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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)

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Key Areas of Attention

Action on each area is vital to the success of the Knowledge Economy’s contribution to Economic Development.

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Science…….

Science“…is the effort to discover and increase human understanding of how the physical world works.

….Through controlled methods … use of observable physical evidence of natural phenomena to collect data, and analyze this to explain what and how things work.

NB: Ability for humans to harness nature and natural phenomena for human utility and activity….

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AFRICA Africa is the world's second-

largest and second most-populous 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

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Development Linkages…Development Linkages…

GovernmentGovernment

Private SectorPrivate Sector

Society/PublicSociety/Public

IndustryIndustry

ACADEMIESACADEMIES

INPUTS

PROCESSES

OUTPUTS/BENEFITS

National Growth / Development

JOBS

REVENUE

INVESTMENT

Academic Institutions

Academic Institutions

Sustainability (Loop)

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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

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Planned / Funded

Existing

LINKS:

Required

Proposed Submarine cables

Southern & Eastern Links

West, Central & West, Central & North Africa.North Africa.

WHERE WE STARTED…

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Phasing of the NBI:

Phase 1 (168 。 51km) yellow line

Phase 2 (1542.33km) Green line

Phase 3 (407.8km) Blue line

NB: Phase 1 includes E-Gov Infrastructure which includes:

•Voice (VoIP)

•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.

NGI/EGI Rollout Map

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WorkWork

HomeHome

SchoolSchool

District District BusinessBusiness

Information Information Center (DBIC)Center (DBIC)

MobileMobile

KioskKiosk

Licensing &Licensing &PassportsPassports

Justice &Justice &PolicePoliceTax &Tax &

RevenueRevenue

FinanceFinanceSocialSocialServiceService EducationEducationInternal Internal

AffairsAffairs

Human Human ServicesServices

HealthHealth LandsLands

LicensingLicensing & Passports& Passports

Justice &Justice &PolicePolice

Tax &Tax &RevenueRevenue

FinanceFinanceSocialSocialServiceService EducationEducationInternalInternal

AffairsAffairs

Human Human ServiceServicess

HealthHealth LandsLands

Connecting Government For Service Delivery

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Conclusion

THANK YOU

To ensure that academies play their role in making the African continent fully participate in the 21st 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.