Regional Development Forum for Africa
RDF AFRICA
Accra, Ghana, 1 October 2013
the strategicIDEA
ICT for Development and Empowerment of Africa
DRAFT AGENDA
Timing
08:00 - 09:15
09:30 - 10:00
Activities description
Participants welcoming and Registration
Opening session
 H.E.Dr. Edward K. Omane Boamah, Minister of Communications,
Ghana
 Mr. Brahima Sanou, BDT Director, ITU
Responsible
Hostesses, ITU
MC
H.E. Dr. Edward K. Omane
Boamah, Minister of
Communications, Ghana
Interlude: Ghana Dance Ensemble
 H. E. Mr. P.V. Obeng, Senior Presidential Advisor & Chairman of
National Development Planning Commission, Guest of Honor &
Keynote Speaker
10:00 – 10:30
10:30 – 11:00
11:00 – 12:30
Statements by Ministers
Group Photo & Coffee Break
IDEA 1 – Enhancing Broadband Sustainability: multi stakeholder
Roundtable
For the promise of ICT and Broadband as one of its pillars to be sustainable
as an enabler of the Development and Empowerment of Africa, the
Roundtable will discuss Broadband policies, strategies and legal and
regulatory frameworks, Human and Institutional Capacity Building,
accessibility and inclusiveness for persons with disabilities and
disadvantaged groups, localization of access through multi-lingual Internet
and the funding strategies for these formidable tasks The Smart
Sustainable Development Models will also be discussed.
12:30 – 13:00
Discussion
Continuing to look forward, RDF will deliberate on WSIS+10.
13:00 – 14:00
Discussion/Q&A
Lunch Break
Host country
Moderator: Mr. A. Rugege
Panelists:
Prof. NiiQuaynor
Mr. Mademba Cisse
Mr. Eustace N.Maboreke
Mr. Cosmas Zavazava, ITU
Ms. Aida Opoku-Mensah
Mr. Jaroslaw Ponder, ITU
Host Country
ICT for Development and Empowerment of Africa
14:00 – 15:30
IDEA 2 – Broadband Applications for Development and Empowerment
Under the guidance of the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS
2005) and the subsequent Connect Africa Summit (CAF 2007), Africa took
significant steps to build and enhance broadband infrastructure. In order
to leverage this infrastructure and positively impact the lives of Africa’s
citizens, the panel will discuss innovative ways and initiatives to bring
broadband applications and services to the people in the areas of
Governance, Health, Commerce, Agriculture and Education. Given the
increasing access to mobile phones, the panel will pay particular attention
to the ITU m-Powering Development initiative and the potential for mobile
applications to change lives.
15:30 – 16:00
16:00 – 16:15
16:15 – 17:15
Discussion
The migration from Analog to Digital Broadcasting and the use of
consequent Digital Dividend for Broadband will also be discussed.
Questions and Answers
Coffee Break
IDEA 3 – Creating a safer cyberspace
Broadband has made access to the Internet faster and easier, facilitated
online applications and services for business, health care, education,
emergency response and others. Unfortunately, it has also facilitated
cybercrime and increased cyber threats and the panel will discuss
mitigation and how to create safer cyberspace, including Child Online
Protection (COP), Computer Incidence Response Teams (CIRT), Electronic
Transactions, Personal Data Protection and other cyber security
challenges.
17:15 – 18:00
Questions and Answers
Wrap-up and closing Session
Report by all Rapporteurs to identify all the priority areas for comment and
validation by participants. The resulting multi-stakeholder report of
priorities will provide input and subsequent consideration by the Regional
Preparatory Meeting of WTDC-14
Presenter and Moderator:
Ms. Elizabeth Migwalla
Panelists:
Mr. Bruce Gracie
Mr. Mustapha Diaby Mamy
Mr. Raphael Koffi
Mr. Mario Maniewicz, ITU
Mr. Shola Taylor
Mr. Paul Garnett
Host country
Moderator: H.E. Mr.
Carmelo Modu
Panelists:
Ms. Veronica Sesey – MP
Mr. Patrick Mwesigwa
Ms. Florence LengoumbiKouya
Mr. Pierre S. DANDJINOU
Moderator : Mr. A.
Soumaila
Panelists: Moderators of
sessions 1-3
ICT for Development and Empowerment of Africa