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22.02.2006 Seated in his office on the 10th Floor of Teleposta Tower, Nairobi, Dr Bitange Ndemo, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Communications, cuts the image of a confident CEO sitting on the crest of a blue-chip company.

21.02.2006 About 100 youths are to enjoy free computer training in the first batch of free computer training scheme of the Faruk Bamusa Education Foundation in Gombe State in Nigeria.

21.02.2006 As a result of the electronic beat-monitoring system introduced by the Police Commissionerate of Vijaywada, constables are appending `e-signatures' at 500 localities under the purview of 10 police stations every night.

21.02.2006 South Africa (SA) has a history of strong commitment to sustainable development. It is a signatory to the major international agreements such as Agenda 21 and the Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development, and has
entrenched the attendant themes and goals into its own policy frameworks.

21.02.2006 The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has identified 12 main intervention areas which include poverty eradication, trade liberalisation, infrastructure development, sustainable food security and HIV and AIDS, as well as cross-cutting issues such as gender, environment and information and communication technologies that will drive the region's integration and development agenda until 2015.

21.02.2006 The Association of the Computer and Multimedia Industry of Malaysia (Pikom) is calling on members and the local information and communications technology (ICT) industry players to participate in the World Congress on Information Technology 2006 (WCIT 2006) in Austin, Texas.

21.02.2006 As a part of its Industry Plan 2005 - 2010 the Australian government has announced scholarship worth $1.1 million to boost skills under the ICT Industry Plan.