education ministers, at eLearning
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The focus of this year’s event will be on the African Union’s 2063 Vision and the theme of the conference is ‘Making Vision Reality’. Other keynote speakers joining Mrs Ibrahim at the opening plenary session of the conference will include HE Yasser El-Kady, Egyptian Minister of Communications and Information Technology; Günter Nooke, Special Representative for Africa of the German Chancellor Angela Merkel; Professor Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Biblioteca Alexandrina; Thierry Zomahoun, President of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences; and Tarek Shawki, Head of the Presidential Council for Education and Scientific Research.
This year is the first time eLearning Africa has been held in
About eLearning Africa
Every year
eLearning Africa brings together over 1,200 eLearning experts, high-level
decision makers, practitioners, researchers, entrepreneurs and stakeholders
from over 90 countries, and from across the education, business and public
sectors. They discuss, debate, inform, share experience and plan action. In
2016, eLearning Africa will be hosted by Egypt ’s Information Technology
Industry Development Agency (ITIDA), under the patronage of H.E. Yasser ElKady,
Minister of Communications and Information Technology.
As the largest
conference of its kind, the three-day event has become widely recognised as an
unmissable occasion for anyone with an interest in education in Africa . It provides outstanding opportunities to learn,
understand, present, promote, exhibit, connect and develop new partnerships.
Notes For Editors
• eLearning Africa, 11th International Conference on ICT for Development, Education and Training
• May 24 – 26, 2016
• Royal Maxim Palace Kempinski Hotel
• Organisers: ICWE GmbH (www.icwe.net), hosted by ITIDA (itida.gov.eg), under the auspices of the Ministry of ICT
Contact
ICWE GmbH, Ms Rebecca Stromeyer
info@elearning-africa.com, www.eLearning-africa.com, Tel.: +49 (0)30 310 18 18-0
Press Contacts
ICWE GmbH, Juliane Walter & Gregory Vespasien
press-service@icwe.net, Tel.: +49 (0)30 310 18 18-0, Fax: +49 (0)30 324 98 33
• eLearning Africa, 11th International Conference on ICT for Development, Education and Training
• May 24 – 26, 2016
• Royal Maxim Palace Kempinski Hotel
• Organisers: ICWE GmbH (www.icwe.net), hosted by ITIDA (itida.gov.eg), under the auspices of the Ministry of ICT
Contact
ICWE GmbH, Ms Rebecca Stromeyer
info@elearning-africa.com, www.eLearning-africa.com, Tel.: +49 (0)30 310 18 18-0
Press Contacts
ICWE GmbH, Juliane Walter & Gregory Vespasien
press-service@icwe.net, Tel.: +49 (0)30 310 18 18-0, Fax: +49 (0)30 324 98 33
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