TIGblogs - Group - WSIS http://www.tigblog.org/group/wsis What's on the minds of young leaders from around the globe? en-us NiRA in the News ? http://www.tigblog.org/group/wsis/post/231267
much do you know about NiRA ? What is it about comparing a

Nation that has failed over a hundred years to realize what

nationality means to a Nation within a Nation that is just

absorbing democracy and development in the Information

Technology ?

NiRA is just two years old...it got registered of recent with

the Corporate Affairs and is willing to grow. Domain

registration is still free and still fine tunning itself for

stardom and all we can do is tear it apart with words ? I

believe we can do better than words of destructive analysis but

constructive notions that should put us side by side with South

Africa.

On this note, if you feel you understand how it should be run,

the technology needed to sustain the domination and consistent

stability of all domain, speak out ! We have a site that takes

care of such complaints which i feel will further strengthen

our backbone.

I am a youth...a member of the Nigeria iNTERNET Registration

Association (NiRA), a true born of the west of of Africa and a

citizen of Nigeria. Am Black and proud, what about you ?


Akinbo A. A. Cornestone
Continental Director, SCN-Africa,
Save Children Now.

www.savechildrennow.org
akinbo@savechildrennow.org
+2348064464545

http://profiles.takingitglobal.org/pscornerstone




The above was posted in reasponse to this concerned nigerians

who demands NiRA must function by international standards. It

is well.

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1. Yomi Adegboye
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http://www.yomisays.com/?p=390


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2. David Ajao
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http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2007/06/27/nigerian-cctld-somethi

ng-wrong/]]> Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:59:00 EDT http://www.tigblog.org/group/wsis/post/231267 The world of Lies http://www.tigblog.org/group/wsis/post/65409 Sun, 12 Nov 2006 10:53:00 EST http://www.tigblog.org/group/wsis/post/65409 9.0141667 7.48694449.01416677.4869444 About the Event http://www.tigblog.org/group/wsis/post/45473 Due to unforeseen circumstances we have had to cancel the Focus Day. The main conference will be going ahead as planned. Special Rate for Nigerian Delegates: £200

The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation is organising the second Connecting Rural Communities Conference in Nigeria scheduled to take place between 10th -12th October. The CTO are also pleased to announce that the event be hosted by the Ministry of Communications. This is the second in a four-event series which focuses on the development of information and Communications Technology (ICT) – and in particular the progress which is being made on connecting rural communities. With the rapid projected development of rural communications in developing countries there has never been a greater opportunity for ICT companies to stake their claim on this lucrative market.
The first Connecting Rural Communities conference took place in January and was proud to have the support of the Indian Department of Telecommunications and the invaluable assistance of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.
The event emphasized the sharing of practical experiences while highlighting the role of place and place- based innovation in local development, rural health, education, culture and environment, with attention to implications for rural policy and governance. Government initiatives, regulatory strategies were also discussed that could allow businesses to advance in rural communities.
Connecting Rural Communities 2006 is a must-attend event for anyone involved in the ICT industry featuring presentations from high-level industry professionals and public sector representatives. The agenda will cover several topics essential to enhancing your company’s understanding of the market, including:
• Latest regulatory initiatives for promoting ICTs in rural areas
• Marketing strategies to drive rural revenues
• Best practice case studies of successful rural communications projects
• An overview of the variety of current and upcoming ICT technologies for connecting rural communities
• How ICTs can be used to deliver e-health, e-education, e- agriculture, e-government and e-commerce to rural areas
• Future financing mechanisms for setting up rural communications
• Governments’ plans to expand rural ICT access
• Developments on mobile Communications
• Satellite communications
]]> Thu, 05 Oct 2006 17:12:00 EDT http://www.tigblog.org/group/wsis/post/45473 By Gbenga Sesan ! http://www.tigblog.org/group/wsis/post/40317
After many years of many things for a lack of some better expression (including one of such meetings in Lagos shown in the picture above), some stakeholders met at the Shell Hall of the MUSON Center today, from about 11am till 6pm. The announcement was quite late, and wasn’t helped by the census work-free week preceding the event, but enthusiasts showed up in their numbers — though a far cry from the space available in the hall. The meeting started at 12:12pm, with an interim chairperson in the person of Dr. Chris Nwannena (President of the Nigeria Computer Society) who stood in for Prof. I. S. Diso (Vice Chancellor of the Kano University of Technology, who was delayed in such a way he couldn’t have helped).

Beginning with brief remarks by both the chairman and the Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Prof. Cleopas Angaye, the assembly considered the minutes of the last meeting and adopted after a few changes were made. Then, the major business of the day started — presentation and ratification of the draft constitution. You should have been there to see how Nigerians make intellectual contributions that could make a school consider awarding them a doctorate in a field they are not trained in. One must also acknowledge (among others) the intellectual input of the Internet Service Providers Association of Nigeria (ISPAN) that obviously did their home work well and contributed — along with others — to the success of some knotty technical issues (which is their turf anyway).

