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ISSUE NO 67 JOBS, PEOPLE, EVENTS...

PEOPLE & JOBS

* Malawi’s Information Minister Clement Stambuli is in hot water. The state telco MTL put out to tender the payphones contract for the country. And guess who won it. Yes, you guessed. Clement Stambouli and MTL’s own top management officials. The tendering process is being reviewed, according to Stambuli because "it was not done to the expectation of the media." The contract has been nullified and the Country’s Anti-Corruption Bureau is investigating.

* IBM SA has brought on board Informix’s former South African country general manager, Simon Jeggo, to head up the data management division within its software group.

* Peter Van Roste, President EuroISPA will make a presentation on how EuroISPA developed and the problems it encountered on the second day of the ACT 2001 conference.

* Saturday July 28^th, 2001 will see the first Ghana Web Awards at the Accra International Conference Centre. The Ghana Web Awards is the brainchild of Excellence Awards Company and is managed by Deloitte and Touche. National Planning committee member, Akwetey Ofori said that this unique awards event had become necessary because the internet has become an increasingly important vehicle, resource and tool for information transfer. The organisers say that there are now over 2000 Ghanaian web sites.

Visit www.ghanawebawards.com.gh for more information.
Visit http://www.rancardsolutions.com/ghwebawards.asp to vote.

* Congratulations to 20 year old Nigerian Helen Oluwatosin Otitoju who has become the first student in Howard University’s (Washington, USA) 134 year history to obtain The Poincare Fellowship, a graduate study programme at the California Institute of Technology (CALTECH).

* Science and Technology Minister Professor Turner Isoun has stressed the need for the government and wealthy Nigerians to invest in the future of children and youths, especially in the area of Information Technology.

EVENTS

AITEC EVENTS FOR 2001

6-8 September, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Royal Palm Hotel)
AITEC Tanzania: The Tanzania Computing & Telecommunications Exhibition

14-16 September, Kampala, Uganda (Nile Hotel)
AITEC Uganda: The MTN Uganda Motor Show

25-27 September, Lagos, Nigeria (Le Meridien Eko Hotel)
AITEC Nigeria (Conference with EMS): The Nigerian e-Business & Internet Conference (coinciding with the N.Intex.Com Exhibition

4-6 October, Maputo, Mozambique (Polana Hotel)
AITEC Mozambique: The Mozambique Computing & Telecommunications Forum

25-27 October, Mombasa, Kenya
AITEC Kenya: The Mombasa Computing Communications & Office Equipment Exhibition

27-29 November, Nairobi, Kenya (Grand Regency Hotel)
Finance IT: The African Banking & Finance Technology Forum

For more information send to: info@aitecafrica.com . AITEC Ghana is offering exhibition stands at Panafest 2001 (30-31 July). 10,000 visitors are expected. Contact them on ghana@aitecafrica.com

* 3^RD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FAIR (26 - 28 JULY 2000 - WINDHOEK)

3nd Science & Technology Fair incorporating: 9^th Computer & Communications Expo + 17^th ELECTRA Electrical & Mechanical Show (information, communication & multi-media systems including telecoms, satcoms, GIS, telemetry, radio, broadcasting, sound, video, networking, office automation; applied sciences & technologies including engineering, infrastructure, construction, manufacturing & technical training). Please contact Exhibition Manager Anita Schmid for further information and/or bookings on: core@mweb.com.na

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