ITU REGIONAL OFFICE FOR AFRICA
OVERVIEW AND ACTIVITIES
TOPICS
Presentation of the Regional office for
Africa
Main activities
ITU Projects in Africa
Activities related to ITU-T
Actions undertaken with ITU-T
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PRESENTATION OF AFRICA REGION
TUNISIA
MOROCCO
Canary Islands
LIBYA
ALGERIA
Cape Verde Is.
EGYPT
MAURITANIA
MALI
GAMBIA
NIGER
SUDAN
CHAD
ERITREA
SENEGAL
BURKINA
BISSAU
BENIN
GUINEA
GUINEA
SIERRA LEONE
COTE D’IVOIRE
CENTRAL
AFRICAN
REP
GHANA
TOGO
LIBERIA
DJIBOUTI
NIGERIA
CAMEROON
ETHIOPIA
KENYA
EQ. GUINEA
Sao Tome & Principe
GABON
SEYCHELLES
RWANDA
BURUNDI
D.R.CONGO
TANZANIA
COMOROS
ANGOLA
ZAMBIA
MAURITIUS
ZIMBABWE
NAMIBIA
BOTSWANA
SWAZILAND
LESOTHO
SOUTH AFRICA
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REGIONAL OFFICE FOR AFRICA
ADDIS ABABA
Area Representative
Area Representative
Central Africa
YAOUNDE
Eastern Africa
ADDIS ABABA
Area Representative
Area Representative
Southern Africa
HARARE
Western Africa
DAKAR
Project
Coordinators
Senior
Advisor
Net. M.D.
Central
Senior
Advisor
Net. M.D.
East / South
Senior
Advisor
HRD
English
Senior
Advisor
HRD
Fr./Port.
Senior
Advisor
Net. M.D.
West
MAIN ACTIVITIES - ISAP (Istanbul Action Plan)
A four-year (2003-2006) strategic and working Plan
Section II : Actions
A. - ISAP Programmes
Prog-1: Regulatory Reform
Prog-2: Technologies and Telecommunication / ICT
network development
Prog-3: e-strategies and e-services/applications
Prog-4: Economics and Finance, including costs and
tariffs,
Prog-5: Human capacity building
Prog-6: Special Programme for LDCs
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ISAP (Istanbul Action Plan)
A four-year (2003-2006) strategic and working Plan
B. - Activities
Activity 1: Statistics and information on
telecommunication/ICTs
Activity 2: Partnership and promotion
C. – Special initiatives
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ITU Projects in Africa
AFRITEL Project : Infrastructure
 SRII (Southern Region Information
Infrastructure). ITU/SADC-SATCC
 INTELCOM-II . ITU/ECOWAS
 CMTL S.A.
 Seminar and workshop on technical
matters
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ITU Projects in Africa (Cntd)
INDAFTEL Project : Industrialization
Centre of Excellence Project (CoE)
Capacity building. ESMT and AFRALTI
Regulation Project
UEMOA/ ECOWAS
CEMAC
Eastern Africa
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ITU Projects in Africa (Cntd)
PILOT Projects
MCT (Mali, Uganda, Tanzania, Benin, Cap Vert)
Telemedicine (Senegal, Mozambique Guinea,
Kenya, Cameroon, Ethiopia)
E-Commerce (Burkina, Cameroon, Côte
d’Ivoire, Mali, Senegal, South Africa, Senegal)
MCT for Refugees (Tanzania)
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NEW Project
ITU SUPPORT TO NEPAD
 Background : Res 35 of WTDC-02 and Res
PLEN/5 PP- 02
 Project phase 1 : establish a Project
Document detailing the investment needed to
achieve the short and medium terms objectives
relative to telecom and ICTs
 Project phase 2 : Assist the African countries
in Mobilizing resources and implementing concrete
projects leading to the achievement of the
objectives
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Activities related to ITU-T
Promotion of more widespread use of new
technical specifications and standards aiming at
the development and expansion of Telecom/ICT
Network and related services
Provision of information on ITU standards,
recommendations, procedures and guidelines for
the introduction of new technologies and new
services in the telecommunication/ICTs networks
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Actions undertaken within the Region
Study Group 12 meeting, October 2001,
Dakar, Senegal.
workshop on the Quality of Service and
Transmission from the user’s point of
view, in the utilization of the new
network system, October 2001, Dakar,
Senegal.
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Actions undertaken with ITU-T cont’d
ITU-T seminar on trends in the
telecommunication industry, July 2002,
Kasane, Botswana
Seminar on the impact of
Electromagnetic Field emissions on
humans and the environment,
September 2003, Kampala, Uganda
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Participation to ITU-T Activites
Through the delegation of a Member
State
As a ITU-T sector member
The participation of Africa region nedd
to be enhanced
The Regional and area offices are at
your disposal
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