The issue of how many people would form a quorom for an annual and special general meeting was debated extensively. The other platform, the eGeneral Meeting (Electronic General Meeting) seemed to have a general appeal and was immediately accepted. At the end of the day (not as short as my blog will make you think) , the general agreement was that 15% of the members should be accepted as the quorom. For specific details, you may wish to become a member and request a copy of the constitution. Membership was also extensively discussed, and two issues caught my attention there — age limits and fees. The issue of fees enjoyed interesting suggestions but I couldn’t stand the idea of leaving young Nigerians under the age of 18 out of the community. After a few minutes of discussions, it was agreed that anyone (regardless of how young — even toddlers ) can become a member of NIRA, as long as there is parental consent for those who are recognised by law as minors.

Things moved fatser towards the end of the meeting, and a great highlight was the election of the members of the Board of Trustees. The nominations (not in any specific order) from the assembly included Prof. I. S. Diso (outgone interim chair), Dr. Nwannena (NCS President), Dr. (Mrs) Osofisan (CPN), Dr. Odeyemi (first PhD holder in Computer Science in Nigeria), Y. Z. Yau (CITAD, Kano), Mrs. Odusote (Ministry of Information and Digitest founder), Mr. Alao (NIG), Shina Badaru (Technology Times), Akinbo A. A. Cornerstone, Sunday Afolayan (ISPAN/Skannet), ‘Gbenga Sesan (:)), Ndukwe Kalu (ISPAN) and Chinenye Mba-Uzoukwu (Infographics). The last four declined the nominations for various reasons, and there was then no need for any form of voting.

NIRA now has its Board of Trustees, would be registered, and the .ng flag is about to rise high! The door will soon be flung open for membership and I’m sure qualified people are looking forward to that. Its another day in the history of Nigeria’s internet presence and participation, and I look forward to a great new day. Welcome, NIRA. Hello, world!

]]> Tue, 04 Jul 2006 14:03:00 EDT http://www.tigblog.org/group/wsis/post/40317 1ST WORLD INFORMATION SOCIETY DAY... http://www.tigblog.org/group/wsis/post/38644
It kicked off at about 11.00am and ended with such zeal in the face of a trying Nation. Mentors present were:

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Hajiya Jummai Umar of Action Aid Nigeria,
Tope Fashedemi of Netcomm Africa, and
Micheal Gbadebo of creotec.
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Moreso, i feel so much elated to have celebrated my WSIS Day in the mist of the concerned future of Nigeria. This is a first of many.

Watchout for more update.
]]> Wed, 17 May 2006 15:35:00 EDT http://www.tigblog.org/group/wsis/post/38644 17 May 2006: http://www.tigblog.org/group/wsis/post/38645 On 27 March 2006, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted Resolution A/RES/60/252 proclaiming 17 May as annual World Information Society Day. This Day will help raise awareness of the possibilities that Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) can bring to societies and economies, as well as of ways to bridge the digital divide.

In conjunction with the World Information Society Day celebrated for the first time on 17 May 2006, a series of events related to the implementation of the WSIS Action lines will take place from 9 to 19 May. Moderators/facilitators of WSIS action lines, such as ITU, UNESCO, UNDP, UNCTAD, ILO and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, will hold multistakeholder meetings to take the WSIS implementation process forward. A second round of informal consultations will also be held on the convening of the Internet Governance Forum as a follow up to the recommendations of the Tunis Summit.

A common badge will be used for all Action Line Facilitation meetings. For more information on the registration and badging procedures as well as on the full program of events, visit the WSIS website.


