ITU TELECOM AFRICA 2001:
12 to 16 November, Johannesburg, South Africa

ITU TELECOM AFRICA 2001 will be staged in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 12 to 16 November 2001. It will be the one place this year where Africa’s policy makers, industry experts and innovators can meet and share with each other the progress they have made for the benefit of the world’s people.

AFRICA is therefore your opportunity to see the future shape of telecommunications in Africa and to network with leaders in the world of telecommunications as they work to Bridge the Digital Divide. Every country in the region will be represented, so AFRICA will be the only telecoms event this year that’s truly regional, not local.

The event comprises an Exhibition and a Forum.

The Exhibition at ITU TELECOM AFRICA 2001

Major players from the global and regional info-communications marketplace will use the exhibition as the key venue this year to demonstrate their latest products and services and to do both local and regional business deals.

See www.itu.int/africa2001 for a complete, continuously updated list of exhibitors at AFRICA 2001.

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The Forum at ITU TELECOM AFRICA 2001

At the AFRICA 2001 Forum government and industry leaders will share their vision of 21st century telecoms for Africa and help to bridge the Digital Divide. It will be the chance of a lifetime to network with the telecoms Ministers of the region and the captains of the world’s info-communication companies.

The AFRICA 2001 Forum will encompass a Policy & Development Summit and an Infrastructure & Applications Summit, running in parallel over five days.
The Policy & Development Summit will focus on strategies for harmonizing and connecting Africa to the rest of the world via telecoms. In particular, it will examine the key challenges for bridging the digital divide.

The Infrastructure Summit will focus on the different solutions for promoting interconnectivity between African countries and, most importantly, access to and between rural areas.

Full details of the Forum at AFRICA 2001, including the programme, sessions and speakers, are available at www.itu.int/africa2001/forum.

The Forum will also include a Telecom Development Symposium (TDS) and a Youth Forum.

The Telecom Development Symposium will bring together 82 engineers and human resources specialists (middle managers) from Africa’s lowest income and least developed countries (LICs and LDCs) in order to visit the exhibition, participate in a special three-day programme on issues of immediate importance to their specific countries.

The Youth Forum, for its part, will bring one young woman and one young man of university age from each of 53 African countries via a competition based on contestants’ ideas about the impact of Information and Communications Technologies on the future of their countries and the role of youth.

Through an objective judging process, the ITU will identify smart, highly motivated young people who might comprise a corps of future leaders in the ICT field.

The winners of the competition will be awarded scholarships (fellowships) to attend AFRICA 2001 and participate in the Youth Forum.

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The Gallagher Estate

Situated within easy reach of Johannesburg’s northern suburbs, airports and major concentration of hotels, the venue for AFRICA 2001 is the Gallagher Estate, Midrand, one of Africa’s premier exhibition and conference venues.

The Estate is set in a stunning 19-hectare park that highlights Africa’s natural beauty. It features modern exhibition halls, excellent forum facilities, secure on-site parking for up to 5,000 vehicles and a number of attractive restaurants and bars.

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What to see at AFRICA 2001

The world’s most influential and dynamic telecoms companies will be showing the latest technologies, products and services, including: PSTN, Internet, Wireless Cellular, Fixed Wireless, Satellite, Value Added Services, Broadcast, Telecom Consumer, Telecom Network, Computer Hardware and Software, Components and Accessories.

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On-site and Online Services

AFRICA 2001 will feature a number of special services for visitors, ranging from on-site television and a Daily Newspaper to an online exhibition catalogue.

ITU TELECOM TV will broadcast live each day from INM’s purpose-built studio at the heart of the Gallagher Estate. With the latest news about what’s going on at the event, and regional and global news about the industry, ITU TELECOM TV will also be available in major hotels in Johannesburg as well as on-line at www.telecomtv.itu.int, which will feature both live and archived video streams. 

The Official Daily Newspaper for the event is being produced by the editors of the Financial Mail and Business Day. The Daily will chart the most important events that have taken place in the telecoms market in the last 24 hours. The Official Online News site will also carry daily news up-dates on the African and global telecoms industry.

Finally, full details of all exhibitors, including company profiles and products and services indexes, are contained in the Exhibition Catalogue for AFRICA 2001.

The Web-based Catalogue (www.itu.int/africa2001/catalogue) will be launched in October 2001 and will be continually updated until the end of event. The catalogue will be complemented by a pocket-sized Floor Plan to help visitors find what they are looking for.