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ITU Regional Economic and Financial Forum of Telecommunications/ICTs for Africa, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 18-19 January 2016

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Regional Economic and Financial Forum of Telecommunications/ICTs for Africa was organized by the ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) in collaboration with the Telecommunication Regulatory Authority of Côte d’Ivoire (ARTCI), at the “Espace Latrille Events” in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, from 18 and 19 (morning) January 2016. The meetings organized by the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau for the Study Group 3 Regional Group for Africa (SG3RG-AFR) followed the Forum from 19 (afternoon) to 21 (morning) and the SG17RG-AFR from the 21 (afternoon) to 22 January 2016.

This Forum is part of the BDT programme to provide Member states and Sector Members in the different regions with the opportunity to present and discuss matters on regulatory, economic and financial issues in the Telecommunications/ICT sector, including cost and tariff issues of relevance to their specific regions. This is the unique platform in the world where such issues are discussed between regulators and other stakeholders.

The Chairman of the Forum was Mr. Guy Michel Kouakou, Director Economics affairs, prospective and international cooperation, ARTCI, Côte d'Ivoire.

Content

This year the Forum focused, among other interesting subjects, on connecting the unconnected in a digital converged world, the LET'S ROAM THE WORLD - ITU Initiative, the economic and financial issues in a converged broadband environment and the new challenges in the digital ecosystem.

Forum Information

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Invitation Letter (English - Français)
Practical Information (English - Français)
List of negotiated hotels

Organizers

The organizers are:

ITU-T Meetings information

Meeting of the ITU-T SG3 Regional Group for Africa (SG3RG-AFR), 19-22 January 2016
Meeting of the ITU-T SG17 Regional Group for Africa (SG17RG-AFR) 22 January 2016
ITU-T Study Group 3 on Economic and Policy issues

Useful links
Contact Persons

In ARTCI Abidjan:

Mr Guy Michel Kouakou, Director Economics affairs, prospective and international cooperation
Tel.: +225 20345880
Mobile: +225 05 97 61 68
E-mail: kouakou.guy-michel[at]artci.ci
Ms Régina Fleur Bessou Assoumou, Head of International Cooperation Department
Tel.: +225 20344265 /20345880
Fax: +225 20344375
E-mail: bessou.regina[at]artci.ci

ITU/BDT

Ms Carmen Prado-Wagner
ITU-D Regulatory and Market
Environment Division (RME)
carmen.prado[at]itu.int
Ms Anne Rita Ssemboga
ITU Regional Office for Africa, Ethiopia
anne.rita.ssemboga[at]itu.int

Participation

The Regional Economic and Financial Forum of Telecommunication/ICT for Africa was attended by 114 participants from 23 countries including regional organizations and academia such as the African Telecommunication Union (ATU), Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Internet Society (ISOC), Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (BCEAO), African Development Bank (ADB), University of Abidjan, Ecole Supérieure Multinationale des Télécommunications (ESMT) and GSM Association Africa.