One of the highlights of this 10-day program will be the presentation of the first ITU World Information Society Award on 17 May 2006 from 10:45 to 12:00 at the Geneva International Conference Center (CICG). This Ceremony is open to all WSIS stakeholders with an UNOG or an Action Line Facilitation badge. More information on the Day is available at the ITU website.
]]> Wed, 17 May 2006 15:35:00 EDT http://www.tigblog.org/group/wsis/post/38645 Equipping the Next Generation... http://www.tigblog.org/group/wsis/post/38577 Time: 11:00am prompt (All participants must arrive at least 30 minutes before commencement)
Venue: Heinrich Boll Foundation, 9b Omo Osagie Street, off Awolowo Road, Ikoyi
Theme: "Equipping the Next Generation: The Role of Mentorship in ICT Development in Nigeria"
]]> Tue, 16 May 2006 04:32:00 EDT http://www.tigblog.org/group/wsis/post/38577 The Bridges http://www.tigblog.org/group/wsis/post/38183 the Nigerian ICT sector, there is the concern that majority of policy
instruments (regardless of sector) are often high-sounding but may lack
visible expression if care is not taken. From the robust Information
Technology policy to the policy that describes the need for ICT
education, it is gradually becoming clear that it is necessary to build bridges
between policy and action. Fortunately, the WSIS process has revealed
that young people stand as one of such bridges: capacity building for
youth is a sure way of securing the future of any enterprise. This then
highlights the need to introduce aspiring ICT professionals to
mentorship opportunities within the sector — which is what the Bridges
Roundtable seeks to address.
“In Nigeria’s Information and Communications Technology sector, role
models abound. From the CEO of Lagos based corporations to lecturers in
the Diaspora, young Nigerians have a lot of people to look up to. There
are Nigerians whose names cause positive stirs in international fora,
and there are those whom young only see on the television or read about
in the dailies. This roundtable seeks to build bridges between these
aspiring professionals and the existing role models, in order to build
staying power for the industry. The roundtable will bring together
seasoned ICT professionals (spanning government, private sector and civil
society) and aspiring professionals (who will be selected based on
interest and previous participation) to discuss how the next generation can
stand on the shoulders of elders in order to see farther ahead. With the
theme, “Equipping the Next Generation: The Role of Mentorship in ICT
Development in Nigeria”, we hope to create continuous
communication that can reduce the learning curve for intending ICT
professionals in Nigeria, and thus bridge the gap between policy and
sustainable action.

“Lagos Digital Village is proud to announce that applications are
open for the Bridges Roundtable. Twenty young people with passionate
interest in ICTs are expected to meet with identified mentors whose
experiences include government, private sector and civil society. The Bridges
Roundtable will hold at the Heinrich Boll Foundation office on the 17th
of May, 2006, and additional details will be made available to
successful applicants. To apply, please send your detailed resume and a cover
letter (upper limit of 500 words) — detailing your area of interest in
the ICT sector and what your future plans are — to
bridges@lagosdigitalvillage.org.ng.
Applications must be received by 11:59pm, April 27, 2006.”

>>>>>>>
http://mutiuokediran.com/blog/




MUTIU A. OKEDIRAN
08028185974; 01-8940988
mutiuokediran@yahoo.com
http://www.mutiuokediran.com

]]> Thu, 04 May 2006 06:40:00 EDT http://www.tigblog.org/group/wsis/post/38183 Youth Caucus Coalition ... phase 2 http://www.tigblog.org/group/wsis/post/31850 I’m here alone inside the youth pavilion waiting for anyone to come and allow me to go and buy something to eat. My MP3 battery is over so I opened my new “future” very small laptop to hear some music and I had the great idea to remember my blog and to respect the fact that I’m supposed to blog about the WSIS since my RSS feed is published in some WSIS aggregators like www.wsisblogs.org and www.wsis-wire.net .




Well, I’ve spent most of my time during these last 4 days building the Youth Pavilion and solving the several issues we had. Hopefully many members the tunisian youth caucus team helped me a lot in realizing in reality what we were discussing during several weeks and Ramadan nights. I feel good when I see other Tunisian youngsters understanding the importance of this big space (compared the Youth hub of 2003 not the actual pavilions like Italy or UNDP ones just in front of us) and some of them (Mhamed and Hichem) spent the entire night on the pavilion working on lights positioning and carpet . Yesterday, at the end of the day, even if I was really afraid to reach the limit of 5pm allowed to build stands by the organisers, I had a very good feeling for two reasons. First when I saw the pavilion full of young people (including my father who helped us a lot). The when I noticed that WE’ve prepared about 95% of what we were asked to prepare on the youth pavilion. I was trying to remember all the hundreds of emails I read during these last 3 months concerning the needs of the youth caucus and its partners.




After, I had just the time to go home for a shower and a fast dinner before going to the airport to pickup a dear friend I haven’t met since December 2003, Jarra. I’m not sure he’s becoming younger with years not older like all the people. Hopefully we were able to make in time to make the registration and take the beautiful WSIS bags with some presents inside (but unfortunately missing some important documents like the parallel events listing or the ICT4all exhibition book). I enjoyed the time after we’ve spent after in the airport café remembering old souvenirs while waiting for TIG people (Mike, Jen, Fransizka and Kate). We were both so excited to meet them again and to remake the powerful youth coalition we had in Geneva (starting as usual by TIG members coalition  ). I think that with the equipments they brought to Tunis, with Mike and Jennifer here, they have just to look for an office to rent and TIG may move here.




To be continued ...

]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2005 02:49:00 EST http://www.tigblog.org/group/wsis/post/31850 36.7844444 10.168333336.784444410.1683333 Introducing the WSIS TIG blog http://www.tigblog.org/group/wsis/post/31320
I've just set up this group blog for TIG members to post thoughts and experiences about the WSIS Summit in Tunis. Hope to see a lot of you there! -andy]]> Mon, 31 Oct 2005 14:25:00 EST http://www.tigblog.org/group/wsis/post/31320 42.3316667 -71.121666742.3316667-71.1216667