NATCOM to host another conference

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The National Telecommunication Commission (NATCOM) will host the 7th Annual Connecting Rural Communities (CRC) conference which will be organized by the Commonwealth Telecommunications (CTO). At a press conference organized by NATCOM over the weekend, NATCOM’s Director of Legal and Licensing Affairs, Michaela Mackay said the CRC will take communication to the people in the rural areas to enhance national and continental development. Sierra Leone will be hosting the conference for the first time and the agenda is expected to deal with a number of technological issues and to explore strategies to develop rural broadband connectivity services and Information Communication Technologies (ICT) applications. The conference is also expected to expose the strides made by the country in the area of ICT. She maintained that ICT is very important for a country’s development as it has become the bridge between poverty and riches and between those in rural areas and that of urban areas. She said with ICT it can lead to economic and social development and there are always new things to learn from ICT. The Director of Legal and Licensing Affairs maintained that the conference to be hosted in the country will leave “an indelible mark” on the country and will provide learning opportunities as some 80 delegates from different countries would be attending. Abdulai Baratay, representing the Ministry of Information and Communication said within two months the Commission has been able to host two conferences relating to ICT which he said shows there is no lagging behind by the country in the area of ICT. Mr. Baratay maintained that ICT connectivity especially in rural areas it will foster economic development and boost socio-economic growth noting that the planned conference will manifest “the seriousness” Sierra Leone has put into ICT. The CRC conference will commence on June 20 to end on June 22 at the Miatta Conference Hall with President Ernest Bai Koroma expected to address the conference as a Special Guest of Honour. BY Betty Milton

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