Subregional Seminar on Internet for East African Countries: Opening statement by Dr. K.Y. Amoako Under United Nations secretary general and executive secretary, ECA

Abstract

This opening statement delivered by Dr. K.Y. Amoako Under United Nations Secretary-General and Executive Secretary, ECA at the Sub regional Seminar on Internet for East African Countries. Mr. Amoako, on his remarks highlighted that, in 1995, during the African Telematics for Development Conference hosted by ECA; only six African countries had full Internet connections with other countries from Sub-Saharan Africa. The recommendations from the Telematics Conference made it possible to set up the High Level Working Group on Information and Communications Technologies in Africa, which developed the "African Information Society Initiative" (AISI) that is becoming known throughout Africa and even around the world.