By 2012, Kenya would have shifted from analogue to digital broadcasting ahead of the 2015 global deadline.

Experts have , however, warned consumers to be on the look out for crooks, who could flood the market with fake digital products.

But just how do you tell genuine from fake products.

The Africa Knowledge Network (AKN) during the last workshop held in Nairobi Kenya last year, built consensus on the need to change the name from AKN to Knowledge Network of African Community Telecentres (KNACT). This was mainly due to the fact that at a glance the name AKN did not depict any relationship with the telecentre movement and also the need to have a name that in itself could act as an elevator pitch.

The UNECA has been implementing a UN project entitled "knowledge networks through ICT access points for disadvantaged communities" jointly with the United Nations Regional Commissions, with ESCWA as the lead agency, over a period of 36 months starting in 2006. The main goal of the project is to empower poor and disadvantaged communities through the transformation of existing ICT access points in selected countries around the world into knowledge hubs of global knowledge networks.

ECA run a successful workshop on 'knowledge
sharing and networking' last week. You will find the news brief at http://www.uneca.org/eca_programmes/it_for_development/default.htm.
You will also find some of the video clips taken during the workshop on

Day three was the last day of the workshop and the agenda covered the following, a hands on training on the knowledge network portal, a plan of action for the implementation of the AKN and steering committee report, marketing for community telecentres and evaluation of the three day workshop.

A group of 4 was created to discuss the progress on the baseline survey, indicators for creating knowledge, role of the telecentres, secretariat, national telecentre networks and the steering committee.

The groups came up with the following responses

The day startd with the  a section of the participants who attended the India study tour organized by CTA sharing their experiences from the visit. These were Paul of Rwanda, Cleopa of Kenya, Nchenye of Tanzania and Belete of Ethiopia. Participants had a chance to ask the four questions after their presentations.

14th to 17th at the six eighty hotel in Nairobi, Kenya. UNECA has been implementing a UN project entitled "knowledge networks through ICT access points for disadvantaged communities" jointly with the United Nations Regional Commissions, with ESCWA as the lead agency, over a period of 36 months starting in 2006.

WAGENINGEN, The Netherlands, November 29, 2009
- Twenty-four (24) representatives from fourteen (14) African countries
are scheduled for a 10-day CTA-led study visit to India, one of the
most powerful emerging economies, starting 29 November 2009.    

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