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"Ghana, m(obile)Development?" AfricaNext! Policy Forum on Selected UNCTAD XII ISSUES

upcoming meeting organised by Amos Anyimadu of Africa Next Knowledge Brokerage and Interaction

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In appreciation of UNCTAD XII, AfricaNext! would organise a roundtable
on the theme "Ghana, m(obile)Development?"

UNCTAD XII in Accra would discuss the creative industries
http://www.unctad.org/Templates/meeting.asp?intItemID=2068&lang=1&m=14639&info=highlights
as well as ICT for Development
http://www.unctadxii.org/en/Programme/Pre-Conference-events/Science-Technology-Innovation-and-ICTs-for--Development-UNCTAD-XII-pre-event/


AfricaNext! would focus on these themes. Speakers include Professor Knud
Skouby of Aalbourg Univresity, John Totoe of Mobile Content company,
Ghana and the visual artists Rikki Kwawu and Kwasi Owusu Ankomah.

Venue is the Kofi Annan ICT Centre of Excellence, Osu - opposite the
offices of the Council of State, State House Accra. Date April 17, 2008,
from 2pm.


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