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Sean Moroney, chairman of AITEC Africa, organisers of the event, said that the event is designed to further catalyse East Africa's ICT industry following the landing of undersea fibre cables on the coast.
"Now that we have substantial international bandwidth available in the region, the ICT industry needs to get its act together to deliver world-class services, enabling the regional economy to compete internationally. The summit has an important role to play in establishing best practices for a robust ICT sector in the region. We also want to showcase the region's emerging ICT innovators at the event to give them exposure to customers, partners and even investors. There is a tremendous reservoir of ICT talent in the region which needs business direction and investment."
Over 100 ICT companies will be showcasing their products and services in the expo and over 500 delegates are expected to attend the conference. The conference programme has a line-up of local and international experts, who will deliver presentations and participate in panel discussions and workshops.
Software development and mobile applications
Corporate systems for productivity and competitiveness
Risk management and data security
The conference will be opened by Dr Bitange Ndemo, permanent secretary in Kenya's Ministry of Information and Communications.
For the full programme and to register as a delegate, go to www.aitecafrica.com or email moc.acirfacetia@ofni.