ECA Executive Secretary to meet President Mbeki on official visit to South Africa

Abstract

The African Development Forum is an ECA initiative to stimulate informed debate in Africa on important development issues and thereby strengthen African voices in establishing the development agenda for the region. ADF will address a series of issues over the next years but its inaugural session will focus on the challenge to Africa of globalization and the information age. ADF '99 will be held in Addis Ababa from October 24 - 28. The Department of Posts and Communications is of interest because it has developed innovative approaches to extending access to information technologies and has initiated a Green and White paper process on electronic commerce. The Minister’s experience at SABC and her interest in broadcasting could also contribute to the ADF theme on new technologies and the media.