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ITU Regional Economic and Financial Forum of Telecommunications/ICTs for Africa, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 30-31 January 2017

The Regional Economic and Financial (REF) Forum of Telecommunications/ICTs for Africa, organized by the ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) in collaboration with the Post and Telecommunications Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ), was held at the Elephant Hills Hotel in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, from 30 to 31 January, 2017.

A meeting of the ITU-T Study Group 3 Regional Group for Africa (SG3RG-AFR) followed the Forum from 31 January (afternoon) to 3 February 2016.

Content

This year the ITU Regional Economic and Financial Forum (REF) focused, among other interesting subjects, on the developments and regulatory approaches in a digital converged world, including, ICTs Digital trends, the impact of the OTTs digital services on the economy, collaborative regulation in the Apps Economy, and the economic and financial issues in a converged broadband environment. A session and Rond table discussion on the new challenges and opportunities in the digital ecosystem were also presented.

Information

Programme and presentations of the Forum
Programme of the Forum (.pdf)
Executive Report of the Forum [EN] [FR]
List of Participants

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Invitation Letter [EN] [FR]
Practical Information

Organizers

ITU-T Study Group 3

Meeting of the ITU-T SG3 Regional Group for Africa (SG3 RG-AFR)
31 January (afternoon) to 3 February 2017
in the same venue

Useful Links
Contact Persons

In POTRAZ Zimbabwe:

Ms Norah Zaranyika
Public Affairs Officer
Telephone +263 4 333032
E-mail: norah.zaranyika[at]potraz.gov.zw
Ms Patience Makaha
Executive Assistant – Director Economics, Tariffs and Competition
Telephone +263 4 333032
Fax: +263 4 333041
E-mail: patience.makaha[at]potraz.gov.zw

ITU/BDT

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

Participation

The Economic and Financial Forum counted with the participantion of 91 delegates from 25 countries, including the African Telecommunications Union (ATU), South African Development Community (SADC), Ecole supérieure multinationale des télécommunications (ESMT), HAYO, Senegal, and the Universal Postal Union (UPU).