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Seychelles celebrates first ICT week |16 May 2015

For the first time Seychelles is celebrating Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Week with a series of activities under the theme ‘ICT as Driver of Innovation’.

Vice-President Danny Faure, in his capacity as the minister responsible for ICT, launched the week-long activities during a ceremony held at the Seychelles trading company conference room yesterday afternoon and which was attended by several ministers, key government officials, department of ICT staff among other distinguished guests.

Vice-President Faure described the occasion as a milestone for the local ICT sector and said it will be celebrated annually as from now on.

May 17 is the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day.

“This day is commemorated to help raise awareness about the possibilities that the use of the internet and other information and communication technologies (ICTs) can bring to our society and our economy. Hence the reason for us to organise our first ICT week during this period,” Vice-President Faure said when he addressed everyone present.

May 17 also marks the establishment of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in 1865.

The ITU is a specialised agency of the United Nations (UN) which deals with matters associated with broadcasting and telecommunications. 

This has evolved to encompass what is now commonly referred to as ICT. This year marks the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the ITU. 

Every year, the day is celebrated under a particular theme, and the theme for this year is ‘Telecommunication and ICTs: Drivers of Innovation’.

“To be in line with this year’s ITU theme, Seychelles is also commemorating this occasion with an ICT week under the theme ‘ICT as Driver of Innovation’,” Vice-President Faure explained.

He noted that this goes well with what we want the ICT week to become.

“We want it to be a week whereby the actors in the local ICT sector showcase their achievements and also use it as an opportunity to announce new services or initiatives they are undertaking. It is a time when we will give them maximum visibility possible on a national scale,” said Vice-President Faure.

Next week, Vice-President Faure will be visiting many of the stakeholders to appreciate the development they have made and get to know more about the challenges they are facing.

During the launch ceremony yesterday the principal secretary responsible for DICT, Benjamin Choppy, through a powerpoint presentation gave everyone present an overview of ICT development in the country over the years. Later in the evening at the Savoy Seychelles Resort & Spa, telecommunications company Airtel launched its Airtel Money service.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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