Report of the second meeting of the committee on development information science and technology : CODIST-II

Abstract

The second meeting of the Committee on Development Information, Science and Technology (COOIST)was held with pre-meeting workshops on 1 May 2011 the format of the meeting comprised plenary sessions and three subcommittee sessions on information and communication technologies (ICTs), science and technology, and geoinformation respectively. Technical exhibitions were also organized during the meeting. The overall theme of the second meeting (COOIST-II) was "Innovation for Africa 's industrial development", with sub-themes on "Innovation strategies and industrial development plans" and "Enabling environment, innovation and industrial development", which were mainly addressed by the CODIST subcommittees. The keynote speaker, Professor Farouk Kamoun, delivered a paper entitled "Innovation for Africa's industrial development". Professor Francis Gudyanga of Zimbabwe, Professor SiasMostert of South Africa and Dr. EddaTandi Lwoga of the United Republic of Tanzania then responded to the paper from the perspectives of science and technology, geospatial technology, and library and information services, respectively.