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Figure 3  Participants of Pan African e-Network Program

 Enablers that “made it happen”?

○ Leadership
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam took personal interest in its implementation. It became a flagship project
of the Government of India. African Union Commission took a leadership role from the African
side to remove all obstacles and promote the project
○ Governance (within the city and across levels of government)
All the participating African Nations took keen interest in its implementation

○ Financial (e.g. PPP, risk management)
The project was fully funded by the Government of India
○ Organizational (partnership; private involvement; citizen involvement; project management)
The individual stakeholders like doctors, professors went out of their way to ensure success of
this program
○ Communication (internal and external, branding)
The institutions on the African side gave due publicity to this program in their respective
Nations.

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