A three-day Spectrum Africa 2012 has taken off in the city of Uganda says the chief executive officer, Kemilinks International., Mr. Shola Taylor.
Confirming
this, Taylor also said that Spectrum Africa 2012, kicked
off at Sheraton Hotel Kampala, Monday and is expected to last till Wednesday
April 25.
According to him, the event is to boost the African Union, NEPAD strategies
on Spectrum Management in Africa, prompting Information and Communications
Technology (ICT) experts converge in Kampala to dialogue on Spectrum Management.
He also said
that this informed their respective decisions to endorse this edition of Spectrum Africa which
is to review the decisions of the recently concluded World Radiocommunications
Conference (WRC 12) and examine its implications for Africa.
Taylor disclosed that Kemilinks International is collaborating the Uganda Communications Commission and
the African Telecommunications Union (ATU)
on Spectrum Africa 2012.
The International
Telecommunication Union (ITU),
he said, is also participating at this high level event as key partners.
For the Head
of Information Systems at the African Union Commission headquartered in Addis
Ababa, Moctar Yedaly,
“The African Union is actively involved in promoting a harmonised
ICT policy and regulatory framework in Africa, and the management of spectrum
and orbital resources is a key component of that strategy.”
The theme of
the forum is, ‘WRC 12: Implications
for Africa.’
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