[Digital Business Africa] – The E-commerce Mobile Application African Award (ECMAAA) project of the African Civil Society ICT Network (ACSIS) was nominated for the WSIS PRIZE 2020 of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Digital Business Africa gave the floor to the president of ACSIS, Dr. Cissé KANE, who spoke of the importance of this project,…
Africa eCommerce 2018: Harnessing digital potentials deserve CSO collaboration
The week-long Africa eCommerce 2018 literally commenced on Sunday, December 9th with arrival of delegates from various parts of the world including Africa, although the main event began on Monday December 10 at the conference room 2 of the United Nations Office in Nairobi, Kenya, thus setting the capital city agog. Organised by the United…
ACSIS MEETING IN GENEVA – IGF 2017 DAY 4, Started at 14h00 (meeting chaired by Dr. Cisse Kane – President)
Cisse opened the meeting and welcomed everyone in attendance and to start of the meeting there was a round of introduction by those in attendance, of which some were interested members who were not necessarily members of ACSIS. The purpose of the meeting was to brainstorm about the future of ACSIS and discuss the plan…
ACSIS CONTRIBUTION: ITU STUDY GROUP 2 “ICT IN RURAL AND REMOTE AREAS”
Contributors : Remmy Nweke (Vice President ACSIS) , Akinremi Peter Taiwo (Regional Coordinator ACSIS West Africa), Mohamed Farahat (ACSIS Egypt), Wisdom Donkor (ACSIS Ghana), Dora Sende (ACSIS Cameroun), Dr. Chris Prince Udochukwu Njoku (ACSIS Nigeria), Paul Patrice Gomse (ACSIS Cameroun), Dr. Cissé Kane (President ACSIS), Introduction It is expedient to build an adequate overview of…
ACSIS PRESIDENT’S FOREWORD
Dear members of ACSIS, friends and actors of the African Civil Society for ICT and sustainable development. Several years ago, in June 2003, on the occasion of the first World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Geneva, we launched the pan-African network Africa Civil Society for the Information Society (ACSIS) to promote Inclusive Information…
MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT 2019
Dear colleagues, The past year has been a very busy one for our network, with More active and effective participation of ACSIS members in debates on ICT, Internet governance and the digital economy in Africa More and more memberships in the ACSIS network (individuals and organizations) A better diversification of our activities with several poles…
ACSIS PRESIDENT’S FOREWORD 2017
Dear colleagues ACSIS members,Dear friends of Africa, The year 2017 was a pivotal year in the development of our pan-African organization with several acts of recognition and strategic positioning that will promote ACSIS participation in the reflection and actions for sustainable ICT in Africa: Obtaining consultative status at the Economic and Social Council of the…
E-COMMERCE MOBILE APPLICATIONS: ACSIS REWARDS YOUNG AFRICAN TALENTS
Dakar – Nairobi – Geneva 20/12/2018 As part of the Africa Ecommerce weekend 2018 held in Nairobi from 10 to 14 December 2018, the African Civil Society on the Company of the largest pan-African network ICT Information organized the first contest of mobile e-commerce applications (ECMAA Awards). According to the president of ACSIS, Dr. Cissé…