WSA PARTNER EVENT AFRICAN CONTENT AWARD

AFRICAN CONTENT AWARD

2nd Ministerial Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation in Africa.

 

RABAT, MORROCCO, OCT 14 -17

 

The African Content Award was started in 2014 as a regional competition of the WSA to promote and recognize creativity from Africa and to encourage collaboration among the regional network. Out of all African submissions for the global WSA, an international jury selects the best African projects in each of the 8 WSA categories.

 

 

In order to find out local success stories and innovative solutions we work with a multi stakeholder network in 41 African countries. The objective is to find out best practices in mobile content that have an impact on society and serve local communities. Thanks to the generous invitation of the African Development Bank and the support of our partners we were able to recognize the African Content Award Winners at the 2nd Ministerial Forum on STI in Africa, held in Rabat, Morocco, from Oct 14-17 2014.

 

ALL PICTURES

 

 

Program Highlights:

  • AFRICAN CONTENT AWARD @ STI Forum Morocco
  • Pre-Forum Event by USAID forum on “Investing in Technology and Innovations for Human Development in Africa”, October 14th
  • Award Ceremony: Appraising Innovation on October, 15
  • African Content Award Huddle: Reflections, learnings & future goals
  • Ministerial Round Table: The African Dream: Developing a Collectively-Willed African Vision of STI fuelled by Youth to transform Africa

 

PROGRAM

JURY MEMBERS

Irene Kaggwa-Sewankambo

Head, Research & Coordinator, Office of the Executive Director

Uganda Communications Commission (UCC)

Uganda

Anne Githuku-Shongwe

Director of the UNAIDS Regional Support Team for Eastern and Southern Africa.

UN AIDS

South Africa

Latif Ladid

President

IPv6 Forum

Luxembourg

Rachid Jankari

Director

Jankari Consulting

Morocco

Kamal Okba

CEO

Mauritel

Mauritania

Faouzi Zaghbib

General Manager

R2i

Tunisia

Ahmed Yahia Darwish

Head of ICT Industry Capacity Building Sector

Information Technology Industry Development Agency- ITIDA

Egypt

Silumesii Maboshe

CEO

BongoHive Consult

Zambia

Daniel Stern

Director

Mobile Monday Kampala

Uganda

Rapelang Rabana

Founder & CEO

Rekindle Learning

South Africa

Christelle Scharff

Founder

MobileSenegal Hub

Senegal

Dr Catherine Margaret (Maggy) Beukes-Amiss

Head of Department

University of Namibia

Namibia

Dagmawi Lemma

Head of the Computer Science Department

Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia

Baudouin Schombe

Coordinator

Centre Africain d´Echange Culturel (CAFEC)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Hermann Aplogan

Founder, Senior e-Content & Mobile Apps Adviser

MobileTech Consulting

Benin