By Emeka Aginam
ANOTHER organisation to further the frontiers of ICt on the continent, Africa ICT Alliance (AfICTA) has been formed.

With Dr Jimson Olufuye , WITSA Vice Chairman for Africa and former ITAN president, as the initial Chairman of AfICTA, the founding countries of the Alliance are not limited to Nigeria, Gambia, Egypt, Kenya, Tunisia and South Africa.

However, the founding countries are all members of the World Information Technology & Services Alliance (WITSA), which harnesses the resources of the ICT sector in over 80 countries around the world to play the same enabling role in the global environment.

Olufuye in his remarks said that the goals of the ICT alliance were to support effective local and continental advocacy, improve digital literacy, partner with the African Union and related agencies to achieve Information society targets, engage African ICT professionals and experts in global ICT governance dialogues and enhance Africa’s competitiveness in the sector.

“AfICTA will encourage multi-stakeholder dialogue fostering accelerated and ICT enabled development in Africa and the use of cutting-edge innovative technologies including mobile, computing and satellite technologies to achieve an Information Society in Africa.”, he said.