According to www.uneca.org, representatives of the private sector, civil society, media, government and international institutions will meet in Accra to discuss an “Action Plan on Africa and the Knowledge Economy” (APAKE), for expanding access to - and use of - information and communications technologies (ICTs) in Africa.

The theme of the three day forum is “Access - Africa’s key to an inclusive Information Society.”

The APAKE will include concrete proposals for facilitating investment in ICTs and recommendations on e-strategies and applications across various sectors, such as education, agriculture and commerce, as well as human resource development.

Government ministers charged with advancing ICTs in Africa will use the forum to take stock of the achievements made since the establishment, in April 2004, of an African Ministerial Committee to act on proposals coming out of the WSIS in Geneva. The Committee has 13 member countries, with the African Union and ECA providing institutional and logistical support.

19 January 2005