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| Harold Muvuti |
As you may
know, The ICT Africa 2012 exhibition will be held in Harare about a week
from now. We just received a press release with an update of mostly the content
of this year’s exhibition. The update says as this year’s event marks the 25th year since the first ICT Africa exhibition was held
and to celebrate this achievement the organizers want it to be the most “exciting” one yet.
In a
manner different from previous exhibitions, this year a “debate” will be hosted
at the exhibition. We found the subject of the debate quite interesting. It
says in part “the merits of Microsoft, Apple and Samsung [products]”. Not sure why they picked this
particular one but we’re guessing fanboyism and the resultant emotional
discussion likely to rise out of it played a part. We also have no idea how
exactly the “debate” will be conducted or what the envisaged outcome is, so
we’ll have to wait and see.
The organizers
of the 2 day exhibition and conference, the Computer
Suppliers Association of Zimbabwe (COMSA), says they also plan
to use the opportunity of year’s exhibition to launch a new name for their
organisation, which will now be called “ICT Suppliers
Association”. The new name,
according to the release, reflects “the convergence of technologies that has
taken place and broadening its membership criteria to embrace all those
supplying ICT products and services, rather than just suppliers of computer
hardware and software.”
Stressing
that nobody should miss the exhibition, COMSA chairman, Harold
Muvuti, is quoted in the release explaining that ICT has become
essential for virtually every business of whatever size and millions of
individuals who now access the internet from PCs and other devices such as
mobile phones. “A huge number of people of all ages
interact on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. What used to be the
preserve of a few has now become commonplace for many ordinary people.” said Muvuti.