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Kafui participates in the Global Forum on Youth and ICT for Development, Geneva

Sunday, September 16th, 2007

Kafui Prebbie has been selected as one of the ITU Youth Forum Alumni to be at the Global Forum on Youth and ICT Development - Geneva - 24 to 26 September 2007.

The invitation will include a presentation at the Global Marketplace to showcase his work with varied initiatives and to seek global support for the projects. As part of his presentation he will showcase the model on how to effectively develop and harness ICT towards a multi-sector Integrated Development Approach with these technologies for Development in the Africa context.

The presentation will showcase a blend of these ongoing wireless and open source technology projects listed here:

  1. OVF Open Digital Village for Open Source ICT Capacity Building
  2. WODiV Community Portal
  3. Photos from August Workshop on Wireless Networking
  4. FLOSS4Edu (FLOSS for Education)
  5. University of Education Winneba Ghana WikiEducator Content Development Initiative

The panel he will participate in will explore ICT Platforms for Youth-led development- Breakthrough technologies & applications.

His participation in the event will also include a article about the Winneba Open Digital Village project that will be featured in a magazine and will be distributed to participants during the GAID/ITU forum in Geneva this September.

Global Forum on Youth and ICT for Development: Youth and ICT as Agents of Change

Who? Youth, policy-makers, high-ranking government officials, representatives from the private sector and civil society, UN agencies and other stakeholders

What? Uniting agents for change in an open discussion on technology’s role in advancing people’s lives

Where? Geneva International Conference Centre, Geneva, Switzerland

When? September 24th – 26th, 2007

How? Co-hosted by the Global Alliance for ICT and Development (GAID) and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU)

“Young people should be at the forefront of global change and innovation. Empowered, they can be key agents for development and peace. If, however, they are left on society’s margins, all of us will be impoverished. Let us ensure that all young people have every opportunity to participate fully in the lives of their societies.” – Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General

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