.and Ghana?
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From: africa-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:africa-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf
Of Nnenna
Sent: vendredi 25 novembre 2005 12:53
To: africa@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [Africa-CS-WSIS]Moving ahead 01 - Ethiopia
Dear all
If I clearly remember, the choice of Ethiopia was made because of the
comparative advantages of :
* The Africa Union
* Most continental embassies
* The secretariat of the Africa Information Society Initiative
* The ECA
* The frequent meetings of African decision makers.
Ibrahima, I confirm what the diplomat said. Ethiopia is still running a
monopolistic state-controlled ICT service. It is the one country where
you cannot step in a get a personal phone number. The waiting in line takes
about 3 months.
The question here is what other comparative advantages will ACSIS get in
South Africa, Senegal, Kenya, Nigeria etc ... in terms of lobbying. On
another note, if I remember, the secretariat is only an admin unit. Work
will be done in countries.
One thing about Ethiopia though, you can get off the plane and get a visa.
This is not the case for Kenya and South Africa.
Very best
Nnenna
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