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Leading African ICT officials join Dubai conference

6 Mar 2012

Top African telecom operators, ICT officials and leaders will be attending a conference on broadband internet and telecommunications issues in Africa and the Middle East later this month. The Executive Summit at Broadband MEA 2012 starts on 26 March and will be held in Dubai, a conference statement said on Monday.

The summit aims to "allow participants to address critical issues in today's broadband industry and agree [on] how to drive sustainable growth in the MEA region".

Topping the agenda will be securing fiber optic cables to East Africa via the Indian Ocean route. Etisalat, the UAE's leading telecom operator and progressive expander across the continent, hopes to touch on these issues during the summit.

Read the full story on www.itnewsafrica.com.