African ICT ministers have ended the Fourth African
Telecommunication meeting in Sudan by resolving to secure the necessary funds
to reserve orbits for the continent's satellites, merge mail services in the
telecommunications sector, and implement the decisions of the conference, Sudan
Vision reported. The Zambian Transport and
Telecommunications Minister Christopher Manoma were elected
chairman for the new session of the conference.
Ministers taking part in the meeting demanded an acceleration
of the shift from analogue to digital broadcasting, national legislations on
electronic domain security, enough funds to implement the .africa
(Dot Africa) domain programme, faster implementation of priority
projects, support for teams updating African networks to IPv6, and more
distance education within the African computer network.
The Khartoum declaration called for the Electronic Domain
Security Agreement bill to be presented to the concerned authorities and passed
and accredited according to African Union rules
and procedures. It also sought cooperation with international partners to
expand the African Leadership IT programme to other African Union regions. In
addition, it called for a feasibility study into establishing an African space agency.
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