This might be of interest ----- Original Message ----- *From:* Sholto Moroney<sholtom@aitecafrica.com> *To:* 'Helen Moroney' <helenm@aitecafrica.com> *Sent:* Thursday, June 25, 2009 12:55 PM *Subject:* AITEC East Africa: Low cost broadband - Summit focussing on local content innovation. Dear Colleague, The East African Region is on the brink of access to plentiful, low-cost broadband. News of the undersea cable-laying progress reaches us on a daily basis. The arrival of this dramatically increased capacity will change the way that East Africans access and use the Internet. And riding this wave of dramatic expansion in infrastructure, the ICT sector must now address the challenge of locally developed content that is relevant to local interests and needs. Who is going to develop this new content? What will it look like? Who will use it, and how? What opportunities are there to enhance community development and stimulate business? How will entrepreneurs capture the value of the new possibilities? Ignite Consulting, in conjunction with AITEC East Africa, is pleased to host an exciting event that will help answer some of these questions. The event, a highly participatory “Summit” focusing on local content innovation, will engage participants in dialogue and action planning. In this Summit, participants will: - Engage in high-level dialogue with their peers on innovation. - Explore and understand the web content needs of business and local communities throughout Kenya. - Discover the common positive themes that drive the need for local content. - Collaboratively discuss actionable ideas to serve local content needs. - Design plans for implementation and follow-through. Thought-leaders, community leaders and entrepreneurs, business leaders, ICT specialists, development partners, social change professionals, youth and rural leaders are invited to participate, contribute and learn from the interactive sessions over two days. Please join us for this exciting and unique experience. Please reply to this e-mail if you would like to receive a registration form. Yours sincerely, Sholto Moroney *Administrative Assistant* *AITEC Africa* Tel: +44 (0)1480 880774 Fax: +44 (0)1480 880765 Email: sholtom@aitecafrica.com www.aitecafrica.com *UPCOMING EVENTS:** **l** CCK 10th Anniversary Celebrations: Forum and Expo,** **Nairobi**, 15-17 July 2009 **l** AITEC Mozambique ICT Convention, **Maputo**, 17-18 September 2009 **l** East African Fibre Summit, **Nairobi**, 22-23 September 2009 **l** Customer Service & Contact Centre, **Lagos**,** 14-15 October 2009 **l** ComBIT, **Lagos**, 4-6 November 2009 **l** Outsourcing & Contact Centre East Africa, **Nairobi**, 11-13 November 2009*** AITEC Africa is the trading name of AITEC Conferences Limited registered in England and Wales. Company registration number: 4698475 This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have mistakenly received this e-mail and delete it from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. Warning: Although reasonable precautions have been taken to ensure no viruses are present in this email, no responsibility for any loss or damage arising from the use of this email or attachments is accepted.