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Investing in Academy Advice for Sustainable Health and Development of Africa Annual Meeting of the African Academy Development Initiative (ASADI), The Royal Society, Kohn Centre, London, UK. 4 -5 November, 2008 By Dr. Ham-Mukasa Mulira, Minister of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Republic of Uganda & Council Member, Uganda Academy of Sciences (UNAS) 1 1
Key Areas of Attention Action on each area is vital to the success of the Knowledge Economy’s contribution to Economic Development. 2 2
Science……. Science o“…is the effort to discover and increase human understanding of how the physical world works. o…. Through controlled methods … use of observable physical evidence of natural phenomena to collect data, and analyze this to explain what and how things work. o. NB: Ability for humans to harness nature and natural phenomena for human utility and activity…. 3 3
AFRICA o o o o o Africa is the world's secondlargest and second mostpopulous continent after Asia. Approx. 30. 2 million km² (11. 7 million sq mi) including adjacent islands Covers 6% of the Earth’s' total surface area and 20. 4% of the total land area. Pop: 922 million people (as of 2005) Accounts for about 14. 2% of the world's human population Over 50 countries Numerous climate areas vegetation from all green to all desert A number of time zones etc 4 4
Development Linkages… OUTPUTS/BENEFITS National Growth / Development INPUTS Government PROCESSES JOBS Academic Institutions Private Sector REVENUE Society/Public Industry INVESTMENT ACADEMIES Sustainability (Loop) 5 5 5
STATUS OF INTERNATIONAL SUBMARINE CABLES AS OF END OF 2004 The high cost of international connectivity in Africa is a result of limited African investment in submarine cables 66 6
WHERE WE STARTED… West, Central & North Africa. LINK S: Existing Planned / Funded Required Proposed Submarin e cables o Southern & Eastern Links 77 7 7
NGI/EGI Rollout Map Phasing of the NBI: Phase 1 (168。51 km) yellow line Phase 2 (1542. 33 km) Green line Phase 3 (407. 8 km) Blue line NB: Phase 1 includes E-Gov Infrastructure which includes: • Voice (Vo. IP) • Video (conferencing) • Office Automation & email “NGI/EGI established to complement not compete with the private sector” Ultimately to link to the submarine cable(s) through Kenya. 8 8
Connecting Government For Service Delivery Finance Social Service Human Services Social Home Finance Service Health Lands Internal Affairs Tax & Revenue Licensing & Passports Internal Affairs Education Justice & Police Education District Business Information Center (DBIC) Human Services Work Tax & Revenue Licensing & Passports Mobile Justice & Police Kiosk School 9 9
Conclusion To ensure that academies play their role in making the African continent fully participate in the 21 st Century new era of the Information/Knowledge Economy, there should be, not only a desire, but a reality of recognising the role of science and technology and harnessing its benefits in changing the lives of people to remove poverty, disease and ignorance. THANK YOU 10 10
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