9 Augustus 2013

The Telecom Namibia ICT Summit 2013 was held at Safari Hotel in Windhoek, Namibia, from 7-8 August. About 800 people attended the conference under the theme, “ICT – New Horizons.”

The two-day event included partnership building meetings, breakaway sessions, golf-tournament, presentations on various issues and trends of the ICT sector.

A cocktail dinner was held the previous evening at Windhoek’s favourite home for the performing arts, the Warehouse Theatre.

“With ICT as a central pillar for future growth to reach new horizons, our key challenge is to understand the potential of ICT as a tool to shape our economy and to meet future challenges,” said Joel Kaapanda, Minister of Information and Communication Technology.

Telecom Namibia’s board chairman, Joseph Iita said the country has “seen a multiplication of ICT service providers and vendors, and increasingly sophisticated product and service offerings to take Namibia to new horizons in the use of technologies in all facets of our national life.”

Managing Director Frans Ndoroma said the country has succeeded to build a robust, modern ICT infrastructure which is geared towards enabling people to imagine new possibilities, capture new opportunities and reach out to new horizons.

Ndoroma said Telecom Namibia has made capital investments to support ultra-high speed connectivity and enable Government, businesses and individuals to leverage the increased bandwidth for pervasive ICT use.

“Our success in this is dependent on our resolve to work together and take a collective quantum leap into the digital world of the 21st Century. This is an ambitious national aspiration. It is, however, an achievable goal. Please join Telecom Namibia in this exciting journey,” he concluded.